Best of Raw Awards 2008 :)

OOOOooooo, I have smthg SO fun to share with you today :)
A bunch of raw yumsters have come together to create the ‘Best of Raw 2008’ awards :))) FUN :)))
NOMINATIONS are open now – you can go to http://www.bestofraw.net, scroll down a little and click on the durian to enter YOUR suggestions in the boxes for the 10 different award categories, which include:

*Best Raw Vegan Educators of 2008
*Best Raw Vegan Restaurants of 2008
*Best Raw Vegan Company of 2008
*Best Raw Vegan Book and/or Film released in 2008
*Best Raw Vegan Website of 2008
…and more…

Nominations for the categories are open from now until Wednesday Dec. 17th. The nominees will be announced that evening and VOTING will then begin and go on until New Year’s Eve at noon. The winners will be announced on New Year’s Eve on raw radio stations and the partner sites. The yumsters behind the fun include Laura Fox, Giselle Tarres, Steve Prussack, Revvell Revati, Give It To Me Raw and The Raw Games – WOW :))) Thanks SO much for pulling out some party fun games for the raw family at Holiday time, everyone ;) Love it...

SO, just CLICK HERE to go and make your nominations now...ENJOY :)

on December the 10th I had:

1 quart water
2 tbsp Sproutein powder
3 cups veggie juice: bell pepper, celery, cucumber, parsley, dandelion, spinach, romaine, carrot
2 cups water
2 apples with 3 tbsp sproutein powder
AMAZING gourmet raw meal hand–made by the delicious Monarch – a blissful combination of greeeeeeen kale/broccoli/zucchini salad with Ani Phyo’s chutney and zucchini/macadamia stuffed coconut wraps, followed by a little raw ice cream – WOW ;O
3 cups water

If you’re looking for raw recipe inspiration, I’d love to suggest you hop on over to Facebook and befriend our DEAR deardear friend Solla from Iceland (if you’re not friends with her already that is). Solla is a truly ext–RAW–dinary woman – love her SOOOOO much – and she is like a raw recipe ‘machine’ – it’s amazing – every single day she posts gorgeous new free raw recipes on Facebook (often multiple times a day – and in both English and Icelandic ;) So, if you’re looking for an antidote to the fact that Stokes never seems to know the recipe for anything and wants to just eat Sproutein straight from the tub, you might find some yummy rewards via befriending the uber–lovely Solla ;) Click HERE to go and meet Solla on Facebook. (BTW, if you want to thank her for the recipes in Icelandic, you can say ‘Takk fyrir’ = ‘thank you’ ;)

on December the 11th I had:

1 quart water
3 cups veggie juice: bell pepper, celery, cucumber, parsley, dandelion, spinach, romaine, carrot
1 fuyu persimmon, little handful of strawberries and raspberries
2 tbsp sproutein powder with an apple
2 cups energy soup with okra and ‘gourmet’ leftovers, followed by a goji crunchy bar – yummmmmmmmm ;)
2 cups water


on December the 12th I had:

1 quart water
3 tbsp sproutein powder with 2 apples
1 tbsp bee pollen
1.5 quarts greeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, kale, broccoli, dandelion, romaine, ginger, lime
2 cups water
2 cups energy soup with okra and kale chips on the side, followed by a little raw ice cream
2 cups water

Mmmmm, are you in Holiday–gift–buying mode at the moment? I am dabbling my fingers into it today via my computer keyboard... ;) Eeeeeeeeek...it’s a bit prickly out there in ‘purchasing world’ methinks... THANKFULLY there are many outlets available to invest in presents that have yummy, loved–up, caring energy embedded in them...as previously mentioned, over at RawFu.com, beautiful Bunny Berry has a wonderful ‘Holiday Craft Market’ of members’ creations – see HERE.
Delightful Dhrumil over at WeLikeItRaw.com also recently posted a wonderful list of Holiday offers from raw–friendly companies – ‘keeping it in the family’ ;) nice...you can see that list HERE.
The ’15 for 15’ Sale is also still on in the RawReform Store – here’s a reminder abt that:

I decided to pick 15 of our products that are either new and shiny OR that I feel would make great Holiday gifts - and we've put them all at 15% off for you... :)

Here's the list of what's on offer (in no particular order):

'Anastasia' book set
Lucuma powder
Dry skin brush
4-quart enema bag
Raw Foods for Busy People 2 - Green Magic
Sprouted cinnamon cereal
Macaforce vanilla spice
Hemp protein 50%
Luna nori crackers
Wild Power tea
Sproutein
Chia moon drops
Brazil nut protein powder
'Birth as we Know It' DVD
The Raw Revolution Diet book

CLICK HERE for the 15 FOR 15 Sale

Furthermore, if you’re looking to get some beautiful eco–friendly clothes for any loved ones this year, I’ve mentioned these sites before, yet I’ll add them in again here as a little reminder ;) In the US, I’d recommend whiteapricot.com (HUUUUUGE selection and fantastic discounts) and in the UK/Europe, adili.com.
Hope that helps ease any possible shopping frustrations ;)

