OoOoOoooo, starting today there is a special BONUS promo happening for the RevitaLive Plan, our 30-day raw food weight loss programme :)
Everyone who signs up between today (Wednesday) and next Saturday will receive the following extra bonus gifts:
*The first 3 chapters of my book 'Raw Emotions' - a 50-page sampler :)
*Three exclusive videos of Annmarie Gianni demonstrating some of Solla's yummmmmy recipes from the RevitaLive meal planners.
*Two video interviews from the Rawkathon. The fantastic interviews from Karen Knowler and Cherie Soria from last year's Rawkathon event.
*The first chapter of Susan Shenck's award-winning book 'The Live Food Factor'.
That's all in addition of course to the regular materials for the plan - * daily emails with instructional videos * 4 weeks of menu planners with recipes * community support in the 'Inner Circle' * a full instructional fitness manual * calls and chats * love and hand-holding ;)
You can click HERE to check out the programme details and sign up for the Plan - there are already hundreds of happy RevitaLivers out there raising up their vibrations... ;) FUN :)
on March the 1st I had:
1 quart water
mug of pau d’arco tea
2 cups greeeeen juice: celery, landcress, parsley, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with okra and pistachio butter
mug of spicy tea
1 quart water
big bowl of cherries and a juicy apple
mug of spicy tea
2 cups water
There were a couple of GREAT articles on GLiving recently that caught my eye...one seems to be the first in a series about why and how to grow food in a garden, wherever you are and the other article was from Mr. Raw Model Anthony, with some fantastic, simple guidance on how to jump start a healthier lifestyle – check out his AMAAAZING, shocking before/after pics...
*See the gardening article HERE.
*Check out Anthony’s pics and tips HERE.
Enjoy :)
on March the 2nd I had:
1 quart water
mug of pau d’arco tea
2 cups greeeeen juice: celery, landcress, parsley, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups hemp milk with cardamom and cinnamon
2 cups energy soup with okra and pistachio butter
mug of spicy tea
1 quart water
2 juicy apples
3 cups hemp milk with cardamom and cinnamon
1 cup water
on March the 3rd I had:
1 quart water
big mug of ginger/lemon/dandelion tea
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, landcress, parsley, red kale, ginger
2 cups energy soup with okra and tahini
mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
1 quart hemp milk/cardamom/cinnamon drink – yummmmmm :)
2 cups water
There’s a book review I’ve been wanting to write here for a few weeks and it has felt challenging for me to get the words down that I want to use, to express how I feel about this piece of work. I think I’m ready now ;)
‘Evie’s Kitchen’ is UK raw food diva Shazzie’s latest book and it is all about raising healthy, 
The ‘heroine’ of the book, Evie, is Shazzie’s gorgeous little daughter, who is now four and a half. In this book, Shazzie shares from her heart about how their journey together so far has unfolded, along with masses of interesting info on natural parenting. Shazzie covers pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, co–sleeping, baby carrying, vaccines, natural healthcare and lots more. She writes with the abundant love and care of a mother, especially offering unparalleled attention to detail about all the nutritional needs of a growing little one – Vitamin D, B12 issues, protein, minerals – she covers it all. I also loved the section where Shazzie reveals what is in her ‘medicine chest’ and explains how she makes use of products like MSM, colloidal silver, vitamin C and so on as natural ‘medicines’ for friends and family. In one section, Shazzie shares the story of Evie’s first few years here – pre–womb, in the womb and outside and I found this a very moving tale to follow, truly shared from the heart.
The latter part of the book contains over 180 raw food recipes all designed with children in mind. These are the things Evie has been eating since she got here (other than breastmilk ;)... The recipes are conveniently divided up into ages, e.g. things to start offering from 6 months, from 1 year etc...
The luscious full–colour vibrant photos make this book an absolute visual TREAT – the recipes all look amazing and most of them of course have very simple ingredients, as they were formulated with children in mind – yummmmm :)
I absolutely LOVE this book. I feel like it will be my closest handbook as and when we start to bring children into this world and I’ll refer back to it very often. I actually feel compelled these days to send this book to raw women I know who are pregnant, or people who are raising children and could use a bit more vibrancy on their plates ;) There is just SO much amazing info in here that I feel it’s essential reading for anyone wanting to raise healthy little ones...
One little suggestion for anyone in the US especially – the measurements in this book are in the metric system, not cups/teaspoons etc. SO, our best suggestion for you if you’d like to use the recipes in this book is to get hold of a simple little set of measuring scales for your kitchen (if you don’t already have some), so that you can measure out the ingredients.
