Giving Thanks...

Mmmmmm, seems like Thanksgiving is coming up soon in the US then...I’ve been getting notification of various yummy things in relation to this celebration, which you might enjoy...here are a few to contemplate:

*Heidi and Justin at RawFoodRightNow have a very popular raw Thanksgiving recipe e-book to share, which they’ve had on the market for a couple of years now – see HERE. (They actually also have a Christmas raw recipe book AND an Easter e-book too and say there are many more to come – WOW – they’re very productive those Ohlanders, aren’t they? ;)


*Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo also has some marvellous Holiday-time products to share – see HERE for her ‘Thanksgiving Feast’ raw recipe book, along with her wonderfully-titled ‘Indulge without the Bulge’ DVD, which has demos of some of the recipes and tips for thriving in the Holiday season as a healthy, happy raw foodie ;) ENJOY :)


*OoOOooo, FUN – the next round of the RawFu challenge kicks off very soon – on November the 15th to be exact, this Saturday. This coming session is a ‘Holiday mini-challenge’, following the recent 100-day raw food challenge hosted there by the uberlicious Bunny Berry. This Holiday Challenge will run from Nov. 15th to December the 24th. Registration is free, everyone is welcome and there will be masses of yummy mutual support, fun little contests, daily inspirations and so on along the way – read more HERE.



on November the 9th I had:

1.5 quarts water
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, kale, fennel, endive, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with okra on the side, followed by some outrageously yummy new Monarch yumball creations (containing soaked goji berries, almond butter, cinnamon, yacon powder and maca)
little mug of rooibus tea
1 persimmon
2 cups water
2 cups energy soup with okra on the side, followed by some outrageously yummy new Monarch yumball creations (containing soaked goji berries, almond butter, cinnamon, yacon powder and maca)
little mug of rooibus tea
2 cups water

Meanwhile, for those of you in the UK, here’s some yummy raw news for YOU to chew on too ;)
Jennifer is still looking for someone to join the team at the GORGEOUS Mistletoe Meadows estate, to help out with raw food prep and weekly massages in return for staying in the beautiful buildings there. (We actually visited the estate last week and WOW – what an incredible space. Parts of the main house date from the 1600s, there’s 8 acres of organic land to play on, a swimming pool, a trampoline, huuuuuuge studio spaces for yoga classes, meditation and so on, massive cozy fireplaces, musical instruments, a fully-equipped raw food kitchen and more...an AMAZING opportunity for someone out there...;) If you think you might be interested, you can contact Jennifer on: dragonfly229 (at) hotmail.com (replace ‘at’ with the @ symbol), being sure to write ‘Community Retreat Project’ in the subject title, please.

If you’re inclined a little more towards the north of England, dearest musical fairy pixie Cathie would also like to declare that she has a room available for rent from January 2009 in a raw/veggie house in Manchester. She can be contacted at cathiepixie (at) lycos.com (replace ‘at’ with the @ symbol) – you can also listen to her BEAUTIFUL music on her MySpace page HERE if you like :) (the first song on her profile - ‘Astonishing Light’ - is one of my favourite songs – soooooo sweetly beautiful...)

on November the 10th I had:

1.5 quarts water
1.5 cups watermelon/orange/pomegranate juice
1 persimmon
double shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups energy soup with okra on the side, followed by Monarch yumball creations (see above)
little cup of rooibus tea
2 cups water
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, kale, parsley, Jerusalem artichokes, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with okra on the side, followed by Monarch yumball creations (see above)
little cup of rooibus tea
2 cups water


on November the 11th I had:

1.5 quarts water
1 persimmon
double shot of wheatgrass juice with a little carrot juice
2 cups energy soup with okra on the side, followed by Monarch yumball creations (see above)
little cup of rooibus tea
2 cups water
a DELICIOUS little raw chocolate brownie (eeek ;)
1 cup grrrrrrreeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, kale, parsley, Jerusalem artichokes, ginger, lime
1.5 cups energy soup with okra on the side, followed by Monarch yumball creations (see above)
little cup of rooibus tea
2 cups water

Coming back to Thanksgiving again, here is a YUMMY-sounding raw Pecan pie recipe that was lovingly sent out for sharing by those yumsters at the Blossoming Lotus café on Kauai (who produced the new ‘Complete Idiots Guide to Raw Food’)
This pie sounds GORGEOUS – enjoy :)

Pecan Pie
If you're a fan of pecan pie, this recipe is bound to satisfy as it bears a striking similarity to the flavor you love without all the refined ingredients.

