Top 10 Raw Foods *YOU* Chose to Live On For 30 Days... ;)

WOW, last month's RawReform Giveaway was the biggest YET, with a huuuuuuuuuge response to win a free copy of the lovely Jenna Norwood's DVD, "Supercharge Me"...We asked you to send in your answer to the question: "If you were to live on just one raw food for 30 days,
which food would you choose and why...?" and I am delighted to say that the winner, drawn at random today, is Sarah Fabry, who sent in the following response:

"If I could have only ONE raw food for 30 days it would be...

CARROTS

I Loooove them.  They are so versatile - I can juice them (with a little knuckle of ginger), then use the pulp in the dehydrator to make carrot crackers.  The pulp is also wonderful in raw carrot cakes.  I slice them into skinny sticks, or nibble them whole, and try to get to the paler orange "icicle" inside.  I slice them into chips, dust with celtic sea salt and dehydrate them to make "car-ackers". I spiralize them for noooodles, or shave them with the vegetable peeler for fettuccini. Grated? Yup. You can even glide a fork down the sides of a big carrot, them slice into circles, and you get little carrot flowers.  Vitamin A powerhouses!  They give my skin a sunny tinge.  What more could I ask for?  Carrots have been very good to me, and I am good to them.  The green frilly tops go into the juicer too (just not the "nub" at the top where the enzyme inhibitor live) and give me a ZIP!  Carrots are my friends, and if I needed them, they'd be there for me.

Angela, sparkle on!  I love you!
Rainbows, Rainbows,
Sraddha"

WOW, carrots eh? Thanks for sharing, Sarah...your yummy free DVD gift is on its way to you now - enjoy, enjoy :)

...and if you're curious to know which other foods people said they'd choose to live on exclusively for 30 days, here's a list of the top ten choices, in reverse order:

10. Kale

9. Blueberries

8. Pineapple

7. Spinach

6. Mangoes

5. Apples

4. Watermelon

3. Bananas

2. Avocado

1. Coconuts :)

...and here below are some of the more unique and 'inventive' answers ;)

...raw brownies, seaweed, stinging nettles, cabbage, cashews, lentil sprouts, broccoli, potatoes, maca, green smoothies and wheatgrass - eeeeeeeek, rather you guys than me for 30 days ;)

Thanks to everyone for playing - new contest coming sooooooooooon ;)


on June the 3rd I appreciated:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of YUMMY fresh fruit salad: dragon fruit, papaya, granadilla
2 cups water
water of a young coconut
2 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
cucumber salad meal stuffed into nori sheets, shared with Mr. M, followed by two raw halva 'cookies'
mug of resihi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


*LOVE* this beautiful, powerful little 3.5 minute YouTube video on how we can all help to raise healthier children...please spread this around and share with loved ones... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vAVkv1LBx8

on June the 4th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1/5 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
water of two young coconuts
2 tbsp bee pollen, 20 chlorella tablets
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
cucumber meal stuffed into nori sheets, followed by a yummmmy little yumpot of brazil nut butter mixed with honey, orange oil and chocolate extract - wow :)
2 cups water
1.5 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a dragon fruit, half a jicama and a sample of Maria's amazing raw 'mashed potatoes' :)
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


on June the 5th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut
2 dragon fruits
2 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
blended greeeeeeen mush (cucumber, sauerkraut, dulse, avocado, spirulina, cumin, lime juice), spread on flax crackers, followed by a yummmy little handmade yumpot of tahini stirred with honey, orange oil, chocolate and vanilla extracts
2 cups water
3 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


For those of you who are in the UK/Europe and might not quite be in the rhythm yet of buying things from our online store, we have a little stash of raw goodies in the UK that you can access instead if you like... ;) Here's what we have there:

Books:

'Raw Emotions' by Angela Stokes - £23 each

‘Raw Success’ by Matt Monarch - £10 each

‘Raw Spirit’ by Matt Monarch - £8 each
‘How to Go Raw for Weight Loss’ by Angela Stokes - £5 each

