Sweet potato fries have been my favorite side dish with any type of burger since trying them several years ago. Now that we are eating unprocessed living foods I miss them. Deep frying is definitely NOT an option! So what do you do when you crave an old comfort food?........ You find a recipe that will satisfy your craving!

We found this recipe on rawmazing.com. The author Susan Powers, has been a wonder inspiration for many wonderful raw recipes. I appreciate her originality and enthusiasm for raw food.

Our dinner was simple but very well thought out. We ran across the raw sweet potato fries about 6 weeks ago. I purchased sweet potatoes several times before I finally had time to put them in the dehydrator. One morning after a week of looking at the fresh sweet potatoes staring me in the face I decided I would take the time to soak those babies and get them started on their dehydrated journey!

I have to admit that working does get in the way of the raw food lifestyle quite often. I am very lucky to have a boyfriend that is enjoying the raw food experience with me. He is very supportive and is very happy to help me prepare food and watch the dehydrator for me. For the last week we have been doing easy meals. Easy for us because we keep lots of foods in the fridge that go well together. With ingredients like: hummus, bell peppers, avocado, sprouts, lettuce, onion, olives, carrots and celery we can make a great sandwich when added to sprouted bread, or wrap on a tortilla, a spring roll when used with a rice wrap, a sushi roll if you have nori wraps or a salad with some extra greens.....or just blend some up with spices for soup! These are the reason it's easy for us to be raw and unprocessed. What's in your fridge? Maybe that's why it's hard to eat good food? If you're not purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables, you're not eating them!

Portobello mushrooms need to be soaked at least 4 hours in Nama Shoya and Olive oil (and any spices you like) before they are dehydrated for approx 1 hour. Sprouts take approx 3 to 4 days to grow. Sweet potato fries took 8 hours to soak and 8 hours to dehydrate. We coordinated all of that and this is what we ended up with....


We followed the fries exactly as the recipe called for here: Sweet Potato Fries
only adding salt during dehydrating (Be careful not to add to much, the Nama Shoya is very salty already). They looked just like fries, but were chewy after 12 hours. Not bad chewy, but the middle was not fluffy like a deep fried fry. Don't expect them to be.  I must say the chewing satisfaction was gratifying.

Chewing satisfaction is one thing that meat eaters miss the most. At least that is what I still have a hard time with, especially since giving up sourdough bread..... I do look for food that will satisfy that. These fries did that. They truly tasted like the favorite deep fried fries, but I did have to adjust to the texture. Once again the raw food that we try to substitute for our old favorites are NOT the same. But if you can get past the differences and embrace the flavors you'll find them very satisfying.

If you are raw... what's the food "sensation" you miss the most? (heat, chewy, crispy etc). What have you done to replace it?