I just started eating a raw food diet coming from a whole food plant based diet. What you're is saying is true in my experience. I chose grains and beans over vegetables any time. I'd incorporate vegetables into all my meals. After eating grains and beans, I'd get high energy, bloat and fart a lot, and feel full for hours. I had a hard time with self control eating those foods because they were so good tasting and they gave me a brain buzz or dopamine high if that makes sense. After quitting those and eating raw food, my seborrheic dermatitis, considered an incurable disease, is going away without the drugs I used to take.
I'm suddenly grossed out by cooked food again, after being a raw food vegan 15 years ago and feeling SO GOOD! And looking radiant! It was the best I've ever looked or felt.
I always like these videos you do (even though I still eat those foods) because I like the principles behind it. 'eat what's right for you', remember it's a personal choice and we don't have to think in terms of "I can't", but "I choose", and 'don't eat what doesn't work for you' Also I like learning about how people react to different foods, and what they've done that has been a good thing for their own bodies. And ooooh!! I'm a huge fan of mamey sapote! Your description of the flavor is spot on! Thank you for another great video, Lissa!!! 💚
Once in a while I will buy a sweet potato and a beet. I slice each up, and dip them in hummus. Delish. This replaces my potato chips. Cauliflower makes a bomb rice sub! I love how you "choose" instead of saying "I can't"
I love sweeet potatoes but can I use the dehydrator to make some chips or cut it in cubes with water and let it sit for hours under low temperatures? Would it still be considered to be raw?
@@noellewisdomimagez3263 yes, dehydration is still considered raw, and letting something soak, it's still raw also. There are certain things I cook. Chickpeas (from dry) quinoa, and I do eat bulgar wheat. I soak it and make tabouli salad. That is the only wheat product I eat. I'm more 'high raw' than 100% raw. What keeps me from all raw is sprouting. It seems to take forever!
@@lizard1971 lolol yes sprouting takes some time and patience quinoa is the easiest to sprout and that can take 3-5 days. I have lentils and yet to try sprouting it. If I soak chickpeas for like 2 days with changing the water like every 12 hrs I just eat it like nuts lol. From 3months now I want to try sauerkraut and afraid it spoil lol
This is so inspiring, I am so glad I came across this video! Over the years I have taken dairy and grains out of my diet because of migraines, and I was thinking of giving up meat also, but I wasn't sure if it would be possible because of restrictions in my diet. It pains me to eat meat when I see research on how the fishing and meat industry is cruel to animals and is ruining our planet. But maybe I can transition meat out of my diet if I eat enough raw foods. I'm hoping I will have more energy with this change in my diet. Thank you!
I went raw vegan 2 times now I'm going to stick with it, beans , rice , potatoes, and most cooked foods bloats my stomachs and cause addictions, make me want more as well. But when I eat raw foods it's more fulfilling and it makes my tummy look and feel good.
Food addiction is real! Grains I noticed for me promote joint inflammation. Corn was the most difficult second to he yellow potatoes. I have seen raw recipes with sweet potatoes dehydrated a bit to get the softened I think it was Cara Brotman that turned me on to that. Thank you for being an example I’m looking to emulate. Aloha 🌺☮️🤙🏻🥰
Personally I do not belive in food addiction. Its just mental state issue. When persona is happy and in peace with themselves they do not crave anything at all.
One suggestion for the books on Amazon. It has the name Melissa Maris, but on your youtube page you have Lissa. I am really hoping that I purchased your book and not someone else's because I didn't see your face anywhere on the cover to know if it is you. I just purchased Raw Food Romance 30 day meal plan. It is coming this Wed. I am really struggling and having all of the same issues with grains, beans, potatoes and rice. I am excited about getting the book but yet pensive because I love cooking.
Yes that’s my very first book I wrote about 9 years ago. I hope you enjoy it! And take your time incorporating more raw. There’s no “rule” that you have to eat 100% raw, although I enjoy it, you can find which amount you enjoy wherever you’re at. Maybe you do all raw and love it! My author names are Melissa Maris and my past name Melissa Raimondi (which that eBook was written under) my name changed when I married Nate 🩷 Lissa is just my nickname. Melissa without the Me
I love sprouted quinoa, oat groats, buckwheat, bloomed wild rice, etc. But I know those things can be hard for some ppl to digest. There is a lot of variety under the raw vegan umbrella - there's something for everyone.
I can totally relate. For me I find that if I steam potatoes they are not as addicting as I do not use oil anymore. Hoping to cook remaining of my cooked food to then transition into a 90% raw diet and then as we change hoping to get to a fully one 😊🌱
Nice!! I’ve tried plain potatoes before (before raw) and I never enjoyed them so I don’t even think about them. Great way to transition you have there too
Thank you for making this video ! Finally who feels the same way about mamays! They do taste exactly like baked sweet potato with cinnamon and sugar. A tip on actual sweet potato’s, juice them then blend them with a coconut milk and a little pumpkin pie spice. Yum!
You can juice potatoes in order to get the nutrients from them. There are more nutrients in raw potato juice than in a cooked potato. Raw potato juice is also good for patting on the skin to heal skin conditions. Some starch comes into the juice when a potato is juiced. But this is not cooked starch so it does not have the same fattening effect. Basically the uncooked starch just passes through without really getting digested. I’ve juiced potatoes with other vegetable juices to make it more palatable. Have had no ill effects.
I eat raw sweetpatatoes, they are very good, I blend them with fruits or dried fruits and spice them with cinnamon, vanilla etc. Amazing custard!😘 You have to marinade sweetpatatoe spirales and soke them so that they get softer. Or you can put them a little bit into the dehydrater.😉 marinaded 😉
I just received your food journal book, the burger book and your soups and stews! I already have your other books!! You really did a fantastic job on these books. Your photography really is mouth watering awesome!!! I'm looking forward to digging into these!! Great job! We'll done!!
I was raw for a long time and started eating grains, potatoes and beans cause I need to save money during this pandemic and now my skin is breaking out like crazy! But I’m gonna get back to it!! I was feeling amazing while on raw! I am also lifting weights but now I’m trying to gain muscles and it’s storm in my gut, eating legumes and protein powder, but I don’t gain muscles easily. I just feel lost☹️
Awww!!! That’s a tough situation! Hope you can get back to a balance. There’s nothing wrong with having a backup plan in case but raw foods are ideal for sure! What about lentil and broccoli sprouts?! That’s where I get a lot of good protein.
