Everyday Raw Express: Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less

Having been raw now for over 4 months, I am well into my raw cookbooks - and this is my all-time favorite. I really love planning meals out, but this one works well when you simply don't have the time. All of the recipes can be prepared within 30 minutes, and many of them in just a few minutes. The Mexican Layered salad is my favorite - lettuce, cashew sour cream, pico de gallo, corn and pepper salsa, guacamole with a lime-coriander dressing is worth the price of the book alone! I have brought many items to potlucks and parties and have received rave reviews. Another favorite is the Baby Zucchini and Avocado Tartar - fabulous and can be prepared in 5 minutes!Many people say that eating a raw food diet takes too much time. It is true (having had recipes that take 4 days to prepare). However, I have appreciated the planning that is required with the longer recipes and yet, sometimes you just don't have the time! I like to know I can whip up something on the fly that tastes fabulous - and I haven't had a miss out of this book yet! I do agree with some of the other reviews that your nuts should be soaked before using and that this is not discussed in this book.If you only buy one raw cookbook, I suggest you make it this one!

I've made a decent amount of recipes from this book and I feel like I'm able to write a good review now for this book. What I like about it is how quick and easy the recipes are. Makes going raw that much easier. I also like the variety of recipes- smoothies, drinks, soups, starters, mains etc. Unfortunately, after making seven odd recipes, there are only a few I thought were absolutely delicious and would make again. Here's a rundown on the recipes I've made.Cream of miso with shiitake mushrooms. Really don't like this one. The base of the soup is good but I don't like shiitake mushrooms raw. They taste better cooked in my opinion.Zucchini with sweet corn pesto. This was nice. I enjoyed the flavors and textures in this one.Spaghetti and meatballs. Spaghetti was good. I messed up the recipe for the meatballs so I dont know how they tasted.Squash blossoms tamales with sweet pea puree. I didn't like this one. I'm not sure what I did wrong but the tamale part was just mushy. No bueno.Spring vegetable couscous. Made but haven't tried yet.Portobello steak with wilted spinach. As long as you put a lot of marinated on this one, I like it.Chocolate hemp milk custard. Fabulous! I love love love this recipe! It's genius and tastes great.I think my palate is a stickler for texture more than anything. For the mushroom recipes, I may pressure cook the mushrooms and add them to the recipes. Overall, some great recipes, some misses in my book.

I now own five Matthew Kenney raw vegan recipe books and this one quickly became my favorite! Every recipe is simple and tastes like I am my own private chef. So far I have made over half the recipes in this book. Here are my top 5: Apple Cider Elixir; Cream of Miso, Shiitake, Sea Vegetables; Chocolate Hemp Milk Custard; Maple Cream Brulee and all of the wraps. You can't go wrong with this book.

I agree with the other reviewer who says, "I've made a decent amount of recipes from this book and I feel like I'm able to write a good review now for this book. What I like about it is how quick and easy the recipes are. Makes going raw that much easier. I also like the variety of recipes- smoothies, drinks, soups, starters, mains etc. Unfortunately, after making seven odd recipes, there are only a few I thought were absolutely delicious and would make again.'Well, I've made more then 7 myself and I have liked a few of them quite a bit, but some are really not good, I second the cream of miso Shiitake as not good, raw shiitake are just rubber! I wish everything I tried was at least tasty but maybe not to my taste, but some were just bad.I do think that the book is well laid out, recipes are clear and the equipment needed is not as intense as some raw books. This would be a good book to have once you know what raw tastes you like and can gauge say what raw shiitake's would taste like.My favorite raw cookbook is, Going Raw by Judita Wignall, everything I've made in that one has been great.

I've been familiar with Matthew Kenney's raw food since dining at Pure Food and Wine six years ago.When I bought the PF&W cookbook I was floored at the amount of lead/prep time and never bothered to recreate that lasagna which still haunts my dreams. I was thrilled to see Mister Kenney release Everyday Raw; but was still too intimidated to give any of the recipes a shot (dehydrators, food processors and soaking: oh my!)Enter Everyday Raw Express. Finally, great tasting (and healthy) Raw food a la Kenney that is a snap to prepare. The Spaghetti & Meatballs were amazing. I reduced the amount of tahini in the recipe since tahini overpowers most elements it is mixed with and the results were stunning. Mom and I loved it. Can't wait to make this again. I now have the confidence to move forward in preparing raw food and look forward to preparing more recipes in this book and Everyday Raw.Thanks, Matthew & co. for helping me get on track with raw food. Hope to see more another Everyday Raw Express-like title in the future.

There is some nice easy recipes in here and for the most part are very creative flavor combinations. The only thing i dont like is there arent pictures for every recipe so i dont know what they are supposed to look like.

Great recipes, but some info is lacking for those that may be new to raw foods. In many cases, you really should soak nuts before you use them in a recipe. The recipes don't mention this. Soak cashews at least 30 mins before using, especially if you don't have a high end blender. Also for recipes containing water, add a little at a time, depending on your vegetables, you may not need as much water as the recipe calls for.

More upmarket recipes - suitable for dinner parties and everyday. Illustrations are encouraging, easy to follow recipes

Great book helpful recipes. Because I'm the only person in the family going raw have to adjust portion size dramatically. Would be nice to see the nutritional values. But overal and nice little book.

Great book, nice recipes, although can't source all the ingredients - however what I can get they are lovely. I'd get this if I were you!

love all the colour photos. Eating raw can sometimes be quite time-consuming but this book gives you lots of ideas (not just salads) of food to make which looks as appealing as it is healthy. Great photos :-)

Easy, fun and tasty form the King of raw.