‘Revealing the Physical Changes’ by Angela Stokes - £5 each

‘A Juice Feaster’s Handbook’ by Angela Stokes - £5 each

'Become Younger' by Norman Walker - £5

‘Absolutely Abeba’s’ raw cracker recipe book - £5 each

'Raw Foods for Busy People' Book - £8

'Raw Greek' by Gina Panayi - £10

'Fresh' by Sergei and Valya Boutenko - £9
'Detox Delights' by Shazzie - £5

'Raw Food Made Easy' by Jennifer Cornbleet - £11
'Ani's Raw Food Kitchen' by Ani Phyo - £12

DVDs:

Raw Organic Cuisine in 10 Minutes with Bryan Au - £10

Matt Monarch speaks at Ecopolitan - £6

Miscellaneous:

Nut Milk Bags - £6 each

Chia Seeds, 454g (1lb) bags - £8 each

"The Answer is Not In The Fridge" magnets ;) - 50p each


Now hear ye', hear ye' - with some of these products there are only one or two items left, so it’s definitely going to be a case of first come, first served... If you’re in the UK/Europe/that side of the world and would love any of the above, just email angela@rawreform.com asap with your list of desired goodies and an address to send them to and we can get things moving on over to you... ;)

(If you’re unfamiliar with any of the products above and would love to read more about them first, you can always do a check for them on www.TheRawFoodWorld.com.)

All blessings,
Angela Claire Stokes-Monarch. xxx

Exclusive Eco-Fashion Discount - Get 20% Off :)

oOOOOoOoOOoooo, I'm so *EXCITED* to share a fabulous eco-fashion discount with you today, exclusively made for YOU, dear RawReform readers - YAY :)

If you've been reading here for a while, you may know that I'm very into eco-friendly clothing (here is an older blog post on this subject, for example)...and one of my absolute FAVOURITE eco-friendly fashion companies in the US is Texture Clothing, run by Theresa in Washington state.

I first met Theresa at the massive Green Festival show in Chicago abt 4 years ago...her creations stood out for me and I bought a terracotta red hemp 'Market Skirt' from her that I've probably worn about half the time ever since and still *love* ;)

Last year Theresa then created her amazing 'Posh Pants' - with the tagline 'good luck finding bigger flares than these' ;) These hempy, stretchy, beautiful flowing leg-lovers are easily my FAVOURITE trousers these days...I have two pairs: 'merlot' and 'seaweed' colours...
These three items from Texture - two pairs of trousers and a market skirt - pretty much comprise the 'bottoms' part of my wardrobe these days - I'm nearly always wearing smthg from Theresa and now, as a very special gift to *you* guys, she wanted to offer you all 20% OFF anything from her store - LOVE it :)))

She just uploaded a TON of new things to the site, including some very cool 'green tea' coloured trousers and skirts, long-length 'Comfy Skirts', gorgeous new cowl tops and more...she makes some fabulous accessories too, like these wrist/arm warmers,pictured to the left... ;)

You can check out all her work at www.TextureClothing.com and be sure to use the coupon code 'raw' for 20% off *any* purchase - I'm so excited about this - thanks Theresa :)))

Enjoy, everyone :)))

on May the 26th I appreciated:

1 quart water
1 cup greeeen juice mixed with pineapple and lime juices
2 tbsps bee pollen
2 cups greeeen juice mixed with pineapple and lime juices
2 cups greeeen juice mixed with pineapple and lime juices
30 chlorella tablets
little bowl of sauerkraut mashed up with ½ an avocado and dulse, stuffed into nori sheets, followed by two mini 'finger' bananas ;)
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


Reminder: 'tis the last few days to enter this month's RawReform Giveaway Contest to win a free copy of Jenna Norwood's fabulous "Supercharge Me" raw food transformation DVD - here's a recap of the deets:

I love Jenna - she made a raw food version of Morgan Spurlock's "SuperSize Me" documentary - with Jenna eating RAW for 30 days, instead of McD's ;) You can read all about Jenna's DVD HERE and if *you* would love to be in with a chance of winning the giveaway copy, just send in your answer to the following question:

"If you were to live on just one raw food for 30 days,
which food would you choose and why...?"

