Are there any good Raw food recipes that a person can make without a dehydrator?

I am a college freshman and i dont really have the money to throw aside and buy a dehydrator...some people suggest using an oven but that just actually cooks my food...i love veggie pizza idea but i have to dehydrate the base and the other recipe for it requires something you can only get in asian stores....if anyone has any suggestions for recipes it would be a great help....oh and i dont eat meat

One of my favorite recipes is the zucchini spaghetti!:

Cut the zucchini into long shreds buy using a Julienne peeler (you can get a cheap one from Walmart).

Pasta Sauce:

1 large fresh tomato

1 large red pepper

1-2 stalks of celery

1 clove garlic

(4-5 fresh basil leaves)

Blend all of the sauce ingredients in a blender or Food Processor.

Pour nicely over the zucchini “pasta”. Some fresh curly parsley sprinkled over the top adds a nice touch!

Also, you can get lots of raw food goodies like flax crackers and raw carob truffles online from wesites like www.naturalzing.com and www.rawfood.com =D!

There's a book by Jennifer Cornbleet that has raw foods recipes for one or two, and most of them don't require a dehydrator.

www.fromsadtoraw.com also has lots of raw food recipes, many of which don't seem to require a dehydrator.

And to order raw products, you can go to www.naturalzing.com.

First of all, you can get a good food dehydrator at most thrift shops for a couple of dollars. I have three of them, and just bought one, new in the box, at an auction tonight for $1.00!!!! If you are into raw foods, they are a "must have" tool! I use mine every day. Today, I made raw buckwheat/cocoa bars, and homemade chocolate cereal. I see them in the thrift stores all of the time. It really is worth the investment, even if you pay for a new one, which is only around 40 dollars at Walmart. My hobby in life is to NOT pay retail for anything, and it usually works out great. I also got a VITAMIX commercial blender tonight for 26 bucks! They sell used on ebay for about 250.00. Its the second one I have acquired for less than 30 dollars. A vitamix is another excellent appliance for ANY diet, but especially a raw diet.

I have been paying off a dehydrator over the past three months.

I just pay off money whenever I have any spare.

So maybe you could do this, spread your payments over several months, to make things easier on your hip pocket.

Dr Douglas N Graham has written a booked called “80, 10, 10”, I am pretty sure the recipes in there do not use a dehydrator.

Another book of his that I have is called “The New High Energy Diet Recipe Book”, and there are no dehydrator recipes in there at all, but over 100 recipes.

http://www.living-foods.com/recipes

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