Category — Sweet Fruit

Raw reader Heidi asks: How important, imperative is food combining???? For example, I love love love taste of bananans and strawberries and bananas and oranges and bananas and pineapples and melon and banananas combined and made into smoothies, but was told that it will be a digestive disaster???? True or false? Let’s have a look [...]

Raw reader Dodie asks: I do have a question for you- when making smoothies and such, does using a frozen berry mix (no syrup added) count as raw? I’ve read around and heard different things. A truly raw food is one that has not been processed in any way and remains in its whole, natural state. [...]

Yet another raw food trend that I just don’t understand: stevia. It’s ridiculously sweet with a horrible bitter aftertaste. Wait, you actually like stevia? What’s wrong with you?! Just kidding. But this does bring up an important question… While I may not like stevia, does this no-calorie, super sweet herb have a place in a healthy raw [...]

You didn’t think I’d end things with that last post, did you? No way! While there are a few fruits and vegetables that I dislike, there are a million more that I can’t get enough of. So today, let’s take a look at a few of the fresh raw foods I love the most. Marvelous [...]

Just because I eat and love a diet of fresh raw foods does not mean that I love ALL raw foods. All fruits and vegetables are most certainly NOT equal in my eyes. Some are too sour, some too sweet, others too salty, or some just have an awful texture. Here are a few of [...]