WHAT WE BOUGHT IN L.A. • MASSIVE RAW VEGAN FOOD HAUL

[@amyrohlwing8679]

Holy HOLY cow... or rather Holy HOLY produce!!!!

[@stephcs41]

Is most of this produce conventional? Do you feel you can sustain good health even with the chemicals? Thanks so much for sharing such great info and tips!

[@RawFoodRomance]

Yes yes yes! I think conventional food is quite demonized but is still fine in my eyes. Organics are still sprayed, just with “approved” sprays. We do not eat only organic though we do buy it. I’d say we are 50/50 organic/conventional. I healed so many things eating conventional produce. It’s usually very expensive too so we do what we can. We aren’t scared ☺️😉🤍🤍🤍

[@stephcs41]

@@RawFoodRomance thank you Lissa. Much love to you!

[@RawFoodRomance]

Much love back to you too! 💕🙏

[@jag2333]

Hi! Nice produce haul. Thank you for sharing 😊❤

[@StarchWithPlants]

All the freeze dried stuff looks so pretty!!

[@christinestranger8869]

I need to do this, I live in LA!

[@NayNay-zm5ln]

Great video!!!!! Can you show us your refrigerator please🥰

[@RawFoodRomance]

Perhaps one of these days!! It’s so packed and loaded it’s hard to see everything. Most stuff is in green bags so you can’t see what’s in them. It looks like a mess lol!!

[@anncaldwell2592]

What's the difference between freeze dry and freezing. Freeze dry and just dehydrating? Video on this?

[@RawFoodRomance]

Yes! Already uploaded: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6HWqpZ9ndiqY9U

[@rawsunnata829]

May be you, guys, can visit me next time you are going to LA? I live in Orange County and feel very lonely because do not have raw vegans in my area. I can make raw lunch for you, we have many farmers markets and hiking trails too.😍

[@RawFoodRomance]

Perhaps!! We haven’t been able to meet up much with anyone cuz our days are so packed and it’s a time away for us. Next time we go we will be going to the health expo. We basically follow Johns schedule that he make cuz we film for him and stuff too but one of these times we may plan a fruit luck or something. If we do I would be sharing it on my instagram stories ❤️

[@schwam6]

A few questions, is the eventual plan to try and get a house or what’s the reason behind being in an apartment? Also 18:27 is it not completely riduculious to buy organic produce to then “wash” it in city tap water? Are you not just letting them soak in Florida and chlorine doing that? Great video I always enjoy seeing what you get, I go to the Birmingham wholesale market here in uk and your right about the terminals you can save BIG money. All the best and thanks again 😊

[@RawFoodRomance]

Thank you!!! Glad you enjoyed the video and also happy you have terminals where you are too! As for the thoughts, we don’t buy all organic and we aren’t super concerned about all the little things in the water for example. I know that can annoy some people but honestly if we were super paranoid about every little thing it would be too stressful. I could have used the reverse osmosis machine for the water but there’s a tank and there’s only so much water in it that we use for drinking and soaking sprouts so no way we could get all that water in one go to soak the berries, which weren’t organic. It also takes more water to use the ro machine because it uses more water to make the clean water and it’s super slow too, not fast like the tap. And maybe one day we will get a house but we LOVE living in this high rise. We don’t pay for power or water or trash or pool maintenance whereas we would pay more total if we got a house here. We do talk about it but it’s not in the plan just yet. That doesn’t mean it’s bad or whatever, it’s interesting how people think we have to live in a house…. It’s our choice and we love it. Living in a house is much more work too with a yard and we aren’t ready for that at this point in our lives. We are soaking up downtown life right now and when it’s time, we might move. Everyone has their own path and choice of living space. Much love!! 🤍🤍❤️🤍

[@AlexandraVicunaPerry]

Hi Lissa thank you for sharing your haul. Can you tell me how much is the case of sun chokes? I love them but the little bag at the store is so expensive. Also the Asian spices you got can you give me the website please? Is the miso from the same place? Sorry for so many questions. Thank you 😊

[@RawFoodRomance]

Heya!!! Glad you enjoyed the haul video! Cases of sunchokes vary depending on the time of season. They can be 30-40$ or 10-20$ for a 10lb case. The Asian koji was from Amazake Co.

[@rawsunnata829]

I have this type of bananas growing in my yard in California.

[@RawFoodRomance]

That’s great!!! Lucky! 🤍🤍

[@miac405]

This is a great video of the haul! Thanks for sharing! So many jewels dropped with preparation plans and showing some of the items prepared. We grew up drinking fresh sugar cane juice back in the 70’s early 80’s. Miss that…it’s so good!

[@RawFoodRomance]

Ooooooo good times back then!!! So glad you enjoyed and caught some gems too!

[@rawsunnata829]

Those orange cauliflowers in the box do not look like organic.

