RAW Living and Learning

I couldn't resist when I saw this design for the blog. I wanted to jump right into the laptop and start munching away. Hopefully it will get others drooling or at least thinking about fresh, living, raw foods. I have been experiencing even more of the benefits of the raw living foods lifestyle lately and one of them is even more ENERGY! The last few nights I have been so wide awake and full of life that I can't go to sleep--let me re-phrase that, I don't even think about going to sleep because I feel so awake and energized. When I finally do retire I wake up feeling refreshed; something that never use to happen when I was eating a high amount of cooked foods. I use to wake up feeling more tired than when I went to bed, my eyes would be puffy, muscles ached so badly I had to almost hobble to the bathroom, and I felt like I couldn't even think straight. Not to mention that my head would be so jam packed with sinus pressure and congestion that I swore my head was ...

         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 ...