I eat potatoes with no breakouts but beans and rice make me break out because that 1 gram or close to a gram of fat in the beans and rice make my skin break out.
Wont be happening here. Veganism (which actually isn’t a diet. It’s an ethical stance in action) isn’t the issues in my opinion. It’s the restrictive and extreme behaviours that far too many people get stuck in trying to cleanse or limit themselves, are the main cause. I build my body just fine on a vegan diet ❤️
I also choose not to eat rice, potatoes & beans. I feel worse the next day, my facial skin looks more saggy & my energy is lower. . rice & most starches are addictive to me. I like Dr Doug Graham's thoughts on starches in his book 'Grain Damage'.
I’m making a rice from raw sweet potatoes in the vitamix and eating it with simple salad of tomatoes green onion and cucumber and Brag liquid amino. Very simple but yet delicious.
Everything that I love on my plate. But am now eliminating potion by potion. I got your 30 days raw book, it has not been easy to find all the ingredients in your book though but I will get there sooner or later. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Lissa.
Been raw for 4 months now and one thing i absolutely do not miss is how those cooked starches create plaque on the teeth. That shit irritated to me to no end. What is your opinion on cooked non-starchy vegetables such as cauliflower and broccoli?
Omg now that you mention it, I hated that so much too!!! If you do cooked cruciferous veggies, chop them well and let them sit for 45 mins before cooking. Heat destroys the enzyme that creates sulphoraphane but after 45 mins, sulphoraphane is created (the reaction between the precursor and enzymes takes about that long after any chopping, chewing or blending. The processing is what activates the reaction) then it’s ok to cook it. Which is so much more time, I just eat them raw or marinated ❤️🥦 and I eat a lot of them too!
@@RawFoodRomance I should probably eat them raw then, because i don't like cooking either. Thanks for the useful info. Is there a way to soften them? My teeth have suffered damage from a disordered addiction to sugar and cooked carbs when i was vegan and so the fibres of cruciferous veggies are somewhat tough for me and get stuck between my teeth which i need to keep dislodging, especially with carrots which i like in my salads.
Wow, I didn't know that. I'm growing purple sweet potatoes right now. That means I could eat them raw when I harvest them in the fall. Thanks so much guys for this tip!
I eat raw potatoes all the time. Have done since I was a kid. Used to have one in my packed lunch. Not sweet potatoes though. Thanks for sharing. I’m glad I found your page.
I've eaten sweet potatoes cut on my mandolin as a raw chip with a hummus. The rice I consume is wild rice, which I sprout overnight. Also, quinoa is a grain that can also be gently sprouted. And lastly, buckwheat is another that some raw foodests consume via sprouting. I'm not a fan because it still gives a thickness that's not appealing to me, but it's available.
Just a thought, Alan Goldhamer talks about the addictive nature of salt, oil and sugar. We all who have struggle with weight know that. When you talk about the potatoes you consumed it was "Drizzled with oil and salt". Do you think maybe that was why the overconsumation?
Likely. They are so blah without and it’s not enjoyable to eat them without so I just don’t eat them at all. Plus I’m not into the long boiling and waiting game when I could just make a salad faster hehee
Why do potatoes need to be cooked as a child? My mother used to feed me raw potatoes. They're crunchy. They don't hurt my stomach. They're like a jicama in a way. Raw potatoes are tasty with little bit of sea salt
Because of the high solanine content. It’s not the best in larger amounts. Sweet potatoes are much different. I use raw sweet potato in my raw wraps though now. I just still don’t cook anything
I totally respect your thoughts and think your decision is awesome because you are using self-control. I do eat potatoes and a lot lol but I live by the 50 50 rule. 50% starch and 50% non-starch vegetables and this has really helped me kept balanced so far.
@@RawFoodRomance I appreciate your videos !!😊I was vegan for 9 months and feeling much better (health issues cleared up) then just stopped😢 This time I'm plant based, whole food, oil free. I'm feeling fantastic, soooo much more energy. I want this as a lifestyle and feel I have so much more knowledge. Started Jan 1st 7 pounds down, 💪💪UA-cam channels like yourself keep me going! Much thx
@@RawFoodRomance you’re wrongfully teaching restriction by responding it’s okay to eat potatoes AS LONG AS IT’S LOW FAT! You’re preaching diet culture by promoting that one should eat low fat. That is classic food combining fears that starches should not be combined with fats. Your information is not trustworthy and is brainwashed by fat phobia. Perhaps you fear being fat if you eat large meals and calorie high foods but didn’t eat low fat…?
Can you show us your bloodwork results when you get it done? The reason i ask (i don’t mean to be intrusive) is because I have a friend that was vegan, and the doctor told her she was anemic and now she eats fish and a bit of red meat. I saw your transformation videos (you look amazing btw) and I’m inspired to do the raw vegan lifestyle but I’m afraid my blood work will be off on iron or something.
I had a mini blood test done last year and my B12 and D are both higher than midrange. My c reactive is super low (a good thing) and I’m not anemic. I will be getting a full panel in the future just to make sure I’m still on point. I’ll never eat fish or animals even if my levels are lower. I know how to get nutrition from my raw choices so I wouldn’t resort to going against my ethics. Sunflower microgreens are my top source of iron if you’re curious. 1 cup has 6mg and that’s just one little thing I eat all day. I average 20+ gm iron a day from non heme sources as heme sources from animals is not uptake regulated in the body the same. I’ll pass on that form any day!
White taters....I’m right there with you...addictive as heck...I do love some sweet taters from time to time...even juiced then blended with a thickener like zucchini in the vitamix until just warmed and add some cinnamon it’s a lovely warm soup in the chilly weather! What do you think of wild rice? Since it’s really a grass you don’t need to cook it...just soak it...I enjoy the chewiness in a wrap or on a salad. Peace love and fruit to you and N8!
Love love!! Yes you can “bloom” wild rice but we haven’t done so and likely won’t. Not because it’s a grain or that we shouldn’t but just because it’s not something we think about I guess. I never liked rice anyways so it’s not something I consider ❤️
I eat lightly fried potatoes along with a small vegetable salad of carrots, onions, bell peppers. I find it to be a nice balance between raw and cooked. The oil basically gets neutralised by the raw vegetables which act like an astringent to the fat in the body. I think both Ayurveda and TCM agree that we need both fried foods and raw foods to be optimal.
