Leafy Greens: a Raw Food Restaurant Review

15. May 2012

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Leafy Greens: a Raw Food Restaurant Review

We are back from a long and much needed vacation to Florida!  The weather was perfect, the company (Rob’s family) was great and the special occasions (our 2nd wedding anniversary and Rob’s cousin’s wedding) were amazing.  A lot has changed since we’d last been in Tampa area, one of the raw food restaurants has closed!  Grass Roots has shut down both of it’s locations and begun a meal delivery service.  [...]

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Go Green for Earth Day!

20. April 2012

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Go Green for Earth Day!

Earth Day is tomorrow, April 21st, and it’s always been one of my favorite days of the year.  I can remember when I was in elementary school we always had a big festival to celebrate Earth Day.  Of course, those festivals were always accompanied by plastic trinkets like little puzzles and stickers, and I’m sure they were not good for the Earth.  Even so, the festivals always made me want to do my part to make the Earth a better place.  [...]

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Sweat it Out

17. April 2012

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Sweat it Out

When I heard that you can burn up to 600 calories in just a half hour while lying still, I knew I had to investigate (and try it out)!  Really?  Up to 600 calories while I just lay there?  And it’ll help me detox, too?  I could hardly get signed up fast enough! [...]

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9. April 2012

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Messing up with a Measuring Cup

Messing up with a Measuring Cup

I’ve been playing in the kitchen lately and have come to a very serious (in my opinion) conclusion.  Mainly that not all measuring cups are created equal!  I have a few different liquid measuring cups and have been using them for quite some time.  I noticed in the past that sometimes whatever I’d make would [...]

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12. March 2012

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I Wish I May, I Wish I Might…

I Wish I May, I Wish I Might…

I wish I may, I wish I might, can I share my wish with you tonight?  I wish for women’s empowerment and Tera Warner makes that possible!   The WISH summit started last week and continues through to the middle of April.  Not sure what WISH stands for?  Women’s International Summit for Health!  My dream [...]

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6. March 2012

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Tasty Tuesday: Banana Nut Pancakes

Tasty Tuesday: Banana Nut Pancakes

Last week a lot of people were making a big thing out of IHOP’s Pancake Day.  Many of my friends from high school talked about getting free pancakes and dousing them with sugary sweet syrup.  A lot of the follow up comments said things like “It’s time for a nap!” or “Suffering from a sugar [...]

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27. February 2012

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Average Joe on the Raw: a Movie Review

Average Joe on the Raw: a Movie Review

I am a sucker for any new movie about raw food and health.  And let me tell you, my latest purchase did not disappoint me!  As a matter of fact, it motivated me like you would not believe!  Here’s how it happened.  Rob and I decided to stay in last Friday night.  When we stay [...]

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21. February 2012

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Tasty Tuesday: Almond Butter Cups

Tasty Tuesday: Almond Butter Cups

I used to LOVE peanut butter cups.  They were one of my favorite things.  But when I found out that peanuts usually contain a ton of aflatoxins (a serious carcinogen known to cause liver cancer) I decided to stop eating peanut butter and peanut butter cups.  Plus, there’s that whole roasting or boiling of peanuts, [...]

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16. February 2012

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Tasty Thursday: Raw Cupcakes

Tasty Thursday: Raw Cupcakes

Rob and I don’t really celebrate Valentines Day any more.  We never really did, it always seemed so commercial to us.  But this year, I wanted to do a little something special for that special someone in my life, so I made us a fabulous dinner and then cupcakes for dessert!

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7. February 2012

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Tasty Tuesday: Delicious Cheeses

Tasty Tuesday: Delicious Cheeses

When we first started incorporating raw and living foods into our diet, there were two things that I missed the most: cheese and chocolate.  Chocolate was easy enough to replace with raw cacao creations, but the cheese recipes that I tried never came close to the real thing that I was craving.  And I was [...]

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3. February 2012

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The Ultimate Kitchen Gadget

The Ultimate Kitchen Gadget

People ask me all the time what kitchen gadget I think they should get first when starting on a raw and living food diet.  I get asked this question a lot by people who are just interested in improving their health, too.  The options they normally give me are: 1) A Juicer 2) A Dehydrator [...]

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