I've been reading a lot about the benefits of soaking and dehydrating nuts prior to eating them, so I thought I would try it for the first time for my easy trail mix. I purchased all of my raw nuts and seeds at Whole Foods in the bulk section. It is much cheaper than buying a prepared trail mix. You also get to know every ingredient that went into it so you can stay away from secretly sweetened fruit, or nuts roasted with starch or bad oils.
Soaking the nuts and seeds breaks down the enzyme inhibitors that make it hard for our digestive system to process them. It also helps encourage the growth of positive enzymes which increases beneficial vitamins, makes them easier to digest, and enables your body to absorb the vitamins.
I followed the instructions on Raw-Food-Living to prepare my nuts, and dried them at 200 degrees for about 10 hours (I don't have a dehydrator but really need one!). If you don't have the time to dry them, you can roast them at 450 degrees until they are crispy (20-30 minutes), but it will roast away some of the nutrients.
My dog waiting for droppings 🙂
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Sheila
I made the trail mix in your book. It’s awesome. Thank you!
Tammy Henry
How bad is it if you don’t soak the nuts? I
Lindsey
I was wondering… do you also let the seeds/nuts sprout? Like the raw food living website says? Or do you just soak them and dry/dehydrate them? Thanks so much!
Against All Grain
I just soak and dehydrate
Amy Kimmel
Hi — I clicked the link to Raw-Food-Living site and it came up as malware/untrusted. Then I started getting pop-ups for ads and other links to fake news sites. Is there a new link, and/or can you post the instructions for soaking and preparing the nuts on seeds on your website? thanks!