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Big Rawmazing Giveaway!

Post by Susan on December 3, 2010

To kick off December, the wonderful people over at TSM have contributed a TSM D-5 dehydrator for our giveaway this week! If you have been hanging out here for a bit, you know that the TSM is my favorite dehydrator. Made from food grade stainless steel, and quite as a whisper, this dehydrator’s performance is…

Black Friday Sale
Black Friday Sale

We are doing our own Rawmazing Black Friday sale! From now though Saturday night, the Holiday E-Book, The Rawmazing Dessert Books and the 2011 Raw Recipe Calendar will all be on sale. These make great additions to your raw food shelf and also GREAT gifts for your friends who are interested in eating healthy. Raw,…

Wednesday Giveaway!
Wednesday Giveaway!

Our Monday giveaway turned into the Wednesday giveaway! It is a good one! Today, I am giving away 3, count them 3 things. A Rawmazing package deal! It is the day before Thanksgiving and as a thank you to all of you, I am giving away the Rawmazing Holiday e-book, the Rawmazing Desserts e-book and…

Raw Food Friend: Kale
Raw Food Friend: Kale

I have been in Boulder, Colorado for the last few days helping my daughter move into her new digs. As far as college “homes” go, she found a great house to share with some girlfriends. It has been an exhausting few days. We rented a truck packed up all her stuff, drove 6 miles and…

Greens
Greens

One of the questions asked in the dehydrator contest was posted by Ellen. “What do you consider the most important foods to be eaten everyday by a raw foodist to ensure continuity of nutrition?” Easy answer on that one…Greens. And not only for people on a raw food diet! Did you know that greens contain…

Raw Thoughts for Food
Raw Thoughts for Food

The driving reason that many of us seek out the raw food diet lifestyle is because we have discovered that the way we have been eating is not serving us, our health or our planet. I came across a quote from Jonathan Safran Foer’s Book, “Eating Animals”, that struck such a profound cord in me,…

Raw Challenge 21 Wrap Up
Raw Challenge 21 Wrap Up

At the end of January, I had an idea. I decided to do a raw food challenge for 21 days in the dead of winter. I eat almost 100% raw in the summer, it’s easy. I am  mostly raw in the winter and love trying new raw food recipes. But I have always given myself…

Dehydration Questions
Dehydration Questions

One of the questions that comes up consistently both in the comments and your emails, is about dehydration. Are there alternative ways to make raw food recipes with out a dehydrator? Dehydration times and temperatures also seem to be confusing. I will attempt to answer your questions, but I also want to encourage you to…

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…

Raw Food: All About Young Coconuts
Raw Food: All About Young Coconuts

When creating raw food recipes, the young coconut is a healthy substitution for many of the dairy products that we have eliminated.  Raw food is traditionally vegan.  Coming up with recipes that remind us of  the traditional recipes that call for cream, butter and cheese requires creativity with the ingredients that we do use, such…