These are a few of my favourite raw food sites:
www.rawfamily.com - Botenko Family
www.thegardendiet.com - Storm and Jingee
www.paulnison.com - Paul Nison
www.foodnsport.com - Doug Graham
www.howtogoraw.com - Roger Heaske
www.fredericpatenaude.com
Also, here are a few local raw foodists:
Rosemary Radford, Cambridge - www.rawteacher.com/rosieradford
Cynthia Wikkerink MH, Waterloo - www.divinelyraw.ca
April Star, Waterdown - www.eatingrawfoods.com
These are just a few of the many raw food sites. Just put in "raw food" and do a Google search for others.
Hope this is helpful.
Yvonne
Monday, April 23, 2007
Yam & Apple Pie Recipe
I took this pie to a pot luck this weekend and it was a hit so here's the recipe.
I've made this pie numerous times, sometimes without the apple, but I prefer the taste with a couple of apples added.
Basic Crust Recipe
1 1/2 to 2 cups nuts, almonds, pecans or walnuts or combination. If I use almonds, I soak them overnight and then dehydrate them for about 30 minutes.
6 -8 medjool dates
Dash vanilla
Dash cinnamon
Water if needed.
Process the nuts in a food processor until evenly ground. Add the dates, vanilla and cinnamon and process until a ball forms, add water if necessary. Press mixture into a 8 or 9 inch pie plate and if not using immediately you can dehydrate it for 1 hour or leave it in the sun for 1 - 2 hours.
Filling
6 - 8 pitted chopped dates, soaked 20 minutes
1/4 raisins soaked 20 minutes (reserve soak water)
1/2 cup cashews or pine nuts soaked 5 - 10 minutes
6 small yams, peeled and cut into chunks
2 apples cored and cut into chunks
1 tsp vanilla
Juice of half a lemon
1 tsp or more cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp psyllium (optional)
Process the yams and apples in a food processor until finely chopped then transfer to a heavy duty blender and process adding the other ingredients until very smooth adding the raisin and date soak water as necessary. There should be at least 4 cups of the mixture. The psyllium works as a thickner, making it somewhat easier to serve, so its optional.
Pour the filling into the crust and refrigerate. It will be ready to serve within 1 hour. Serve with frosting if desired. This is the one I used:
1 cup of cashews soaked overnight
5 pitted dated soaked overnight, reserve soak water
1/2 tsp vanilla (optional)
Blend the nuts, gradually adding the dates and soak water and blend until smooth and creamy.
As an alternative, the filling and topping can be served without the crust as a pudding.
Enjoy!
Yvonne
I've made this pie numerous times, sometimes without the apple, but I prefer the taste with a couple of apples added.
Basic Crust Recipe
1 1/2 to 2 cups nuts, almonds, pecans or walnuts or combination. If I use almonds, I soak them overnight and then dehydrate them for about 30 minutes.
6 -8 medjool dates
Dash vanilla
Dash cinnamon
Water if needed.
Process the nuts in a food processor until evenly ground. Add the dates, vanilla and cinnamon and process until a ball forms, add water if necessary. Press mixture into a 8 or 9 inch pie plate and if not using immediately you can dehydrate it for 1 hour or leave it in the sun for 1 - 2 hours.
Filling
6 - 8 pitted chopped dates, soaked 20 minutes
1/4 raisins soaked 20 minutes (reserve soak water)
1/2 cup cashews or pine nuts soaked 5 - 10 minutes
6 small yams, peeled and cut into chunks
2 apples cored and cut into chunks
1 tsp vanilla
Juice of half a lemon
1 tsp or more cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp psyllium (optional)
Process the yams and apples in a food processor until finely chopped then transfer to a heavy duty blender and process adding the other ingredients until very smooth adding the raisin and date soak water as necessary. There should be at least 4 cups of the mixture. The psyllium works as a thickner, making it somewhat easier to serve, so its optional.
Pour the filling into the crust and refrigerate. It will be ready to serve within 1 hour. Serve with frosting if desired. This is the one I used:
1 cup of cashews soaked overnight
5 pitted dated soaked overnight, reserve soak water
1/2 tsp vanilla (optional)
Blend the nuts, gradually adding the dates and soak water and blend until smooth and creamy.