Yield: 1 (8-in.) pie
Prep Time: 20 minutes

3 1/2 cups pecans
3 1/2 cups pitted dates
1/2 cup raisins, soaked
2 cups filtered water
1/4 cup date/raisin soak water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup agave nectar

1. Place 3 cups pecans and 1 1/2 cups dates in a food processor fitted with an S-shaped blade. Blend on high speed for 30 to 40 seconds or until mixture sticks together and runs up the sides without falling into the center. You may need to add more dates.
2. Press crust into a pie pan, making a layer around the bottom and sides at least 1/4-inch thick. (No need to oil the pan.)
3. Place 1 cup dates and raisins in a small bowl with filtered water. Allow to soak for at least 20 minutes.
4. Place remaining 1 cup dates, soaked dates, raisins, 1/4 cup soak water, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and agave nectar in a blender and blend on high speed until a thick, relatively smooth mixture forms.
5. Pour mixture into the piecrust and layer the top with remaining 1/2 cup pecans. Wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. You want pie chilled so it keeps its form when sliced.

All love, juiciness, caterpillar dreams and metamorphic, holographic, expanding trails of gorgeous expansion to ye…
Angelalalalalalaaaaaaa. xxx

Frightfully RAW Fun... :)

Mmmmmm, it’s Halloween time of course now for many people around the world...parents and raw foodists all over may grimace and fret about all that refined sugar, the crazy mood swings and so on – and YET – help is at hand ;) Here are a few yummy raw food resources for a hopefully less ‘frightful’ celebration, nutritionally-speaking ;)

*There’s an AMAZINGLY handsome looking pumpkin pie recipe on WeLikeItRaw at the moment – see HERE.
Thanks, Dhru and chef Rachel Fracassa for sharing :)

*Heidi and Justin at RawFoodRightNow.com also have some GREAT Halloween posts – HERE’s the most recent one, with a FABULOUS picture of a watermelon ‘brain’ ;)
HERE is also an older post of theirs with Halloween Recipes and tips.

*Dr Ritamarie Loscalzo has a whole Halloween raw food e-book to share over on her site HERE – packed with recipes, stories and tips – fun ;)

I do hope you ENJOY the celebrations this weekend if Halloween is part of your picture...may the greeeeeeeeeeeen goblins be with you ;)

on October the 29th I had:

1 quart water
little mug of rose tea
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, kale, beetroot, carrots, ginger
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and pistachio butter on the side, followed by yum-balls made by the Monarch (containing lucuma, chia, gojis, pine nut butter and maca)
little cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
2 OUTRAGEOUS persimmons
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, kale, beetroot, carrots, ginger
bowl of grawnola from Shellbel
3 cups water

I felt moved to share some of the messages today that have been coming in from one reader – Cindy – who set out on a raw journey after seeing the CNN report on my weight loss on September the 23rd. In just a MONTH, Cindy has already released 20LBS by adopting a raw lifestyle and she has been dropping us emails too along the way – here are some recent snippets from the last few days that I felt to share – I think she has such a lovely, direct way of sharing her passion for this new way of life:

“I'm now 19#'s lighter this morning since receiving your weight loss testimony of eating raw food and I just can't wait to see another 100 plus pounds gone. It hasn't been yet a month. Just the other day a friend of mine told me I was shrinking. I did not know that anyone would even notice (and I don't care really, I care that I notice) but I was delightfully surprised. I thought I would have to show a marked amount of weight loss before it was noticeable to even myself.
I'm excited! If this is how quickly the weight comes off, then wow...I will be at my happy body weight in no time. A wonderful comment I heard and keep in mind is that the body will take itself to it's proper place when we eat the right foods for our body. No need to count calories and measure food. We just eat what nature intended for our bodies, and our bodies will adjust and reach "it's" proper weight.
This wonderful feeling of peace and calm and clarity is too hard to explain unless one has experienced it. I thought I would have to wait until the majority of my weight was released to enjoy this sensation, but it wasn't so...I felt it almost immediately as if it were some magic pill. And nature is in itself magic to me so to speak. The answer to this feeling of freedom from garbage food, is the food from nature.
Just...thanks so very much for all that you do, and for all that you share to make this program a possibility for me for life. I can't imagine going back to the way I used to feel. And if losing 20 lbs. in a month can make me feel this great, I can't even imagine how losing the additional 100 will make me feel. I'm sure it will get better...and along the path, I am sure to feel the effects of detox. It's okay. Much better than spending the rest of my life eating SAD.
How can an overweight Mama like me feel as light as a feather? I don't know. But, I feel it little by little, day by day...and I look forward to each new morning and bask in it's newness and my newness as well. You have helped me to save my life! Your article on CNN was timely and I know that I for one have been blessed by it as I am sure many, many others have. In order to keep myself motivated, I read your story every week or so, just so I know that I will get there soon enough.
Thanks ever so much!!!
With sincere gratitude,"
Cindy

WOW – CONGRATS, Cindy, thanks for sharing and ALL blessings to you for your journey onwards :)


on October the 30th I had:

1 quart water
little mug of spicy tea
shot of wheatgrass/ginger/lime juice
2 YUMMERS persimmons and 3 figs
little mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra on the side, followed by a few yum-balls made by the Monarch (containing lucuma, chia, gojis, pine nut butter and maca)
3 cups water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, beetroot, kale, Jerusalem artichoke, carrot, ginger
2 cups water

I had my first persimmons of the season yesterday. Oh My GODDDDDDDESSSSSSSSS...are these things actually still LEGAL? Lol…how BLESSED we are that mama nature is SO kind to us, that she brought forth a creation as lusciously, outrageously, seductively sweet and delicious as the persimmon... If you’re reading this and wondering what I’m talking about, then please be sure next time you’re near a fruit seller, to pick up at least one or two RIPE specimens of these nuggets of pure YUMMM, straight from nature (I would be cautious though, personally, eating more than one or two of these yummies at a time – they feel VERY sugary to me ;)
N.B. these fruits also go by the name of ‘Sharon Fruit’ in some places too... I remember the first time I ever had a persimmon. I was visiting the intentional/spiritual community Damanhur in Italy, back in the autumn of 2004. I had just quit the waitressing job I’d been doing in a mainstream café in Iceland, so that I could concentrate on writing my first book about raw foods. I’d been on a raw path for 2.5 years by then and released around 160lbs of excess weight. A fellow visitor at the Damanhur centre had a pack of persimmons with him (‘kaki’ in Italian, I believe). I’d never seen this kind of fruit before and he offered me one to try. It was LOVE at first bite...unbelievable...this is one of those foods that when I eat it, I just cannot fathom why anyone would want to eat packaged/processed cakes/candies and so on, when they could eat foods like these, straight from nature...lol ;) Well, pesky processed-food-addictions aside, I hope you get to enjoy some of these beautiful creations this season, if they’re hanging out in your vicinity...ENJOY :) (Oh, and be sure to BRUSH YOUR TEETH afterwards ;)

MUAAHHH,
All love,
Angela-di-da. xxx

Raw Gratitude...

