Green Smoothies and Popsicles

2. September 2010

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Green Smoothies and Popsicles

My green smoothie challenge is officially over.  But, I’m a convert now, so I’ve been having green smoothies for breakfast and lunch pretty much every day since the challenge ended, which was Wednesday.  Sometimes I make a big batch of green smoothie in the morning and have it all day, other times, I make just enough for breakfast so I can make a different green smoothie for lunch.  And sometimes, I have some smoothie left over.  When I’ve got leftovers that I don’t think I’ll drink later in the day, I just pour it into a popsicle mold. [...]

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Green Smoothie Challenge

20. August 2010

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Green Smoothie Challenge

Can I let you in on a little secret?  Since I transitioned to a raw and living foods diet just over 15 months ago, I’ve been afraid to try a green smoothie.  I’ve heard and read all about them in a number of places, yet I just couldn’t get over my fear of drinking a big glass of green gloop.  [...]

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Living on Live Food, Level 1

2. August 2010

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Living on Live Food, Level 1

Rob and I taught our first Alissa Cohen class a few weeks ago.  It was so much fun!  I hope everyone who participated had as much fun as I had teaching the class. [...]

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8. July 2010

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40 Reasons to Eat Raw Foods

40 Reasons to Eat Raw Foods

I was cleaning out my drawers yesterday and I found something that I thought I would share.  When Rob and I went up to Alissa Cohen’s restaurant last year, Grezzo, we asked for a copy of a pamphlet that she had on all of the tables.  She called it “40 Reasons to Eat Raw” even [...]

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30. June 2010

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Raw Foods in Maui

Raw Foods in Maui

For our honeymoon, Rob and I traveled to Maui, Hawaii.  The flight was so long (from here it was about 12 hours of plane time), but we were prepared with bars, trail mixes and raw food finds in the airport.  There’s a place in our airport that makes “smoothies.”  They take frozen fruit, add some [...]

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21. June 2010

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A Raw Wedding

A Raw Wedding

Rob and I are officially married.  Our wedding went off without a hitch, was perfect in every way that we planned and was super tasty.  We had a great time, I danced the night away while Rob mingled with all of our friends and family who came to support us while we proclaimed our love [...]

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16. June 2010

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Have you check out our other page, www.NCRaw.com yet?  If you have, then you’ll know what we are up to and what we’ve been up to.  If you haven’t, then you should check it out to see what we’re doing!  Here are some upcoming events that you can find out about on NCRaw.com: Ice Cream [...]

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27. May 2010

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Planning meals

Planning meals

Do you have a strategy to help keep you eating lots of fresh and healthy raw and living foods?  We do!  It’s a weekly ritual I like to do that ensures that Rob and I eat a balanced diet.  So what is it I do?  I make a meal plan and stick to it.

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8. April 2010

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Pets eat Raw, too

Pets eat Raw, too

When we first learned about raw and living foods, we read about it for pets, too.  While we didn’t start giving our cats any raw foods right away, it wasn’t too long before they would hang out in the kitchen and mew at me every time I opened our jar of coconut oil.  After their [...]

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1. April 2010

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Raw Bridal Beauty

Raw Bridal Beauty

All brides want to look their best on their wedding day.  Eating raw foods, I feel, puts me ahead of the game!  But, with the wedding quickly approaching, I am taking my beauty routine to a whole new level. 

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25. March 2010

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An Ode to the Body Brush

An Ode to the Body Brush

When I think of my body brush, I am always reminded of Elizabeth Browning’s “How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways.”  Why do I love my body brush and dry skin brushing?  Let me tell thee the ways! Dry skin brushing helps to get all of the dead skin off–leaving super smooth, [...]

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