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

CNN Traffic = RawReform Site down - sorry ;)

Hey everyone,
WELL...
CNN put up an article abt my weight loss story on their main site today - see HERE:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/26/weightloss.angela.stokes/index.html

WOW - thanks so much, CNN, for continuing to spread the word... :)
This coverage actually sent both my name and the search term 'Raw Food Diet' into the top ten 'Hot Trend' searches on Google today (see HERE)...the story was also the MOST VIEWED story in the Health section of CNN all day, shown on the front page of CNN.com... imagine, ALL these curious new minds investigating raw foods - YeEeeEeeeeeeee-HAH :))) How exciting...

Unfortunately, one consequence of the MASSIVE amount of traffic this sent to the RawReform site was that it temporarily tripped the server out and the main site is down - we have someone working on it...for now, if you'd like to read more about my story or take a look at any of my books, please click HERE...


Thanks for your patience while we get the site back up... ;)
All blessings,
Angela. xxx

Stacks of Treats...

It's Treat Time :) We have a little stash of raw goodies here in Blighty for sale. If you’d love to snap up a few bargains with cheaper postage to the UK/Europe than ordering from the US, then read on... ;)

Here’s what we have:

Chia Seeds, 454g (1lb) bags - £6 each
Goji Berry Powder, 4oz (113g) bags - £7 each
‘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
DVDs of Mr. Monarch speaking at Ecopolitan - £5 each
‘Water Can Undermine Your Health’ by Norman Walker - £5 each
‘Diet and Salad’ by Norman Walker - £5
‘Raw For Life’ DVD - £15 each
‘Absolutely Abeba’s Edible Treats’ raw cracker recipe book - £5 each
‘The Answer is Not in The Fridge’ fridge magnets - £1 each

If any of that sounds exciting to you, to add to your collection, then drop me an email at angela@rawreform.com letting us know how many of each item you’d like and the address to send them to. We’ll then work out the postage for you and let you know the total cost...yummy :)
(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 August the 22nd I had:

1 quart water
½ an exquisite papaya ;)
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, lettuce, parsley, carrot, ginger, sunflower greens
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a bowl of durian ice cream = YUMMMM ;)
3 cups water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, lettuce, parsley, carrot, ginger, sunflower greens
2 heaped tsps of wheatgrass powder
little yummy bowl of ‘rainforest’ nut butter mixed with lucuma powder, yacon powder, maca powder, cinnamon powder and water
mug of ‘choco’ tea
2 cups water

on August the 23rd I had:

1 quart water
handful of yummy fresh cherries
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, lettuce, parsley, carrot, ginger, sunflower greens
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a bowl of durian ice cream = YUMMMM ;)
3 cups water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, lettuce, parsley, carrot, ginger, sunflower greens
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a bowl of durian ice cream = YUMMMM ;)
mug of ‘choco’ tea
2 cups water

YuMMy Reminder ;)
Don’t forget that this is also the last week to enjoy the ‘BIG *30* Celebration Offer’ at the RawReform Store. Until next Saturday (the 30th), you can order my top 10 favourite products all at 30% OFF from HERE...
You can experience:

Lucuma powder
Goji powder
Yacon powder
Carob powder
Pine nut butter
Nori sheets
Mineral Rich Flax Crusts
Greener Grasses
Raw Family
Anastasia Books

All at fabulously snipped prices – enjoy, enjoy, ENJOY... :)

on August the 24th I had:

1 quart water
mug of pau d’arco tea
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, lettuce, parsley, carrot, ginger, sunflower greens
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a bowl of durian ice cream = YUMMMM ;)
3 cups water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, lettuce, parsley, carrot, ginger, sunflower greens
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a little bowl of hazelnut butter mixed with carob powder, lucuma powder, maca and water
mug of ‘choco’ tea
2 cups water


on August the 25th I had:

1 quart water
mug of pau d’arco tea
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, lettuce, parsley, carrot, ginger, sunflower greens
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a little bowl of durian ice cream = YUMMMM ;)
3 cups water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, lettuce, parsley, carrot, ginger, sunflower greens
a raw burger with sea spaghetti salad followed by pieces of raw fudge and chocolate cake made by Ms. Magic - oooooo lalalalaaaaaa ;)
mug of 'choco' tea
3 cups water