I’ll pass on the fried. I’m doing so well no oils (I’m no longer an oil fan), haven’t used them in almost 6 years and do not intend to.. but I’m glad as d you found your balance.
I don’t understand…. I’m lacking energy, everyday, big time, since I quit meat, dairy, etc… How, do you get your energy from if you don’t eat potatoes, beans, and rice ? ?? I’m really confused and I’m suffering everyday, trying to figure what to eat to regain the strength to make my day.😢
I’m so sad you’re suffering! If you need potatoes, beans etc, please eat them! I get my energy because I eat A LOT! I eat around 2400 calories of fruits and veggies. We need adequate calories to sustain us so we need to eat. Pants are lower in calorie density so you have to eat MORE of them to get enough. Start eating way more! Eat larger salads and smoothies and eat more often to stay fueled. And work on low fat so your insulin gets the carb sugar into your cells to burn efficiently
Thank you so much for this!! I just found you & I love your videos!! I’m literally a potato head!!🤣I am struggling with weight loss & your channel is so inspiring & encouraging!!
I personally prefer fruit, vegetables, greens, roots, sprouts and herbs in their raw form. I don’t use grains personally and I don’t cook anything. “Better” is relative. Better than what?! Grains are better than junk food if a person needs healthier options, but perhaps fruit would be better suited but it depends on a persons goals, desires and finances/availability.
I guess it's ok to change bit by bit. It's a stairway like path. Only a few people do or can do the hard over night all in one change. It means mostly to change even friends and a whole lifestyle, because it's easier to live with people that want the same and have the same frequenzy or at least like and respect what you do and love to try it too. Maybe just have problems with the diciplin. If they only respect it, it's often not satisfying for all. Because it feels more like a false or not fitting arrangement.
Yes gradual habit change is helpful not only for you, but to adapt those around you as well. They can also slowly get used to your new choices and habits. 🥰
Hmmm I dunno… I eat way more, like 2400 calories a day and I have to eat a huge volume of food to get there. I think it’s easier personally because I’ve worked hard and consistently to grow my gut microbiome to handle that much fiber, I eat around 80-100gm or more each day! ❤️❤️
I really appreciate your recipe, which is Solved some bloating problems，but I have a confusion，eating uncooked food in winter will feel very cold, what will you do?
I have many videos of eating raw in the winter. I was raw 5 winters in Canada with -40 weather so it’s very doable you just need to plan. Check out my raw in the winter videos!
Lissa I don't like cooking either, I like to just wash and munch. I mean sweet potatoes taste better cooked but it is just so much easier to eat them raw, and I know they're better for me that way. I never thought I would be into eating raw celery & carrots etc but here I am.
Lol totally!! I was like that with cucumber. I still do a yam maybe twice a year or so. Either raw frozen and thawed in a soup or raw spiralized in a salad.
@@RawFoodRomance SPIRALIZING adds so much fun to food & the texture is just so yummy. I make a pico de gallo salsa (without the gallo lol gallo means chicken in spanish) but also add spirilized zucchini to the salsa & tapatio. Swear it taste like crab salad but good for the soul & raw vegan!
Interesting! I’m addicted to bananas 😞 I can eat them all day long. Potatoes, rice, and grains are regular when bulking up muscles, but I like more raw because I feel better and cut very fast on it. Love your videos!!
Im allergic to bananas and avocados.....what am I supposed to eat to get calories to bulk up, besides nuts, cuz I can only eat so many cashews or Brazil nuts in one day.
@@RawFoodRomance by saying bananas are okay to be addicted to you’re subconsciously saying that bananas are good and potatoes are bad. That’s diet culture right there labeling foods okay and not okay.
Hi, hon'. I'm with you. :) I'm vegan, but I try to avoid grains. Haven't give up beans or legumes, yet. I've tried going raw and it's hard for me due to budget and practicality issues..but I love my smoothies and salads..but yes, gluten and grains, soooooo addictive! I sometimes go and try to have potatoes and rice, and it just lays in my stomach.. :*( ..or I can't stop eating. I also just feel that it's empty calories compared to fruit and vegetables..more energy-dense than nutrient dense. I know that as a vegan I'd be an outlier not eating grains, but I don't care. You know your body better than anyone else, and besides..taking out the grains makes your meals look more colorful! :D Maybe one day I can be completely raw..but right now I'm trying for High Raw, which is better than nothing. Thanks for the video, hon'. :)
Your potato relationship feels like this is exactly how I am with cigarettes. Like I can never ever smoke again. Also rice is totally gross to me. Wouldn’t mind if I never eat them again.
Yeah I’m exactly the same with rice! I could care less about it haha but potatoes were my crutch! Glad they aren’t in my life anymore for myself. Not saying they are evil, just certainly not resonant with me!
I recommend you to watch irene grosjean's videos. She is a French health educator and believe me. You're diet is the best. Potatoes, rice,... are no healthy
I don't like sprouted lentils either BUT sprouted chickpeas are amazing. Only sprout for 2 days, no longer, until you see the little white shoots appear. You can eat on their own or mix in with cucumber and an almond butter/lime juice sauce.
Besides juicing, is there any other drink you use for liquid besides water? I know every single smoothie and vegetable drink at the store is pasteurized (as well as the s*** drinks, too, of course), so I would really like to know is a juicer the only real alternative to "water fatigue"? lol
I actually don’t have a juicer so juice is a pretty rare thing in our diet. Like… maybe 4-5x a year we will get a cold pressed juice at a juice bar maybe… it’s mega rare. We just do water or sparkling water for hydration. I get around 2-3L on a good day of straight water ❤️
Not my cup of tea but if others want to do it, it’s their choice! It’s still vegan! ❤️ I would find it unpleasant and very dehydrating and boring without oil and salt lol!
Actually salt is fine to use on the starch solution. Now I enjoy my food more without oil and potatoes are still addicting to me without anything added. My problem is that they don't fill me up without eating too many of them.
The potato addiction is just about self control.. I have this feeling to eat more and more in several types of food.. But we need to realize that its important to stop while eating, think about it at that moment and try to control ourselves. We dont need to cut off these foods. To mindfully personally grow, is to mindfully incorporate them all and let them be our teachers🙏 by trying to eliminate calling of our taste buds...
