Nuts are a common ingredient in raw or living food recipes. They are used in cakes and crusts, pate, milks, nut burgers and more. Nuts are filling, satisfying and help you replicate some of the cooked foods you may be accustomed to. Unfortunately in the US those raw nuts may not really be raw. Even […]
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This month my favorite yoga studio Om Point Yoga re-opened after a prolonged search for a new location. It feels sooooo good to get back to doing a regular yoga practice. (That is Vanya and Shavonna from Om Point in this photo.) To celebrate I am updating and re-posting an article I originally posted a
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Finding snack food on a raw or live food diet can be both very easy and at times hard. The easiest snack to grab is a piece of fruit or a handful of nuts or seeds. If you are looking for something more take a look at the book Raw Energy by Stephanie Tourles.
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We are almost to the end of the third week of Vegan MoFo 2014. Today we continue with our look at Black Vegetarians and the responses from our online survey. One of the questions inquired about about how they eat. Are they vegan? raw? lacto-ovo? you get the idea. The majority of folks said
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If you’re anything like most people who are making the move to a vegan or plant-based diet you probably have questions about getting the right nutrition to stay (or get) healthy. Fortunately by “eating a rainbow” or a variety of whole plant-based foods you WILL get the right nutrients. Even without taking supplements. Even protein!
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A common ingredient in live food recipes is young coconut, or Thai young coconut. Thankfully, after several weeks where these tasty items have not been available, they have arrived back on the shelves of our favorite market here in Atlanta. I have been wanting to make curry coconut strips for my raw sandwiches, not to
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To follow up on my post the other day about eating raw when you are too tired to figure out what to eat, here is how marinated veggies can be made quickly in many ways. Each is made by varying the veggies and the ingredients used in a vinaigrette dressing which is used as the
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Here is the next installment of the results from my survey of Black Vegetarians. I wanted to find out about the experiences we have as people of Afrikan descent living a vegetarian lifestyle. My question today is, “Why is vegetarianism important for us as people of Afrikan descent? (Or is it important?)” Forty-six people from across the
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