Would you like to train to become an ultra-yummy raw chef? Mmmm, thought so ;) Well, you’re in luck, as dear raw chef Jody Allen, who used to run the gorgeous ‘Loving Life Café’ in Pennsylvania is running her weekend ‘Raw Foods – Beyond the Recipes’ certification classes again, starting in September... Mr. Monarch had the joy last year of speaking at Jody’s ‘Loving Life Café’ that she ran with her partner Joey. The Monarch reported that they truly served some of the BEST raw food dishes he’s ever had (the cafe is now closed, as Jody is focusing on teaching instead ;). Jody is totally dedicated to making food with LOVE and it resonates through her every creation ;) She also works culinary wonders re-creating old favourite cooked food dishes as raw masterpieces.
Here’s what Jody says abt the classes she now offers:

“Incorporating raw and living foods into our diets is a step many people want to take, but become frustrated with the money and time involved in learning “how to do it”. It is my mission to help people make the shift over to eating more of these wonderful foods.
Learning how to do something from a book is possible, but nothing matches hands on experience to help save time and money!!!

Here’s what’s in store for you:

*Learn the basics involved in raw foods preparation: the ingredients, the techniques, the equipment;

*Learn fantastic foundational recipes that you can use to make many foods you already know and like such as pasta, pizza, lasagna, tacos, “chicken” salad, and yes, chocolate!!!;

*Learn how to improvise to convert cooked foods into raw ones;

*Understanding how to pull it all together – what your raw lunches, breakfasts, and dinners can be; how to schedule your cooking around your lifestyle; and have things available to be eaten when you want them.”

…and here’s some feedback from one happy participant from last year:

“Jody is a superb teacher! Take her classes – you will learn more than the recipes, you will learn the rhythm of how to “do raw food” and fit it into your lifestyle. As a cooking teacher myself, I was impressed with her teaching style. While she is very experienced in raw foods preparation, she has not forgotten what it is like to be a beginner and she will teach you to go beyond the recipes to learn how to create things on your own. The food tastes fantastic, too!”

The upcoming dates for Jody’s classes this year are:

Sept 20-22
Sept 27-29
October 11-13
October 18-20
November 1-3
November 9-11th
December 6-8

Classes run daily from 9am-5pm and the investment in your raw repertoire is $1000, including the cost of the foods, education and a copy of Jody’s book called ‘Recipes Made With Love’ (which you can also purchase as an e-book from her site HERE). Jody can also help you to find accommodation in the local area if necessary. You can contact her on love@lovinglifecafe.com or 717-476-3065. You can also see her site at www.lovinglifecafe.com.
ENJOOOOY :)

One love,
Angela. xxx

The Tale of The Frog Princess and The GREEEEEEEEEENS... ;)

I’ve been TAGGED :O To be honest, I’m not totally sure what this is all about – seems like fun though – Poppy wrote:

“Hello Angela!! You're it! Now the rules are: write five things about yourself that we don't already know about you and then tag up to five other people. Good luck!! Poppy x”

Hmmm, ok...5 things y’all don’t know about me...let’s see...

1. I used to hand-carve runes onto stones as a business.
2. I have a great desire to play the character ‘Nancy’ in the musical Oliver...
3. I am allergic to nickel.
4. When I was a child, I had an obsession with frogs – I had pictures of them and toy frogs everywhere, plus I played often with real frogs out in the garden.
5. I didn't learn to ride a bike until I was about 11. I still don't really like activities where you add something on to the body to do smthg - like skiing, roller-blading, ice-skating and so on... ;)

Well, I’m guessing most of that was new information for MOST readers ;) So now I get to tag 5 more people, eh...? Ok, me choose 5 other bloggers (in no particular order) so the blogging flow is maintained:

Mr Monarch: http://mattmonarch.blogspot.com/
Margi: http://rawcanadiangirl.blogspot.com/
Ellen: http://rawtraveling.blogspot.com/
Holly: http://www.rawcuisine.co.uk/
Ani: http://www.aniphyo.com/

Looking forward to see what YOU all want to share ;)
THANKS :)

On March the 16th I had:

2 quarts water
1 quart watermelon/mandarin juice
1 pint celery/cucumber/lettuces/cabbage/dandelion/parsley/beetroot/carrot juice
2 little bowls of yum: one with a blend of apples/mulberries/cinnamon, the other with bananas/blueberries/yacon powder/vanilla
1 quart water
½ tbsp green powder
little bowl of cucumber yum: grated cucumber mashed together with avocado, pumpkin seed pate, finely diced onion, mixed sprouts and karengo seaweed, served in lettuce wraps and nori sheets
1 quart water


on March the 17th I had a juicy day:

1.5 quarts water
3 cups watermelon/mandarin juice
1.5 cups wild berry tea
1 tbsp paste made from spirulina powder, bee pollen, vanilla powder, maca powder and water
1 quart watermelon/mandarin/lime juice
1 quart cucumber/lettuces/parsley/carrot/Jerusalem artichoke juice
3 cups apple/cucumber/celery juice
1 quart water

Hmmmm, a lot of you seem to be having issues trying to place orders in the RawReform Store from OUTSIDE the US (especially Canada). I hear you. This is unfortunately a common issue right now - we CAN send things internationally, from our depot in the US - the site just does not currently handle international orders very happily ;) We're working on it and foresee having a user-friendly new site for ALL customers within the next couple of months. In the meantime, the process for setting up international orders is a little peculiar – breathe deep, here it is:

*create an account for yourself in the RawReform Store (or log in if you already have an account)
*go to 'edit your shipping address'
*leave your postal code as it is in the Zip Code field
*For 'State' put NV, for 'Country' put USA
*write your full city, state/province and country in the field that reads 'COMPANY NAME'

Our customer service reps know to then send it internationally - it's a little trick we set up to 'side-step the system' ;) I hope that makes sense to any of you having issues with this and I apologise for the inconvenience. You are also welcome to call our customer service reps if you prefer, on 001-866-729-3438 OR email Mr. Monarch on matt@rawspirit.org and he can help you set your account up for international orders. Once your account is set up, you'll be able to easily order from then on - it just needs to be set up for the first order ;)

on March the 18th I had:

1.5 quarts water
10 fresh figs
2 cups honeydew melon/apple juice
1 cup cucumber/lettuces/parsley/carrot/Jerusalem artichoke juice
1 pint cucumber/lettuces/parsley/beetroot/carrot/J. Artichoke juice
3 peaches
10 fresh figs
½ a watermelon
1 pint water
¾ of a durian
1.5 quarts water


on March the 19th I had:

1.5 quarts water
10 fresh figs
1.5 cups cucumber/lettuces/parsley/beetroot/carrot/J. Artichoke juice
1 small handful wakame fronds mixed with pumpkin seeds
10 fresh figs
1 quart water
2 cups green smoothie: banana/peach/blueberry/romaine/cilantro
20oz juice: lettuces/Jerusalem artichokes/beetroot/radish/dandelion/carrot
little bowl of cucumber yum: grated cucumber mashed together with avocado, pumpkin seed pate and karengo seaweed, served in lettuce wraps
little paste of lucuma, yacon and vanilla powders mixed together with water, served with yacon slices – yummmmMmmm :)
1 quart water


Here are a couple of recent reader Qs on travel/food ‘safety’:

“Angela, Congrats on your new e-book! It takes patience and trust to work with the precious timing of the universe and you've got it! My hubby and are traveling to Guatemala at the end of the month-it will be my 1st experience traveling in the raw. I will be sprouting and dehydrating some nuts and seeds, probably make some flax crackers, definitely bringing my spirulina and Vitamineral Greens and enzymes. Did you find it safe to eat fresh greens in Central America? Any advice would be great! I look forward to your blog in my inbox often-thank you for sharing!!xo, Kelly”

“You mentioned that you rarely wash your fruit and veggies - are you not concerned with parasites? I know it is less of an issue in the developing countries but in warmer climates, isn't it dangerous not to disinfect any potentially pathogenic bacteria? Xell”