As an alternative, the filling and topping can be served without the crust as a pudding.
Enjoy!
Yvonne
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Raw Food Meals in Costa Rica
It's been a busy day and evening and I have an early morning tomorrow, so this is going to be fairly short.
I can't believe how cold and windy it is, certainly not Costa Rican weather!
Anyway, I was going to give you some idea what its like to be a raw foodist in Costa Rica. The fruit is amazing and so inexpensive. I absolutely love papaya, and Bob and I would eat at least one a day. Sometimes we would just cut it up and eat it for a meal or add it to our green smoothies. The other thing I did, was freeze cut-up bananas and papaya, and then blend it to make an ice cream. We took our K-Tec with us and I'm so glad we did. The ice cream was usually our treat in the evening, while playing Scrabble, after our salad which we ate after our sunset walk on the beach. The sun always sets at 5:45 p.m. in Costa Rica, so most nights we were in bed by 8:00 or 9:00 and up around 6:00 am.
Variations of this ice cream were banana and mango and banana and sopote. Sopote is a very unusual fruit that has a carmel flavor and made the most delicious ice cream. Unfortunately, the season was just ending so we only had it a few times.
A typical day started with a walk on the beach around 6:30 and after our walk we had an orange-pineapple blended drink. Then around 10:00 am we'd have our green smoothie/pudding and in the afternoon we'd have fruit for a snack or if we were home I'd make a watermelon or cantelope drink. Some days we would just eat a whole watermelon for lunch or a snack. Watermelon is very filling! Some days we would go to the organic juice bar and have a juice, usually carrot and apple.
Our salads consisted of organic greens that we purchased from an organic farmer that came right to Dominical every Friday. We got most of our fruits and vegetables from him and could even order it ahead of time to make sure we had enough for the week. The tomatoes were amazing, as were the cucumbers and avocadoes. The only thing that was really not up to par was the organic celery, which is a little disappointing because we normally eat quite a bit of celery for the sodium to balance out the potassium in all the bananas we eat. Not sure what I'll do about that when we live there.
I'm getting hungry just thinking about all this great food, and so much for being short. Time to put my head to the pillow.
Until next time.
Yvonne
I can't believe how cold and windy it is, certainly not Costa Rican weather!
Anyway, I was going to give you some idea what its like to be a raw foodist in Costa Rica. The fruit is amazing and so inexpensive. I absolutely love papaya, and Bob and I would eat at least one a day. Sometimes we would just cut it up and eat it for a meal or add it to our green smoothies. The other thing I did, was freeze cut-up bananas and papaya, and then blend it to make an ice cream. We took our K-Tec with us and I'm so glad we did. The ice cream was usually our treat in the evening, while playing Scrabble, after our salad which we ate after our sunset walk on the beach. The sun always sets at 5:45 p.m. in Costa Rica, so most nights we were in bed by 8:00 or 9:00 and up around 6:00 am.
Variations of this ice cream were banana and mango and banana and sopote. Sopote is a very unusual fruit that has a carmel flavor and made the most delicious ice cream. Unfortunately, the season was just ending so we only had it a few times.
A typical day started with a walk on the beach around 6:30 and after our walk we had an orange-pineapple blended drink. Then around 10:00 am we'd have our green smoothie/pudding and in the afternoon we'd have fruit for a snack or if we were home I'd make a watermelon or cantelope drink. Some days we would just eat a whole watermelon for lunch or a snack. Watermelon is very filling! Some days we would go to the organic juice bar and have a juice, usually carrot and apple.
Our salads consisted of organic greens that we purchased from an organic farmer that came right to Dominical every Friday. We got most of our fruits and vegetables from him and could even order it ahead of time to make sure we had enough for the week. The tomatoes were amazing, as were the cucumbers and avocadoes. The only thing that was really not up to par was the organic celery, which is a little disappointing because we normally eat quite a bit of celery for the sodium to balance out the potassium in all the bananas we eat. Not sure what I'll do about that when we live there.
