December Raw Events :)

OoOoOoooo, I'm excited to say that next up on The Raw Food World Radio Show this month is our dear friend, author and speaker Paul Nison. 

Mr. M and Mr. N have known each other for around 10 years now and have both explored and experimented their 'extreme' ways around the raw foods world, so I suspect this is going to be a very fun interview indeed... ;) 

Topics intended for discussion include the exact protocol Mr. Nison uses to help others heal IBS/Crohn's/Ulcerative Colitis (which he healed by going raw, years ago), Paul's recent announcement that he no longer eats 100% raw vegan after 15 years of this lifestyle, his interest in the Bible and the inspiring message of his wonderful new book 'The Daylight Diet', which we are currently reading in preparation for the interview and LOVING :)

This LIVE, free interview is scheduled for December the 29th at 6pm Pacific time, 9pm Eastern time. To sign up for the call, visit TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com and remember that there is only space for 1000 people live on the call, so get in there quick if you want to join us... :)

on November the 28^th I enjoyed:

1 quart water

3 cups greeeeeen juice:" celery, cucumber, zucchini, fennel, spinach, parsley, ginger, lemon

1 quart apple/beet/zucchini juice

2 cups water

3 tbsp royal jelly/bee pollen/propolis/ginseng in honey

2 cups carrot/fennel/celery/romaine juice with Greener Grasses shaken into it

2 cups water

on November the 29^th (6^th Day JFing, International Day of JFing), I gave gratitude for:

1 quart water

1 quart watermelon/tangerine juice

1 cup green juice: celery/cucumber/zucchini/fennel/parsley/spinach/Jerusalem artichoke/ginger/lemon

2 cups apple/beet juice

1 quart green juice: celery/cucumber/zucchini/fennel/parsley/spinach/Jerusalem artichoke/ginger/lemon

mug of spicy herbal tea, 3 tbsp bee pollen/royal jelly/propolis/honey mixture

2 cups water

3 cups apple/beet juice

2 cups water

On the subject of fabulous talks, another dear friend of ours', Ms. Kate Magic will be giving what I believe must be her DEBUT live talk in the USA in a couple of weeks :) (She's been doing talks in the UK/elsewhere for about a decade or more now... ;)

Madame Magic will be giving a FREE live talk at the fabulous Erewhon Natural Foods Market in LA on December the 19th at 12pm. Yeeeeeeee-HAH :) If you're around in that area, I'd strongly recommend you go along and check out this little dynamo of long-time raw energy share her stuff...you can check out more abt Ms. Magic here - enjoy :)

on November the 30^th we broke our week-long Juice Feast and I loved:

1 quart water

1 cup celery/carrot/fennel/romaine juice

1 quart greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, parsley, spinach, Jerusalem artichoke, ginger, lemon

3 cups apple/celery/cilantro/lemon juice

bowl of energy soup with spiced sunflower seeds on the side , followed by a JUICY apple :)

3 cups water

3 Tbsp diviiiiine honey/bee pollen/herbal mixtures

2 cups water

on December the 1^st I enjoyed:

1 quart water

2 satsumas

3 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach

bowl of energy soup with a few 'quite cheesey' kale chips on the side, followed by a juicy apple

1 quart water

30 chlorella 'nuts'

2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, carrot

3 tbsp goji powder

mug of herbal tea

3 cups water

There's still room to join us for new years' at The Tree of Life in Arizona, at our upcoming 10-day 'Renew Yourself' Retreat :) This 10-day celebration of rejuvenation, raw food, relaxation and exploration of your infinite possibilities is going to be a fabulous way to see in the new year with vibrant intentions...
You can check out allll the yummy details here - massage sessions, bodywork, raw food talks, Q&A sessions, colonics, food prep demos, inipi and more - we hope to see you there if you can join us :)


All love and unfolding into the divine,
Ms. Stokes-Monarch. xxx

...and the WINNER of the Raw Food Chia Pet Contest is...

ALRIGHTY, the results of last month’s RawReform Giveaway Contest are in and I’m excited to announce the results of who YOU all think would make the best raw food chia pet...ahEM, drum roll pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaase...

*In 3rd place, with his curly–headed ways, is Mr. Kevin Gianni, with 9% of the votes.

*In 2nd place, with his tousled lion’s mane, is Mr. Matthew Monarch, with 20% of the votes

*...and in 1st place, heading up the raw food chia pet party is the corkscrew–headed bishop of cacao himself, Dr. David Avocado Noni Propolis Phytoplankton Wolfe, with 30% of the votes.