Send your answers in to angela@rawreform.comangela@rawreform.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by June 3rd to be in with a chance of winning...the winner shall be picked at random and with love, shortly thereafter... :)


on May the 27th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
water of two young coconuts
3 tbsp bee pollen, 30 chlorella tablets
2 cups greeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups water
shared raw tacos meal with friends: taco shells, hungle peanut 'beans', coconut sour cream, fresh veggies etc, followed by a few Incan berry bliss balls
mug of resihi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water



on May the 28th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups water
a dragon fruit, a cherimoya, a papaya
shared eclectic meal with friends of leftovers/almond butter mixed with honey spread on bananas, sauerkraut in nori rolls and samples from the Sedona 'Chocolatree' range (no chocolate for me though ;)
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


Do you recall the *yummy* green smoothie recipes sent in by Katia in Australia a few weeks back? She shared 11 unique green smoothie recipes with us, which people have been raving about on email ever since ;) Now Madame Katia would love to also share with y'all a couple of green JUICE recipes and three raw cookie recipes too - wow, enjoy :)

Citrus Delight Green Juice

1 head celery
1 to 2 organic grapefruit
1 lemon
1 lime

1 orange (optional)
1 tablespoon fresh ginger (optional but highly recommended)
Stevia to taste

Put all ingredients through your juicer or alternatively blend everything in a high-speed blender and strain mixture through nut-mylk bag. Enjoy! 

Citrus Delight II (For Adventurous Souls)

1 head celery
1 to 2 grapefruit
1 lemon and/or lime
1 to 2 cloves garlic

Put all ingredients through your juicer or alternatively blend everything in a high-speed blender and strain mixture through nut-mylk bag. Enjoy!
 

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Banana-Lemon Choc Chip Cookies

Between 1/2 cup to 1 cup almond meal (pulp left over from making almond milk)
1 banana
Juice of half a lemon
1 to 2 tablespoons raw honey or raw agave
Raw cacoa nibs

In a high-speed blender, blend the almond meal, banana, lemon juice and raw honey/agave. Form little 'cookies' and add raw cacao nibs on top of each cookie. Dehydrate for about 20 hours.

Vanilla-Coconut Cookies

Meat of two young coconuts
One cup organic dessicated coconut
2 teaspoons raw organic vanilla powder (the one I use is the best and I purchased it from TheRawFoodWorld)
1 tablespoon organic raw honey/agave
Coconut water to blend

Blend all ingredients in a high-speed blender and then form cookies with the dough. Dehydrate for about 20 hours.

Pear-Choc Cookies

For the Cookie Dough:
Between 1/2 a cup and 1 cup raw soaked almonds
2 pear
1 tablespoon raw honey/agave
1 teaspoon raw organic vanilla powder
Half a teaspoon cinnamon powder
Quarter of a teaspoon nutmeg powder

For the Chocolate Drizzles:
3 tablespoons raw organic cacao powder
2 tablespoons raw organic honey/agave
Enough purified water to mix ingredients together

Blend together the ingredients for the cookie dough in a high-speed blender. Form cookies with the mixture. Drizzle some 'chocolate sauce' on each of them, forming nice patterns. Dehydrate for about 15 hours. These are delicious.


ENJOY :)

All love and delicious dabblings,
Ms. Stoooooooookes-Moonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarch. xxx

WIN the "Supercharge Me" DVD :)

WOW - yesterday was the third day of the 2010 Raw Food Gathering here in Vilcabamba, Ecuador and we've had an action-packed, delightful celebration together so far... :) We opened the festival last Saturday afternoon at the Sambuca Yoga Studio with a lovely intention circle, chanting and ecstatic dance, followed by the *fabulous* opening party of the new raw-friendly Papayas Cafe in Vilcabamba town...my cheeks *ached* from the perma-grin that day, as we met all the raw foodies starting to flow into town and also witnessed with such joy the merging of locals, raw foodies, new transplants and more, all mingling together in this gorgeous new space and enjoying outstanding raw desserts and drinks - WOW :)
I just posted some photos to Flickr of the first couple of days of the gathering - see HERE.

