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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…

Rawmazing Desserts on Sale!
Rawmazing Desserts on Sale!

Rawmazing Dessert Book Sale! From now until Sunday, September 26th at midnight, the rawmazing dessert book will be on sale! 145 pages of mouth-watering recipes, hints, tips and ingredient and supply glossaries! Every recipe is  beautiful and gourmet, with full color photos and clear, concise directions. You won’t believe that raw desserts can be this…

Raw Food and Reading Labels
Raw Food and Reading Labels

There is a lot of talk these days about making sure you read food labels so you can avoid many of the “substances” that we know harm us but are in every day food. I am suggesting that you take it one step further. Start eliminating “food” that has a label! If there is a…

Raw Food 21 Day Winter Challenge
Raw Food 21 Day Winter Challenge

I am excited. If you have been hanging around here for a bit, you know I am not consistently a 100% raw foodist. During the summer? Yes. Because it is easy to be 100%. Local produce is plentiful, the weather is warm, we crave salads and fruit. But when the temps dip below zero in…

2010 Inspiration
2010 Inspiration

I am going to deviate from raw food today to share with you some thoughts for the new year. We are approaching the end of the year, and the end of a decade. I know for many, myself included, 2009 was one of the most challenging years I have ever faced. I found myself living…

Raw Food: Amazing Grain
Raw Food: Amazing Grain

Creating this blog, and all the raw food recipes constantly has me on the hunt for interesting people that I can introduce you to. On a recent trip to the Mill City Farmer’s Market, I met Marty Glanville and her husband, Darrold. I was casually strolling through the booths, marveling at all of the wonderful…

Raw Food: Soaking Nuts and Seeds
Raw Food: Soaking Nuts and Seeds

Whether you are eating a raw food diet, or simply incorporating more raw foods into your diet, most likely you are eating more nuts and seeds. In raw food cooking, nuts and seeds are a versatile food source. They can be used to make substitutions for many dairy products such as milk, sour cream, cream…

Raw Food and Weight Loss
Raw Food and Weight Loss

You might want to sit down, I am going on a rant. I have noticed lately that there are a lot of websites popping up promising weight loss with the “new raw food diet.” Honestly, this saddens me. Raw food for me is not just about weight loss, it is about health gain. It is…

Raw Food and Being Mindful
Raw Food and Being Mindful

Life is an interesting journey. You could think of it as a road that stretches out behind us as far as we can see and also has an unlimited expanse before us. Every day we walk down the road. But is the road really straight? And are we just walking along, step after step, so…

Raw Food Biology 101: Cells
Raw Food Biology 101: Cells

Why should we be eating more raw foods? It all starts with our cells, the building blocks of the human body. Cells are the smallest living organisms in the body and we have an estimated 100 trillion of them. that is a lot of cells! Cells are constantly renewing themselves. It is widely known that…