I'm getting hungry just thinking about all this great food, and so much for being short. Time to put my head to the pillow.
Until next time.
Yvonne
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Professional Dreamer
I wanted to tell you yesterday about what I experienced last week, but I ran out of time.
When we got back from Costa Rica, somehow in my inbox was an email giving me the opportunity to listen to teleseminars all week that related to the Law of Attraction. Over the last couple of years I have been exposed to this concept over and over again and ever since viewing The Secret, it has just become more and more a part of my life. I listened to numerous teleseminars during the week and the ones that really stood out for me were Ghalil's calls about her "6 Simple Steps that turn Dreams into Reality". In her calls, she talked about the six steps and how to go beyond the basics of the Law of Attraction and how to implement it on a daily basis. It was Ghalil who organized the Professional Dreamer Week to be a world-wide celebration on how to turn dreams into reality while also raising funds for charity.
The principles she talked about are outlined in her beautifully written book "Professional Dreamer". I purchased this book a couple of days ago and am very excited about using the steps to turn my dreams and wishes into reality by using the powerful energy of my thoughts. I guess one of the things she said that really stood out for me was that we are manifesting all the time, this isn't something we have to learn to do. The only thing is, most of the time we are manifesting what we don't want because we are focusing our energy on that. So, what we need to do is focus on what we do want and that is what will manifest. Isn't that exciting!
Her website is www.professionaldreamer.com
Hope this has given you some inspiration. Tomorrow I'll tell you about our wonderful raw meals while in Costa Rica.
Sending you love, peace and joy.
Yvonne
When we got back from Costa Rica, somehow in my inbox was an email giving me the opportunity to listen to teleseminars all week that related to the Law of Attraction. Over the last couple of years I have been exposed to this concept over and over again and ever since viewing The Secret, it has just become more and more a part of my life. I listened to numerous teleseminars during the week and the ones that really stood out for me were Ghalil's calls about her "6 Simple Steps that turn Dreams into Reality". In her calls, she talked about the six steps and how to go beyond the basics of the Law of Attraction and how to implement it on a daily basis. It was Ghalil who organized the Professional Dreamer Week to be a world-wide celebration on how to turn dreams into reality while also raising funds for charity.
The principles she talked about are outlined in her beautifully written book "Professional Dreamer". I purchased this book a couple of days ago and am very excited about using the steps to turn my dreams and wishes into reality by using the powerful energy of my thoughts. I guess one of the things she said that really stood out for me was that we are manifesting all the time, this isn't something we have to learn to do. The only thing is, most of the time we are manifesting what we don't want because we are focusing our energy on that. So, what we need to do is focus on what we do want and that is what will manifest. Isn't that exciting!
Her website is www.professionaldreamer.com
Hope this has given you some inspiration. Tomorrow I'll tell you about our wonderful raw meals while in Costa Rica.
Sending you love, peace and joy.
Yvonne
Monday, April 2, 2007
Costa Rica and More!
It's been awhile since I've posted here but the past few weeks have been very busy and very wonderful!
We just got back from four weeks in Costa Rica and it was an amazing trip. We've been to Costa Rica many times and if you read our bio you know we're planning to retire there. If anyone is interested in going to Costa Rica and if we can be of any help, please do not hesitate to contact us. We spent the first week housesitting for friends in Quepos, a small town next to the national park, Manuel Antonio. From there we drove south about 40 km to Dominical where we had reserved a cabin right on the beach for two weeks. Now this cabin was right on the beach, the ocean was our front yard! We had a wonderful time there, going for our early morning walk on the beach, going back to the cabin to rebound, yes, we took our rebounder with us, and then having our delicious green smoothie/pudding. The fruit is so wonderful there and so inexpensive, we ate like a King and Queen!
We met so many wonderful people in this area, everyone was so friendly and helpful. We've been looking for a retirement property in Costa Rica for a couple of years now and, once again on this trip, much of our time was spent with realtors looking at all sorts of possibilities. Nothing really seemed right until we were shown a piece of property called "Little Orchard". It just seemed so right for us so we decided to put in an offer. Everything fell into place so perfectly and barring any unforeseen issues, we will be the proud owners very soon. We are very excited and are planning to move there in October 2008 if all goes as planned.
