"It is not possible to eat these foods on a daily basis and not feel altered." - Kate 'Magic' Wood-Raw Magic
For some raw foodists and health conscious individuals, superfoods have changed their life and brought their health to the next level. Other people scoff at superfoods as expensive supplements that are not worth the money.
Whatever your thoughts are on superfoods (and ours are very positive), it seems that people that eat superfoods have more fun. And Kate Wood, Shazzie and their friends are living examples of using superfoods to take "fun" to ridiculous levels.
What do we mean by that? For example, if you haven't seen
Shazzie's steamy durian video, go to YouTube right now and take a look. Or have you heard of Kate & Shazzie's newest foray
Ecstatic Beings? Yow!
Bottom line is, Kate Wood has created quite a different raw recipe book with
Raw Magic.
Meet Kate 'Magic' Wood Kate has been around 'the movement' for quite a while. Many of you may know her, but if you don't, allow us to introduce her to you.
Kate Wood is a UK based raw food author, advocate, superfoodist, entrepreneur, and mother who has also been teamed up with
Shazzie for quite a while. Together these two have taken raw foods, superfoods and raw chocolate to the next level in the UK...and beyond.
Kate Wood is also the author of two other raw food books
Eat Smart, Eat Raw and
Raw Living.
You can find out more about Kate 'Magic' Wood at her website
Raw Living. She is also currently very active on
Twitter and
Facebook.
Raw Magicis a different kind of raw food book. First off, this book is beautifully laid out. Full color on each and every page. Each page is bright and vibrantly bold. The book is adorned with many artistic photos of Kate and her friends playing with their food. Just flipping through the book is fun and makes for an interesting read in the kitchen just by itself without even touching the recipes.
Many of us forget that food is meant to be enjoyed as well as a means to a healthy body. You've heard that food digests better when it's presented more eloquently, right? Kate and her crew are well aware of the effect that having the best time you can possibly have while eating the best foods you possibly can is a powerful combo.
The book may be a bit pricey than other raw food books, but the full-color printing on each page was not wasted. And for a book full of colorful superfoods and images, the information and recipes alone are definitely worth more than the price tag.
This book also brings out Kate Wood's personality more than
Eat Smart, Eat Rawand Raw Living, which neither of us were very impressed with honestly. We feel like we can know Kate a lot better through this book than her previous titles.
Over 160 Quality Raw Superfood Recipes"Every recipe in this book has been invented and tested and retested at least three times. So they definitely work!" - Kate Magic Wood - Raw Magic
"I think it's important that we use [superfoods] as any other kitchen ingredient...rather than reserving them for special occasions or only putting them into sweets or smoothies." - Kate Magic Wood - Raw Magic
There are over 160 quality superfood recipes in this book, and if you are bored of getting superfoods in you diet by throwing them in your smoothie every morning...get ready for something different! This book has covered just about every angle of getting superfoods in you as possible.
And these are quality recipes. We can't tell you how many times when we first went raw that we'd try out a recipe that turned out completely disastrous (even following the directions exactly), only to realize that this recipe was probably never even actually made, but designed straight from the author's mind. Kate and her team have striven for perfection in each of these recipes, and it shows when you actually make them.
These recipes are
chock full of superfoods. Instead of throwing a couple goji berries on your raw dessert, these recipes are truly made out of superfoods! With over 160 superfood recipes you will no longer not know what to do with your them besides throwing them in your smoothie or elixir. Kate has created a slew of creative superfood recipes for you to choose from. The variety really is truly amazing and anyone who buys this book who is a fan of superfoods will be very happy with the value they will get out of it.
One thing we should let you know about. Do you see the amazing looking superfood cake on the cover? Sorry, that recipe is actually not in the book but is Kate's special secret recipe. Kate does offer the actual cake for sale on her site, but the recipe is too sacred for her to give away in the book. Bummer.
Raw Magic and Superfoods by David Wolfe We can't get away from talking about superfoods without mentioning their biggest proponent: David Wolfe.
This book can be considered a counterpart to
Superfoods by David Wolfe (read our review of Superfoods
here ). Even though
Raw Magic was released first, the books are very similar in that they both talk about the benefits of superfoods. Kate's book includes more refined and tested recipes than what you will find in
Superfoods.
Superfoods is not designed as a recipe book like
Raw Magic is, however. It is more informational, with deeper research into David Wolfe's top superfood picks. These two books do support each other and both are recommended if you are getting into superfoods or want to deepen your understanding and knowledge of them.
Raw Magic is the perfect companion book to David Wolfe's
Superfoods. Get your recipes from Kate's book and get a full college level education on superfoods by reading David's.
