Raw Wedding Feasts ;)

I am working away on editing the upcoming Raw Union Wedding Feast Recipe Book right now – it's going GREAT, with around 20 yummy recipes from Solla and Chaya to enjoy, plus lots of pretty pictures :) My favourite collection of Raw Union pictures that I've seen online so far are from 'AndyPDX' on Flickr – WOW, this collection is definitely worth checking out – 91 beautiful shots – see HERE.

THANKS, Andy :)
We aim to have the wedding feast ebook ready for y'all in the next couple of days – stay tuned for updates ;) Also, if you have any Raw Union wedding/festie pics you'd LOVE to share with us, please feel free to send them/a link to them, to: angela@rawreform.com - we'd love to check out more pics :)


on June the 25th I had:

1 quart water
2.5 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
½ cup greeeeen veggie juice
bowl of chia pudding with cardamom almond milk, slice of our wedding cake, 5 fresh figs – yummmm :)
1 quart water
plate of greeeeeen herby salad with tomatoes, dulse and tahini dressing, followed by a slice of wedding cake
1 quart water


Angel's Farm also put up a very sweet page today with pics and text from the Raw Union festie – see HERE.

…and have you been keeping up to date with Raw Union videos from Mr. M? He's up to video 5 of 8 today I think, from the wedding celebrations...here are the wedding vids from him so far:

*The Raw Union Wedding
*The Raw Union Ceremony
*The Raw Union Ceremony (part 2)
*Best Man's Speech
*Groom's Speech


on June the 26th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, parsley
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, romaine, parsley, lime, ginger
2 cups water
2 Tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, romaine, parsley, lime, ginger
25 chlorella 'nuts'
2 cups 2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, romaine, parsley, lime, ginger
2 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses powder
1 quart watermelon juice
3 cups water


on June the 27th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, romaine, mixed greens, parsley, lime, ginger
25 chlorella 'nuts'
2 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
1 Tbsp bee pollen
2 cups veggie juice: celery, spinach, carrot, parsley
2 cups water
1.5 cups greeeen juice, glass of electrolyte powder in water
30 chlorella nuts
1.5 quarts watermelon juice
2 cups water

As for Mr. M and I, all the rich, gourmet wedding foods were more than enough for our 'sensitive' systems and we're both now enjoying very simple intakes in contrast ;) I am currently 2 days into a 3 day Juice Feast and Mr. M is absolutely THRILLED to be on a fig 'fast'...yes, figs are in season here in California, they are Mr. M's favourite fruit and he is looooooooving it ;)

All love and simplicity,
Ms. Sto–Mo. xxx

Raw Union Pictures and Videos Galore ;)

OooOooooo, thank you dear ones for all the lovely wedding wishes that have been flowing in – we appreciate you all :)
As anticipated, the wedding photos and videos have been flowing in – love it ;) Today I will share here some choice selections for your delectation...let's begin with some pictures from the phenomenal Rawtographer, Jeff Skeirik :

At the opening ceremony

The lovely crowd at the opening ceremony

Arriving at the balcony for the wedding ceremony

During the ceremony, officiated by David 'Avocado' Wolfe

Exchanging rings

Looking out to the colourful crowd

Kissing as husband and wife ;)

With our AMAZING raw wedding cake in the foreground

Thank you Jeff, for all the wonderful pictures :)

on June the 22nd I had:

1 quart water
3 shots of wheatgrass juice
yummy platter of wedding feast leftovers, followed by a big slice of coconut cream pie – yummmmmm :)
1 quart water
3 cups almond/cardamom milk
1 quart water

Excitingly, Mr. M has just put up his first of eight Raw Union videos, this evening...it is footage from the lead–up to the wedding ceremony – see below and enjoy ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAbBW_jpbY

There are seven more videos to come in this series – stay tuned to TheRawFoodWorld.tv to get all the updates as they come out... ;) Check out the SUPER-cool new video intro and outro too - yeeeeeeeeee-HAH ;)

on June the 23rd I had:

1 quart water
1.5 cups greeeeeeen juice
yummy platter of wedding feast leftovers, followed by a slice of coconut cream pie – yummmmmm :)
1.5 quarts water
2 cups hazelnut/cardamom milk
1 quart water


on June the 24th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, fennel, ginger
big plate of greeeen salad, kelp noodles, tahini dressing, tomatoes, dulse, followed by a chunk of leftover coconut cream pie – yummmm :)
1 quart water
1 cup greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, fennel, ginger
honeymoon wedding cake feast of leftover wedding cake/coconut cream pie/durian ice cream ;)
1 quart water


There have also been many other Raw Union wedding videos, pics and blogs posted all over the 'net already...here are some places to check out:

*Photos people have tagged me in, on Facebook

*YouTube search for 'Raw Union'

*Penni Shelton's blog summary

*RawFoodRightNow's blog summary

*A behind–the–scenes video with raw chef Solla in the Angel's kitchen

ENJOOOYYYY :)

We love you,
Ms. Stokes–Monarch. xxx

Our Raw Food Wedding - Raw Union :)

WOW :O
What an absolutely PHENOMENAL weekend we just shared with the raw family here in Oregon :) I am delighted to say that I am now officially Ms. Stokes–Monarch :)
We enjoyed the most divinely flowing, serendipitous, loving marriage ceremony and party yesterday with hundreds of gathered loved ones, in glorious sunshine with truly ext–raw–dinary food, outstanding music and abundant love flowing in all directions :) We are feeling so extremely blessed, loved up and grateful now, as we settle into the terms 'husband' and 'wife', hand out leftovers, tidy through the site and anticipate the joy of seeing photos and footage of the event, as they appear ;)
For now, I don't have so many pictures to share with you, as I wasn't really taking photos much myself this weekend ;) I have a couple to show you here though for now – hopefully many more to come as things settle more...

A picture from the festival opening ceremony, by Jeff the Rawtographer

Mr. Monarch covered in chocolate at the men's 'bachelor' party.

on June the 19th I had:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
1.5 cups almond milk with lucuma, maca, Himalayan salt, cardamom, cayenne
big greeeeeen salad with tomatoes, olives, sprouts, tahini–lime dressing, a dollop of raw chutney on the side, followed by half a raw oatmeal cookie – yummmmmm :)
1 quart water
1.5 cups almond milk with lucuma, maca, Himalayan salt, cardamom, cayenne
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
little plate of salad with yummy green dressing and sprouts, followed by samples of different flavoured coconut macaroons: chai, lemon–ginger and vanilla – yummmmmm :)
3 cups water

There are SO many people I would love to thank for their roles in helping co–create this amazing celebration here this weekend. Thanks to all of you who came to join us here in the physical and big love too, to all of you who were with us in spirit and sending love – we FELT your loving flow :))) So many thanks to all of the festival volunteers especially for flowing with the unfoldment of this event and supporting the possibility of this joyous experience for all of us :)
There are also a few people I would love to send personal shouts out to for their sharing here (aside from my dearest Mr. Monarch of course, who was the original instigator of this whole event ;)
I would love to send huge love, gratitude and blessings to:

Laura Fox – the festival would simply not have existed without Laura – she is truly the ultimate raw festival goddess and we LOVE her :)

Solla – the Icelandic Kitchen Goddess delivered the most diviiiine raw wedding feast imaginable and with unparalleled love, joy and dedication – the kitchen crew were totally inspired by her glowing spirit and the crowd LOVED her creations – we LOVE Solla :)

Chaya – this gorgeous cake queen stepped in at the last minute to create the finest wedding cake we have ever seen, when we heard the Boutenkos were no longer able to deliver us cake. I hope to have cake photos to show you soon...Chaya's spirit and creations are like nothing else out there – absolutely stunningly BEAUTIFUL – we LOVE Chaya :)

Annie Jubb and Michelle Sabathne – these two wonderful goddesses held the space for the women's pre–wedding goddess gathering – what a tremendous send–off into wedded blissful union with my beloved – thank you beautiful spirits – we LOVE you both :)

David Wolfe – we were so delighted to have the multi–talented, glowing chocolate bishop officiate our nuptials with his passion, clarity and joy – it was, of course, the best wedding ever, by far... ;) We LOVE Dr. Wolfe.

