It's Time To Get Planting... :)

If you have an 'Organic Acres' garden in the USA, like we do, you may have seen that it's time now to start choosing the seeds you'd like to grow on your plot this season :) There is currently a list of 72 different produce items you can choose from, inside your OrganicAcres back office. I just chose 23 crops for our plot :)

Lemon-Basil * Zucchini Squash * Butter Cos Lettuce * Buttercrunch Lettuce * Pac Choi * Cilantro * Cumin * Dill * Broccoli * Cucumbers * Carrots * Cherry Tomatoes * Italian Parsley * Spinach * Stupice Tomatoes * Summertime Lettuce * Sugar Snap Peas * Celery * Broccoli * Yellow Pear Tomato * Wonder Bell Pepper * Superpik Squash * Purple Haze Carrots

WOW :)))) I am EXCITED to see what we receive from the land there this year - as and when we're back in the US we'll be able to enjoy some of it ourselves, or otherwise I imagine it will be sent as love offerings to Mr. Monarch's family... ;)
If you don't yet have an Organic Acres garden plot and would love to know more, click HERE for more details...

HAPPY GROWING everyone :))))

On April the 6th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water with marine phytoplankton and chocolate extract drops
1.5 cups watermelon/lime juice
2 cups greeeeeeeen mango smoothie from Mr. M :)
2 cups water
2 cups greeeeen juice
slice of watermelon
friend's birthday celebration feast featuring amazing kale salad, guacamole, flax crackers and *fabulous* raw strawberry cake :)
2 mugs of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water

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on April the 7th I loved:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
chunk of watermelon
2 cups greeeeeen mango smoothie from Mr. M
2 cups water
2 cups greeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a little leftover kale salad with flax crackers
little bowl of interesting home-made raw 'cornflakes' with dried prunes and almond milk
2 mugs of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


On April the 8th I appreciated:

1 quart water
1 cup pineapple juice
3 cups coconut water with phytoplankton and chocolate extract drops
2 cups yummmmy greeeeeeeeen/mango smoothie from Mr. M
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea with almond milk
2 cups water
2 cups greeeeen smoothie with mango, papaya, avo, greeeens
2 cups coconut water with phytoplankton and chocolate extract drops
2 cups greeeeen smoothie with mango, papaya, avo, greeeens
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea with almond milk
2 cups water


WOW, the free "Profoundly Raw Recipes" ebook has now been downloaded over 5000 times in a week :))) LOVE it :)))
Thanks for all the gorgeous glowing feedback we've been receiving about this ebook. Here's a couple of sweet comments recently sent in:

I'm a rawfoodist wannabe - NOT so disciplined. But, because of YOUR Easter recipe ebook, I've started soaking organic oats at night for breakfast! And, I'll soak rice and seeds, too, because of these recipes! (SOAKING was missing from my raw attempt:-)

THANK YOU!

Love,

Risa

I was so excited to hear about this recipe book that I just had to

download it! I just wanted to say thanks for sharing it with the

world :)

Many blessings,

Samantha

Thanks lovelies :) If *you* didn't yet download this free ebook with over 35 recipes from 12 top raw chefs, you can get your copy at www.ProfoundlyRawRecipes.com - enjoy :)

All blessings,
Angelalaalalalalaalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx

Life in the Valley of Longevity, Vilcabamba...

WELL, Mr M and I are LOVING life here in Vilcabamba, Ecuador :) We’ve been settling in for the last couple of days now, getting to know our land and new neighbours a little better...see below for more of the fun action in video format... ;)
Some things I am noticing here:

*My hair and skin INSTANTLY feel and appear healthier to me, just from being here in this cleaner environment with clean water and air, compared to the air pollution and chlorinated, chemical-water-cocktail in the UK... ;)
*I’m eating more fruit daily than I have done in MONTHS and feeling just dandy with it ;) It feels natural, easy, appropriate and fine to me, to eat fruit here – it is all local, ripe, packed with seeds, chemical–free and much of it is even wild...LOVE it :) The pineapple is just OUTRAGEOUSLY gorgeous – sweet, ripe, super–juicy, lush...
*I feel like I consistently breathe deeper here, as my lungs are so happy to admit this cleeeeeeaaaaaaaaan air deep into my structure...YUMMY :)

If you haven’t seen the first three of our videos from here, here are the links for them:

Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i1e-SQEnWg

on March the 29th I had:

1 quart water
a cherimoya and a little papaya
2 cups water
2 tbsp bee pollen with hemp seed
fruit salad – peach, passion fruit, pineapple
2 cups water
2 tbsp green powder
big bowl of YUMMY salad – lettuce, tomatoes, sugar peas, cilantro, green onions, with an amazing avo/cucumber/lemon/tahini/garlic dressing, with flax crackers
a snackaroooooooon :)
2 cups water

Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5gAvBKtC5U

on March the 30th I had:

1 quart water
big bowl of GORGEOUS fresh fruit salad
cup of herbal tea
1 tbsp Greener Grasses powder
3 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a handful of Celestial Cina-Pecan Nuts
3 cups water
2 cups cucumber/pineapple/lime juice
2 cups cucumber/parsley/apple/ginger juice
handful of olives, nibble of guacamole and yummy mug of red tea
2 cups water

Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP6Gxc9gQU

LOVING the manifestation of the ACTUAL quartz crystals on our new beach ;) LOL...the Universe is SO kind :)
Mmmmmmm, I am SO looking forward to using my hands much less for tapping on a keyboard and instead tapping into Pachamamma’s energies, as we start to plant up trees and shrubs on our land this week, all being well...my heart just SWELLS with excitement and my whole being BEAMS at this prospect... :)
Mr M is uploading videos daily of our adventures here, so keep up with the latest movements HERE if you wanna see more of what's unfolding...

All love,
Miss Stokes. xxx

(pssssst) It's Mr. Monarch's Birthday... :)

OoOOOooooo, it’s my beloved’s birthday TOMORROW :) Yes, Sunday Feb 8th sees that free–flowing, glowing aquarian Mr. Monarch turn 34...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, beautiful man :)
I’m rather sad that I’m not able to be with him in person at this time to celebrate…we are of course always connected though... :)
Please join in the felicitations for the anniversary of his arrival here in the physical, by sending him a birthday message through any of the following internet portal love–beaming devices (if you haven't already ;) I'd love to surprise him with a wave of wonderful wishes from y'all... ;)
As it's the 8th, here are 8 places you can send your birthday greetings - you can use whichever works for you ;)

*Email the man
*Put a smile on his Facebook
*Give his space some love at MySpace
*Tweet your greetings at Twitter
*’Give It To Him Raw’ here ;)
*Beam birthday bliss to his Blog
*Send him into a swirl of glee in the Inner Circle
*Post a crackin' comment at his YouTube account

THANK YOU for sharing the birthday love wave :)

on February the 6th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups green juice: celery, zucchini, salad greens, fennel, spinach, Jerusalem artichoke, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with tahini and okra
little mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
2 cups green juice: celery, zucchini, salad greens, fennel, spinach, Jerusalem artichoke, ginger, lime
bowl of chia soaked in yummy blend of pumpkin seed milk, carob powder, lucuma powder, vanilla, cinnamon = yummmmmmm
3 cups water

:) :) :) This put a HUUUUGE smile on my face today – Mr. M is back to posting daily videos for TheRawFoodWorld TV Show (YAY ;) ...and in his first new post, he gives a quick update on his health, as well as the dogs’ :) WOW – it was SO amazing for me to see the dogs again after nearly 6 weeks away from them all now – just take a look and see how HAPPY Sandy looks now :) :) :) Those of you who have been reading here for a while now may recall me mentioning what an amazing experience it was the very first time Sandy wagged her tail, a few weeks after Mr. M saved her in Mexico – well, now watch her go in this video :) My heart just swells to see this :) ...and just LOOK at the size of Panda the puppy now :O She has at least doubled in size since I last saw her I think...mmmmmmmm, so great to see them all looking brighter and healing...sending loooooooooove from this side of the ocean...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcje1FuJq4Q

on February the 7th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups green juice: celery, zucchini, salad greens, fennel, spinach, Jerusalem artichoke, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with tahini and okra
little mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
2 cups green juice: celery, zucchini, salad greens, fennel, spinach, Jerusalem artichoke, ginger, lime
bowl of chia soaked in yummy blend of almond milk, carob powder, lucuma powder, vanilla, cinnamon = yummmmmmm
3 cups water

I thought it would be fun to share a virtual dance party with Mr. M for his birthday, as we’re not in the same physical space...click below to see the result ;) lol – we’re both children of the ‘70s after all, so this seemed appropriate…
Hope you’ll join in the groooovin’ with us… :)

CLICK HERE TO WATCH :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr. Monarch :)

Gratitude and love to you all,
Miss. Stokes. xxx

Crossing the Boundaries of Time...

