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Post by Susan on December 3, 2009

We are quickly approaching the end of the year. With the holiday festivities upon us, it is easy to get carried away in the moment. I love the moment but I also have to do some planning around here. You are going to be seeing some great changes in the blog around the first of…

Favorite Raw Food Related Sites
Favorite Raw Food Related Sites

Writing a blog on raw food is an interesting endeavor. Creating the recipes, doing the photography, and writing down my thoughts for you to peruse is more rewarding than I can say.  I love hearing from you and your thoughts on what you are seeing, eating, reading and what you would like to see as…

Raw Food and the Holidays
Raw Food and the Holidays

Staying focused on raw food during the holidays can be challenging. Thanksgiving is only a day away and in my world, it signals the start of the holiday season. Parties, entertaining, and food, food, food! It is the time of year that we tend to throw our healthy eating habits to the wind and declare…

Raw Food vs Puppy Love
Raw Food vs Puppy Love

Meet Izzy, my mom’s new pup. She is 11 weeks old. She owns my mom and step dad. With a face like that, how could she not… Easy subject for Photo 360. I should get back to the raw pumpkin pie recipe I am working on. I think I would rather play with Izzy.

How Raw Do You Need To Be?
How Raw Do You Need To Be?

I got an interesting comment on one of the recipes today. It was explained to me that chipotle peppers are not raw, and if I served the eggplant bacon to someone who was a 100% raw foodist, they would get really angry. Technically, chipotle peppers are smoked. I don’t know how high the heat gets…

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Photo 360

Day 1:  Nikon D70. Shutter Speed 1/30, Aperture 2.8, Lens 50 mm 1.8. When it comes to photography, I am a bit of a hack. When I started this raw food blog, I knew that I needed to take pictures of the food. I had a little background in photography. I took a class in…

Introducing: Ampersand
Introducing: Ampersand

You may have noticed the beautiful dishes that were featured with the food in the last few posts. They come from one of my favorite places, Ampersand. It is a stunning table ware, and  home decor store, complete with an amazing apothecary that carries only the best products. There are hundreds of exquisite items to…

Mountain Forest Walk
Mountain Forest Walk

I will be traveling today so I thought I would post some pictures from my walk in the Colorado woods from yesterday. I will be back in the kitchen on Tuesday, creating more run raw food recipes and also detoxing a bit from the trip. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I…

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 on the Radio
Raw Food on the Radio

I am traveling again, thus the picture of the pines in the high country just outside of Frisco, CO. This trip was a driving trip from Minneapolis to Boulder, then on to Frisco. Visiting my youngest in Boulder is always a great time. It was hard to leave but it was time to move my…