As far as I know, we are the only people currently selling this book in N. America and we’re very happy to have it on offer...it is a true raw GEM :) You can see more about the book and purchase copies HERE. We've already gone through boxes of this book since it was released, it is very well loved :)
I truly hope you fall in love with this book too and appreciate it as much as I do. Thank you so much Shazzie for sharing this work of love :)
All love,
Angelalalalalaaaaaaaaaa. xxx
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Review of 'Evie's Kitchen' - Raw Food Book for Vibrant Children :)
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Raw Pregnancy and Raising Raw Children
Now, don't get excited - I'm not pregnant or having a child anytime soon ;) I just watched a wonderful little YouTube video today of Summer Kolesar speaking with Paul Ni
son about raising raw children and got inspired... You can see that video HERE. Summer is a beautiful soul si*star* who I had the pleasure to meet when I spoke in Asheville in 2007. If I recall correctly, she was raised ‘semi–wild’ in Canada, foraging the bounties of nature and she is still a wonderful wild–food gatherer to this day, plus all–round gorgeous raw goddess and mother ;)
As you may recall, the current RawReform Giveaway Contest is also about raising children raw (you can see the details for the 
SO, with all this wonderful info buzzing around, I felt inspired to compile a list of useful resources for those interested in raising children raw. This is actually smthg people ask me about often, although I am not (yet ;) a mother, so I thought it would be helpful to collect all these fabulous resources together in one place, for all to enjoy ;)
(FYI - I also just posted this info to the main RawReform site in the articles section HERE, in case you'd like to refer to it without the food logs etc in the middle ;)
Here we go:
Websites
*http://www.thegardendiet.com – beautiful Jinjee is raw mum ext–raw–dinaire to at least five little ones – she has masses of info, pics, ebooks, magazines, audios, videos and more to share on pregnancy, ecstatic birth, child–raising and more...
*http://www.rawmom.com – fabulous site that is home (among other things) to a blog where 
*http://rawtoddleralex.blogspot.com – blog from yummy–mummy Melissa Gilbert who has been raising her son Alex raw and tracking his progress online since birth. She has two wonderful raw recipe books for baby/toddler foods. Melissa also has her own blog at http://rawmom.blogspot.com.
*http://pullingdaisies.blogspot.com – sweet Annelise’s blog following a raw pregnancy, birth and child raising.
*http://www.karenranzi.com – Karen has been teaching about raising ‘Super Healthy Children’ for a decade. She has classes, a book and a great list of links at her site.
*http://www.brigittemars.com – Brigitte Mars is a herbalist, mother, raw foodie and all round
on Jan the 10th I had:
1 quart water
little mug of spicy tea
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, turnip, kale, local greeeeeeens, Jerusalem artichoke, purple cabbage, fennel, endive, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by three little yumpots of durian ice cream = YUMMM :)
3 cups water
double shot of wheatgrass
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by a little bowl of blended sweet yum: carob powder, lucuma powder, maca, cinnamon, vanilla powders, with gojis and water
little cup rooibus tea
3 cups water
Articles/Videos/Magazines
*‘Raw Vegan Children’ article by Shazzie
*‘Raising Raw Children’ article by Matt Monarch
*‘Raw Parenting’ interview with Shazzie on Natural News
*Revvel interviews Jinjee Talifero
*Revell interviews Shazzie
*Summer Kolesar on YouTube
*Juno Magazine – all about natural parenting, raw foodie Kate Magic has contributed a great deal to this magazine.
*Pear Magazine – this an online raw food magazine, which often has articles about raw children or written by raw parents.
Books/DVDs
*Evie’s Kitchen by Shazzie
*Birth As We Know It (one of the best DVDs I’ve ever seen)
*The ‘Anastasia’ Books by Vladimir Megre (these books have influenced me more than any others)
*Baby Greens by Michaela Lynn
*Fresh by Sergei and Valya Boutenko – has info on how to transition kids to raw.
*Eating without Heating by Sergei and Valya Boutenko – raw recipe book from the Boutenko ‘kids’.
*Raising Children Raises Us book & DVD by Shannon Leone – Shannon’s gorgeous, loving spirit flows through her work.
*The Children's Health Food Book by Ron Seaborn
*Breakthrough DVD – from Jinjee and Storm
*Raw Living and Eat Smart, Eat Raw – both by Kate Magic, these raw recipe books are packed with practical recipes Kate used to raise her three boys.
