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Raw Chili

November 1, 2012
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There are a lot of recipes for raw chili but of course,  with the weather changing, I though it was time for me to throw my hat into the raw chili ring! This is a super simple recipe that requires no dehydrator!  Balancing flavors and textures is alway my number one goal and this dish [...]

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Avocado Strawberry “Cream” Pie

June 15, 2012
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What do you do when you have a refrigerator full of avocados that are ripe and ready to go? Make a raw avocado pie, of course! And what goes great with avocado? Strawberries!! You know me, I can’t leave well enough alone so I couldn’t stop with just the avocado pie. I simply had to [...]

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Holiday E-Book Sale!

October 10, 2011

Sale Price: 9.95  (originally 12.95) Sale has ended The holidays are right around the corner! It is a great time to start thinking about holiday food for your parties and entertaining. This beautiful Raw Food E-Book contains 14 spectacular, delicious, easy recipes that will amaze you, your family and your friends. Ease of preparation is key [...]

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Jicama Dill Salad

May 29, 2011
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Yesterday was a crazy day. I got up at 3 am to go and shoot one of the top pastry chefs in the country for Shooting the Kitchen. Can’t tell you who it is yet but the post should be up by the end of the week. Believe me, it isn’t a raw patisserie. Everything was stunningly [...]

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Raw Veggie Kabobs

April 24, 2011
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  It has been a rough spring all around. We have been having late season snows, cold, and sleet. Somehow the grass is starting to turn green and tiny little buds are appearing on the trees. I love this time of awakening. The ponds go from frozen circles of ice to open water, alive with [...]

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Finding Your Raw Food Balance

January 24, 2011
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A good friend of mine posted a comment today on her Facebook page. She made tacos with walnuts and her ph level was more acidic. She was wondering if it was the walnuts. It could very well have been because walnuts are very acidic. But they also contain tons of health promoting nutrients. The good [...]

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Raw Recipe: Simple Almond Cheese

January 6, 2011
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Simple Almond Cheese (recipe at end of post) Nut cheeses are a great item to have in your raw food recipe collection. They are tasty, easily support the addition of many herbs and spices, and will impress your raw and non-raw friends a like! There are a couple of different ways to make nut cheeses.

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Raw Transition Recipe for the New Year!

January 2, 2011
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Happy New Year! It is 2011 and I am excited. I love clean slates, fresh starts and dates that motivate! When the new year starts, I get in a cleaning out mode. I want to attack the closets, my office, and my diet. I normally give myself way too much leeway between Thanksgiving and Christmas [...]

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Eating Through the Holidays

November 29, 2010
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Raw Eggless Nog I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine recently. I was talking about shooting 5 top chefs for an upcoming magazine. The food not only looked divine, it smelled heavenly. Dish after dish, that I needed to be intimately involved with, teasing all of my senses. It was a challenge. As I [...]

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Wednesday Giveaway!

November 24, 2010
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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 [...]

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Strawberry Basil Ice Cream

August 4, 2010
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Sometimes you have to think outside of the box. Inspired by my prolific basil plants, I decided to create a raw food recipe for basil ice cream with strawberries. Basil Ice Cream you ask? Honestly, it is an eye-roller (meaning it is so good, your eyes roll back into your head when you taste it). [...]

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Pea Pods with Sun Dried Tomato Spread

March 30, 2010
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Sun dried tomatoes are a favorite around here. Something magical happens when you condense the flavors through drying. I had sun dried tomatoes on the brain when I started working on some raw food recipes today. Wanting something quick and versatile,  I came up with a little spread that could double as a “pasta” sauce. [...]

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Cacao Walnut Cookies

September 21, 2009
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I was going to write “cookies” and leave it at that. Seriously, do we need any more words? Cookies have played a large part in many  people’s lives. I recently asked some friends what their favorite cookie memory was. The stories that came back were great. Everyone had a very vivid memory involving cookies and [...]

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Heirloom Tomatoes: Other Uses

September 18, 2009
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I Found another use for heirloom tomatoes last night. Skyler, my Kuvasz managed to tick off a skunk. I let the dogs out for their evening constitutional and the next thing I knew Skyler was barking up a storm in the woods. Deer? Raccoon? I called and called to no avail. She was completely ignoring [...]

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Productive Senior Citizens and Raw Apple Sauce

September 14, 2009
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This is Stella. My apple tree. Ok, I get that not everyone names their trees but Stella deserves a name. She has been here for a very long time. Stella is the biggest apple tree I have ever seen. With a trunk of over 9 feet around, she just might be over 100 years old [...]

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Raw Food Challenges

September 11, 2009
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I was recently asked, “what the biggest challenge that people face when they first go raw?” It’s a great question because raw can confuse people. Do I need to be 100%? All the recipes look so confusing! I wouldn’t even know how to start! It may be a bold statement but in reality, raw is [...]

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