[@RawFoodRomance]

No we don’t buy all organic. I was saying SOMETIMES you can get organic for 99 cents there but this wasn’t one of those times. These were $1.99 each non organic.

[@cosudu3002]

Is the freeze dryer noisy? How long does it take to freeze dry foods?

[@RawFoodRomance]

It sounds like an AC unit kinda… depending what you put in there and the size of the freeze dryer maybe 25-45+ hours?! Really depends. The machine picks the time based on what’s in there/moisture/surface area etc

[@amyrohlwing8679]

Can you show us how to make jicama taco shells? What a great idea!

[@RawFoodRomance]

Just slice them super thin! We get them pre-sliced at trader joes. It’s way easier cuz we don’t have a mandolin large enough and slicing then thin enough by hand is a skill! We just made fries with ours here.

[@holistichearts]

Love ❤️ love 💕 this Vlog! Can’t wait to see how you process all the living foods 🌱🍓🍌🥑

[@RawFoodRomance]

I shared some at the end of the video! 🤍

[@Frugal_fitchic]

John seems like a really nice guy

[@RawFoodRomance]

He’s super cool

[@TimWPeterson]

Thanks for the video! I have been maximally raw since 1995 and have never heard of anyone freeze drying from home. Very impressive. Where do you get the stainless steel lids that allow you to remove the excess air? I regularly use two different kinds, but the ones you have look like they really work! I think John Kohler from OK Raw uses the same ones that you do.

[@RawFoodRomance]

Yeah John is one of our best friends and he’s the one that showed us those lids! I have a link for them in LISSAS LIST tab if you go here: sociatap.com/rawfoodromance in the kitchen section of Lissa’s list. Also the home freeze dryer link is there too!

[@TimWPeterson]

Wow, thank you! I appreciate how organized you are! I got the lids and the Debbie Meyer green boxes. I have been looking for something like the Debbie Meyer green boxes for a while. By the way, I live in Los Angeles and we have just started buying more of our produce by the box load via the downtown LA market. I have a good connection on low cost organic produce if you are interested.

[@shj78492]

Great haul!!! So much beautiful abundance!!! I live in L.A. and have been to the L.A. Wholesale Produce terminals. Where did you find the case of dates? There was a vendor in the Old Market that use to sell 5lbs of dates for 20 bucks that I religiously bought from but they stopped renting a stall there. After that, and I could never seem to find any dates from the either the main terminals or the Old Market.

[@RawFoodRomance]

This was the only time we found dates at the big terminal. It was one of the first units after parking. He sold lots of berries and usually has mega deals. I sadly can’t remember the name of his unit but this box of dates was the only one they had too! It’s was a lucky find!

[@shj78492]

@@RawFoodRomance Ah! Gotta love those lucky finds!!! It' awesome when that happens! And thank you for all that you do. You are a big inspiration along my raw food journey!!! Have a blessed day!

[@RawFoodRomance]

Awww thank you so much!! You too!! 🤍🤍🤍

[@missbridgetbutler]

I love your video and I have so many questions, lol. 1) Where can I find your masala recipe? 2) I'm in SoCal. What are the names of some of the terminals that you went to? 3) Do you have a separate room where you process and store you dehydrated fruits and vegetables? Or, do you process and store all of that in your kitchen? Can you show us some recipes using the Koji and sugar cane juice? I have meal plan 2 and 3, but I don't think I noticed any recipes with these 2 ingredients.

[@RawFoodRomance]

Haha awww I’ll try to answer!! 1) Masala recipe is in my app www.rawfoodromance.com but I think it’s called something different like microbiome masala. Same idea! 2) just go in maps and type PRODUCE DISTRICT LA to find the produce district. I typed the address of the main terminal in the description box of this video too! 3) We don’t have much space in our high rise condo… it’s pretty small. We process it all in the kitchen and the freeze dryer is in our office. Our pantry is getting pretty packed haha! We bought an extra freezer too, it lives in the living room haha! 4) I don’t have recipes with koji or sugar cane because not everyone can get those things and because we JUST discovered koji so it’s not in any past recipe books cuz I never knew it existed until only a few months ago. Koji is used just like miso so you could put it in anything calling for miso and sugar cane you could use as the water for a dressing, just use half the amount of dates suggested if there’s dates. Hope that answers!

[@missbridgetbutler]

@@RawFoodRomance Thank you! You are always so great about answering questions. And yes, you answered everything, except I didn't see the address of the main terminal in the description box. I looked a few times, but maybe my eyers are just glossing over it or I need glasses, lol. I was all raw for over 10 years and started incorporating some "heat processed" vegetables into my diet. Your approach to raw is so refreshing and delicious (with 2 salad meals a day rather than 2 fruit meals) and has inspired me to get back to 100%.

