Vanishing of the Bees and Last Chance for Seeds Giveaway :)

This Friday Mr. M is lined up to interview Maryam Henein, filmaker of the "Vanishing of the Bees" documentary, for our "Raw Food World Radio Show" - if you haven't connected already to this groundbreaking documentary, you can see the trailer HERE to learn what is happening with our bee colonies, "Colony Collapse Disorder" and how this affects EVERYONE...sign up at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com for the call access details - the call is this Friday, March 4th at 6pm Eastern time, 3pm Pacific - enjoy :)

(We have fermentation expert Sandor Katz the following week - March 10th - then hilariously entertaining raw chef Jason Wrobel on March 18th - call details can all be accessed via http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com ;)


on February the 27th I was pleased with:

1 quart water
1 quart watermelon/orange juice
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
an *amazing* mango :)
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear and fresh Brazil nut butter, followed by a few pruuuuuunes... :)
2 mugs reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
water of a young coconut


on February the 28th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 quart watermelon/orange juice
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
an *amazing* mango and dragon fruit :)
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear and fresh Brazil nut butter, followed by a few pruuuuuunes... :)
2 mugs horchata tea
water of a young coconut

The last few days I have been *loving* a song shared online by our dear friend Roxy, raw foodie, beautiful doula, musician, singer, lover of nature and all-round delicious love-bug :) Roxy just posted a handful of her original songs on MySpace and I especially *love* "You Are The Power"- I've been listening to it over and over again the last day or so - check it out HERE and send Roxy your love if you appreciate her toooooons too ;)


on March the 1st I loved:

1 quart water
cup of orange juice
3 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
an *amazing* mango and half a yummy cherimoya :)
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear and fresh almond-garlic butter ;O, followed by a yumpot of walnut butter with honey and maca... :)
mug of horchata tea
water of a young coconut


on March the 2nd I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups orange juice mixed with coconut water
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a dragon fruit and a yummers mango
water of a young coconut
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear and fresh almond-garlic butter ;O, followed by a chunk of pecan "fudge" ;)
mug of horchata tea
water of a young coconut


Mmmmmm, I just got back from planting a *mass* more seeds in our gardens - this time from the "Veggie Patch" collection from Blackbird Naturals, including Siberian Kale, Chioggia Beets, Chantenay Carrots, Cherry Tomatoes, Orach Spinach and Lemon Cucumbers - YUMMMM :)

If *you* would love to get your hands on a pack of these beautiful seeds for yourself, there are just *two* days left to send in your entries for this month's RawReform Giveaway Contest to win your own presentation pack of these heirloom seeds - deets below - enjoy :)

This month we are ecstatic to be able to offer y'all even more wonderful seeeeeeeeds from the Blackbird Naturals team :) YAY :)
We LOVE these people and seeds...and now they are generously offering a gift pack of their newest range of "Veggie Patch" seeds, valued at $35. This seed pack includes:

Arugula - 100 Seeds

Chantenay Carrot

Chioggia Beet

Cherry Tomato

English Breakfast Radish

Lemon Cucumber

Orach Spinach

Siberian Kale

...and to be in with a chance of winning this lovely variety pack, just send us in your A to the following Q:

"How would you creatively use these seeds to best encourage others
to grow their own food...?"

Send in your answers to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by March the 4th to be in with a chance of winning - the blessed winner shall be picked at random and with much celebration shortly thereafter... ;)

 

All love, 

Angela Stokes-Monarch. MA (Hons ;) xxx

Win Veggie Patch Seeds :)

 We've been on a little spicy raw recipe video rampage the last week on our TV Show ;) In case you didn't catch these tasty treats, here's a recap:

Zack's "Maternade" (Tomato Tapenade ;): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfdBl4HdVwI

Alara's "Spicy Pumpkin Dip": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfdBl4HdVwI

My "Spicy Mango Soup": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ZZTg08QIw

ENJOY :)

on February the 13th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
cup of orange juice
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a juicy mango
3 cups yummy mulberry leaf tea
yummers cornucopia meal with friends; spicy mango soup, kale salad, cilantro dip, maternade, nori sheets, Sea Clear, fresh almond butter, followed by prunes and a Valentines yumball mixture with gojis and raspberry flavour extract :)
2 cups horchata tea
1 cup mulberry leaf tea

We decided that today, Feb 16th, is our stallion Sparkie's birthday -

Happy Birthday Sparkie  :)

We didn't know when Sparkie or our mare Barbie were born...Mr. Monarch said "Sparkie *must* be an Aquarius", so today is his new official birthday - we think he is five today...he also happens to have a crazy inflammation all over his body that suddenly appeared yesterday :( We think it might be bee stings...