*The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
*Primal Mothering in A Modern World by Hygeia Halfmoon
*What Mothers Do Especially When It Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen (If I was only able to read one non–raw–orientated book on being a mother, I would choose this – AMAZING info ;)
*Sun–Sational Raw Baby Food and Sun–Sational Smoothies by Melissa Gilbert – 2 ebooks from this lovely raw mum.
*Wise Woman's Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun Weed
*Pregnancy and Oral Health by Mama Gums
on Jan the 11th I had:
1 quart water
little mug of spicy tea
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, turnip, kale, local greeeeeeens, Jerusalem artichoke, purple cabbage, fennel, endive, ginger, lime
3 cups water
double shot of wheatgrass
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by a little bowl of blended sweet yum: carob powder, lucuma powder, maca, cinnamon, vanilla powders, with gojis and water
little cup rooibus tea
3 cups water
Foods that children seem to LOVE :)
As previously mentioned, I am not yet a mother – from what I’ve observed of raw children however, these seem to be some of their favourite foods:
*fresh fruits
*smoothies – greeeeen or nut–milk based
*nut/seed milks
*raw cakes, pies, cookies, yumballs – anything sweet ;)
*bee pollen
*chia puddings
*raw food snack bars
*grawnolas/cereals
*dried fruits like mulberries, goji berries, incan berries
*freeze–dried fruit – mangosteen, jackfruit, durian
The biggest struggle most raw parents seem to have is getting greeeeens into the little loves...well, here’s sending you all great gushing green smoothie love... ;)
Ok, I listed everything that came to mind here about raising children raw...I hope this is useful to at least some of you ;)
I’m sure there are other wonderful resources out there too – feel free to leave a comment below HERE if there are other links/books etc you’d love to see added to this list :) Also remember that you can see this article HERE for reference without the food logs etc...
ENJOY :)
One love,
Angela. xxx
Friday, 9 January 2009
Connecting with Care...
That Mr. Monarch is in a bit of a media whirl at the moment... ;) Aside from our new daily TV Show (thanks for all the FABULOUS feedback so far, everyone; check the clips 
out HERE on Mr. M's blog if you haven't seen them yet ;), he is also lined up to enjoy a fun ‘Let’s Talk Raw’ interview this Sunday, the 11th, with Revvell over at Give It To Me Raw. The call is live and starts at 4pm Pacific time. You can ask Qs before or during the event – see all the details HERE and...enjoy ;)
on Jan the 8th I had:
1 quart water
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, fennel, endive, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by little yumbowl – lucuma powder, carob powder, cinnamon, vanilla, maca, goji berries
3 cups water
30 chlorella tablets
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by little yumbowl – lucuma powder, carob powder, cinnamon, vanilla, maca, goji berries
little mug of rooibus tea
1 cup water
Ooooo lala...well, if you’re in the UK/Europe area and would be delighted to 
Dear raw hearts Shell, Suz, Susan and Janet are facilitating a raw food & yoga detox retreat on the turquoise coast of southern Turkey from the 4th to the 11th of May and there are just 6 places left, to join them – OooOooooo :)
There will be raw food talks, demos, meditation, daily yoga and yummmmy cakes to sample (Shell is truly one of the finest raw chefs out there, IMO ;) ...and it’s all set in an eco–holiday 
The cost for 7 nights in raw paradise is £475 half-board in an en suite twin room, excl. flights & transfers to the accommodation. You can see allllllllll the fun details HERE.