Rainbeau Mars – ahhhh, sweet sister Rainbeau was in attendance to share yoga, meditation and her beautiful spirit...what a blessing – we LOVE Rainbeau :)

Moon and Nature – LOL – I am so in AWE of these incredible conduits for universal energy and flow...these freestyling MCs open their mouths and love just flows out at an awe–inspiring rate of words per minute...SO much love for these guys :)

La Soprana – WOW – we were SO awesomely blessed to have opera singer Michelle singing during our ceremony... :O I literally felt like I was being electrocuted with energy flow after we were pronounced 'husband and wife' and Michelle broke out into 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' – THANK YOU Michelle, we LOVE you :)

Ken and Peggy – the gracious owners of the gorgeous Angel's Farm where the event was held. Thanks be to this loving pair for their generosity, open–ness, loving spirits and dedication – we LOVE Ken and Peggy :)

The Musicians – the musical talent present here this weekend was truly off the hook...praise be to all the gathered lovelies who were sharing their musical flow – especially the wonderful Max Waker who accompanied me on guitar on Sunday morning for a half hour set of some of my favourite songs (hopefully we'll have a video of that up soon too at TheRawFoodWorld.TV ;) – we LOVE the musicians :)

Our Families – massive appreciation and love to all our blood family members who made the journey to share our wedding day – thanks for the support, excitement and love. Thanks especially to Matt's brother Brian for the very cool photo montage – another thing we'll hopefully have up for you soon on TheRawFoodWorld.tv ;) We LOVE you all ;)

There are sooooo many more people to thank - so, for now, thank you alllll... :)

on June the 20th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
2 cups greeeeen juice
handful of blueberries, 3 apricots, a chunk of fresh durian ;)
2 cups water
1.5 cups celery soup, 2 cups energy soup with onion bread and freeze–dried salted raw nuts - wow :)
3 cups water


on June the 21st I had:

1 quart water
1 cup coconut water with Greener Grasses and ginger
cup of celery soup, a powerwrap, 1 cup coconut water with Greener Grasses
2 shots of sprout juice – WOW :)
cup of celery soup, followed by 1 Tbsp goji bliss butter and 3 apple–snap crackers
3 cups water
the wedding feast – an enormous shared plate of all the AMAAAAZING wedding buffet foods (THAAAANK YOOOOUUUUU Solla and all the phenomenal kitchen crew :), followed by pieces of the four cakes: coconut crème pie, lemon–coconut wedding cake, chocolate wedding cake, chocolate chill cake – WOW :)
cup of peppermint tea
1 quart water

ahhhhh, yes, more wedding blissing meanderings to come in the following days I'm sure...for now I shall leave you with a blissed grin and a little reminder that the simply divine Raw Mom Summit is starting tonight – a week long event of FREE raw food talks on the subject of natural birthing/parenting, sacred relationships and more...I'm SO excited about this series of talks and I hope you'll enjoy them too – over 5000 people have apparently signed up for this event already – YUMMY ;)
ENJOY :)
All love,
Ms. Angela Stokes–Monarch (ooooo lala ;) xxx

Mr Monarch vs. David Wolfe - Durian Eating Contest ;)

