RAW Living and Learning

Today's blog prompt is to write a "News-style post." Well look at what just happened to be in my inbox this morning! Thought I must share this shocking information. Quote from Forks Over Knives on How Plant-Based Food Can Feed More People: They posted the above graphic on Facebook on October 17. Please click the image to share with your social media friends. Let me share with you yet another one of my plant based recipes. This recipe uses the spicy, earthy green, arugula as its base. But I sweetened it with fresh, juicy pineapple and ripe tomato; creating a salsa like topping for this delectable green. Pineapple Salsa Salad by Elizabeth @rawlivingandlearning.blogspot.com Arugula Diced pineapple (fresh) Diced tomato 1/2 T raw, unsalted pine nuts Pinch of cumin Plate the arugula. In a bowl mix together the pineapple, tomato and pine nuts. Top the arugula with the salsa and sprinkle on cumin to taste. Enjoy! +JMJ+ Today I am grateful for food on o...

  Spiritual Health Our journey here on earth can lead us to our destiny, if we are willing to sow the seeds needed to reap the harvest. Sometimes our journey ends quickly and time runs out to do such things. Thank goodness for a second chance; for those taken before ripe. "The soul must reach maturity in Purgatory, which is like the cellar in which fruit, harvested too soon, is left to ripen. "                                   by Father Maurice Zundel It is a great privilege knowing that belonging to the Church allows one to help the Holy Souls enter heaven. So it is on this day, All Soul's Day, that our family prays for our deceased loved ones and those who have no one left to pray for them. We pray the prayer taught to St. Gertrude to release a vast number of souls: "Eternal Father, I offer Thee the ...

My picture is blurry, sorry, but I just had to post this super simple, super tasty salad I made the other day. It had been a long time since I had some arugula and I really was craving those greens. I had also been missing my baby spinach. I decided to combine the two and top it with a combo of pears and kiwi. For some reason pears and kiwi have been tasting really good to me, like REALLY good. I have been eating them quite a bit. A very simple dressing was in order, and here is how it all turned out: (NOTE- Right before I ate this salad I loaded it with a tall mountain of my home grown broccoli sprouts. I try to have broccoli sprouts everyday--they are so powerful against all things evil, evil cancer cells that is!!) Fruited Arugula and Spinach Arugula Baby Spinach 1 Kiwi, sliced 1 Pear, sliced Broccoli Sprouts Plate the arugula and spinach. Lay the kiwi and pear slices on top. Add a large serving of your favorite sprouts. Drizzle with a simple sweet Dijon dress...

         Elizabeth's Raw Pad Thai Having lunch the other day with my friend left me with the desire to concoct a Raw Pad Thai recipe. Yesterdays post mentioned the raw entree I ordered at Food and Thought, it was raw Pad Thai of course.  I really liked their recipe, I wish I had it!!  I needed somewhere to start, so I turned to my new copy of "Ani's Raw Food Essentials". Her recipe is very easy and I made some additions and changes and came up with a totally different recipe. Now I have to go back and make hers to see how I like it. Her recipe calls for the following: Noodles: sliced fresh basil thinly sliced cabbage kelp noodles "Peanut" Sauce: almond butter coconut oil Liquid aminos lemon juice jalapeno coriander water I decided to use the kelp noodles and basil but omitted the cabbage. Instead I added zucchini, carrots and yellow squash to the kelp noodles and basil. In place of ...