I don’t. I think if a person eats enough variety and adequate calories, they are fine without grains (except the super random bloomed/sprouted rice or sprouted oats which are rare). It’s been almost 9 years and I don’t have any issues. I also don’t miss them or care to eat them again.
A brilliant topic to discuss! Thank you! Absolutely love your videos also as a raw vegan 🧡 Can I ask what your thoughts are on plantain? In winter I will occasionally eat them due to how filling and warming they are!
Glad you enjoy my content! I’ve only had a few plantains raw, the skins need to be black to be easier to digest the resistant starch but if you had a few cooked ones (oil free of course) I’m sure it’s not the end of the world, your call! ❤️
Hi. I read that wild rice is toasted/roasted for about 15 minutes. I know the rice "blooms" open, but can it sprout past that? I don't think wild rice is technically raw. :(
Tracy Johnson hi from the U.K. I buy black wild rice, which is really a grass but looks like large rice grains. You can eat them raw once they have been soaked for around 8 hours . Quite chewy but I love it.
I find eating non-cooked food makes me feel very cold. I am on a cleanse right now and i cant eat any grains, so I’m eating fruit smoothies and salads. Fortunately it’s a little warmer right now, but i can’t imagine doing this during the winter. How do you deal with that on a raw diet?
Lissa's Raw Food Romance Thank you for the response! Taro is another alternative to potato & I’ve heard it’s healthier than white potato. I occasionally use it as a treat since it is still a starch. I’ve never heard of Mamey before until I found you. Where do you happen to find & get them?
Some Asian stores carry them. It’s a fruit. I was able to find them at the Asian store in Canada and one in Portland. But you can also order them from Miami Fruit www.miamifruit.org
i'm so excited to start soaking sprouting and even fermenting my beans, i've been making my own saurkrauts and have been vegan and vegetarian before, now i'm starting to grow my own mushrooms and plants, I wish I started my health journey this way instead of just jumping to veganism when i knew nothing about preparation. This time, I am so excited because of all the knowledge i've gained!!!
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I just started eating a raw food diet coming from a whole food plant based diet. What you're is saying is true in my experience. I chose grains and beans over vegetables any time. I'd incorporate vegetables into all my meals. After eating grains and beans, I'd get high energy, bloat and fart a lot, and feel full for hours. I had a hard time with self control eating those foods because they were so good tasting and they gave me a brain buzz or dopamine high if that makes sense. After quitting those and eating raw food, my seborrheic dermatitis, considered an incurable disease, is going away without the drugs I used to take.
So impressive! Thank you for sharing!
I'm happy to be hear about your healing 🙏. This gives me hope 🙂.
I have atopic dermatitis and a raw vegan diet does seem to help my itchy dry skin.
You should also drink more water to hidrate and clean mucus in the body
I don't cook the rice I soak them in water over night
I'm suddenly grossed out by cooked food again, after being a raw food vegan 15 years ago and feeling SO GOOD! And looking radiant! It was the best I've ever looked or felt.
Wow!! Yeah I feel it’s my fave so that’s what I choose daily ❤️
Hi if you don’t mind me asking but why does the cooled food gross you out? Just wondering.
I always like these videos you do (even though I still eat those foods) because I like the principles behind it. 'eat what's right for you', remember it's a personal choice and we don't have to think in terms of "I can't", but "I choose", and 'don't eat what doesn't work for you' Also I like learning about how people react to different foods, and what they've done that has been a good thing for their own bodies. And ooooh!! I'm a huge fan of mamey sapote! Your description of the flavor is spot on! Thank you for another great video, Lissa!!! 💚
Once in a while I will buy a sweet potato and a beet. I slice each up, and dip them in hummus. Delish. This replaces my potato chips.
Cauliflower makes a bomb rice sub!
I love how you "choose" instead of saying "I can't"
Yes!!! It’s all about choice!!
I love sweeet potatoes but can I use the dehydrator to make some chips or cut it in cubes with water and let it sit for hours under low temperatures? Would it still be considered to be raw?
@@noellewisdomimagez3263 yes, dehydration is still considered raw, and letting something soak, it's still raw also. There are certain things I cook. Chickpeas (from dry) quinoa, and I do eat bulgar wheat. I soak it and make tabouli salad. That is the only wheat product I eat. I'm more 'high raw' than 100% raw. What keeps me from all raw is sprouting. It seems to take forever!
@@lizard1971 lolol yes sprouting takes some time and patience quinoa is the easiest to sprout and that can take 3-5 days. I have lentils and yet to try sprouting it. If I soak chickpeas for like 2 days with changing the water like every 12 hrs I just eat it like nuts lol.
From 3months now I want to try sauerkraut and afraid it spoil lol
@@noellewisdomimagez3263 I may want to try that chickpea idea haha
This is so inspiring, I am so glad I came across this video! Over the years I have taken dairy and grains out of my diet because of migraines, and I was thinking of giving up meat also, but I wasn't sure if it would be possible because of restrictions in my diet. It pains me to eat meat when I see research on how the fishing and meat industry is cruel to animals and is ruining our planet. But maybe I can transition meat out of my diet if I eat enough raw foods. I'm hoping I will have more energy with this change in my diet. Thank you!
I went raw vegan 2 times now I'm going to stick with it, beans , rice , potatoes, and most cooked foods bloats my stomachs and cause addictions, make me want more as well. But when I eat raw foods it's more fulfilling and it makes my tummy look and feel good.
Nice!!! Yeah raw food is totally beautiful for the body!
I understand your potato 🥔 pain! They do something to my soul and I eat so many of them like out of control.. 4 for dinner last night
Potatoes are not bad for you. If your body can handle them, eat them. They are full of nutrients.
I had 3 yesterday. Ugh. Only thing I cook
Food addiction is real! Grains I noticed for me promote joint inflammation. Corn was the most difficult second to he yellow potatoes. I have seen raw recipes with sweet potatoes dehydrated a bit to get the softened I think it was Cara Brotman that turned me on to that. Thank you for being an example I’m looking to emulate. Aloha 🌺☮️🤙🏻🥰
Personally I do not belive in food addiction. Its just mental state issue. When persona is happy and in peace with themselves they do not crave anything at all.
We have the same name 😁
One suggestion for the books on Amazon. It has the name Melissa Maris, but on your youtube page you have Lissa. I am really hoping that I purchased your book and not someone else's because I didn't see your face anywhere on the cover to know if it is you. I just purchased Raw Food Romance 30 day meal plan. It is coming this Wed. I am really struggling and having all of the same issues with grains, beans, potatoes and rice. I am excited about getting the book but yet pensive because I love cooking.
