I'm not interested in juicing, I'd rather cook. Though I wouldn't mind doing some sprouting or that kind of thing. If I bought some sweet potato and liked it raw, but felt like I could improve it by cooking then I wouldn't mind doing that. I wouldn't want to start by cooking something.
I don't like juicing either, it feels I am consuming an unnatural amount of veggies if I juice, I just use a food processor to mince it finely, that way you can create good flavors but still eat the whole vegetable, so you'll know when you had enough or if you shouldn't eat a particular veggie!
The sweet potato is really good both ways, I had it raw and cooked and it was tasty, it tastes very much the same raw except its harder and more starchy, I notice after cooking it its just as good but the starchy-ness is gone, if that makes any sense...
All the other roots (parsnips, turnips, daikons) are WAAAYY better raw! The sweet potato is the only one I found improves much.
I am a fan of 3 types of foods now:
- raw red MEAT
- raw ROOTS
- raw HONEY (or as raw as I can buy it)
Those seem to be the foods I am inclined to eat in the winter
In the sumer I love raw fish and fruit...interesting