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Aug 04

Cool Off With These Sweet Treats

Raise your hand if you made your own popsicles as a kid. I sure did. If it was liquid, it went into a paper Dixie® cup and was stuck in the freezer – fruit juice from concentrate, root beer, Kool-Aid®. You get the idea...frozen sugar. Older, per (read full article)

blackberry, blueberry, Dessert, Recipes, summer, watermelon

Jul 28

Fruit Till Noon, Raw Till Dinner

I must sound like a broken record, droning on about the heat, but it's just been relentless. The Dog Days of Summer arrived early this year and haven't left us. Two summers ago, when I was making the BIG transition from Fast Food Queen to a primaril (read full article)

blueberry, cherry, grapes, Organic, raspberry, raw food diet, salad, summer, watermelon

Jul 23

How To Make Icebox Pickles

This goes out to the darling (and very pregnant) Lauren, and anyone else who's swimming in garden cucumbers at the moment. No garden? No worries. Hit up your local farmer's market this weekend. Tis the season. I actually planted two varieties of cuk (read full article)

cucumber, pickles, raw food, recipe

Jul 20

A Refreshing Way To Beat The Heat

This is most definitely one of the hottest summers I can remember in a very long time. You know, the kind of heat and humidity where you just stand still and perspire...at 7:30 am. Steamy hot. When the body's losing fluids so rapidly, it's extra im (read full article)

aquas frescas., Drink, Recipes, summer, water

Jul 14

Calling All Veg Heads

It's Raw Health Expo time!  Sonoma County, California – about an hour north of San Francisco – will play host to the Second Annual Raw Health Expo on July 31 & August 1.  Here's a chance for you Left Coast foodies to discover the se (read full article)

Cherie Soria, giveaway, health, Jennifer Cornbleet, Nomi Shannon, raw food diet, Recipes

Jul 08

When Is A Fruit Not A Fruit? When It's A Fig!

Daddy had a green thumb. Stick a twig in some dirt and he'd make it grow, like magic. That's exactly what he did when I was about seven years old — put a branch in the ground and, seemingly overnight, that Ficus grew into a 20-foot tree with sweet (read full article)

Figs, fresh produce, leafy greens, Recipes, salad, summer

Jul 01

Juicing The Garden

Last year was my first venture into gardening. I found so much enjoyment in harvesting groceries from my own backyard and juicing my garden each morning that I went hog wild with the greens this year. And well, as you can see, my greens have gone ho (read full article)

Breakfast, fresh produce, harvest, juicing, leafy greens, Organic

Jun 24

Wheatgrass: The King Of Alkaline Foods

Whether or not you've ever held the title of Fast Food Queen as I once did, you've likely ingested your fair share of highly processed and chemical laden foods. Let's face it, in this day and age, it's increasingly more challenging to eat a diet rich (read full article)

Dr. Ann Wigmore, Drink, enzymes, giveaway, healing, health, living foods, wheatgrass

Jun 18

Sipping On Summer

Summertime, and the living is easy. Baseball. Flip flops. Ripe, juicy melons. Just-picked veggies from the garden. Wildflowers. Blue skies. Sunshine. Sitting poolside. These are just some of the images that come to mind. Monday marks the longest (read full article)

cookbook, Drink, Recipes, summer

Jun 16

Ooooooh Baby, It's Blueberry Season

I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill On Blueberry Hill where I found you They may rank #5 on the Dirty Dozen list – so be sure to buy organic – but blueberries are phytonutrient superstars. In fact, these little gems have the highest antioxidant (read full article)

blueberry, coconut water, Dessert, Drink, Organic, raw food, Recipes, smoothie

Jun 11

Review: Becoming Raw

The title says it all – Becoming Raw: The Essential Guide to Raw Vegan Diets. This is most certainly not a book you read through once, put up on the shelf and forget about. I know I'll be referring to this exhaustive guide repeatedly. Although ove (read full article)

calories, enzymes, health, living foods, Nutrition, protein, raw food diet, Recipes, Vegan, weight loss

Jun 07

Simple Spring Salads

Strawberry-Arugula Salad 1 pint strawberries, sliced 1 bunch arugula Vinaigrette: 1/4 C fresh lime juice 1 tsp local raw honey 1/2 tsp sea salt 1/4 C extra virgin olive oil handful of freshly torn mint leaves freshly ground pepper to taste To prep (read full article)

Fennel, fresh produce, leafy greens, Organic, raw food, Recipes, salad

May 28

Season's Eatings: What's Fresh Now?

In these United States, Memorial Day weekend heralds the unofficial start of the summer season. Communities will gather to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed forces with parades, prayer services, and the placing of flags in local cemeterie (read full article)

chemicals, compost, Eat local, fresh produce, health, Local Harvest, Organic

May 19

What's Really Behind Your Food Cravings?

I've written before about Changing My Relationship With Food and how the process was key in my recovering from morbid obesity. One of the things I discovered along the way was that food cravings are physical. Physical cravings are our cells crying (read full article)

craving, detox, living foods, Nutrition, processed food, raw food, weight loss

May 14

Healing Our Planetary Waters

I am waterirresistible.No obstacle can stop me,I go overunderaround and through.I change formsto steam or iceor rain.I bring lifewherever I go.I touch everyoneI meet.❧❀❧ It's been a week of wild storms in these parts. Thunder, lightening, high (read full article)

cleanse, healing, prayer, water

May 07

A Feast For The Eyes: Spicy Carrot Cuc Salad

Sometimes, looking is enough. And, sometimes, you just have to give in to temptation. Friday Food Porn Doesn't this salad just scream, "Spring!"  Mmm, makes me want to rush out to the local farmers market (which opens this weekend, th (read full article)

food porn, raw food, Recipes, salad, Vegan

May 03

Review: Get Naked Fast!

At 247 pounds, Diana Stobo was plagued by pain and physical discomfort. After years of struggling with body image, health issues, and the addictive food cycle, Diana became sick and tired of being sick and tired. She decided to take her health into h (read full article)

change, detox, health, lifestyle choice, raw food, Recipes, weight loss

Apr 28

A Purely Delicious Giveaway

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely. ~ Cole Porter I have it from a very reliable source – the oh-so lovely Rebecca Carlson – that the Spring issue of Purely Delicious is printed, bound and shipping today. And isn't it a beauty! Whi (read full article)

eco-friendly, giveaway, Purely Delicious, raw food diet, Recipes, weight loss

Apr 21

Celebrate Earth Day, Every Day

Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in held on April 22, 1970. Today, it's celebra (read full article)

Earth Day, eco-friendly, Inspiration

Apr 16

A Feast For The Eyes: A Glass of Emerald

Sometimes, looking is enough. And, sometimes, you just have to give in to temptation. Friday Food Porn One of my latest haunts on the web is a relatively new site called Golubka. It's a mother-daughter collaboration covering good food, cleve (read full article)

Dr. Ann Wigmore, food porn, green smoothies, raw food, Recipes

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