Yes that’s my very first book I wrote about 9 years ago. I hope you enjoy it! And take your time incorporating more raw. There’s no “rule” that you have to eat 100% raw, although I enjoy it, you can find which amount you enjoy wherever you’re at. Maybe you do all raw and love it! My author names are Melissa Maris and my past name Melissa Raimondi (which that eBook was written under) my name changed when I married Nate 🩷 Lissa is just my nickname. Melissa without the Me
Organic raw potatoes(especially red ones ) are very good for juicing and good for healing .
You can sprout rice too, but it takes longer time.
Solanine in potatoes can cause major inflammation in some.
@@honeyspoonbeewrangler4550 Solanin is only in green potatoes, in green tomatoes too…
rice was life for me! your potatoes. my rice. glue for the digestive system
Yup it’s all pumping dopamine
I love sprouted quinoa, oat groats, buckwheat, bloomed wild rice, etc. But I know those things can be hard for some ppl to digest. There is a lot of variety under the raw vegan umbrella - there's something for everyone.
Gurrrrrrrl you are just stunning, inside and out! ✨💕❤️💕✨
So great that you know yourself so well, and have the discipline to honor that!
Thank you lovely!
I can totally relate. For me I find that if I steam potatoes they are not as addicting as I do not use oil anymore. Hoping to cook remaining of my cooked food to then transition into a 90% raw diet and then as we change hoping to get to a fully one 😊🌱
Nice!! I’ve tried plain potatoes before (before raw) and I never enjoyed them so I don’t even think about them. Great way to transition you have there too
Thank you for making this video ! Finally who feels the same way about mamays! They do taste exactly like baked sweet potato with cinnamon and sugar. A tip on actual sweet potato’s, juice them then blend them with a coconut milk and a little pumpkin pie spice. Yum!
Lissa...you are a walking endorsement for the raw lifestyle. You exude HEALTH!! I want to be just like you!!!😍💕
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Nice video! May I ask what foundation you use or request a makeup and a skincare routine video? Your skin looks flawless!
Yes!! I use Eminence Organics tinted moisturizer and some cover fx moonlight highlight and a little blush.
Lissa's Raw Food Romance wow amazing!! Thanks so much!
Lissa's Raw Food Romance may I ask what your shade is? Thank you again!
You can juice potatoes in order to get the nutrients from them. There are more nutrients in raw potato juice than in a cooked potato. Raw potato juice is also good for patting on the skin to heal skin conditions. Some starch comes into the juice when a potato is juiced. But this is not cooked starch so it does not have the same fattening effect. Basically the uncooked starch just passes through without really getting digested. I’ve juiced potatoes with other vegetable juices to make it more palatable. Have had no ill effects.
I eat raw sweetpatatoes, they are very good, I blend them with fruits or dried fruits and spice them with cinnamon, vanilla etc.
Amazing custard!😘
You have to marinade sweetpatatoe spirales and soke them so that they get softer. Or you can put them a little bit into the dehydrater.😉 marinaded 😉
True that! There are ways to eat them raw for sure
My favourites are the purple one, I have them with cinnamon apple and lemon juice blended into a smoothie, that one I got from fully raw Kristina!
I just received your food journal book, the burger book and your soups and stews! I already have your other books!! You really did a fantastic job on these books. Your photography really is mouth watering awesome!!! I'm looking forward to digging into these!! Great job! We'll done!!
Thank you thank you!!! Your comment warms my heart! I hope you find some favorites in those books!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I was raw for a long time and started eating grains, potatoes and beans cause I need to save money during this pandemic and now my skin is breaking out like crazy! But I’m gonna get back to it!! I was feeling amazing while on raw! I am also lifting weights but now I’m trying to gain muscles and it’s storm in my gut, eating legumes and protein powder, but I don’t gain muscles easily. I just feel lost☹️
Awww!!! That’s a tough situation! Hope you can get back to a balance. There’s nothing wrong with having a backup plan in case but raw foods are ideal for sure! What about lentil and broccoli sprouts?! That’s where I get a lot of good protein.
I eat potatoes with no breakouts but beans and rice make me break out because that 1 gram or close to a gram of fat in the beans and rice make my skin break out.
Need animal protein, egg, raw milk to build muscles. Trust me I was a vegan for a decade. My teeth, nails, hair took a big hit.
Wont be happening here. Veganism (which actually isn’t a diet. It’s an ethical stance in action) isn’t the issues in my opinion. It’s the restrictive and extreme behaviours that far too many people get stuck in trying to cleanse or limit themselves, are the main cause. I build my body just fine on a vegan diet ❤️
your complexion looks super healthy
Thank you 🥰
Thankyou for this video, my family are having a party and it helped me avoid the cooked food addiction🙏🏾mangoes and salad for me 🥗
I also choose not to eat rice, potatoes & beans. I feel worse the next day, my facial skin looks more saggy & my energy is lower. . rice & most starches are addictive to me. I like Dr Doug Graham's thoughts on starches in his book 'Grain Damage'.
My only big source of starch is sprouted lentil, hi h is just enough for me! Potato and grain starches are addictive like crazy for me too!
I’m making a rice from raw sweet potatoes in the vitamix and eating it with simple salad of tomatoes green onion and cucumber and Brag liquid amino. Very simple but yet delicious.
OML 10 this is a great idea! Thank you for sharing!! I am going to try that today! ✌🏽❤️✨
I wish Bragg was raw.
I get sick from raw sweet potatoes or noodle version I don’t get sick if I cook them it’s so weird
Everything that I love on my plate. But am now eliminating potion by potion. I got your 30 days raw book, it has not been easy to find all the ingredients in your book though but I will get there sooner or later. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Lissa.
Been raw for 4 months now and one thing i absolutely do not miss is how those cooked starches create plaque on the teeth. That shit irritated to me to no end. What is your opinion on cooked non-starchy vegetables such as cauliflower and broccoli?
Omg now that you mention it, I hated that so much too!!! If you do cooked cruciferous veggies, chop them well and let them sit for 45 mins before cooking. Heat destroys the enzyme that creates sulphoraphane but after 45 mins, sulphoraphane is created (the reaction between the precursor and enzymes takes about that long after any chopping, chewing or blending. The processing is what activates the reaction) then it’s ok to cook it. Which is so much more time, I just eat them raw or marinated ❤️🥦 and I eat a lot of them too!
