21-Day Vegan Raw Food Diet Plan: 75 Satisfying Recipes to Revitalize Your Body Paperback – May 5, 2020

Where do I start? There is so much I learned from this in the first week alone! I highly advise watching videos on YouTube concerning what to expect during the "detox" portion of this diet plan. It is no joke. Lethargy to the point you feel narcoleptic. I had to head straight home because I feared passing out. The headaches weren't the worst either. I thought it was lack of calories but it turned out being my body detoxing the previous chemicals that were pumped into my body for years. I slept for like 12 hrs the second day. Every day I woke up and ate, I felt energized like no other. It was like a system reboot! The negative side effects wore off by the fourth day. I never craved junk food and I thoroughly enjoyed all the nutritious food I was receiving. Money wise, it was a bit expensive. The first week I spent about $250. Most ingredients I found at the grocery store and others I bought off Amazon. Raw and not roasted are very important when selecting nuts. The almond milk was amazing to taste, see and make. It opened my eyes as to what we think is healthy when grocery shopping. The meal prep was a bit extensive and some days/nights took more than others. I lost about a pound a day and never went hungry. The recipes were great. Some I didn't care for and some I thoroughly enjoyed. Not something long term I could sustain for life but so thankful for this experience. You have to be super motivated to follow through for the full 3 week period.

This is a great book for beginners who are adapting to a raw vegan lifestyle. Also, it was very informative and easy to understand the recipes what it entails to prepare raw food cuisine. I really like the recipes and I'm looking forward to trying them all. This book will help me with transitioning to a mostly raw vegan and vegan lifestyle.

I followed the meal plan for about two weeks. I have been transitioning into veganism for a while and I felt most of the recipe ingredients were easy to find and on hand. When I didn’t have an ingredient, such as chlorophyll powder, I just left it out and the food tasted fine. I felt great following this diet.There were two issues with this book. The recipes made SO MUCH FOOD. I tried cutting recipes in half, and then later in half again. I tried not making the snacks and eating giant lunches. I tried eating lunch and dinner in two settings. But at the end of the day, I threw out a lot.The second issue was discovered when I stopped making the snacks. I found later on in the week a breakfast smoothie called for some left over batter of one of the snacks. No where in the snack was this mentioned, nor were there instructions to reserve part of the batter. I didn’t buy the ingredients for this snack because I had already planned to not eat it. It felt very frustrating.The whole book seemed like it was written and great on paper, but no one had actually followed the meal plan in the editing phase to find the issues. I do plan to buy a hard copy of this book and edit it myself to make it work for me. This diet plan made me feel the best, out of all the ones I’ve tried.

I really like the recipes, but most important to me is this book includes the calories in each meal. Not a lot of books do that, and it’s why I purchased this one. Very much appreciated!!

Great information and recipe ideas! I didn’t follow the diet plan, so cannot comment on that specifically.

I received a complimentary review copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My thoughts and opinions are my own.This book claims to use "simple, everyday ingredients," but that's not necessarily true. I do not keep figs, alfalfa sprouts, beets, bok choy, cabbage, cauliflower, sea vegetables, brazil nuts, coconut, hazelnuts, pine nuts, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds - - the list continues - - on hand. It would also cost a fortune to just go out and buy everything I don't have. Also, while I may have some of the other items, I don't necessarily have them in their raw forms.I really wanted to like this book, and I looked forward to having "more energy, clear skin, better digestion", and being "completely satisfied," but that wasn't what happened. This book left me feeling frustrated (because I was always missing one or two key ingredients), stressed (because I really wanted to make it work), and lazy (because it wasn't worth the insane amount of time and effort).

I bought this for my aunt as a birthday present. She said it was the best vegan lasagna recipe she ever tried.

The author presents a simple to follow way to go and stay raw vegan. Love the recipes!