Please send him some big birthday love and healing if you feel drawn :) We LOVE you, Sparkie :)))

♥ ♥ ♥

BTW, for all you horsey people out there, one reader, Christi, sent a wonderful link to share recently - Parelli Natural Horsemanship Trainers are offering *free* 30 day trials of their online "Connect" site, which I think is super-cool, as you can watch the whole first level of the Parelli trainings on there for free, streaming - I've been working my way through the vids and have already learnt so much in just abt 30 mins of videos :) Check it out HERE (click "sign in"in the top right corner, then follow directions from there) and if you sign up, look me up under "Angela Stokes-Monarch" and maybe we can be friends on there :)))


on February the 14th twas Valentines Day and I rejoiced with:

1 quart water
1 cup watermelon/orange juice
1 quart greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a juicy mango
yummers final cornucopia meal with friends; spicy mango soup, kale salad, cilantro dip, maternade, nori sheets, Sea Clear, fresh almond butter, followed by prunes :)
mug of mulberry leaf tea
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea


on February the 15th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
1 cup orange juice
3 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a yummers mango
shared meal with Mr. M; spicy mango soup, cucumber salad, cilantro dip, nori sheets, fresh almond butter, followed by prunes :)
2 mugs shilajit/reishi/ormus tea
1 cup water


In case you didn't yet see, our latest RawReform Giveaway Prize is a set of the wonderful 'Veggie Patch Seeds" from Blackbird Naturals - deets below:

This month we are ecstatic to be able to offer y'all even more wonderful seeeeeeeeds from the Blackbird Naturals team :) YAY :)
We LOVE these people and seeds...and now they are generously offering a gift pack of their newest range of "Veggie Patch" seeds, valued at $35. This seed pack includes:

Arugula - 100 Seeds
Chantenay Carrot
Chioggia Beet
Cherry Tomato
English Breakfast Radish
Lemon Cucumber
Orach Spinach
Siberian Kale

...and to be in with a chance of winning this lovely variety pack, just send us in your A to the following Q:

"How would you creatively use these seeds to best encourage others
to grow their own food...?"

Send in your answers to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by March the 4th to be in with a chance of winning - the blessed winner shall be picked at random and with much celebration shortly thereafter... ;)

All love and exclamations of joy, 

A.C.S-M. xxx

New Vilcabamba Raw Food Gathering Website Ready :)

Happy December to you all :)

'Tis December the 1st today, meaning we are just five months away from the intended start date of the next "free-flow" raw food gathering here in Vilcabamba, on May the 1st 2011 ;O

I am excited to announce that we now finally have a new community website to host information for this next raw food gathering.
As you may know, we had a website with the company "Ning" before - unfortunately however, Ning stopped offering free social network sites, so we have now moved to grouply.com - a very similar service to Ning and free :)

The new site link is: http://rawinecuador.grouply.com

Please visit this new site to add or update your profile, let us know if you intend to be here in May 2011, read details HERE about the intended gathering, connect with others, add possible events, pictures, videos and whatever else you are inspired to share...
We believe that around 120 people came to Vilcabamba this year, in May 2010, for the first gathering and it was a *fabulous* two weeks of connection and joy :)

We look forward to seeing you here next May if you are able to make it ;)

On November the 28th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 quart coconut water blended with Greener Grasses and vanilla stevia :)
bowl of papaya/coconut yoghurt/carob/maca/ashwagandha/astragalus/stevia
2 cups wild greeeeeeeen/coconut water elixir
1 quart cucumber/pineapple juice
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear, followed by a carob "Brownie Batter" yumpot ;)
glass of chilled peppermint sun tea with vanilla stevia
1 cup water

This week I fell in love with a "Celtic Woman" ;)

Somehow this *amazing* all-woman group from Ireland had not crossed my radar until the last few days...and now I am listening to them almost non-stop on YouTube, cycling through all their Playlists there...WOW...I am so impressed with the grace, beauty, talent and uplifting energy of these gorgeous women - they all seem so talented individually, then joined together, they are a total powerhouse of beautiful music...here are a few of my favourite renditions from them so far:

O Come All Ye Faithful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eLDvM7eSq0

Over The Rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5T6gyCPDvM

At The Ceili: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9kSKycZbM

ENJOY :)))

on November the 29th I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/orange juice
2 cups cucumber/pineapple juice blended with Ormus Greeeens
7 granadillas
3 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of papaya/coconut yoghurt/carob/maca/ashwagandha/astragalus/stevia
glass of chilled peppermint sun tea with vanilla stevia
2 cups horchata tea
1 cup coconut kefir
1 cup water


on November the 30th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
1 cup orange juice
1 quart greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
1 tbsp bee pollen, 7 granadilla
1 quart greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear and lecithin, followed by a carob "Brownie Batter" yumpot ;)
2 cups chilled mint sun tea with vanilla stevia
1 cup water

Un petite reminder:

The current RawReform Giveaway Contest to win three different gift packs of Wildcrafted Superfood Seeds closes in three days, on December 4th - THANK YOU for all the amazing and inspiring entries that you've all sent in already and here's a reminder of the deets if you haven't participated yet:

The Blackbird Naturals crew have generously offered us three packs of their beautiful seeds to give away:

*one Immunity Boost 3-Pack (contains Maca, Astragalus, Calendula)
*one Wild Salad Mix 3-Pack (contains Dandelion, Lamb's Quarters, Wild Mountain Spinach)
*one Superfood Seed Presentation Pack (contains all 13 seed packs)

We will choose three winners and send one of these packs to each winner - if *you* would love to get your greeeeen fingers wrapped around one of these beautiful presentation packs full of potential and abundance, just send us in your answer to the following question, to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it :

"What is your favourite way to express your love and connection with Mother Earth?"