@@RawFoodRomance I should probably eat them raw then, because i don't like cooking either. Thanks for the useful info. Is there a way to soften them? My teeth have suffered damage from a disordered addiction to sugar and cooked carbs when i was vegan and so the fibres of cruciferous veggies are somewhat tough for me and get stuck between my teeth which i need to keep dislodging, especially with carrots which i like in my salads.
Yesss! The plaque! I'm not sure I ever made that connection until right now. More reason to continue with raw.
Yep. Dropped all cooked and processed crap and dropping 1lb a day, happy and healthy
Girl I feel you, cooking is so boring.. I am not raw vegan, or vegan but your lifestyle seems so good 😍 Will try to eat more veggies during days!
It’s so nice not having to cook!!! Timing everything and cleaning. Ugh! I’m so happy just chop, blend, eat and rinse!
Look at chef AJ, she eat 2-3 huge potatoes and she is thin and very healthy looking!
You dont have to cook sweet potatoe, In Zimbabwe we grew them in our garden and snacked on them, the purple ones are the yummy.
That’s cool!!
Yeah, I put raw sweet potatoes in my smoothies.
Wow, I didn't know that. I'm growing purple sweet potatoes right now. That means I could eat them raw when I harvest them in the fall. Thanks so much guys for this tip!
@@cvdinjapan7935 I have not tried that but I will now!
@@health9440 Enjoy! It gives the smoothie a very thick texture!
I eat raw potatoes all the time. Have done since I was a kid. Used to have one in my packed lunch. Not sweet potatoes though. Thanks for sharing. I’m glad I found your page.
I’m glad you enjoy my content!
I've eaten sweet potatoes cut on my mandolin as a raw chip with a hummus.
The rice I consume is wild rice, which I sprout overnight. Also, quinoa is a grain that can also be gently sprouted. And lastly, buckwheat is another that some raw foodests consume via sprouting. I'm not a fan because it still gives a thickness that's not appealing to me, but it's available.
Raw peeled potatoes are DELICIOUS, thet taste kind of like apples. Plus I do not eat them addictively like I would eat cooked pptatoes/french fries.
Yeah cooked with oil and salt is a hard to say no to combo!
Wild rice is great for sprouting! And alkaline!
Just a thought, Alan Goldhamer talks about the addictive nature of salt, oil and sugar. We all who have struggle with weight know that. When you talk about the potatoes you consumed it was "Drizzled with oil and salt". Do you think maybe that was why the overconsumation?
Likely. They are so blah without and it’s not enjoyable to eat them without so I just don’t eat them at all. Plus I’m not into the long boiling and waiting game when I could just make a salad faster hehee
Why do potatoes need to be cooked as a child? My mother used to feed me raw potatoes. They're crunchy. They don't hurt my stomach. They're like a jicama in a way. Raw potatoes are tasty with little bit of sea salt
Because of the high solanine content. It’s not the best in larger amounts. Sweet potatoes are much different. I use raw sweet potato in my raw wraps though now. I just still don’t cook anything
I seem to have a potato addiction too! Now I know it's a thing.
I totally respect your thoughts and think your decision is awesome because you are using self-control. I do eat potatoes and a lot lol but I live by the 50 50 rule. 50% starch and 50% non-starch vegetables and this has really helped me kept balanced so far.
As long as it’s low fat and plant based!
@@RawFoodRomance I appreciate your videos !!😊I was vegan for 9 months and feeling much better (health issues cleared up) then just stopped😢 This time I'm plant based, whole food, oil free. I'm feeling fantastic, soooo much more energy. I want this as a lifestyle and feel I have so much more knowledge. Started Jan 1st 7 pounds down, 💪💪UA-cam channels like yourself keep me going! Much thx
@@RawFoodRomance you’re wrongfully teaching restriction by responding it’s okay to eat potatoes AS LONG AS IT’S LOW FAT! You’re preaching diet culture by promoting that one should eat low fat. That is classic food combining fears that starches should not be combined with fats. Your information is not trustworthy and is brainwashed by fat phobia. Perhaps you fear being fat if you eat large meals and calorie high foods but didn’t eat low fat…?
A few years ago.. I read a good article on-line by Dr Gabriel Cousens about grains & gluten.. may have been titled 'Starchaholic'.
Interesting! Thank you for sharing
Can you show us your bloodwork results when you get it done?
The reason i ask (i don’t mean to be intrusive) is because I have a friend that was vegan, and the doctor told her she was anemic and now she eats fish and a bit of red meat.
I saw your transformation videos (you look amazing btw) and I’m inspired to do the raw vegan lifestyle but I’m afraid my blood work will be off on iron or something.
I had a mini blood test done last year and my B12 and D are both higher than midrange. My c reactive is super low (a good thing) and I’m not anemic. I will be getting a full panel in the future just to make sure I’m still on point. I’ll never eat fish or animals even if my levels are lower. I know how to get nutrition from my raw choices so I wouldn’t resort to going against my ethics. Sunflower microgreens are my top source of iron if you’re curious. 1 cup has 6mg and that’s just one little thing I eat all day. I average 20+ gm iron a day from non heme sources as heme sources from animals is not uptake regulated in the body the same. I’ll pass on that form any day!
This is the video I need thank you! That’s all I eat! ESP from a Mexican house hold it’s hard!!
Awww every culture has its special foods using these ingredients in some way! Glad the video helped you!
Lovely video out in nature 🥰 Wish I had explored more of Oregon when I was out there!!
White taters....I’m right there with you...addictive as heck...I do love some sweet taters from time to time...even juiced then blended with a thickener like zucchini in the vitamix until just warmed and add some cinnamon it’s a lovely warm soup in the chilly weather!
What do you think of wild rice? Since it’s really a grass you don’t need to cook it...just soak it...I enjoy the chewiness in a wrap or on a salad. Peace love and fruit to you and N8!
Love love!! Yes you can “bloom” wild rice but we haven’t done so and likely won’t. Not because it’s a grain or that we shouldn’t but just because it’s not something we think about I guess. I never liked rice anyways so it’s not something I consider ❤️
Grains make me fat and..
Cellulite
Flawless skin!
so helpful.... thank you!!
They’re super high in carbs and they spike your glucose really high. I rather not eat them for those reasons.
I eat lightly fried potatoes along with a small vegetable salad of carrots, onions, bell peppers. I find it to be a nice balance between raw and cooked. The oil basically gets neutralised by the raw vegetables which act like an astringent to the fat in the body. I think both Ayurveda and TCM agree that we need both fried foods and raw foods to be optimal.
I’ll pass on the fried. I’m doing so well no oils (I’m no longer an oil fan), haven’t used them in almost 6 years and do not intend to.. but I’m glad as d you found your balance.
What about spices like cinnamon, pepper etc,?
I use all spices. I love spices.
Lissa, your eyes are an interesting colour that is difficult to define. Have they changed colour since becoming raw vegan?
They haven’t really changed much at all, they are a green on the outside and brown on the inside
Another informative vid….love your light eye shadow….gorgeous!!!
Aww thank you!! ❤️❤️
I don’t understand…. I’m lacking energy, everyday, big time, since I quit meat, dairy, etc…
How, do you get your energy from if you don’t eat potatoes, beans, and rice ? ??
I’m really confused and I’m suffering everyday, trying to figure what to eat to regain the strength to make my day.😢
I’m so sad you’re suffering! If you need potatoes, beans etc, please eat them! I get my energy because I eat A LOT! I eat around 2400 calories of fruits and veggies. We need adequate calories to sustain us so we need to eat. Pants are lower in calorie density so you have to eat MORE of them to get enough. Start eating way more! Eat larger salads and smoothies and eat more often to stay fueled. And work on low fat so your insulin gets the carb sugar into your cells to burn efficiently
Thank you so much for this!! I just found you & I love your videos!! I’m literally a potato head!!🤣I am struggling with weight loss & your channel is so inspiring & encouraging!!
You are so honest and helpful. Addictive foods are also my nemesis to backsliding into bad eating habits.
Which is better carbohydrates from grains or fruits?
I personally prefer fruit, vegetables, greens, roots, sprouts and herbs in their raw form. I don’t use grains personally and I don’t cook anything. “Better” is relative. Better than what?! Grains are better than junk food if a person needs healthier options, but perhaps fruit would be better suited but it depends on a persons goals, desires and finances/availability.
I guess it's ok to change bit by bit. It's a stairway like path.
Only a few people do or can do the hard over night all in one change.
It means mostly to change even friends and a whole lifestyle, because it's easier to live with people that want the same and have the same frequenzy or at least like and respect what you do and love to try it too. Maybe just have problems with the diciplin.
If they only respect it, it's often not satisfying for all. Because it feels more like a false or not fitting arrangement.
Yes gradual habit change is helpful not only for you, but to adapt those around you as well. They can also slowly get used to your new choices and habits. 🥰
@@RawFoodRomance yes sometimes or something can and others don't.
When you did have a bit of rice or potatoes, did you notice mentally and energetically you felt a bit off? Thank you so much!
I never have done it as a meal since going raw but I just prefer to eat raw foods. Take note of how YOU feel and go from there ❤️❤️❤️
One thought i had: of course raw vegan is easy on your digestive system. The less you eat, the less digestion is involved.
Hmmm I dunno… I eat way more, like 2400 calories a day and I have to eat a huge volume of food to get there. I think it’s easier personally because I’ve worked hard and consistently to grow my gut microbiome to handle that much fiber, I eat around 80-100gm or more each day! ❤️❤️
I enjoyed your video and the reasons
I really appreciate your recipe, which is Solved some bloating problems，but I have a confusion，eating uncooked food in winter will feel very cold, what will you do?
I have many videos of eating raw in the winter. I was raw 5 winters in Canada with -40 weather so it’s very doable you just need to plan. Check out my raw in the winter videos!
Lissa I don't like cooking either, I like to just wash and munch. I mean sweet potatoes taste better cooked but it is just so much easier to eat them raw, and I know they're better for me that way. I never thought I would be into eating raw celery & carrots etc but here I am.
Lol totally!! I was like that with cucumber. I still do a yam maybe twice a year or so. Either raw frozen and thawed in a soup or raw spiralized in a salad.
@@RawFoodRomance SPIRALIZING adds so much fun to food & the texture is just so yummy. I make a pico de gallo salsa (without the gallo lol gallo means chicken in spanish) but also add spirilized zucchini to the salsa & tapatio. Swear it taste like crab salad but good for the soul & raw vegan!
Interesting! I’m addicted to bananas 😞 I can eat them all day long. Potatoes, rice, and grains are regular when bulking up muscles, but I like more raw because I feel better and cut very fast on it.
Love your videos!!
Bananas are ok to be addicted to! Haha!
Bananas are my FAVORITE addiction! 🍌❤️🍌
Im allergic to bananas and avocados.....what am I supposed to eat to get calories to bulk up, besides nuts, cuz I can only eat so many cashews or Brazil nuts in one day.
@@RawFoodRomance by saying bananas are okay to be addicted to you’re subconsciously saying that bananas are good and potatoes are bad. That’s diet culture right there labeling foods okay and not okay.
Thank you! Great video 🤗
New subscriber here! Cant wait to watch more videos! Love this, just listen to your body 😊
Very helpful!!!!❤️
Hi, hon'. I'm with you. :) I'm vegan, but I try to avoid grains. Haven't give up beans or legumes, yet. I've tried going raw and it's hard for me due to budget and practicality issues..but I love my smoothies and salads..but yes, gluten and grains, soooooo addictive! I sometimes go and try to have potatoes and rice, and it just lays in my stomach.. :*( ..or I can't stop eating. I also just feel that it's empty calories compared to fruit and vegetables..more energy-dense than nutrient dense. I know that as a vegan I'd be an outlier not eating grains, but I don't care. You know your body better than anyone else, and besides..taking out the grains makes your meals look more colorful! :D Maybe one day I can be completely raw..but right now I'm trying for High Raw, which is better than nothing. Thanks for the video, hon'. :)
Exactly it’s better than nothing!! As long as it’s vegan and you eat enough calories and variety! ❤️❤️
Plus potatoes n rice is highly mucus forming in the body
You inspire me so much and have great ideas!!✨❤️🥒
Thank you! I’m glad I inspire you!
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Well said Lissa!
Your potato relationship feels like this is exactly how I am with cigarettes. Like I can never ever smoke again.