WHeeeeeeeeEEEeEeEEew, the last couple of weeks have been pretty FULL-ON here... ;) LOL...thanks for all your beautiful messages and sorry that not much blogging has been in process ;) We just got back to the UK yesterday and I promptly fell asleep for 16 HOURS – lol ;) Back on form now... The recent lovely news item from CNN News on my weight loss story seems to have been meeting with much delight among raw foodies all over – YAY :) Thank you, Dr Gupta for keeping your perspective open :)
I know some of you in Europe have been having issues viewing the clip on the CNN site – it’s actually now up on YouTube too, so you can see it HERE instead, if you like ;)
The piece will apparently be aired on TV again Friday morning around 8.30am Eastern US time, as well as a few repeats this weekend - so, watch out for that if you have TV ;)
...and for those of you who’d enjoy sending some raw love and gratitude over to Dr. Gupta and the CNN crew for their yummy portrayal of the raw lifestyle, you can visit this page HERE to leave them any kind comments ;)

on September the 19th I had:

1 quart water
mug of sweet/spicy tea
3 cups veggie juice: cucumber, celery, kale, romaine, carrots, ginger
2 cups energy soup with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a little bowl of almond butter mixed with lucuma, carob and maca powders
3 cups water
big handful of freshly-picked blackberries
3 cups veggie juice: cucumber, celery, kale, romaine, carrots, ginger
2 cups water


on September the 20th I had:

1 quart water
handful of blackberries
3 cups veggie juice: cucumber, kale, romaine, carrots, ginger
2 cups energy soup with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a little bowl of apricot kernal butter mixed with lucuma, carob and maca powders
2 cups water
freeze-dried durian and 2 fresh peaches – yum ;)
3 cups water


on September the 21st I had:

1 quart water
2 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, kale, spinach, romaine
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a few gojis for sweeeeeetness ;)
3 cups water
1.5 cups energy soup with half a slice of raw pesto pizza, followed by a little ‘amazon bliss’ butter
a few pieces of dried durian/mangosteen, a few fresh figs and a few nibbles of new raw chocolate goodies from Raw Spirit Fest
1.5 cups ‘wild power’ tea
2 cups water

Have you checked out Justin and Heidi Ohlander’s ‘Raw Food Right Now’ blog recently? I went for a visit a couple of days ago and was delighted to see lots of exciting new blog posts there – they cooled off on their postings for a while over summer – now it seems like they’re back full-force ;) Yeeeeee-HAH ;) There are some GREAT pieces to check out over there, including:

*A wonderful ‘Raw Spirit Fest’ wrap-up blog, giving links to numerous peoples’ pics and accounts of their experiences at the fabulous festie in Sedona.
*A link to the fantastic new list put together by Steve Pavlina called ‘You know you’re a raw foodist WHEN...’ – very funny ;) (I’d like to add ‘when you regularly have green specks of food stuck between your teeth’ and another I heard once that really resonated for me – ‘when you have goji berries constantly stuck to your kitchen floor and you don’t mind’ ;)
*A review of different cooler bags/boxes for carrying your raw yummables around with you. WOW – I for one am SOOO happy to see this review piece – I’m ALWAYS on the look-out for user-friendly, eco-friendly, stylish cooler bags and food storage solutions for the road – THANKS, guys, for putting this out there... :)

So, hop on over to RawFoodRightNow.com for an eyeful of yum...

on September the 22nd I had:

1 quart water
2 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, kale, spinach, romaine
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a little ‘vanilla crème’ from Cocopura – WOW :)
1 quart water
10 ‘chlorella nuts’
14oz veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, beetroot, carrot, ginger
a feast of freeze-dried durian dipped in raw chocolate – OooOoOooooo la LA ;) LOL ;)
3 cups water


on September the 23rd I had:

1.5 quarts water
1.5 cups green juice: celery, parsley, kale
2 cups water
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a little raw chocolate ‘sauce’ ;)
3 cups water
tbsp wheatgrass powder and 10 ‘chlorella nuts’
1 curry powerstix, a little bowl of hand-mixed yacon powder, mesquite powder, gojis and barberries – wow ;)
3 cups water


on September the 24th I had:
2 quarts water
4 fresh figs
1 tbsp wheatgrass powder and 15 chlorella ‘nuts’
3 cups water
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a little durian ice cream
2 cups water

on September the 25th I had:

1 quart water
3 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, lettuces, carrot, ginger
3 cups water
15 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a little durian ice cream
3 cups water

Another ‘hot’ topic you’ll find summarised over at RawFoodRightNow is the current on-goings with the almond growers in the US, who are taking action against the USDA. We can ALL support the almond growers as they go to court against the USDA to overturn the ruling to ‘pasteurise’ all almonds. This lawsuit will be expensive for the farmers, who have mostly seen their family farm incomes destroyed by the pasteurisation mandate. If you would LOVE to support the farmers and get back to being able to easily buy raw almonds again at will, please visit the Cornucopia Institute’s website HERE and send along your donation towards this case.

Almond-y love to all ;)
Angelalalalaalaaaaaaa. xxx

(P.S. hope to see those of you in the UK at the Festival of Life this weekend in Londinium – see HERE for details – I’m scheduled to speak at 3pm and the Monarch at 5pm ;)

Show Your LOVE :)

WOW – did you see the review of ‘Raw Emotions’ posted over on RawFoodRightNow.com yet? They just posted it up a couple of days ago and it was so much fun for me to see this book summarised from someone else’s perspective. So much of my time and energy this last year went into co-creating this book that it’s kind of challenging for me to get perspective on it anymore – you know that feeling? When you’ve worked on something so intensely, you’re just immersed in it and can’t get an overview...well, this review helped to show me what it was that this book is all about ;) LOL... They even give a section-by-section breakdown of what the book contains...
Here are a few little excerpts from their review – you can read the whole thing HERE.

“In Raw Emotions, Angela Stokes takes her six years of experience overcoming a lifetime of emotional eating addictions, and provides a practical and spiritual blueprint for traversing the inner raw emotional journey. From identifying how your emotions are tied to food, to creating your Optimal Vision, and following up with an incredible wealth of very useful tips and tools, Angela has run the gambit in Raw Emotions. The book is a complete guide. From start to finish, Angela winds you around each potential pitfall and giving you "power-ups" along the way for those extra tough times. This book truly is a wealth of information. We are confident that any reader interested in really exploring, releasing, and finally overcoming their troubles with going and staying raw will obtain serious benefit with a read through of Angela’s Raw Emotions. She knows this journey, inside and out. She's lived it. She's been there, and because "success leaves clues", it's highly recommended that everyone who is considering (or has!) changed their diet significantly in the more raw direction, grab a copy and read with an open mind and heart.”
Thanks guys :) You can read that whole review HERE and purchase Raw Emotions HERE.

on May the 12th I had:

1.5 quarts water
water of 2 large young coconuts
masses of rambutans
2 cups water
2 tbsp bee pollen and a small handful of dulse
1 small round delicious durian
2 quarts water

Are you familiar with the world of ‘RawBabyAlex’ and mum Melissa Gilbert? If not, Melissa has been documenting her raw food baby’s progress online for quite some time and it makes fascinating reading – especially for anyone interested in raising kids raw. Melissa has actually compiled two wonderful e-books of all the different recipes that Alex has loved as he’s been growing up, from baby foods to toddler treats. (He is such a healthy big boy now that his blog has actually been moved along to ‘Raw ToddlerAlex’ ;) Melissa also keeps her own lovely blog at RawMom.blogspot.com, as well as writing regularly for the info-packed raw magazine Pear.
Unfortunately, this amazing little raw family are having some pretty challenging times at present...in February they were burgled and all their possessions were taken. They moved house and even state, only to discover that they cannot find work in their new location and that very soon they will likely be homeless. They are in a time of crisis. On her most recent blog, Melissa writes that she visited the local food bank to try to get something to eat. They had no raw foods, except 5 bunches of celery, which they gave her. When she got home however, she realised they were almost totally rotten and unusable. Melissa is an incredible mother and gives tirelessly and with so much love to the raw community through her writings. I would feel so sad to see this amazing young family living out in the scorching Arizona desert in a tent with seemingly nowhere left to turn. They really could use some support right now - this is an opportunity to help out an incredible raw family. Instead of just asking people to donate money to help them with their situation however, I’d love to recommend that you invest in Melissa’s 2 fabulous ebooks – ‘Sunsational Raw Baby Food’ and ‘Sun-Sational Smoothies’. They are just $10 each, available from her site HERE. Imagine the difference $20 could make to a family that is in dire straits right now...and YOU get smthg wonderful too – two recipe books packed with tried-and-tested recipes ;) I sincerely hope the raw food community will reach out and support this loving family unit in their time of need...please feel free to re-post this message and pass it along to others in the raw food community too...and enjoy the recipes ;)
(P.S. If you DO feel moved to simply send a donation to the family, their Paypal email address is loverawlife@gmail.com) Thanks.