PHeeeewwwww ;) We're just back from a wild weekend at the Raw Spirit Fest in Santa Barbara - fun ;) ...and it's less than TWO WEEKS now until our Raw Union festival and wedding - eeeeeeek ;)
I am THRILLED to say that among the new additions to the event line-up for the festie is smthg EVERYONE can contribute to, no matter where you are, or whether or not you're able to join us in the physical for the event...
We are going to be burying a TIME CAPSULE during the wedding celebrations, packed with momentos, pictures, goodies, predictions, hair locks, love letters, trinkets, bim-bobs and whatever other little paraphernalia y'all might love to contribute ;)
The intention is to bury the time capsule to mark the celebration, plant a fruit tree nearby, then re-convene in 50 years time on the Summer Solstice, with whoever remembers ;) On June 21st, 2059, let's see who is still around in the physical to re-open the capsule and revel in the messages from half a century before...
I love time capsules; I've buried two before - one in the UK and one in The Netherlands... I'm excited to co-create this third, beautiful, memorable collection for our future enjoyment...and I hope you'll join us by bringing along or sending in whatever you'd love to contribute to the capsule. Examples might be a picture, a 'trinket' of some kind, your vision for the future of the raw foods movement, a tape/disc, your gratitude list, a tooth, a lock of hair and so on...whatever you feel you'd love for someone to unwrap in 50 years time and remember you by ;) We'd prefer to receive smaller sized capsule contributions rather than bulky items, to make sure there is room for everyone to contribute to the box ;)
If you're coming to the Raw Union festie, just bring your contribution along with you. If you're not able to be there in the physical, you can send your contribution by post to:

Raw Union Festival - Time Capsule Contribution
c/o Angel’s Organic Farm
9394 Blackwell Rd.
Central Point, OR 97502

THANKS :) We look forward to co-creating this fun event with you :))))
See you soon at RawUnion.com - remember, festie ticket prices increase on June 10th, so let us know sooooon if you're going to be joining us ;)


on June the 4th I had:

1 quart water
water of two young coconuts
30 chlorella ‘nuts’
meal of durian pods and cherries – YUMMMM :)
1 quart water
water and meat of one young coconut, 40 chlorella nuts, a curry powerwrap
2 cups water


on June the 5th I had:

1 quart water
½lb cherries
2 cups green juice
water of 2 young coconuts
samples of Healthforce Powders in water – YUMMM :)
shared meal of mixed salads, followed by an orange creamsicle from Melissa Mango
1 quart water
yummmmy bee pollen sample from Vivapura
bowl of celery soup, couple of spoonfuls of hemp/mulberry ice cream
water and meat of a young coconut
3 cups water

The incorrigible Mr. Monarch and Wolfie went at it with an intense durian eating contest this weekend at the Raw Spirit Fest...eeeeeeeeeeek - watch out ;) What happens when two durian-crazed raw men compete to eat the most durian they can in 3 minutes? Find out below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U2S4yHJg3M

on June the 6th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice and water/jelly of a young green coconut
20 chlorella ‘nuts’
1 tbsp bee pollen
sprout salad with tahini dressing, followed by shared raw coconut cream pie
2 cups water
cup of celery soup, followed by a little tub of raw ice cream
cup of celery soup, followed by a little handful of freeze–dried durian
3 cups water


on June the 7th I had:
1 quart water
3 cups green juice
1 Tbsp bee pollen
mixed sprout salad with tahini/orange dressing, followed by a cashew cookie
3 cups water
cup of celery soup, followed by 3 coconut cookies and a thick coconut/cinnamon blended cream
3 cups water

We love chia seeds. Do you?
This month's RawReform Giveaway Contest gives you the opportunity to win a sack of chia goodies: 1lb of our lovely new Certified Organic Chia Seeds, a bag of Coconut/Mulberry Chia Delight Cereal and a copy of the Chia Cheat Sheet Chart - nice ;)
To be in with a chance of crunching your gnashers into those juicy little dinosaur-egg-like seeds, just send us in your answer to the following question:

"Who do you think would make the best raw food chia pet?"

LOL ;) For those of you outside N. America who may not be familiar with chia pets, here is a picture to the right to illustrate this creative phenomenon ;) Send your answer in to angela@rawreform.com by July 5th to be in with a chance of winning the chia goodies. The winner will be picked at random and with much felicitation around the start of July...and we will let you know who was the most requested raw food chia pet ;) (BTW, if you're a talented potter and would love to make a raw food chia pet to share, please let us know ;)

All love and excited kicks,
Miss Stokes. xxx