Also rice is totally gross to me. Wouldn’t mind if I never eat them again.
Yeah I’m exactly the same with rice! I could care less about it haha but potatoes were my crutch! Glad they aren’t in my life anymore for myself. Not saying they are evil, just certainly not resonant with me!
I recommend you to watch irene grosjean's videos. She is a French health educator and believe me. You're diet is the best. Potatoes, rice,... are no healthy
Do u have recipes
I sure do! I have many on a playlist here on my channel or you can get my ebooks at payhip.com/rawfoodromance
What about quinoa sprouted of course,chickpeas sprouted do you eat those
Sprouted first sure. I don’t do sprouted quinoa though, just a choice, I’m not a fan personally
I’ve tried eating sprouted lentils, and cat stand the taste.
I don't like sprouted lentils either BUT sprouted chickpeas are amazing. Only sprout for 2 days, no longer, until you see the little white shoots appear. You can eat on their own or mix in with cucumber and an almond butter/lime juice sauce.
Try marinading them in a tasty sauce.
Besides juicing, is there any other drink you use for liquid besides water? I know every single smoothie and vegetable drink at the store is pasteurized (as well as the s*** drinks, too, of course), so I would really like to know is a juicer the only real alternative to "water fatigue"? lol
I actually don’t have a juicer so juice is a pretty rare thing in our diet. Like… maybe 4-5x a year we will get a cold pressed juice at a juice bar maybe… it’s mega rare. We just do water or sparkling water for hydration. I get around 2-3L on a good day of straight water ❤️
What are your thoughts on the starch solution, as potatoes are eaten without oil, salt, etc..
Not my cup of tea but if others want to do it, it’s their choice! It’s still vegan! ❤️ I would find it unpleasant and very dehydrating and boring without oil and salt lol!
Actually salt is fine to use on the starch solution. Now I enjoy my food more without oil and potatoes are still addicting to me without anything added. My problem is that they don't fill me up without eating too many of them.
The potato addiction is just about self control.. I have this feeling to eat more and more in several types of food.. But we need to realize that its important to stop while eating, think about it at that moment and try to control ourselves. We dont need to cut off these foods. To mindfully personally grow, is to mindfully incorporate them all and let them be our teachers🙏 by trying to eliminate calling of our taste buds...
I believe you need to educate yourself on addictions.
Dont u get nutient deficiencies if you dont eat grains?
I don’t. I think if a person eats enough variety and adequate calories, they are fine without grains (except the super random bloomed/sprouted rice or sprouted oats which are rare). It’s been almost 9 years and I don’t have any issues. I also don’t miss them or care to eat them again.
There is nothing wrong with potato rice and beans actually that good for you on a vegan diet. Carbohydrates are good for you😩😍❤️
I eat mainly carbs I just don’t eat those ones. Never said there was anything wrong with them, I just prefer not eating them ❤️
A brilliant topic to discuss! Thank you! Absolutely love your videos also as a raw vegan 🧡 Can I ask what your thoughts are on plantain? In winter I will occasionally eat them due to how filling and warming they are!
Glad you enjoy my content! I’ve only had a few plantains raw, the skins need to be black to be easier to digest the resistant starch but if you had a few cooked ones (oil free of course) I’m sure it’s not the end of the world, your call! ❤️
I love plantain more then bananas, ripe are delicious instead of ice-cream
Do you eat oats? thanks, and how do you prepare if you do.
I don’t actually. You could soak them but I haven’t had oats in 7 years! They aren’t bad, they just aren’t raw and I’m not really into them.
How do you maintain dental health? Is it the balance between acidic and more alkaline fruits and vegetables?
Because I clean my teeth well. I rinse with water after meals and I eat a lot of greens for healthy dental minerals.
@@RawFoodRomance Thanks
I sprout wild rice, delish!
Very nice!
Hi. I read that wild rice is toasted/roasted for about 15 minutes. I know the rice "blooms" open, but can it sprout past that? I don't think wild rice is technically raw. :(
Tracy Johnson hi from the U.K. I buy black wild rice, which is really a grass but looks like large rice grains. You can eat them raw once they have been soaked for around 8 hours . Quite chewy but I love it.
White rice is also addictive, with ume and goma dio, uff, what a dilema!
You are so, Awesome, thank you for all You and Your Husband share here with Us, love, Diana Lipski 💕
Love you!
You’ve got to try making a grated sweet potato and pecan salad.
I find eating non-cooked food makes me feel very cold. I am on a cleanse right now and i cant eat any grains, so I’m eating fruit smoothies and salads. Fortunately it’s a little warmer right now, but i can’t imagine doing this during the winter. How do you deal with that on a raw diet?
She has a few vids about that from last winter.
Read on Ayurveda or Chinese medicine! Raw food is not good for you !
Love this video
I purchased Meal plan III E-book...Purple Parfait...FABULOUS!!!!
Yum!!! Glad you enjoy!
Thank you so much! You are helping me through my raw journey..
I’m so happy to hear that!
how do you spell that potato alternative that you mentioned in the video? is it “meme”? also, what are your thoughts on taro?
Mamey Sapote. And I have never had taro actually I haven’t found any but likely wouldn’t eat it. Not sure what I’d use it in raw.
Lissa's Raw Food Romance Thank you for the response! Taro is another alternative to potato & I’ve heard it’s healthier than white potato. I occasionally use it as a treat since it is still a starch. I’ve never heard of Mamey before until I found you. Where do you happen to find & get them?
Some Asian stores carry them. It’s a fruit. I was able to find them at the Asian store in Canada and one in Portland. But you can also order them from Miami Fruit www.miamifruit.org
the only reason i ever considered eating these daily again because its almost impossible to gain weight solely on fruit 😅
You can eat potatoes raw and just soak rice for eating it raw.
Potatoes and other foods high in solanine hurt me. Arthritic like inflammation pain after having them a few times.
i'm so excited to start soaking sprouting and even fermenting my beans, i've been making my own saurkrauts and have been vegan and vegetarian before, now i'm starting to grow my own mushrooms and plants, I wish I started my health journey this way instead of just jumping to veganism when i knew nothing about preparation.
This time, I am so excited because of all the knowledge i've gained!!!
Every day we learn something new. Keep working your way towards your goals!
Why do You think beans need to be cooked? Just soak in water overnight.
I sprout mine.
Excellent Video
Thanks!!