Mr. Monarch posted a video from the first day too, featuring an interview with Dave The Raw Truck Driver :) You can see that HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKeUcxZV9os

There are many more wonderful events lined up on the schedule for the coming two weeks here: horse riding, talks, an "Anchor The Dream" experience with Laura Fox, women's song circle, raw chocolate parties, hikes, a traditional dance show, handicraft tours and more...it's not too late to come down and join us all :) You can see the line-up of events on the http://rawinecuador.ning.com site...many people seem excited to repeat the gathering next year too, so if you aren't able to be here with us this year, perhaps we'll all converge here again in 2011...let's see how it unfolds... :)

on May the 1st I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups pineapple/watermelon juice
samples of new batches of sauerkraut and raw cookies for Vilcabamba raw store ;)
2 tbsp bee pollen, water of a young coconut
*amazing* raw lasagne dish at Sambuca Cafe in Vilcabamba
2 cups water, 2 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups horchata tea and *fabulous* raw dessert platter at Papayas Cafe in Vilcabamba
cup of cucumber water, an apple
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


That marvellous Monarch is up to his monkey-mind tricks again, bringing y'all the best possible deals that he can find on exciting raw lifestyle items...let's see what he's got on offer this month over at TheRawFoodWorld.com:

The following specials are available until May 31st...

"At Cost":

Turkish Figs, 16oz - $6.97, Normally $9.95 - with 7% coup0n $6.48, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $6.13

Clear Agave, 16.9oz - $8.37, Normally $11.95 - with 7% coup0n $7.78, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $7.36

Clear Agave, 1 Gallon - $52.47, Normally $74.95 - with 7% coup0n $48.79, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $46.17

Maggie's Soap Nuts, 1 kilo (200 Loads) - $24.47, Normally $34.95 - with 7% coup0n $22.75, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $21.53

Maggie's Soap Nuts, 4.7oz (36 Loads) - $6.99, Normally $9.99 - with 7% coup0n $6.50, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $6.15

Maggie's Soap Nuts Liquid, 64oz (128 Loads) - $17.49, Normally $24.99 - with 7% coup0n $16.27, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $15.39

Maggie's Soap Nuts Liquid, 32oz (64 Loads) - $10.49, Normally $14.99 - with 7% coup0n $9.76, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $9.23

Brazil Nuts, 16oz - $9.07, Normally $12.95 - with 7% coup0n $8.43, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $7.98

Almond Flour, 16oz - $12.57, Normally $17.95 - with 7% coup0n $11.69, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $11.06

Pomegranate Seeds, 16oz - $13.27, Normally $18.95 - with 7% coup0n $12.34, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $11.67

Raw Transformations DVD - $12.95, Normally $24.95 - with 7% coup0n $12.04, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $11.40

To access these offers, click the link below, or type - hnymn - in the search box at the top right hand corner of www.TheRawFoodWorld.com.

Click Here For "At Cost" Specials
Additionally, you can redeem this coup0n at www.TheRawFoodWorld.com by typing in - HONEYMOON - in the coup0n number section, to get an additional 7% off your order. This coup0n will be good through May 31st, 2010 and can be redeemed at: www.TheRawFoodWorld.com

You can get 12% off your order and ALL FUTURE ORDERS by joining the Inner Circle Community HERE for ONLY $9.97 a month.

on May the 2nd I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups pineapple/watermelon juice
cup of greeeeen smoothie
water of a young coconut
2 cups sugarcane juice
3 'grenadillas', cup of a Laura Fox elixir concoction
bowl of yummmmmy shared cucumber salad, with chopped tomatoes and coconut chips
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
slice of raw ice cream cake :)
2 cups water



on May the 3rd I appreciated:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with sugar cane juice
2 cups greeeeeeen smoothie
little bowl of cucumber salad leftovers, with a couple of flax crackers, followed by a few honey coconut chips :)
2 cups water
shared yummmmmmy raw meal at Sambuca Cafe with raw gathering crew: including raw lasagne, raw pizza, raw tacos, raw apple tart and traditional horchata tea :)
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


OoOOOooo, we've got a wonderful giveaway gift for you again this month, courtesy of the ever-lovely si*star* of raw, Jenna Norwood. We have a copy of Jenna's entertaining and educational "Supercharge Me" DVD up for grabs - YAY :)
I love Jenna - she made a raw food version of Morgan Spurlock's "SuperSize Me" documentary - with Jenna eating RAW for 30 days, instead of McD's ;) You can read all about Jenna's DVD HERE and if *you* would love to be in with a chance of winning the giveaway copy, just send in your answer to the following question:

"If you were to live on just one raw food for 30 days,
which food would you choose and why...?"

Send your answers in to angela@rawreform.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by June 3rd to be in with a chance of winning...the winner shall be picked at random and with love, shortly thereafter... :)

All joy unfolding,
Angelalalalalaaaaaaaaaa. xxx