Is There an Optimal Timeframe for Eating...?

One day recently, we got up at three in the morning, to go on a day-trip to Peru...it felt *very* odd to me to be awake at that time, on 6 hours or so of sleep...odd and disorientating...I'm not sure the last time I was awake at such an hour...and one thing that was very clear to me at that hour was how totally inappropriate food seemed to be right then...my body had been awoken from its cleansing cycles and there was a slight sense of nausea...the idea of eating anything at that point sounded like bodily abuse...
What all of this highlighted for me was that there seems to be a definite timeframe each day where eating seems to be 'appropriate'...in my reality, that timeframe is something like 9am to 5pm, to feel best...which is interesting to me, as that is the exact timeframe many people do 'jobs' in our societies...so, rather than fuelling their physical bodies optimally in the timeframe that might be most appropriate, people might instead be stuffing down some cereal or toast at 6 or 7am before they rush off into traffic, then gobble down some sandwiches for lunch at 12 in between meetings, before arriving home at 6 or later, drained from the stresses of the day, wherein they turn to the fridge and cabinets for solace and end up eating themselves into a spaced-out oblivion before bed time...hmmmmmm, well, maybe this pattern doesn't resonate for everyone - I surely would hope not - I do suspect it is quite a common current reality though...
For anyone currently living this kind of pattern who may be excited to create a different reality, Paul Nison's "Daylight Diet" book/dvd/audio might be interesting for you to explore...eating the 'heaviest'/densest meal of the day in the middle of the day definitely makes sense to me...and being up at 3am definitely doesn't... ;)

Blessings to all our patterns :)

on May the 18th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1.5 cups watermelon juice
20 chlorella tablets
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
water of a young coconut
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
cup of greeeen/apple juice
2 tbsp bee pollen
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water

One reader in Minnesota, Jill, would love to let y'all know that she has two used juicers looking for a new home...there is a Champion Juicer on offer and a Juice Factory Juice Press (which she describes as "2nd only to the Norwalk" - I've never met one of these - sounds interesting... ;) Jill is based in MN, yet could send them elsewhere if their new home is further away...the asking price is $450 for both OR $200 for the Champion, $250 for the press...if this speaks to you, you can contact Jill via her wbsite contact form, HERE - enjoy :)



on May the 19th I loved:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut mixed with marine phytoplankton and chocolate extract drops
2 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of granadilla seeds, a cherimoya
avocado mushed with sauerkraut and dulse, stuffed into nori sheets, followed by two incan berry bliss balls
2 cups water/honey/lime
glass of superfood smoothie at Cafe Cosmos, ½ a papaya
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


Another reader in the US, Christine, the "Raw Priestess" also just sent in some home-made dehydrator tips for y'all... ;) In my last newsletter I mentioned a few home-dehydrating ideas and Christine stepped up to take it to the next level, sharing her home experiments with drying foods in the damp climes of the Pacific NW, without Excalibur's helpful trays ;)
Here are Christine's tips for y'all - enjoy:

1. Put your item to dry near a stove/woodstove, firepit/fireplace and turn often, if you add a ceiling fan to the mix it really helps. (I use this in the winter, when my woodstove is already on, as I don't like to use much electricity.)

2. Use a hair dryer on the lowest setting in a cardboard box (with holes in the lid), (works surprisingly well).

3. Use any kind of fan in warm weather to dry out most items, to crisp it up, use some external heat source with the fan; if you use in a contained area, such as a cardboard or wooden box, it will help, make sure to leave vent holes in the top of the box, to release excess moisture.

4. Use a warm pizza stone, or rock -- I use this while camping, I use warm rocks to dehydrate crisps, cookies, crackers, etc. A pizza stone also works, and is flat, and easy to keep the right temperature, you can also set these on top of a wood stove, elevated on a metal rack, and it is very easy to dehydrate things, make sure to keep watch on the temperature.

5. Place items in a cardboard box, lined with tin foil, have some holes in the top of the box, to allow for moisture to escape, put this in the sun.

6. Use a green house, place flat mesh trays in your green house with the vents open, turn on the fan, and allow the sun to dehydrate your items.

All of these work in Western Washington where we have very humid areas, if you are in a drier climate, these ideas could work even better.

We don't have super hot days, so our green houses, and foil lined boxes don't get too hot, people in hotter dryer climates, may wish to put those items in the shade, or use shade cloth to keep the temperature down a bit.

