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Great Links
I come across great links and sites often. I would like to share a few of my favorites. When creating raw food recipes, I am often looking for balance. Knowing nutritional information of the foods we are eating, and how to find the best foods becomes an important goal. Here are some articles and sites…
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,…
Substitutions in Raw Food
There is not a day that goes by without an email in my box asking about substitutions for ingredients in my raw food recipes. It seems that there are a lot of nut allergies, gluten allergies, or just people who don’t like a particular ingredient. Some people can’t get certain ingredients. What ever the reason,…
Raw Food Questions
I just spent 5 wonderful days in Boulder and Summit County with my daughters as I turned a half of a century old. The number seems a bit staggering to me, fifty. It feels like a big number. Honestly, I don’t feel fifty. I believe in part because of my raw food diet. I spent…
Why I Eat Raw Food
“This is why I care so much about raw food. If you keep the temp beneath 116 degrees, the enzymes within the food stay alive, the vitamins don’t get denatured and because it is a more natural way to eat, it helps our digestion. It helps the absorption of the correct nutrients.” -Dr. Mehmet Oz…
Contest Last Day! The TSM Dehydrator
I have been getting a few questions about the TSM dehydrator. Apparently, I need to tell you more about it! It is wonderful for raw food recipes. It is a stainless steel dehydrator with an advanced temperature switch. It is very well made. It’s food compartment can be completely separated from the heating element for…
Rawmazing Contest Update
Before I even start with this blog post…I want remind everyone that entries will be open until Thursday night at 6pm. Also, the winner will be picked by a RANDOM GENERATOR!!! I am not personally picking the winner…that would be way too hard because there so many excellent questions! Don’t forget, you have to actually…
Dehydrator Giveaway!
The time has come to do our first giveaway and is it ever a good one! Many raw food recipes require a dehydrator and if you don’t have one, it can be challenging. One of the most common questions I get is how to prepare the raw food recipes without a dehydrator. I hope to…
News from the Rawmazing Front!
I woke to the sound of rain of the roof. Real rain. For some of you, that might not be a big deal. But when you have been in the deep freeze for months, it is a beautiful sound. I have always loved the seasons in Minnesota. The difference, the diversity. The most impressive is…
Raw Food Sweeteners
Recipes for raw food desserts are extremely popular. It is appealing to be able to replace the traditional butter, flour and sugar (nutrient void, calorie dense) with ingredients that actually have nutritional value. With the main ingredients, nuts, coconut, cacao and fruit, we can make delicious desserts that have no saturated fat and are packed…
