Raw on the Road: Raw Snackathon in Boise, Idaho

I just got back from Boise, Idaho, and brought back a few souvenirs in the form of raw treats.

There’s a great co-op there, which is just about heaven for a hungry raw-food eater, with raw snacks galore…all kinds of crackers and cookies and lots of CHOCOLATE. So I stocked up and had a little raw food snackathon.

I find the hardest thing about staying raw is that you get so darn sick of salads, and if you are traveling or just want something quick, salads and fruit and plain nuts are kind of the only option (until McD’s starts serving billions and billions of raw burgers, that is!). So it’s fun to find goodies that are different and unusual and best of all, you don’t have to make yourself!

Not that you should subsist on raw junk food alone, anymore than you would eat only Doritos and Twinkies, as raw snacks are still pretty high calorie. But man, was it fun to have me some treats!

I sampled raw onion rings, “Mac’n’Cheese” crackers (tasted like spicy Cheez-its – yum!), Carob Fudge Balls, sauerkraut seed crackers, “Focaccia” bread, and chocolate filled with “caramel.” I recommend these mac’n’cheese crackers if you come across them, and the seed crackers and focaccia are great to accompany a salad or a dip, although they are pretty dense.

The great thing about these treats is that if you really like one, you can probably re-create it…all the ingredients are listed in the order of their concentration (that will take a guess), but it isn’t like you have to be worried about oven temperature and timing! Just spin the dial to 105 or 110, and it is ready when it is ready! I’ll write about my forays into raw snacks on Raw Appétit very soon!

If you happen to be in Boise, the Boise Co-Op is great for raw foodies, as well as the Farmers Market on 8^th Street on Saturdays, where there are tons of seasonal fruits and veggies from farms near by…and yes, there’s MUCH more than just potatoes!