Another thing that really impressed us about this area were the people we met. There is a real community of like-minded people there. We met a number of organic farmers, a couple of raw-foodists, we spent a day hiking up a mountain to "The Cave", a very special spiritual place under a waterfall, where we spent the day just enjoying the energy and the new friends we met there. It was quite a hike, about two kms, but definitely worth it. It's very close to where we'll be living so I can see us making that hike quite regularly. We were huffing and puffing and had to stop quite often to catch our breath, and our guide, a teenage boy, wasn't even breathing hard!
The last week we spent three nights at a place called "Pacific Edge", just a lovely place with a fabulous view overlooking the ocean and beach for many miles. At this point we had everything done as far as acquiring the property, so we could just kicked back and relaxed. We were there three days and then headed to San Jose for the last three nights. We spent quite a bit of time in downtown San Jose, something we had never done in the past, and really enjoyed it. It's a very busy, congested city and I wouldn't go out of my way to spend a lot of time there but it is interesting and as long as you aren't in a hurry its fun. While in San Jose, we visited Casa Canada (Canada House) and everyone there was very helpful. If you are ever thinking of buying property in Costa Rica or moving there, I highly recommend using their services.
Well, this is getting pretty long so I think I'll leave it at that for today. I'll tell you tomorrow about what kept me so busy last week.
Sending you love, joy and peace.
Yvonne
We just got back from four weeks in Costa Rica and it was an amazing trip. We've been to Costa Rica many times and if you read our bio you know we're planning to retire there. If anyone is interested in going to Costa Rica and if we can be of any help, please do not hesitate to contact us. We spent the first week housesitting for friends in Quepos, a small town next to the national park, Manuel Antonio. From there we drove south about 40 km to Dominical where we had reserved a cabin right on the beach for two weeks. Now this cabin was right on the beach, the ocean was our front yard! We had a wonderful time there, going for our early morning walk on the beach, going back to the cabin to rebound, yes, we took our rebounder with us, and then having our delicious green smoothie/pudding. The fruit is so wonderful there and so inexpensive, we ate like a King and Queen!
We met so many wonderful people in this area, everyone was so friendly and helpful. We've been looking for a retirement property in Costa Rica for a couple of years now and, once again on this trip, much of our time was spent with realtors looking at all sorts of possibilities. Nothing really seemed right until we were shown a piece of property called "Little Orchard". It just seemed so right for us so we decided to put in an offer. Everything fell into place so perfectly and barring any unforeseen issues, we will be the proud owners very soon. We are very excited and are planning to move there in October 2008 if all goes as planned.
Another thing that really impressed us about this area were the people we met. There is a real community of like-minded people there. We met a number of organic farmers, a couple of raw-foodists, we spent a day hiking up a mountain to "The Cave", a very special spiritual place under a waterfall, where we spent the day just enjoying the energy and the new friends we met there. It was quite a hike, about two kms, but definitely worth it. It's very close to where we'll be living so I can see us making that hike quite regularly. We were huffing and puffing and had to stop quite often to catch our breath, and our guide, a teenage boy, wasn't even breathing hard!
The last week we spent three nights at a place called "Pacific Edge", just a lovely place with a fabulous view overlooking the ocean and beach for many miles. At this point we had everything done as far as acquiring the property, so we could just kicked back and relaxed. We were there three days and then headed to San Jose for the last three nights. We spent quite a bit of time in downtown San Jose, something we had never done in the past, and really enjoyed it. It's a very busy, congested city and I wouldn't go out of my way to spend a lot of time there but it is interesting and as long as you aren't in a hurry its fun. While in San Jose, we visited Casa Canada (Canada House) and everyone there was very helpful. If you are ever thinking of buying property in Costa Rica or moving there, I highly recommend using their services.
Well, this is getting pretty long so I think I'll leave it at that for today. I'll tell you tomorrow about what kept me so busy last week.
Sending you love, joy and peace.
Yvonne
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