on May the 13th I had:

1.5 quarts water
large amount of fresh rambutan
water of 2 large young coconuts
bowl of blended yum: bananas, coconut meat, spirulina, maca, vanilla powder, with some seaweed on the side
2 quarts water

Many health-orientated people in Canada have become concerned this week about ‘Bill C-51’ – if you haven’t heard abt this yet, here’s the ‘skinny’ from the lovely Natasha of SimplyRaw.com:

“If the Bill is passed, it will affect all Canadians' rights to health through the regulation of vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements. Currently, many of our councilors and MPPs are unaware of the details of Bill C-51. Canadians need to be informed and act immediately as it is a very serious matter. I just blogged about Bill C-51 at http://www.ottawaraw.wordpress.com Here is the online petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/billc51FI”

Thanks Natasha...Canadians, the Bill ball’s now in your court ;)

One love,
Angela. xxx

Please Fit Your Own Oxygen Mask First...

A few people have written lately to ask our thoughts about air travel and our carbon footprints.
Hmmmm, well...airoplanes and airlines have featured a lot in my life, in fact you could even say that my very existence was the result of the airline industry – my parents met while working at Gatwick Airport in Sussex, back in the 70s. Growing up 6 minutes from the airport, in a family where pretty much everyone worked in airlines, travelling by plane was one of the cheapest/easiest ways to travel for me and I’ve been flying since I was 6 years old. So, my associations with planes run deep.
However, in the last few years, travelling by plane has ceased to feel like fun to me. Quite aside from the absurdities of airport security and luggage restrictions these days, the carbon emissions/environmental impact and also the effect on my own health have become increasingly troublesome to me. Whereas I used to ENJOY plane travel, the plastic meals and all - I just don’t feel that great when flying anymore. I believe this has a huge amount to do with becoming more and more sensitive the longer we are raw – radiation, toxins, recycled air and so on seem to have more of an impact on me now than before, though I can also recover quicker, given conducive conditions after the flight. It also just feels odd to me these days to be so ‘disconnected’ from the land. Flying through the air, especially on long flights feels very ‘ungrounding’ to me, literally ;) It’s an odd sensation and it feels like it takes some time for the other levels of my being to catch up to the physical once I’ve landed.
So, where do we go from here? Ideally, as I’ve mentioned numerous times, the Monarch and I would like to get to a piece of land where we can settle asap, to get on with creating our own ‘Motherland’, along the lines described in the Anastasia book series. It is our desire for that piece of land to be in California somewhere, which is Mr. Monarch’s homeplace. HOWEVER, what is holding us back from going and getting on with that right now is that we are waiting for my visa for the US. Hence, we’re still on the road for now...exploring other possibilities... I’ve been travelling for most of the last 12 years now and, as I’ve also mentioned before, I’m done. I’m ready to STOP and put down some solid, beautiful, loving, nurturing roots somewhere, preferably travelling overland/by water after that, as and when it seems necessary. The Monarch and I have actually spoken often of travelling by boat between places – we’ll see how that works out, as we both get very sea-sick ;) I imagine we’ll probably still take some planes at times...just not so often...
In the meantime, a few of the things we do to help offset/reduce our carbon footprints are supporting the wonderful Woodland Trust in the UK (which preserves native forests and plants new trees), living and promoting the raw vegan lifestyle (e.g. buying local/seasonal, organic, not using a dishwasher, not producing so much ‘absolute waste’), encouraging the way of life described in the Anastasia books, along with recycling, refusing extra packaging, choosing hemp/organic clothes, consciously switching off unused electrical items and lights and so on. (I've also planted a great number of trees in my time - incidentally, that is in fact exactly what I was doing on 9.11.01 when the Twin Towers were hit by planes - I had no idea what was happening until much later in the day when I returned from the fields and heard the news...) Recently, I’ve also been delighted to see that some airlines have started to offer a ‘carbon offset donation’ choice when purchasing tickets. You can make a donation that goes towards planting more trees and protecting native forests. Certainly seems like a step in a positive direction for now, at least while planes are still flying... ;)