(As ever, if you’re looking for info on any other raw events, be sure to check out the fabulous events calendar on GiveItToMeRaw, HERE. ;)
on Jan the 9th I had:
1 quart water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, fennel, endive, purple cabbage, turnip, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, broccoli, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by a little rammikin bowl of hand–blended yum: lucuma, carob, cinnamon, vanilla, maca powders with goji berries and water
2 cups water
1.5 cups Wild Power tea
double shot of wheatgrass
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a little rammikin bowl of durian ice cream – YUMMMMMMMM :)
2 cups water
WELL...I don’t think we’ve EVER had such an excited response to a RawReform Giveaway Contest as for the latest giveaway of a signed copy of the super–lovely Shazzie’s latest book ‘Evie’s Kitchen’. This book is actually selling so fast we can barely keep it in stock ;)
If you would love to get your digits wrapped around a personalised, signed copy of this landmark volume, here’s the contest info to play with:
...to be in with a chance of winning, please send in your A to the following Q:
Please send your uber-licious answers to angela@rawreform.com and one winner will be picked at random and with much jubilation sometime in January... YUMMY :)
...aaaaaaand of course don’t forget to also hop on over to THIS PAGE to celebrate the coming 40th Birthday of the Shazzle–Dazzle, by collecting up for your very SELF some ext–raw–dinary free gifts...the Monarch and myself are both giving away one of our ebooks for free and there are masses of other gratis goodies to pick up and enjoy over there – FUN :)
With a sprightly step and a gentle squeeze,
The Stokes. xxx
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
The Raw Food World TV Show :)
OOoOooo, well, there are SO many exciting things to share today I wonder where to start...let’s kick off with the latest fabulous RawReform Giveaway Contest – announced in my newsletter yesterday – in which you could win a SIGNED copy of Shazzie’s latest book ‘Evie’s Kitchen’ – here’s the details:
We now have British Raw-Queen Shazzie's gorgeous new raw kiddies book - 'Evie's Kitchen' - in the RawReform Store :) We are currently the exclusi
As for now, YOU, my dear could get your mittens on your very own FREE signed copy of this invaluable volume, with this month's Prize Giveaway. It will be signed by both the Shazzler and Miss Evie, her divine little lovebucket daughter (aged 4) ;)
SO...to be in with a chance of winning, please send in your A to the following Q:
Please send your uber-licious answers to angela@rawreform.com and one winner will be picked at random and with much jubilation sometime in the early new year. YUMMY :)
on December the 21st I had:
1 quart water
water of 6 young coconuts
3 tbsp bee pollen
3 tbsp green powder
1 quart water
little handful of chlorella tablets
(not necessarily in that order – all mixed up during space of day ;)
Mmmmm, it felt VERY good to f(e)ast on coconut water and those other yummy add-ons for the Winter Solstice...so, it's all up-hill ever-more back into the light from here, folks...
Yeeeeeeee-HAH (Well, for those of us in the N. hemisphere anyway ;)...and here's a timely little REMINDER that the intro offer to join the 'Inner Circle' and receive my eBook 'Raw Emotions' for $7.77 ends TOMORROW (Dec 24th) at 11.59pm PST - so, jump in HERE for the info, if you'd still love to come play in our new sandpit...
on December the 22nd I had:
1 quart water
water of a young coconut
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a spicy coconut bar and a little cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
3 cups veggie juice: celery, fennel, red bell pepper, carrot
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a little bowl of hand–blended yum: hemp butter, lucuma powder, carob powder, maca force, cinnamon
little cup of spicy tea
2 cups water
on December the 23rd I had:
1 quart water
1 tbsp ‘Pure Synergy’ green powder
2 cups energy soup with sugar snap peas on the side, followed by a goji bar
little cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
1 tbsp ‘Pure Synergy’ green powder
2 cups energy soup with sugar snap peas on the side, followed by a hand-blended yumpot of lucuma powder, carob powder, cinnamon, goji berries, Maca Force, buckwheaties, water
3 cups water
Introducing: TheRawFoodWorld.TV
Alright, get ready for some raw ENTERTAINMENT ;)
The Monarch and I have decided to start sharing a lot more videos of our raw adventures, in response to numerous requests...so, may
we introduce: TheRawFoodWorld.TV ;)Mr. M's inner director has been set loose and for the last few days he's been filming and posting clips up in California.
*HERE is a little vid with his mum. LOVE it - hilarious. I watched it at lunch and laughed so much I accidentally sprayed the kale chips I was eating all over my 'puter ;) You can see that video HERE.
*Mr. M also posted an interview today with another Mr. Monarch - his brother, Brian
. Very funny too - and I LOVE, love, LOVE that the question 'if you know refined sugars and processed starches are not great for you, why do you still eat them?' was asked and answered. That is smthg that fascinates me about people. You can see that video HERE.*Meanwhile, over at the RenegadeHealth.com blog, Kevin recently posted a video tour of TheRawFoodWorld.com shipping warehouse in California - so COOL to see.
..yes, I've never actually even seen our warehouse, as I've been out of the US for sooo long now (hopefully that will all shift soon - please send love towards that vision, if you feel drawn ;). You can see the warehouse tour video HERE.PHEW...that oughta give you smthg more entertaining to watch than the usual Christmas TV choices ;) ENJOY...
...and on that note, I'd love to take this opportunity to wish you Happy Solstice/Hanukkah/Christmas/Holidays/December/End of Year/New Year/Fill in the Delight of Your Choice ;)
Thanks for coming out to play this last year...and we have SO much more yet to share next year - it's going to be a HUGE year for the raw food movement, methinks...so, let's all keep on peacefully and lovingly spreading the message further and further... Into The LIGHT, amigos :)
All love,
Angela. xxx
