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Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
Manta91
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Date: September 08, 2014 09:50PM While I love the idea of vegetable noodles, I've yet to really get into them... the crunch ruins the "pasta" illusion for me. I've tried zucchini noodles a few times, and they can be fun in their own right. But the texture doesn't satisfy when I'm craving the real deal.
Is there something I can do to make zucchini pasta more enjoyable? Or are there other vegetables that may be more satisfying? Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
RawPracticalist
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Date: September 09, 2014 02:30AM Maybe the solution is to work at not "craving the real deal."
Craving for pasta or pizza may not be helpful in the long run in being fully raw. Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: September 09, 2014 02:50AM maybe soak them overnight more in the marinade you are putting on them
and also soaking them in lemon citrus juices more so that it can soften up their fibers that might make it softer and more palatable less crunchy- unchy more softy - ofty plus then the fibers draw in more of the flavor Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
Prana
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Date: September 09, 2014 03:59AM Do you have one of these?
These work great with zucchini. They are called spiralizers or saladacco or spiral slicers.  Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
Manta91
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Date: September 09, 2014 05:57PM I do have a spiralizer, which I have used to make "angel hair". I have also used a potato peeler to make "fettuccine", which I did like a bit better.
I will try soaking them in lemon juice -- I love lemon, anyhow, so that is definitely worth a shot. As to not craving pasta, well, I don't see how that's an option. Resisting is one thing, which I've been good about (then again, for health reasons, this almost mandatory). But how can you keep yourself from experiencing cravings to begin with? Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
coconutcream
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Date: September 09, 2014 07:20PM You have to try different root veggies and try different recipes and try different saldaccos and spiroolis to find the one you like. I say go eat out at raw vegan restaurants, find one you like and try to copy the recipes. Also try different settings like the fettucini setting
Here I did it here 
  Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/09/2014 07:24PM by coconutcream. Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
coconutcream
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Date: September 09, 2014 07:26PM This was at Arnold's way, the thin saldacco. It was good
Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
close2raw
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Date: September 09, 2014 09:06PM One way to do it is the following:
When you're craving something like pasta,think of another cooked grain product that you really do not want, such as puffed wheat cereal or weetabix or crackers or what have you, and then remember that all these cooked wheat products are really basically very similar if you think about it. Then discard the entire group. Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
coconutcream
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Date: January 19, 2015 06:51AM 
My brother who studied cooking at school, stole my raw vegan pasta marinara sauce recipe with pine nuts, sundries tomatoes...and puts it on regular cooked pasta. Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
Kiwibird
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Date: January 19, 2015 03:48PM I like to drown mine in sauce (raw of course). I'll let it sit for 10-15 minutes and they'll get softer after 'soaking' a bit in the sauce.
Other veggies you can use: Yellow squash Cucumber Carrot Sweet Potato You could also probably spiralize firm fruits like cored apples and pears and make a fruit sauce. Perhaps that would be more palatable? Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
arugula
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Date: January 20, 2015 12:19AM You might try it using jicama instead of squash or anything else in the curcubit family. Re: Learning to Love Raw Pasta?
Posted by:
coconutcream
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Date: January 22, 2015 02:54PM Take a crash course in Raw pasta making, just make it every day, just spirooli everything.
I mean everything. Post your photos here! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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