Dairy-free Wheat-free Breads And Cheeses: A Healthy Alternative
Giving up bread and cheese is difficult for many reasons, but it is not necessary! Consol Rodríguez offers you tools to make delicious breads and cheeses with seeds, sprouts and fermented, totally healthy and vegetables.
” Derivatives of cereals and dairy not only contain harmful substances, but they are very addictive. Many people find it difficult to give them up “, says Consol Rodríguez, specialist in raw food and author of a new book on cheeses and breads raw vegan.
“The breads and cheeses in my book are made with raw and live plant foods. They are ideal preparations in the transition to a healthier and more conscious diet, or to enjoy nutritious cravings,” he explains to Cuerpomente.
Pan con queso (Ediciones Urano) is not her first book: Consol Rodríguez is also the author of Raw Food Anti-Aging , but due to the enthusiasm she wastes in the presentation of this last book, it might seem so. Behind there are many hours of research and dedication, and it shows.
It is not just a compilation of raw vegan recipes, but also a health book, with a comprehensive introduction on why baked goods and dairy are harmful. In addition, both the recipes and the photos and illustrations are the work of Consol herself; there is an authenticity and a special affection that are reflected in each page.
Breads and cheeses made with seeds, sprouts and fermented
In the room of the Obbio store in Barcelona, where the presentation is being held, Consol explains that his goal is to help all those people who want to start a lively and healthy diet, but who stumble over and over again with the same stone: ¡¡ the cheeses and bread are so delicious that it is easy to be tempted!
“Of the 77 recipes included in the book, most are substitutes for bread and dairy because they are very emotional foods; it is difficult for people to give them up. The idea is to give many references so that each one can substitute what feels bad. And intolerance or allergy to gluten or lactose are the most frequent, “explains Consol.
If it is difficult to give up these products, it is because they include proteins that cause addiction, says Consol. So this work is a resource to “introduce foods that belong to the living diet” and leave behind those foods that are harmful.
“The breads and cheeses in my book are made with raw and live vegetables (sprouts, sprouts, fermented) or with a minimal preparation to make the most of their vitality and their vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes,” the author says.
Why does bread make us feel bad?
Regarding the damages of consuming baked goods, Consol Rodríguez warns that, on the one hand, current cereals are the result of hybridizations and transformations so rapid that “our organism has not been able to adapt and assimilate them.”
In addition, there are components in cereals such as gluten, a protein that we do not digest well. In fact, gluten can damage the intestinal lining and create general health problems, Consol continues.
Add to that the excess starches, flavorings and preservatives that are included in breads.
It should be added that many breads do not have a good fermentation : “It is a process that transforms proteins such as gluten gliadin into less harmful ones. For this, a slow rising is needed, it is not done in a day, with which many of these Cheap quick breads that we find in supermarkets are not good at all. “
Milk not to be drunk
If the information that Consol provides on breads is bleak, the data it provides on milk and dairy products of animal origin invite deep reflection.
It is not only that they harm health but that “this milk is obtained in unethical and moral circumstances. ” “The animals are housed, plugged into machines that continuously suck the milk, they die very young, they are artificially hormonalized …”, he enumerates.
The advantages of live foods
Faced with these edibles that make us sick, live food is just the opposite. “It creates fewer toxins because it is metabolized in a clean way. The skin is favored and the energy shows a lot, you are always unstoppable!”, He explains.
For Consol, “living food (or« vegan raw living food ») is the most respectful system with our body and with our environment”.
This diet is based on the consumption of plant- based foods that can be eaten raw with an abundance of sprouts and sprouts. She makes her cheeses with “seeds, nuts, roots or even avocado, fermented and cured vegetable elements to enjoy taking care of yourself”.
Among the recipes in the book, Consol declares his love for almond cheese. “It is my favorite because it ferments quickly and with fermentation it takes on a dairy flavor. And all the versions that have pumpkin are very special. The flavor of fermented pumpkin is another world.”
In addition to being a trainer of raw vegan cuisine and living food, Consol is a visual artist, and this adds a plus to Pan con queso , because it is as interesting to read as it is to look at it.
