However, it’s really important to acknowledge my privilege in being able to make these food choices for myself, when so many people in the world go hungry, or live in food deserts without access to healthy food. I eat as many raw foods as possible, supplemented with healthy whole cooked foods. And of course, there’s rices and pastas and breads, which I just couldn’t live without! For me, it’s all about balance. When it comes to fruits and vegetables, I try to eat them raw as often as possible, but sometimes I’ll enjoy some steamed broccoli or potato wedges. I don’t follow a raw foods diet, but it is true that some nutrients are lost through cooking certain foods. They are becoming less expensive and more accessible to all Americans and that is fantastic. No longer are raw vegan foods expensive, “fringe” ingredients. A huge part of this has been seeing so many ingredients in raw foods come up in popularity in the grocery stores – I got the medjool dates for this recipe at Stop and Shop. It’s a bit weird for me to be so enthusiastic about a dessert food, but I’ve been experimenting a lot with raw vegan foods lately and it’s been so rewarding. I ate these cookies and my body was like, nutrients! Vitamins! Minerals! Let’s goooo!
Something about eating a cookie that is good for you totally changes the experience, in my opinion.
More specifically, a raw vegan oatmeal cookie. If someone had said this to me a few years ago, I would have said, “Oh, you mean cardboard?” Little did I know the luscious tastes and flavors that raw and whole foods contain. I’ve never been a huge sweets person, but this is a cookie I can get behind.
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