Thank you, ladies :) Hmm, ok, let’s see...greens in Central America...yes, in Costa Rica there was an adequate supply of organic greens in the areas I was in...I was cautious to stay near the more ‘developed’ areas though, where (rather ironically), organic greens were more readily available – the further I went from the main city, the scarcer organics seemed to get and crops in general seem to be HEAVILY sprayed down there, so I was not at all into using non-organic greens. SO, I commend you definitely on preparing yourself with GREEN POWDERS – that is key, if you don’t want to be delving into unknown greens territory ;) As fresh greens are so high in water content, personally I’m just not into the idea of consuming them if I don’t get a good feeling for how they were grown, otherwise it’s kind of like having a drink of pesticides ;) lol... When I’m in countries that don’t seem to have the greatest range of organic greens available I make SURE to have green powders with me (plus other raw foods like chia seed, goji berries, dried crackers, seaweeds etc) and I tend towards fruits with thick skins, like melons, pineapples, papaya, avocado etc. Of course, in some countries/rural areas (like some parts of N. Italy, in my experience), no ‘organic’ standard seems to exist, simply because people don’t tend to spray anything there ANYWAY – nice :) It’s just taken as given that food isn’t sprayed, so there aren’t necessarily any ‘organic’ labels at markets and so on. I like those places ;)
I guess if you’re in places like Central America, can’t find fresh greens you feel good about and really want some, you could get hold of whatever you CAN find and wash them in something like a solution of Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) in clean water. Which leads us into Xell’s Q... ;) Hmm, yes, I’m really not into washing fruits/veggies much. I know people are into all different ideas, like using GSE/veggie washes/H202 etc… All that stuff just doesn’t appeal to me much...sometimes I will wash produce off with water if, for example, we’re breaking off lettuce leaves and there’s a lot of mud or insect life in there... In general though, I feel there is a MAJOR fear factor going on in our societies around bacteria/microbes etc. It just makes sense to me to eat food more or less as it comes from the earth (‘organic’, of course ;). After all, it’s the insane attempts to ‘clean’ our environments with chemicals and ‘kill all germs’ that helps accelerate conditions like asthma and allergies, amongst countless other issues... In terms of parasites, yes, most of the time lately I’m not in places where I’m concerned abt this from my food – as I started to say above though, maybe if someone’s in a country where they DON’T feel good abt the foods available to them, washing with some GSE or smthg might be a good idea. Personally, I’m actually getting very interested in doing a parasite cleanse at the moment – I’ll start smthg very soon in fact I think – it’s more BIG old parasites, from my obese days that concern me though (e.g. potential large worms etc), rather than little microbes etc that might be on my food right now. We’re planning to go up to Thailand in a while, so I’m interested in having any potential parasite situation in check before that too ;) I’ll let you know how it goes...
I know some people will read this and be shocked or even outraged at the idea of not washing foods etc – well, we all have different paths and this is the way I do things right now – I’m not saying everyone ought to do things this way or that I always have or always will do things like this – it’s just what feels good to me at this point ;)
Hope that makes sense and that you’re all feeling great about your food choices too ;)

One love,
Angela. xxx

Gifts of Inspiration...

Hello again :)
I hope you had a wonderful time over the Christmas days…I had a really enjoyable, relaxing time…I feel really rejuvenated…
One of the greatest gifts I received at this time was being guided towards the music of my new musical heroine – Allison Crowe. I had been asking Spirit for inspiration about the music in my life and then by some ‘random’ net-search twist, completely unrelated to music, I ended up watching the video below. I was absolutely smitten on the first play. I have quite probably listened to this song around 60+ times since…it is, to me, a simply magnificent interpretation of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, sung by the uber-talented pianist Allison. She is phenomenal. Apparently she’s 26 years old, from Nanaimo, BC, Canada and is a completely independent artist. She has her own record label and seems to be doing incredibly well – from listening to her music, it’s not hard to understand why. The spirit moving through this woman is so clear – the emotions are raw to the core…the sincerity and reverence with which she sings moves me to tears. I am also in love with her versions of ‘Angel’ by Sarah McLachlan and ‘River’ by Joni Mitchell. I recommend listening with earphones for full appreciation :) Check out the video below and her site at http://www.allisoncrowe.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIMOdVXAPJ0

on December the 25th I had:

3 cups water
parts of a huge watermelon throughout the day – about 2/3rds of it in total
2 cups water
1 pint tatsoi/bok choy/cucumber/arugula/parsley/radish/kale/all-kinds-of-greens/carrot/apple juice
little bowl of apple-flax – ground flax seed stirred into blended apples, with a little cinnamon, goji berries and hemp seeds
2 cups water