Hope some of these suggestions are of help to those who do not choose to use a dehydrator!

All blessings,

Christine, RawPriestess.com

GREAT, thanks for sharing Christine :)

All love,
angelalalaalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastttttttooooookkkeeeeeeeeesmmmmmooonnnaaaaaaaaaaaarch. xxx

Make Your Own Kale Chips... :)

It’s UK/Europe ‘goodies’ time again ;)
If you’re in this part of the world, here is a little list of items I have with me here that can be posted to you, if there’s anything you’d love:

‘Raw Success’ by Matt Monarch - £10 each
‘Raw Spirit’ by Matt Monarch - £8 each
‘How to Go Raw for Weight Loss’ by Angela Stokes - £5 each
‘Revealing the Physical Changes’ by Angela Stokes - £5 each
‘A Juice Feaster’s Handbook’ by Angela Stokes - £5 each
DVD of Mr. Monarch speaking at Ecopolitan - £5
'Become Younger' by Norman Walker - £5
'Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juices' by Norman Walker - £5
‘Absolutely Abeba’s Edible Treats’ raw cracker recipe book - £5 each
'Raw Foods for Busy People' Book - £8
'Raw Greek' by Gina Panayi - £10
'Fresh' by Sergei and Valya Boutenko - £9
'Detox Delights' by Shazzie - £5
Nut Milk Bags - £6 each
Vitamin B12 Tablets from Hallelujah Acres - £8
Therapeutic Enzymes (8oz top quality blend) - £65


Just email angela@rawreform.com to let me know what you’d LOVE to have and an address to send them to and I shall put on my postal–elf hat and get things movin’ ;)
(If you’re not sure what any of the above items are, you can always look them up in the RawReform store – go to http://store.RawReform.com and use the ‘search’ box to find what you’re looking for...)

on January the 14th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups juice: celery, zucchini, broccoli, cabbage, fennel, endive, beetroot, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by a little bowl of yummy sweetness: lucuma powder, carob powder, maca, vanilla, cinnamon powders, buckwheaties, all mixed together with water
3 cups water
2 cups juice: celery, zucchini, broccoli, cabbage, fennel, endive, beetroot, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by a little bowl of sweet powders: hemp protein 50%, lucuma and pomegranate powders
little mug of spicy tea
2 cups water

OoOoOooo, seems like Raw Food Adventures are hotting up down under in Australia...we hear that MANY raw food speakers are zipping down that way to share some yumminess this year – the lovely Boutenko ladies, Gabriel Cousens and even Dr. Fred Bisci are apparently all going south soon – WOW, I haven’t even ever seen Dr. Bisci speak yet ;) lol...

One reader – Lila – who is visiting the beautiful Margaret River region of Australia wrote recently to tell us that she’s helping out at an amazing new organic raw eatery/yoga studio/shop/garden centre, called Samudra. Lila wrote:
“Samudra offers a full schedule of yoga classes, a retail shop featuring custom-designed organic clothing and an amazing raw "food room" with outdoor seating and permaculture garden. It's a great place to work and a beautiful place to live right near the beach.”
…aaaaaaaaaaaand…Exciting Opportunity Alert ;) :
The owner of Samudra, Sheridan, is currently looking for two qualified raw food chefs AND an event/function manager. FUN :) Candidates must be under 31 years of age to qualify for an Aussie work visa OR be an Australia/New Zealand resident. Qualified candidates should email: lila (at) samudra (dot) com (dot) au for more info. FUN :)

...and while we’re knocking around down under, let’s pay a little visit too, to Casey – a lovely woman who we met while in Australia this time last year. Casey had chronic eczema and Mr. M and I gave some guidance to help her move through that and heal. She now has a beautiful new website HERE and has lots of yummy things on offer there, like a free report on ‘awakening your va–va–voooom’… ;)

ENJOY :)


on January the 15th I had:

1 quart water
1 quart greeeeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, endive, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
40 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 tbsp bee pollen
1 quart greeeeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, endive, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups water
1 quart greeeeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, endive, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
40 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, endive, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
1 cup water


on January the 16th I had:

3 cups water
2 cups greeeeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, endive, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
40 chlorella ‘nuts’
1 quart greeeeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, endive, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups water
20 chlorella ‘nuts’
12 capsules of Blue and Crystal Manna
1 quart greeeeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, endive, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
10 chlorella 'nuts'
1 quart greeeeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, endive, local grrrreeeeeeeeens, kale, ginger, lime
1 cup water


As I write this, I’m on Day 2 of a Green Juice F(e)ast. YummmMmmMmMmmmmm...I’ve actually never f(e)asted on JUST green juice before, I think...always some carrot juice usually too, or fruits, coconuts etc – just greeeeeeeeeeeeeens for now though and WOW – what an impact it has – feels sooooo very clean and cleansing... it’s quite amazing to me to go a whole day with nothing but green things passing my lips (except water)...
Speaking of green juice, in our latest video on TheRawFoodWorld, you can meet my parents, as I deliver them some greeeeeeeeeen juice – will they like it? You can see HERE ;)

Mr. M also recently reviewed Blessings’ Kale Chips HERE.
The ‘Quite Cheesey’ kale chips are indeed ridiculously good – one of the tastiest raw food products I’ve ever tried. There’s still MASSES of kale knocking abt in the Northern Hemisphere at the moment it seems, so, if you have some kale, plus a dehydrator, you can even make your OWN kale chips :) Annmarie and Kevin Gianni demonstrate how to make Kale Chips HERE and there’s also a popular–looking recipe HERE on RawFreedomCommunity for kale chips (check out the outrageously cute picture of a puppy eating kale chips on there too ;). Plus remember that you can learn to make your own dehydrator HERE if you don’t have one ;)

All love,
Angela. xxx

Make your Own Dehydrator...

Interviews Galore... ;)
Well now, tomorrow (wed 14th), I shall be conducting a live, in–depth interview on the subject of Raw Emotions, with questions directed by Mr. Kevin Gianni. Questioning shall begin promptly at 12 noon EST (9am Pacific, 5pm UK), all being well and will be archived and transcripted afterwards by internet elves with pointy teeth (possibly ;). This is an ‘Inner Circle’ call, so if you’d like to come along to play, you can follow THIS LINK to join in the jollies and send in YOUR questions... ;)

You can also read a nifty little Q&A article with the Monarch in the new issue of the beautiful Purely Delicious Magazine HERE.
Mr. M also just did a ‘Let’s Talk Raw’ interview with Revvell on Sunday – you can listen to the archive of that HERE.

You can also see recent mini-interviews with other raw yumsters on our online show, The Raw Food World TV Show :) Yeee-HAH - meet our chief shipping goddess Lindsey for example, HERE.


on January the 12th I had:

1 quart water
1.5 cups greeeen juice: celery, fennel, endive, broccoli, local greeeeeeeens, parsley, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and pine nut butter, followed by a yumpot of carob powder, lucuma powder, cinnamon, vanilla, maca powders, gojis, water mixed together, with a little grawnola swirled in
3 cups water
double shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and pine nut butter, followed by 2 tbsp goji powder
3 cups water

OoOooooo, that Mr. Raw Model’s been busy on his land – have you seen his recent video of his geodome, which houses his exotic fruit tree collection, amidst a Minnesota winter? lol – gotta LOVE it...I am soooooooooo excited abt Anthony’s permaculture project and feel so grateful that he’s sharing videos and updates about it all – total yumster ;)
You can watch the dome video HERE – sending blessings and love for all those fruit trees to thrive and bear many bountiful gifts for years to come...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6EfvUeaRM0

on January the 13th I had:

1 quart water
1.5 cups greeeen juice: celery, fennel, endive, broccoli, local greeeeeeeens, parsley, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and pine nut butter, followed by a yumpot of carob powder, lucuma powder, cinnamon, vanilla, maca powders, gojis, water mixed together, with a little grawnola swirled in
3 cups water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, fennel, endive, broccoli, local greeeeeeeens, parsley, beetroot, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and pine nut butter, followed by a yumpot of hemp protein 50% powder mixed with lucuma powder and pomegranate powder
little mug of spicy tea
3 cups water


HERE’s a fabulous link for you if you’d like to dehydrate some foods, don’t have a dehydrator, yet DO have some pieces of wood, screws and some light bulbs (plus maybe someone ‘handy’ to fit the pieces of the puzzle together ;) I came across this webpage many years ago now, way back at the start of my raw food journey and was excited to see it’s still up now – enjoy ;) ...and thanks to ‘Kath’ for sharing this on her site...

All love,
Angela. xxx