RAW Living and Learning

Day 2 Part II So now I will continue writing about our fantastic Day 2 food preparations. From 3-4PM we were busy creating raw cookies and brownies. Team 1- Coconut Macaroons Team 2- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Team 3- Walnut Date Balls Team 4- Best Brownies I must admit that by far my favorite of these raw goodies were the Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Bobby, our Master Chef, said that he took his grandma's cookie recipe and converted it to a raw recipe. We were able to eat them warm out of the dehydrator and it was a cookie experience I will never forget. They really were THAT good!!! Next up on the schedule was the Garden Burger Demo followed by the Ketchup, Mustard and Mayo Demonstrations. My sister-in-law and I took this time in our busy schedule to sneak out to Saturday's Vigil Mass at a very nice, orthodox, Catholic church--just like we like them. It was a much needed escape for us from all of the information overload that we were experiencing during this amazing Raw Chef T...

Saturday, April 30th, 2011 Day 2 began at 8AM with Breakfast Preparation Team 1 was preparing Raw Quinoa Team 2 was preparing Rawsome Oatmeal Team 3 was preparing Green Smoothies Team 4 was preparing Almond and Pecan Milks Our team made a wonderful green smoothie. Everyone really enjoyed it--it was gone before we could even put it on the breakfast table. All of the "Chefs in training" kept sampling it. Once we all had our preparations completed it was time for a fantastic, raw, nourishing breakfast. We enjoyed: Fresh Juiced Orange Juice Rawsome Oatmeal Rawsome Quinoa Fresh blueberries, strawberries Banana Manna Bread with Cashew Frosting Green Smoothies Nut Milks We also were able to sample the delicious Energy Soups The one in the forefront is the unsweetened Energy Soup and the one in the back round is the sweet Energy Soup. They had "toppings" to add to the soups: The toppings were: Kelp Dulse Flax meal Rye seeds Here is how my Energy ...

CREATIVE HEALTH INSTITUTE "OUR COMMITMENT TO INSPIRE EVERY PARTICIPANT IN OUR PROGRAMS TO LIVE A TRANSFORMED LIFE OF SUPERB HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND ENROLL OTHERS IN SHARING OUR VISION." Well, the exciting news I was referring to in the previous post is that I completed my Level 1 training as an Advanced Raw Chef. I have dual certification, one through Creative Health Institute and also through Alissa Cohen.   Creative Health Institute is such an amazing place. I am so grateful that I was able to go there and meet these wonderful and loving people. Here is a bit from their site: 'The Wheatgrass Place' Your Body Can Heal Itself.. WE OFFER A TOTAL HEALTH SOLUTION Teaching wellness that works since 1973 We are the longest running hands on raw living foods program operating in the same location, for 37 years Over 15,000 graduates We are a learning facility We sell no supplements and our focus is entirely on your learning the skills to live a raw/living foo...