Christmas Day was my first day of eating solids again after my 7-day psyllium-bentonite cleanse. I mono-mealed watermelon for most of the day and LOVED it :) We had a really chilled day – we went to the beach and walked in the sun out to a lookout point where there were pods of dolphins swimming round a cape :) It was gorgeous…such a wonderful Christmas gift :) I spent most of the day out in nature – my ‘church’ – it was blissful, laying on the beach, eating watermelon, watching kids playing happily in the ocean…a very very different kind of Christmas than the ones I knew as a kid growing up in the south of England… ;) I got to speak to all my family in the UK too – due to the time difference they were just starting out their Christmas celebrations as we were winding ours’ down…it felt good to connect and especially to speak to my delightful three year old niece who was extremely excited about it all…ahhhhh, there is much that I appreciate about the spirit of this time of year…

On December the 26th I had:

3 cups water
1 cup beetroot/apple juice
1.5 cups tatsoi/bok choy/cucumber/arugula/parsley/radish/kale/all-kinds-of-greens/carrot/apple juice
little bowl of apple-flax – ground flax seed stirred into blended apples, with a little cinnamon, goji berries and pumpkin seeds
1 pint all-the-greens-in-the-fridge/daikon/carrot/apple/cucumber/turmeric juice
small slice of divine mango/macadamia raw cheesecake
bowl of grawnola with fresh sliced apple and banana and homemade macadamia cream
2 cups water

Santa may have gone back to his workshop now, but there’s still time to Stuff Your Own Stockings at the RawReform Store ;) You can still use the Holiday coupon code

‘stuffmystockings’

…to get 10% off ANY purchase in the RawReform Store for the next few days. Just enter that code as you’re checking out. The coupon works until Midnight on December the 31st…whereupon it turns into…a pumpkin… ;) You can visit the store HERE.
I hope all of you who ordered the Raw For Life DVD have been enjoying it – we sold out, it was so popular ;O We’ve got more back in stock again now AND our copy just arrived here in OZ today for us to watch :) YAY :) I was very excited…we watched about half of it so far and I think it’s a really great production – I’m so excited to see how this will help more ‘mainstream’ people shift into healthier patterns. The editing’s fantastic – all kinds of ‘talking head’ clips of different people talking about aspects of being raw/detox/exercise/healing etc…watch out for a Raw For Life party happening near YOU sometime soon ;) Or indeed, consider hosting a showing yourself if you haven’t heard of one happening in your area yet…ENJOY :)

One love,
Angela. xxx

Celebration Time...

On this day – November the 20th - last year, I started my 92-Day Juice Feast in Costa Rica…so this blog is now OFFICIALLY one-year-old…YAAAAAY :)
WOW…starting my Juice Feast seems like a loooooooooong time ago to me now…you can see what this day was like for me a year ago on my post from back then, HERE (WOW - check out all those necklaces back then ;).
Interestingly, my intake of the last couple of days has also been very light and predominantly liquid – not TOTALLY liquid like back then though ;) It just seems like this time of year resonates with me for lightening the load…
AaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAaAAAaaaand, to CELEBRATE, we’ve created a super-juicy 10% off coupon for the RawReform Store for y’all to enjoy…I am SO grateful for all the gifts Juice Feasting has brought to my life, as well as to those who have since ventured into liquid lifestyles for themselves…so, at this time of Thanksgiving in the US, I extend this special 10% off coupon to all readers of this e-journal, to express my gratitude… You can use it to get your OWN yummy Juice Feast supplies in the Juice Feaster’s Epicentre, or pick and choose from the site as you please…just enter the code ‘Juice’ at the checkout of the store and you’ll get 10% off your order. That means a potential $40 off a new Green Star Juicer, for example – yummy ;) This special ‘Thanksgiving’ code is valid until midnight EST on the 26th of November – enjoooooooooooooy ;)

on November the 19th I had:

1 quart water
½ medium watermelon
1 quart cilantro/cucumber/carrot/romaine juice
3tbsps chia soaked in bananas mashed with black sapote flesh, swirled with mulberries
2 cups water
little bag of cherries
2 mangoes
1 pint of parsley/celery/romaine/carrot juice
1 quart green smoothie: banana, mango, sunflower greens, alfalfa, romaine, swirled with goji berries
2 cups water