[@RawFoodRomance]

I think 800 McGarry st?! I musta put it in a different video. I do so much i can’t always remember where I put info! Haha

[@RawFoodRomance]

And thank you! I do feel that salads are so neglected, or they are eaten out of obligation cuz fruit is king… but fruit is equal to veg! I hope you enjoy more raw salads!! 🤍❤️🙌❤️🤍🙌

[@missbridgetbutler]

@@RawFoodRomance Thank you! ❤

[@jackiebenjamin642]

Can you provide a link for your freeze dryer please or tell us the brand. Thanks.

[@RawFoodRomance]

Yes there’s only one brand in the west you can buy: www.pjatr.com/t/8-11415-275763-153185

[@jackiebenjamin642]

@@RawFoodRomance Thank you!

[@jackiebenjamin642]

@@RawFoodRomance Love you channel and recipe books.

[@RawFoodRomance]

Thank you kindly!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@MANIFESTINGMYBESTLIFE]

Hi Lissa thanks for the tips for the food haul I will definately be doing some of these (now that I have my 2023 Raw book Bundle I just bought from you guys. Ugggh is bitter sweet watching the canejuice part sooooo wish I could get that in Canada, where did you get the vacuum lids for your mason jars I need those, Thanks again for uploading, hugs from Canada. 🥰🥰🥰

[@RawFoodRomance]

Awww!! Yeah Canada is hard to fine cane juice! Only once in Edmonton did I ever see a cane juice food truck at the farmers market. Never saw him again tho! Hopefully more come to Canada but the cane is pasteurized to import sadly. The lids can be found in my LISSAS LIST link here: sociatap.com/rawfoodromance

[@rawsunnata829]

Why wouldn’t you move to LA area?😀

[@RawFoodRomance]

Because we love love love living in Las Vegas. And Nevada is a much better state for our businesses. We don’t pay state tax here either and that saves us tens of thousands of dollars a year. No way will we move to California… but it’s a great and beautiful place to visit! Only 3.5 hours away so really not bad. Plus we don’t want to live in THAT big of a city either. Vegas is a “small town” compared! 12 million compared to 2… traffic is so much nicer in Vegas.

[@rawsunnata829]

@@RawFoodRomance Do you like heat in Nevada? It is very hot there.

[@RawFoodRomance]

Yes we thrive in this heat! I love it so much! Another reason we love it here so much. The hotter the better!

[@rawsunnata829]

@@RawFoodRomance Wow! Good for you! My heart can not handle the heat that much! Even Southern California’s Summers are hard for me.

[@mellibee100]

I'm not seeing the link to the freeze dryer.

[@RawFoodRomance]

www.pjatr.com/t/8-11415-275763-153185

[@mellibee100]

@@RawFoodRomance Thank you 💕

[@mellibee100]

@@RawFoodRomance Are you sure that is the correct link? It took me to True Leaf Market.

[@RawFoodRomance]

@@mellibee100 ahhhh sorry I have so many links… this one: affiliates.harvestright.com/1851.html

[@julesmbc]

Thanks for the vid! Watched your freeze dryer vid earlier, too. Don't know how I missed it before... You're such a raw foodie Rockstar, love you Lisaa

[@RawFoodRomance]

Awww thank youuuuu! Glad you enjoyed!!! 🤍🤍🤍

[@poisonivy1616]

Omg those prices for the fruit & veggies are amazing! The freeze dried food looks so cool in the jars & now I'm craving cauliflower masala yummy thankyou for sharing! 💕

[@RawFoodRomance]

So much fun!!! 🤍❤️🤍

[@RawVeganMetalhead]

Thank you for sharing your MEGA haul! So fun!! You guys slayed it! 🥬🍓🍋🍄🍌🍑

[@RawFoodRomance]

Thank youuu!!! it was WAY fun!! Glad you enjoyed!!

[@KurtandSara]

Great video! Loved seeing all the produce, and interesting to see the before/during/after freeze drying too!

[@RawFoodRomance]

Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed! The freeze dryer has been so much fun!

[@MissRawlicious]

Hi Melissa, could you please make a video on how to make kimchi and sauerkraut! Thank you. Blessings

[@RawFoodRomance]

Yes we will try to make those videos. Not sure when but we will try.

[@imperfectvegan5724]

Beautiful haul! Lovely that you and Nate will work together to clean and prepare it. Thanks for sharing!

[@RawFoodRomance]

Aww thanks!! Yes!! We are so blessed to have each other

[@xthinguyen8590]

Omg I am so jealous! Wish I could do a haul like that where I live!

[@RawFoodRomance]

I wish that too for you!!! We are blessed to have access to this even if it’s a 3.5 hour drive to get there!

[@hsc2agosto]

Gracias por compartir ❤❤

[@loudspeka]

Wow! I thought my food haul was big! Thanks for all the inspiration 🙏🏼 got the vegan bundle & it's soo amazing! Thanks for pulling it all together! 💯👌🏼👏

[@RawFoodRomance]

Aww so glad you got it and are enjoying it!! Thank you for spending the time to take care of YOU!