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I cut my first full salad today: tatsoi mustard, red oakleaf, spinach, cos, and a couple of other lettuces that have returned from last fall. I added some dandelion greens, chives, lemon balm and three different kinds of sprouts (not mine), then topped it all off with the usual spiced pumpkin seeds, fruit (figs) and [...]
My range blew up today. It could be a sign that we’re ready to make the leap to raw; more likely, the appliance heard us talking about the new V*****x I’m getting as a late Mum’s Day gift, and it was literally ‘shattered’. How long can we go without replacing it? I’m eager to find out. [...]
I don’t want to be a “raw foodie”. I want to eat raw food. Why? I want to save time. I want to save energy. I want to gain energy. I want my meals to take longer to eat than to prepare. I want my meals to take longer to eat than to clean up. I want to [...]
How does one ”EAT Green”? It’s a popular topic, and everyone has an opinion. Here is my answer: 1. Eat something green every day And I don’t mean green and fuzzy with an odd smell to it. ”Greens”, as defined by most people, refer to leafy vegetables – kale, chard, collards, spinach, mustard, lettuces and the like. [...]
The basics of ‘how to juice’ are in every manual and at every keyboard; what is harder to find is real advice on how to convert. Chunky jungle juice is NOT a necessary evil on the path to better health. I found this out the hard way. Of course, my definition of “chunky jungle juice” has changed [...]
Tonight for supper, we had a raw taco salad and a green juice. The juice was one of the best yet – a variation on Juice Me Green Baby! but somehow a notch above. Try this: Juice Me Green Too! 1 large bunch green kale 1 medium field cucumber 1/2 large bunch parsley 1/2 lemon, [...]
I’ve been having a green juice every day for several days now. My favourite concoction is as follows: . . . . . . Juice Me Green Baby! 1 bunch fresh spinach 1/2 bunch of celery 1/2 bunch of cilantro or parsley 1/2 peeled lemon 1 inch chunk of peeled ginger (or 1/4 tsp powder) [...]
Herb gardens, salad gardens, cutting gardens, butterfly gardens, knot gardens, rock gardens, water gardens, rose gardens, wildlife gardens, potagers. What about a juicing garden? I’ve reorganized and replotted my garden four times already. The latest version includes a juicing garden, designed to ease my transition to an 80% raw foods diet. Some of the best juicing [...]
This week I dusted off my ‘new juicer’ and tried some of my old favourites. This is my second juicer. I purchased it about 3 years ago because my first one, which worked fine, sounded like a chainsaw every time I started it up, so I couldn’t use it while the babes were sleeping. The new [...]
I’ve spent the last several days going through my old seeds and deciding what to use and what to toss. I generally have no trouble germinating seeds that are three or four years old. I don’t even store them under particularly ‘seed-friendly’ conditions, and yet many of them still produce. Now, that’s fine, of course, [...]
I’m taking a hiatus from raw recipe searching. Too many of them are too elaborate or they contain ingredients that are too expensive or too hard to find. So I’m making a list: What do I not need to give up? What am I doing right so far? Here is the answer: raw fruits of all [...]
Quiche makes a good Meatless Monday recipe, using any combination of leftover veggies (and herbs). (While it is generally recommended that only the heaviest of creams be used in a quiche, I only had half-and-half in the fridge, so I experimented by adding a wee bit of guar gum to the filling. It seemed to work [...]
I found this recipe in a magazine many years ago, and it quickly became a family favourite. We eat it at every solstice, every equinox. . .and now, pretty much, every week. It’s vegetarian, it’s uncooked, and it can be made with any type of noodle – our favourite is spinach-flavoured rice spaghetti. Solstice Spaghettini 1 lb spaghettini (or [...]
Here is a basic souffle recipe that has worked several times for me. The broccoli can be substituted with spinach or any other vegetable, or any combination of vegetable and herbs. The vegetables must be cooked and thoroughly drained - even squeezed – before using. Just be sure that your final measurement is close to, but [...]
The fresh nut campaign continues: In addition to fresh nuts, nut butters and other nut products need to be stored in the fridge. It’s still a foreign concept to many, but it’s better for the butter and it’s better for you. I grew up eating the classic brands of peanut butter, like everybody else, and [...]
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