(: YAAAAAAAY :)

I’m delighted to say that the winner of the chia seed goodies is the super–talented Eranah, who even sent in this fantastic mock–up version of what a Wolfie chia head might look like – BEAUTIFUL :) Thanks Eranah – your chia goodies are shimmying their way across the country to you in celebration right now ;)
This was such a fun contest :) Thanks for all the answers sent in, which included an eclectic range of suggestions, from Annmarie Gianni or Jonny 5 (lol) to Ann Wigmore, Anthony the Raw Model, Mike Adams and even...me ;)
My personal favourite suggestion though for a raw chia pet model was sent in by a few people and would be a ‘face–off’ model of the durian eating contest between Mr. M and Wolfie, with a durian between their heads – LOL ;)
I would truly LOVE to see any of these figurines made in pottery, if anyone would love to make them professionally – we could even sell them through our webstores ;) So, let us know if you’re a talented raw potter with a passion for chia pets and we can maybe create some classic memo–raw–bilia for all the raw family ;)

On July the 4th I had:

1 quart water
1 cup coconut water
2 cups ‘Green Potion’ ice cream at Erewhon, followed by shared ‘Cookie Dough Ice Cream’
2 cups water
2 cups hemp milk with cardamom, cinnamon, stevia, maca, pinch of salt
25 chlorella nuts
2 Tbsp bee pollen
2 cups energy soup with 2 flax crackers, little handful of yacon slices
3 cups water

Yesterday I was doing an interview and I really enjoyed one of the questions asked – I thought I’d re–post it here for y’all, if you’d like a little extra insight into the patterns of a Stokes–Monarch:

Q: What is in your purse at this very moment?
A: Great question ;) Now that is going to be quite a long answer ;) lol...I have a rather large, abundant bag of tricks (and I'm not even a mother yet ;)... Here we go: Rescue Remedy, seven sacred stones, my pendulum, my timepiece, lip balm, bottle of water, wallet, camera, my organiser (stuffed full of papers and business cards ;), bag of bee pollen, chlorella tablets, yacon slices, ReddRox powder, hairclips, rubber bands, 2 pegs, Tooth Swish, pair of earplugs, MANY pens, MSM lotion, spoons, binoculars, tissues. Quite an eclectic mix ;)

I like that question...this is actually smthg I generally find very endearing about women – the little bags of STUFF they carry around with them everywhere – I can remember being in rooms full of women at meetings and glancing around with a swelling heart as I noticed the little sac of goodies slumped on the floor next to each Goddess – I love women ;) So, what’s in YOUR bag, baby...?

on July the 5th I had:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon juice
3 cups coconut water/GreenerGrasses powder/Marine Phytoplankton
2 cups home–made yummy raw elixir ice cream :) Tasted like TOFFEE – so good – see the video of me making it below.
3 cups water
30 chlorella ‘nuts’
3 durian pods and a clamshell of blueberries
1 quart water

Mmmmmm, so I’ve become uber–excited about raw elixir ice creams after we were hanging out with Mr. Truth Calkins at the Tonic Bar in Erewhon...the ice cream I made myself yesterday was OFF.THE.HOOOOOOOK good :) It tasted like TOFFEE and I’m not really sure why yet – I was just adding stuff to the blender and it turned out SOOOOOOOOOOO good :))) Mr. M caught the whole thing on camera, so you can re–create your own ice cream wonders with whatever goodies YOU have around – see the video below and ENJOY :)

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9r8xuSAZ0M

All love and ice cream wonders,
Ms. Sto-Mo. xxx

Food Independence Day ;)

Ooooo, looks like there’s some interesting research afoot down at Gabriel Cousen’s Tree of Life Centre... They’re studying the health of vegan, live food babies and they’d love for you to participate in the survey if you have a child aged from birth to five years who is eating a vegan live food diet. The researchers intend to share the results to help support other parents who’d love to raise their children this way.
You can access the survey and read the full participant requirements list by clicking HERE. Please feel free to also pass this info on to anyone else you think may be willing/able to participate – they’re looking for another 100–200 participants at present ;)
I look forward to seeing the results ;)

on July the 1st I had:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon orange juice
2 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, ginger
2 cups energy soup, with 5 freeze–dried macadamia nuts
3 cups water
2 cups energy soup, followed by a little ‘yumpot’ of almond butter mixed with carob peppermint maca powder, cinnamon, stevia and water
1 cup reddrox tea
3 cups water

