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Harvest Dehydrator

Post by Susan on October 31, 2011

One of the questions that I get constantly is whether raw food recipes that involve a dehydrator can be made with an oven instead. Unless your oven can be set below 118 degrees, the answer is no – even convection ovens don’t have the airflow needed for effective dehydration, and the concentrated heat destroys key nutrients…

100% Smart
100% Smart

I am often asked if I eat a 100% raw diet. If you have been hanging out with us, you already know the answer. I do not. The majority of my diet (80-100%) is raw. In the summer, I eat almost all raw food. But when dealing with winter and also social situations, I allow…

Nutritional Basics
Nutritional Basics

    I am becoming overwhelmed by the amount of disagreement that goes on in the world of healthy eating. I recently watched two men argue their take on diet to the point of it involving the size of their manhood. I kid you not.  Still shaking my head on that one. At Rawmazing, I…

Finding Your Raw Groove
Finding Your Raw Groove

I have a pattern. It seems to happen to me every year, right about now. First, I start to get a little cabin fever. Then, to add insult to injury, I put on a pair of pants, or look in the mirror and all of the slack I have cut myself over the Christmas holidays…

Winter Pick Me Up Sale
Winter Pick Me Up Sale

Weekend E-Book Sale! It always happens at this time of year. And because of my love of winter, it always surprises me. I hit the winter wall and get a touch of cabin fever. I have to shake things up a bit, usually by going to the conservatory and photographing flowers or diving into something…

Rawmazing Raw News
Rawmazing Raw News

Upcoming Events: Saturday, October 2, 8:00am – 9:00am Fresh and Local Radio show on 950AM with Susan Berkson and Bonnie Dehn. Saturday, October 2,  9:30am – noon,   Bloomington Farmer’s Market , Bloomington, MN    Rawmazing Desserts Book Signing Sunday, October 3, 10:30 – noon, Minneapolis Farmers Market, Minneapolis, MN    Demonstration and Rawmazing Desserts Book Signing There…

Chicken of the Woods
Chicken of the Woods

The other morning, I was hiking in the woods with Sadie and Skyler. All around me were these bright orange mushrooms, lighting up the woods. They were beautiful, and since I know nothing about distinguishing edible mushrooms from poisonous ones, I decided that I would come back the next day and take some pictures. I…

Raw Food Challenge 21 Starts Today
Raw Food Challenge 21 Starts Today

It is time for a fall kick-off. I am firing up the Challenge 21 site today! Our timing will take us right through the end of September. We will start October, refreshed, renewed, and ready for the long winter ahead. This is a raw food challenge but it is much more than that. It is…

Happy Fall!
Happy Fall!

My mom calls it “sweater weather”. I call it bliss. Last night as I lay in bed, the wind was howling and there was a chill in the air. I snuggled under the covers with the pups and sighed, content. I love the cold. I love gray days, wind, rain and snow. I think it…

10 Great Reasons to Eat Raw Food
10 Great Reasons to Eat Raw Food

Sometimes, we just need to remind ourselves why. Why we need to exercise, why we need to work on our diet. Why we need to incorporate more healthy, raw foods into our diet. Here are a few of my favorites: 1. When you start incorporating more raw foods into your diet, you are automatically starting…