The three winners of the seeds will be chosen at random and with love on December the 4th, so get your entries in to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it before then - thanks :)
All love,
A. Stokes-Monarch. xxx



P.S. It seems that a number of you had issues accessing the link to vote for Lillian Muller as the "Sexiest Veg*n over 50" on the PETA site - here is the link in full again if you want to check it out and show raw foodie Lillian your support: http://features.peta.org/PetaPrime/SexiestVegOver50/Finalists.aspx - maybe try copying/pasting that address too, if you still have issues accessing the site... ;)

Win Wildcrafted Superfood Seeds :)

In case you didn't see the latest RawReform Newsletter over HERE, here's a recap of some of the info shared this week:

Many of you probably know already of Anthony Anderson, the "Raw Model" - did you know though that he just recently launched a line of Wildharvested Superfood Seeds to grow your very own superfoods at home for pennies...? :)

I LOVE this idea and product line...as you may know, Anthony has been nurturing his own permaculture kins domain/space of love in Minnesota for the last few years - you can check out videos of his place online...and over the years, Anthony came to the conclusion, just like us, that it seems to make a lot more sense to help grow and support wildharvested, sturdy plants, herbs and 'weeds', than to try to protect weaker domesticated plants that struggle with bugs, soil conditions, water access and many other factors. Dandelions for example are one of the BEST cleansers for our livers/blood...and they are super-resilient, popping up all over the place by themselves...compared to nurturing a romaine lettuce that ultimately has a lot less to offer medicinally, I know which we'd prefer to give garden space ;)

SO, Mr. Anderson, in his wisdom, went about collecting wild seeds for 13 different varieties of plant, focusing especially on perennials and packaging them up in super*sweet* little tins, for others to obtain and start growing in their own vicinities...LOVE it...these seeds are TROOPERS - just get them into soil and these guys will provide you with bountiful crops with very little further attention - they do not need baby-ing or protecting - they are STRONG and will bring your body valuable nourishment too - how fabulous :) I LOVE this project :))) Check out this video below with Anthony, explaining more about these new seeds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFc5Dnw5rg

On November the 7th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut
6 granadilla
bowl of papaya with coconut yoghurt, carob powder, maca, stevia and ashwaganda :)
water of a young coconut
3 ice cream bean fruits
mug of horchata tea
2 cups greeeeeen smoothie: papaya, avocado, garden greeeens
1 cup water


There are currently 13 individual little packs of superfood seeds available, PLUS a gorgeous presentation box of all thirteen in a wooden case, plus two 3-packs focused on immunity and wild salads. Here are the items available:

Astragalus

Burdock

Calendula

Dandelion

Goji

Holy Basil

Lamb's Quarters

Maca

Nettle

Sage 

Spinach

Stevia

Tomato

Wild Mixed Salad [3-pack]

Immunity Boost [3-pack]

Superfood Seed Presentation Box [13-pack]

I feel that these seeds represent such an AMAZING investment in your health for such a small financial outlay - at just $3.50 per tin, these seeds are an absolute BARGAIN ;O For example, the contents of the Goji Berry tin could provide you with over 1000 GOJI BERRY bushes ;O That's incredible - you could literally create a Goji Berry FOREST with this little tin - lol ;)
I feel these kits would make fantastic gifts and projects for homeschooling/unschooling families too...even if it's cold where you are right now, you can start growing things inside...

To get your mittens on some of these wonderful wildharvested seed packs, click HERE...and we'll be sending immeasurable gratitude and love to Mr. Raw Model and co. for these *FABULOUS* seed packs - these are definitely the best new products we've seen in a while :)))


on November the 8th I loved:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut
1 quart greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups pineapple juice blended with Ormus Greens powder
little bowl of cucumber salad stuffed into nori sheets, followed by a carob "brownie batter' yumpot ;)
2 mugs horchata tea
1 cup water


on November the 9th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
1 quart greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
6 granadilla
water of a young coconut
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M, followed by a carob "Brownie Batter" yumpot
mug of horchata tea
1 cup water


I am *delighted* to be able to offer THREE gift packs of the new Wildharvested Superfood Seeds from Anthony The Raw Model and friends as this month's RawReform Giveaway Contest :)
Anthony and the Blackbird crew have generously offered us three packs of their seeds to give away:

*one Immunity Boost 3-Pack (contains Maca, Astragalus, Calendula)
*one Wild Salad Mix 3-Pack (contains Dandelion, Lamb's Quarters, Wild Mountain Spinach)
*one Superfood Seed Presentation Pack (contains all 13 seed packs)

We will choose three winners and send one of these packs to each winner - if *you* would love to get your greeeeen fingers wrapped around one of these beautiful presentation packs full of potential and abundance, just send us in your answer to the following question, to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it :

"What is your favourite way to express your love and connection with Mother Earth?"

The three winners of the seeds will be chosen at random and with love on December the 4th, so get your entries in to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it before then - thanks :)

All love,
Angelalalalaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx