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Eating "kind" in tropical weather?

Started by Holli on June 1, 2011
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Holli said #1 Jun 1, 2011 at 6:10pm

Hi all. I started going vegan this last month and I just got comfortable cutting the cheese out....I still slip every once and a while. But my question is that I live in Hawaii and while there is plenty of fruit and veggies here....I'm curiuos if I should be living a more raw lifestyle in this climate as opposed to a diet with cooked foods. I know that I need cooling foods, but most of the recipes in the book are very warming to me. Is there anything that I can do to tweak it a bit for the climate I'm living in?

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Charlie said #2 Jun 5, 2011 at 8:56pm

Hi Holli! Here are a couple recipes I like that are more cooling:


Refreshing cucumber salad with creamy mint dressing: http://ohsheglows.com/2011/06/01/refreshing-cucumber-salad-with-creamy-mint-dressing-2/


Gingered carrot soup with sage (delicious as a cold soup!): http://www.sweetsaltyspicy.net/2010/08/downtown-again.html


Ratatouille (good cold too): http://www.sweetsaltyspicy.net/2010/11/ratatouille.html


Refreshing date & orange couscous salad: http://www.sweetsaltyspicy.net/2011/01/refreshing-date-orange-couscous-salad.html



Also, for breakfast, did you try vegan overnight oats? They're cold oatmeal! Here is a post about them: http://ohsheglows.com/2011/02/01/carob-banana-chia-vegan-overnight-oats/


And as a snack/dessert, there is banana soft serve: http://www.choosingraw.com/this-post-will-change-your-life/

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Holli said #3 Jun 5, 2011 at 11:21pm

Oh thank you Charlie!!! That really helps! :) I love my warm fall foods sooooooooooo much but I just noticed that I feel so sleepy and just want to cozy up sometimes. :) haha. So I think maybe these cooling foods will help with that. Thanks again!

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