All love and gentle jingle bells,
Stokes. xxx

How much JOY can you handle...??? ;)

OoOoooOoohhhh, I have so many YUMMY things to share with you at the moment that I’m not sure where to start... ;) Ok, I’m going to dive over to Raw Fu first, to tell you about the AMAZING ‘Holiday Craft Fair’ that Bunny Berry has put together over there :)))) I LOVE Bunny – I think she is just SUCH a blessing in this community :) She has put together a list of all the members on Raw Fu who make crafts, handmade items and so on, into a ‘Holiday Fair’, so that we can all invest in lovingly made, raw-powered, creative, inspiring, unique gifts for our loved ones this season, if we choose to give gifts. :) I think this is just WONDERFUL :) Thank you so much, Bunny, for putting this list together. There are links to various gorgeous items made by raw foodies all over the world – jewellry, bags, clothes, books, knitted goodies, handmade skin care, ceramics, paintings, blankets, CDs and more...
You can see the beautiful craft list on the right-side of the page over at RawFu.com (I think you might need to sign up for the site first to get full access – not sure – in any case, registration is FREE and the community has just started a 40-day ‘Holiday Season’ raw food challenge, so maybe you’d like to join in...? ;)
ENJOY :)

on November the 14th I had:

1.5 quarts water
1 cup celery, carrot, endive, spinach juice
2 persimmons and 1.5 pomegranates
10 spirulina ‘nuts’
1.5 cups greeeeen juice with lemon
2 cups water
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a few Monarch goji yumballs
little cup of rooibus tea
3 cups water
tsp of wheatgrass powder


Oooo, more excitement – I just saw a trailer today for the new documentary from the Dervaes family – remember them? The ‘Urban Homesteaders’ in Pasadena, California. I wrote a few months ago about their INCREDIBLE edible food garden on a suburban plot in Cali – you can see that write-up HERE if you like. Well, the exciting news is that they now have a FILM out about their simple way of life – called ‘Homegrown Revolution’ - which is being shown at film festivals all over the place, helping people to realise how easy it really can be to start growing your OWN food and feeling more on top of the safety of your food supply chain. You can see the 2-minute trailer for their film HERE on YouTube. I LOVE this quote in the trailer from the dad of the Dervaes family:

“...if you can grow food, it’s empowering.
In fact, I believe growing food is one of the most dangerous occupations on the face of this Earth, because you’re in danger of becoming free!”

The Dervaes family report that they grow 6000lbs of food a year on 1/10th of an acre of cultivated land...WOW...this is the future of raw foodism, folks – spade in hand – DIG FOR VICTORY ;)
Yeeeeeeeeeeeee-HAH :) THANK YOU, beautiful Dervaes family, for sharing your experiences – I hope to see this documentary soon...

on November the 15th I had:

1 quart water
big double shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups water
1 persimmon
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by the last few Monarch yumballs ;(
little cup of rooibus tea
3 cups water
½ cup carrot/beet juice
1 cup greeeen juice: kale, spinach, cabbage, endive, parsley, mixed sprouts, ginger, lime
little bowl of condensed yum: mixed together goji berries, lucuma powder, yacon powder, maca, carob, cinnamon, buckwheaties, water
3 cups water

on November the 16th I had:

1 quart water
1.5 cups greeeen juice: kale, spinach, cabbage, endive, parsley, mixed sprouts, ginger, lime
2 cups water
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra, followed by a little yumbowl of hazelnut butter mixed with lucuma powder, cinnamon, maca, carob powder, buckwheaties
little mug of ‘choco’ tea
2 cups water
2 cups greeeen juice: kale, spinach, endive, parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra, followed by a few of my FIRST batch of self-made yumballs since the departure of the Monarch (they were yummy – I used soaked gojis, almond butter, lucuma, cinnamon, buckwheaties, then rolled them in a mixture of hemp protein 50% and lucuma – yummmmmmm)
little mug of spicy tea
2 cups water

My goodness, can you TAKE much more excitement and yumminess today? Well, I hope so, because I’d love to share the link to a GORGEOUS little recent article from The Guardian newspaper in the UK about the ext-RAW-dinary exploits of 67-year-old Joan Pick of Croydon. It seems Joan has been eating raw for over 35 years...she hasn’t driven a car since 1973, runs everywhere that she wants to go and enjoys hula-hooping in her living room. She does not use heating in her house (I know where I’ll be referring people in the future who ask how to keep warm in the winter as raw foodists ;) and she only uses electricity to heat water for tea or light her room. Check out this picture of Joan from The Guardian article – she is GLOWING with radiant, delightful raw energy – what a WONDERFUL, inspiring life... :) You can read the whole story HERE. (Thanks to Sue too, for the nudge to read and share this article :)

All love, joy and passion,
Miss Angela Stokes. xxx