(Bonus Superfood recipes: You can get some free recipes we posted from David Wolfe's
Superfoods book
here.)
However, if you're new to superfoods or want to widen your knowledge on them, the first part of
Raw Magic has plenty of information to educate you. Each superfood used in her recipes has a corresponding detailed section about it. You will get a great overview of each superfood, what the value and range of nutrients are, and the history of each one is.
In addition to explaining how superfoods will take your nutrition to the next level, Kate brings a spiritual component to using superfoods in your diet as a vehicle for enabling higher consciousness. From how eating superfoods opens and further activates the right-brain, to synchronicities, and moving to trust and abundance over fear...once you read the book you'll see what we mean.
Our Thoughts and Experiences As a reference, neither of us are keen on making a lot of recipes, but we have to say that these recipes are created to be quite easy and it's hard to say no when they look so damn good in this book. If nothing else, reading
Raw Magic will give you a lot of inspiration for how to use superfoods in your diet.
As a testimony, we've both been really getting into superfoods in the last two to three years and it's taken our quality of health (and life!) to the next level. There truly is an evolution going on in the raw food world and superfoods are absolutely part of it. It's safe to say that superfoods are here to stay and most of us have gotten on board with them, even if for some people that means it's just a little
maca in their smoothies.
Should you buy this book? If you love superfoods and want to extend your alchemical kitchen knowledge on how to use them in a huge variety of ways, absolutely.
If you are new to superfoods and are very curious, this is an excellent book to start with.
If you don't like superfoods or don't care about them, then this book is obviously not your cup of tea. Then again, neither is our site since we love superfoods too. :)
And if you are bored of all the standard raw food recipe books out there, this one is certainly a raw food book that stands out from the rest with its bursting full color photos, and the energetic essence of Kate Magic's personality infused in this book. The book will double as a raw inspirational book along with a superfood education and recipe book.
Vote for Free Recipes! What we usually like to do when we review raw recipe books is to ask the author for permission to post some free recipes. Kate has graciously allowed us to give you three free recipes. Like we usually do, we are going to have you vote on your top three recipes picks from the list below. Leave your vote in the comments on this post (on the
blog, don't just respond to an email if you are on RSS). Pick your top three and we'll tally up the votes and post the free recipes in an upcoming post.
The following recipes are chosen as candidates, chosen by Kate Magic herself.
Pick your top three and leave your vote in the comments below:
- Cacaomole
- Supersexy Curry
- Camu Believe It
- Broccoli Bonkers
- Hi-cake
~ Review by Raw Food Right Now
http://www.RawFoodRightNow.com
Bonus! Here is a handy list of all the superfoods included in
Raw Magic:
Whatever your thoughts are on superfoods (and ours are very positive), it seems that people that eat superfoods have more fun. And Kate Wood, Shazzie and their friends are living examples of using superfoods to take "fun" to ridiculous levels.
What do we mean by that? For example, if you haven't seen Shazzie's steamy durian video, go to YouTube right now and take a look. Or have you heard of Kate & Shazzie's newest foray Ecstatic Beings? Yow!
Bottom line is, Kate Wood has created quite a different raw recipe book with Raw Magic.
Meet Kate 'Magic' Wood
Kate has been around 'the movement' for quite a while. Many of you may know her, but if you don't, allow us to introduce her to you.
Kate Wood is a UK based raw food author, advocate, superfoodist, entrepreneur, and mother who has also been teamed up with Shazzie for quite a while. Together these two have taken raw foods, superfoods and raw chocolate to the next level in the UK...and beyond.
Kate Wood is also the author of two other raw food books Eat Smart, Eat Raw and Raw Living.
You can find out more about Kate 'Magic' Wood at her website Raw Living. She is also currently very active on Twitter and Facebook.
Raw Magicis a different kind of raw food book.
First off, this book is beautifully laid out. Full color on each and every page. Each page is bright and vibrantly bold. The book is adorned with many artistic photos of Kate and her friends playing with their food. Just flipping through the book is fun and makes for an interesting read in the kitchen just by itself without even touching the recipes.
Many of us forget that food is meant to be enjoyed as well as a means to a healthy body. You've heard that food digests better when it's presented more eloquently, right? Kate and her crew are well aware of the effect that having the best time you can possibly have while eating the best foods you possibly can is a powerful combo.
The book may be a bit pricey than other raw food books, but the full-color printing on each page was not wasted. And for a book full of colorful superfoods and images, the information and recipes alone are definitely worth more than the price tag.