LOVE this high–energy video below from the uber–cool, a capella, amazing singing group from Israel called ‘Voca People’ – big gratitude to the lovely Ricki for sending this link in – with nearly 2.2 million views already, they seem to be a YouTube sensation ;) ENJOY :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6EYrqIn0yI

on July the 2nd I had:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/orange juice
2 cups greeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, spinach, parsley, zucchini, ginger, lime
2 cups coconut water, 2 cups coconut smoothie: coconut meat, a little coconut water, maca, stevia, vanilla, reddrox water, cardamom = yummmmmmmmmm :)
2 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, spinach, parsley, zucchini, ginger, lime
2 Tbsp bee pollen
couple of spoonfuls of Mr. M’s outrageous maca ice cream concoction, a whole cup of subliiiiiiiiiiime ‘Green Potion’ ice cream from Truth Calkins’ elixir bar in Erewhon – LOVE it
2 cups water


on July the 3rd I had:

1 quart water
shot of orange juice
3 cups coconut water mixed with Greener Grasses powder and aloe vera
2 cups coconut water
2 Tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeen veggie juice
2 cups coconut water blended with Greener Grasses powder, MSM and Marine Phytoplankton
1 Tbsp be pollen
2 cups water


Soooo…happy Independence Day tomorrow to all those in the USA ;) I am excited to see that over at the Kitchen Gardeners site, they’ve declared Food Independence Day. The idea is to declare ‘food independence’, by sourcing the ingredients for any holiday meals as ‘locally, sustainably and deliciously as possible’…love it ;)
You can check out the site at FoodIndependenceDay.org, where you can even stick a pin in the map to mark out where YOU will be sourcing local foods tomorrow ;) They also have a cool–looking ‘Why I’m a Victory Grower’ video contest you can enter – YUMMY :)

All brightest blessings to you and those everywhere who are growing food, foraging and connecting directly with gaia :)
All love,
Ms. Sto–Mo. xxx

Raw Union Wedding Recipes Ebook - Out Now :)

I am SUUUPER excited to say that the Raw Union Wedding Recipes E–Book is now available :)
This 24–page ebook contains all of the recipes used by our dear dear friend Solla to create the sumptuous raw wedding feast at Raw Union, PLUS, we are so blessed to also have the two wedding cake recipes in this ebook, from the queen of raw wedding cakes, Chaya Ryvka. YAY :) This ebook is a feast for the eyes too, with beautiful wedding pics and food photos throughout. Love it :)

You can check it out and order your copy HERE.

on June the 28th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeen juice
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
1 quart watermelon juice
2 cups water
water of 1.5 coconuts with Greener Grasses
2 cups greeeeen juice
water of 2 coconuts with Greener Grasses
2 cups water

Well...no rest for the raw... ;) Mr. M and I are on tour again now...thanks be to all of you who came out to play in Sacramento, CA last night (including Channel 3 TV – watch out for some raw TV action coming your way soon if you're in that area ;)...this Thursday we're speaking at the fabulous Erewhon Natural Foods Market in LA, then next week it's Texas and onwards from there to Chicago, Livonia in Michigan, then to the fabulously named 'Normal' in IL ;) There's more after that too – you can see allllll the talk details on Mr. M's lovely events page, HERE. We hope to see you at one of these events soon if we're in your area...or if you'd love to help us set up a talk near you, let us know at angela@rawreform.com and we'll see what we can hook up ;) Thanking yooouuuuuu :)


on June the 29th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, romaine, parsley, lime, ginger
2 cups energy soup, followed by 3 slices of dehydrated banana
cup of sooooothing tea
2 cups water
coconut water with Greener Grasses
1 quart watermelon juice
1 cup greeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, romaine, parsley, lime, ginger
2 cups green smoothie
3 cups water


on June the 30th I had:

1 quart water
shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups greeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach
big handful of bee pollen
kelp noodle salad: kelp noodles, romaine, clover sprouts, baby grape tomatoes, dulse, dressing made from tahini/acv/water
1 quart water
10 chlorella 'nuts'
3 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
coconut smoothie: coconut meat, cardamom, maca, vanilla powder, stevia powder, Vitamineral Earth, water
3 cups water

Did you see the photo montage yet that Mr. M's brother Brian made for our wedding? It's fun ;) We played this on the evening of the wedding and now it's up on YouTube for all to enjoy...if you'd love to see what myself and the Monarch looked like as kiddies, teens and beyond, click the links below for some fun insight ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERH5kuzOtYs

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

We love you :)
Ms. Sto–Mo. xxx