on May the 4th I had:

1 quart water
water of 1 young coconut
glass of greeeeeen juice
3 cups water
zucchini pesto pasta, with nibbles of other dishes: vegetable terrine, nori rolls and lasagne, followed by banana ice cream with bee pollen = yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm
1.5 quarts water
glass of greeeen juice
1 quart water

Eeeeeek, I’ve just been TAGGED again ;) Seems a new game of tag is in process and the ext-RAW-dinary Ms. Suki Zoe just nabbed me with this explanation of the game:

1. pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. open the book to page 123.
3. find the fifth sentence.
4. post the next three sentences.
5. tag five people.

Hmmmm, ok...well, the nearest book to me right now is one I found in the spa library called ‘Half My Size’ by Suzie Elelman, written by another woman who lost half of her body weight. Page 123 says:

“I often use the term ‘self first’ and get asked if there is a difference between being selfish and putting your self first. My best analogy is when you’re on an aircraft and during the safety drill they emphasise that you should put your oxygen mask on first before assisting others. You also have to learn to find time to put yourself first and that is often the hardest thing to do.”

WOW, that was an appropriate little tie-in with the airoplane discussion above ;) Also very interesting to me, as I have previously used this exact same analogy in my own writing abt the importance of taking care of ourselves first ;) LOL – there’s that remarkable collective consciousness at work again ;)
Ok, so now I get to tag 5 more people, eh? Me choose

Shell, Holly, Anthony, Margi and RawFoodRightNow

ENJOY :)

on May the 5th I had a juicy day of:

1 quart water
water of 2 young coconuts, glass of green juice
water of 2 young coconuts, glass of green juice, 2 tbsp YUMMY bee pollen
3 cups water
water of 1 young coconut, amazing ‘cayenne cooler’ drink = blend of lime juice, cayenne pepper, honey and ice
water of 1 young coconut, glass of carrot/celery juice
2 cups water
glass of watermelon juice
3 cups water
glass of carrot/celery/pineapple juice
big glass of lime juice mixed with honey and water
1 tbsp green powder
3 cups water

WOW, this was my first day ever of Juice Feasting where SOMEONE ELSE made all the juices :) FUN :) It was SO nice to just go and choose smthg from a menu each time I felt the pang of hunger – and to try out all kinds of different drinks that I wouldn’t normally make for myself. I LOVE the lime juice drinks – especially the one with cayenne – Yeeeeeeeeee-HAH ;) They remind me of a drink I used to have daily when I lived in Sri Lanka – the mother of the family I stayed with would give me a similar drink as ‘medicine’ – her version however was water, lime juice and TABLESPOONS of white sugar – eeeeeeeeeek ;) I’m very happy to be on these versions with raw honey now instead...add a pinch of mineral-rich salt for a GREAT electrolyte drink...yummmmmmmmm...

One love,
Angela. xxx