This book also brings out Kate Wood's personality more than Eat Smart, Eat Rawand Raw Living, which neither of us were very impressed with honestly. We feel like we can know Kate a lot better through this book than her previous titles.
Over 160 Quality Raw Superfood Recipes
There are over 160 quality superfood recipes in this book, and if you are bored of getting superfoods in you diet by throwing them in your smoothie every morning...get ready for something different! This book has covered just about every angle of getting superfoods in you as possible.
And these are quality recipes. We can't tell you how many times when we first went raw that we'd try out a recipe that turned out completely disastrous (even following the directions exactly), only to realize that this recipe was probably never even actually made, but designed straight from the author's mind. Kate and her team have striven for perfection in each of these recipes, and it shows when you actually make them.
These recipes are chock full of superfoods. Instead of throwing a couple goji berries on your raw dessert, these recipes are truly made out of superfoods! With over 160 superfood recipes you will no longer not know what to do with your them besides throwing them in your smoothie or elixir. Kate has created a slew of creative superfood recipes for you to choose from. The variety really is truly amazing and anyone who buys this book who is a fan of superfoods will be very happy with the value they will get out of it.
One thing we should let you know about. Do you see the amazing looking superfood cake on the cover? Sorry, that recipe is actually not in the book but is Kate's special secret recipe. Kate does offer the actual cake for sale on her site, but the recipe is too sacred for her to give away in the book. Bummer.
Raw Magic and Superfoods by David Wolfe
We can't get away from talking about superfoods without mentioning their biggest proponent: David Wolfe.
This book can be considered a counterpart to Superfoods by David Wolfe (read our review of Superfoods here ). Even though Raw Magic was released first, the books are very similar in that they both talk about the benefits of superfoods. Kate's book includes more refined and tested recipes than what you will find in Superfoods. Superfoods is not designed as a recipe book like Raw Magic is, however. It is more informational, with deeper research into David Wolfe's top superfood picks. These two books do support each other and both are recommended if you are getting into superfoods or want to deepen your understanding and knowledge of them.
Raw Magic is the perfect companion book to David Wolfe's Superfoods. Get your recipes from Kate's book and get a full college level education on superfoods by reading David's.
(Bonus Superfood recipes: You can get some free recipes we posted from David Wolfe's Superfoods book here.)
However, if you're new to superfoods or want to widen your knowledge on them, the first part of Raw Magic has plenty of information to educate you. Each superfood used in her recipes has a corresponding detailed section about it. You will get a great overview of each superfood, what the value and range of nutrients are, and the history of each one is.
In addition to explaining how superfoods will take your nutrition to the next level, Kate brings a spiritual component to using superfoods in your diet as a vehicle for enabling higher consciousness. From how eating superfoods opens and further activates the right-brain, to synchronicities, and moving to trust and abundance over fear...once you read the book you'll see what we mean.
Our Thoughts and Experiences
As a reference, neither of us are keen on making a lot of recipes, but we have to say that these recipes are created to be quite easy and it's hard to say no when they look so damn good in this book. If nothing else, reading Raw Magic will give you a lot of inspiration for how to use superfoods in your diet.
As a testimony, we've both been really getting into superfoods in the last two to three years and it's taken our quality of health (and life!) to the next level. There truly is an evolution going on in the raw food world and superfoods are absolutely part of it. It's safe to say that superfoods are here to stay and most of us have gotten on board with them, even if for some people that means it's just a little maca in their smoothies.
Should you buy this book?
If you love superfoods and want to extend your alchemical kitchen knowledge on how to use them in a huge variety of ways, absolutely.
If you are new to superfoods and are very curious, this is an excellent book to start with.
If you don't like superfoods or don't care about them, then this book is obviously not your cup of tea. Then again, neither is our site since we love superfoods too. :)
And if you are bored of all the standard raw food recipe books out there, this one is certainly a raw food book that stands out from the rest with its bursting full color photos, and the energetic essence of Kate Magic's personality infused in this book. The book will double as a raw inspirational book along with a superfood education and recipe book.
Vote for Free Recipes!
What we usually like to do when we review raw recipe books is to ask the author for permission to post some free recipes. Kate has graciously allowed us to give you three free recipes. Like we usually do, we are going to have you vote on your top three recipes picks from the list below. Leave your vote in the comments on this post (on the blog, don't just respond to an email if you are on RSS). Pick your top three and we'll tally up the votes and post the free recipes in an upcoming post.
The following recipes are chosen as candidates, chosen by Kate Magic herself.
Pick your top three and leave your vote in the comments below:
~ Review by Raw Food Right Now
http://www.RawFoodRightNow.com
Bonus! Here is a handy list of all the superfoods included in Raw Magic: