Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2013
You know how sometimes the most basic, boring foods can taste so good? I’ve been feeling that way about raw walnuts lately. I have been in a major food rut these past few months and have not been enjoying eating much, so this love for the walnuts is really saying something. The highlight of this food rut [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 14th, 2012
For my birthday, my sweet sister sent me this nifty softserve ice cream maker. Thanks, Lucy! When we were kids, my uncle was a raw foodist and, when we would visit, he would use his Champion juicer to make this amazing ‘ice cream’ out of only frozen bananas. This has been an amazing treat in the raw [...]
Posted in health on Aug 29th, 2012
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about green juice. But it certainly deserves some renewed attention. Last year around this time, I wrote a post about the ins and outs of making great green juice, along with a recipe. Check it out if you’d like a refresher on green juice. I haven’t been juicing lately, but my [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jul 13th, 2012
There’s something about that fresh summer produce that makes me want to eat things raw, and the fact that the weather is hot makes it more unappealing to turn on the stove or oven. Earlier this week, I posted the raw zucchini ‘caprese’ salad. Today, I’ve got for you a simple salad that celebrates fresh, raw [...]
This morning after Eric left for work, I buckled down and tried a new workout. I’ve not been making it to the gym with the teaching schedule and everything else and have been feeling quite lazy and in need of exercise. I’ve been trying to figure out a workout that I can do quickly and [...]
I have been wanting to try making chia pudding for a while now. I bought some chia seeds about 3 or 4 months ago and have not gotten around to doing anything with them until this past weekend. Chia seeds are high in protein, Omega 3′s, and fiber. I’ve been trying to cut out the [...]
Posted in health, Recipes, Thanksgiving on Nov 12th, 2011
For Thanksgiving, there tend to be the three main kinds of cranberry sauce–the pureed smooth gelatin one, the cooked saucy one with the occasional whole cranberry, and the fresh slightly chunky relish variety. Some families go for the gelatinous one in the can, others make a gelatin cranberry sauce from scratch, others are strictly for the cooked [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 22nd, 2011
This ‘recipe’ has been around in the raw food community for decades. In the late 80′s/ early 90′s we used to go visit my grandma in Portland and my uncle (on a raw food diet at the time) would make this for us with his big burly Champion juicer. I still think fondly of the [...]
Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2011
We’re thinking of going on a big hike this weekend and, in preparation, I’m (of course) thinking about snacks for the trail. These dried fruit and nut balls rolled in coconut were inspired by my dear friend Karen and her dear sweet boy Oliver. The three of us took Maizy to the dog park the other day [...]
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