JOB Alert
A’ight, people, listen up…Mr Monarch and myself are on the search for a professional web designer/programmer. We’re looking for someone who preferably has experience with OS Commerce, Joomla and general programming. The projects we would be sending your way can be very varied – we’re looking for somebody flexible, mature and focused. We’d love to hear from you if you have at least three years experience in this field and feel your work is reliable, punctual and dedicated. Ideally you will have a very keen eye for both graphics/design AND programming matters. If this is your passion and you’d be excited to work on our projects, we’d love to hear from you – contact matt@rawspirit.org in the first instance. (We’re open to candidates from any location for this position, as all the work is web-based.)

on November the 20th I had:

1 quart water
soak water from prunes, then handful of soaked dried prunes – yummmmm ;)
1 quart watermelon juice
1 quart celery/parsley/cucumber/romaine/carrot juice
1 cup green juice blended with sunflower greens
3 tbsp chia soaked in blended banana/black sapote mixture, swirled with mulberries
2 mangoes, 1 custard apple
big chunk of watermelon
1 pint water
3 cups celery/sunflower greens/carrot juice
3 cups green smoothie: banana/pineapple/kiwi, sunflower greens, alfalfa, swirled with goji berries
2 cups water

OOOOOOOOOOooooooo, this is SO yummy – the Monarch just put together a 10 minute compilation video on YouTube of all the most delicious bits of footage he shot for me at the Raw Spirit Fest in Sedona this year – I think he did SUCH a great job editing it all together, as he’s never done smthg like that before…you can see it HERE…my favourite bit? ‘Pseudo-famous’ ;)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u2fmXzleL0c

Infinite Blissings,
Angela. xxx

RAWREFORM ONLINE STORE NOW OPEN – GET 10% OFF YOUR ORDER and FREE CHIA SEEDS :)))

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH, CHEEKINESS itself – that Mr Monarch is utterly incorrigible…sneaking into my blog...LOL…judging by your emails and feedback today though, many of you seemed to enjoy his little adventure into my blog space yesterday…I’ll be more careful to close down my blog windows from now on when I leave my desk ;) Thanks for all the messages… ;)

On September the 3rd I had:
1.5 litres water
350ml warm water with lemon juice
1 litre watermelon and orange juice
bowl of avo blended with banana, swirled with maca, lucuma, sprouts, shavings of broccoli and pumpkin seeds
1 litre water
1 medium papaya
500ml water
bowl of chia soaked in blended apples, swirled with cinnamon, pieces of dried figs, spirulina and lucuma
1.5 litres water

Hey, FUN NEWS…de-de-de-de-de-de-deeeeehhhhhh (cue fanfare, drums, explosions, etc…)

RAWREFORM ONLINE STORE NOW OPEN – GET 10% OFF YOUR ORDER and FREE CHIA SEEDS :)))

I’ve got an ACTUAL online store :) I’m so excited…this has been a loooooong time coming and today we’re officially unveiling the new RawReform Store – WELCOME :) (I know some of you keen-eyed tricksters have already sneaked through the back door and made your way in there - cheeky ;) So, come on in, one and all and have a good poke about – there’s books, raw foods, kitchen appliances, rebounders, beauty products, supplements and all kinds of other yummies to explore… HURRAY :)

AAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDD...

...to welcome you to the new shop, we’re offering a 10% discount on all orders PLUS a free 1lb bag of magical chia seeds if you spend over $150…yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-HAH ;))) Just enter the coupon code ‘chia’ when you’re at the store checkout, to claim your discount and free seeds ;)

The RawReform site has been online for over 3 years now and never really had a fully-functional store, so this is an exciting step forward - now you can get all your rawness straight from the site and pay in whatever way suits you best – cards, cheques, Paypal – we accept it ALL now…I know a lot of you have been having issues in the past with ordering my ebooks for example, as we only accepted Paypal - well, here we go, now you can pay any way you like...HURRAY... ;)

Visit the store HERE.

on September the 4th I had:
1.5 litres water
800ml watermelon/orange juice
handful of gojis with pine nuts
3 peaches
1 litre water
700ml green juice with apple
slice of outrageous raw magic cake :O
1 litre water
handful of sprouts and gorgeous Japanese seaweed
1 medium papaya
1 litre water

PHeeeeewwwwwwwwww…we had great fun doing the photo shoot for Kate Wood’s next book today – ‘Raw Magic’ will be out around the end of November and all being well, you ought to be able to see myself, Matt, Kate and other yummies galavanting on the cover with outrageous raw cake ;) You can check out Kate’s other books HERE…
One love,
Angela. xxx