Mmmmmm, the end of another year, eh? Thank you, sweet people, for all your jolly interactions this year...it’s been a wonderful journey, as ever…
I will say though that it feels nothing like New Year’s Eve to me here in Mexico ;) LOL...not quite sure why...I suspect it has smthg to do with time seeming to speed up constantly – it could just as easily be May or June to me...the end of December already? Well, ok, if you like... ;) I seem to have passed another year without living in any one place for more than a few months again...I would guestimate the number of places I stayed this year as at least 80 or so...HOPEFULLY all that will shift soon though, as and when our US Visa process moves along...breathing deeeeeeeeeeep for that ;)
As for New Years Eve, well, we have the honour of having the delightful Mr and Mrs Gianni over to visit for this auspicious occasion, so I’m sure we’ll have some fun footage to share with you soon ;) You can catch up with recent episodes of TheRawFoodWorld TV Show HERE on Mr. M’s blog...yesterday we went to visit the five–star, raw food healing hospital Sanoviv here in Mexico and...they didn’t seem very excited to see us – was it the shoes, was it the hair? ;) Hmmmm, you can find out more HERE ;)

on December the 29th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice: tatsoi, lettuces, dandelion, spinach, kale, lime
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a wedge of homemade raw coconut ice cream
2 cups water
water of 2 young coconuts
3 tbsp Sproutein powder
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a hand–blended yumpot of hemp butter, lucuma powder, carob powder, maca, cinnamon, vanilla, stevia, water
2 cups water

Tomorrow (31st) is the last day to vote in the ‘Best of Raw 2008’ Awards – have you cast your votes yet? If not, you can boogie on over to bestofraw.net and vote NOW – the winners will be announced live on the Raw Inspirations radio show from 7pm tomorrow evening – New Year’s Eve – a fun way to celebrate the changing of the years, with the raw family tribe ;)
You can only vote from any computer once, SO, if you haven’t submitted your choices yet, go for it HERE and enjoy :)


on December the 30th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups veggie juice: lettuce, kale, radish, dandelion, little carrot
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a wedge of homemade raw coconut ice cream
2 cups water
water of 2 young coconuts
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a hand–blended yumpot of hemp butter, lucuma powder, carob powder, maca, cinnamon, vanilla, stevia, water
2 cups water

Puppy Update: thanks again for ALL the amazing guidance, love and suggestions people have been sending in about feeding/raising our rescued puppies raw. (If you don’t know about our new canine companions, you can see more about them HERE.)
Today my heart sang as Sandy, the mumma dog wagged her tail for the very first time since she came to us. :) :) :) ahhhhhh, SO beautiful to see. Imagine being around a child who you’ve never seen laugh or even smile and then they suddenly grin ;) It was so delightful and I’m so grateful to see her getting stronger each day, slowly slowly. Please do keep sending them all love, light and healing thoughts if you feel drawn to do so – it makes all the difference...
As for us humans, well, I’d like to sign off here below with a sweet little stanza that I first posted on my blog way back on New Year’s Eve 2006. I like it. I hope you do too...and moreover, I hope you have a WONDERFUL New Year, of joy, enriching connections, love, happiness, surrender to the flow, dancing, squeaking randomly and hugging spontaneously...
May all blessings be yours.
All love,
Angela. xxx

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Raw Food World Wrap-Up and Wearable Feed-Bags...

Today is ‘Wrap–up Sunday’ over at The Raw Food World TV show, so if you didn’t catch our shows this week, or would love to see a summary of what we’ve been up to, you can hop on over HERE to access our musings... Find out more about the destiny of ‘TissueGirls.com’, get up close and personal with one of our darling little puppies and learn more abt ‘The Intermediate Diet’ with Mr. M...

on December the 27th I had:

1 quart water
water of 2 young coconuts
3 tbsp Sproutein powder
2 cups veggie juice:cabbage, iceburg lettuce, dill, parsley, cucumber, cilantro, beetroot w/greens
abt 40 Chlorella ‘nuts’
water of 2 young coconuts blended with maca, cinnamon, stevia, carob and lucuma powders
2 cups water
2 tbsp bee pollen
2 tbsp Sproutein powder
water of a young coconut blended with maca, cinnamon, stevia, carob and lucuma powders
1 cup water

I’m very excited to announce that we now have FRENCH translations of three of my ebooks available – OoOooooo lala INDEED ;)
You can now access:

*A Juice Feaster’s Handbook –
*How to go Raw for Weight Loss
and
*RawReform:Recipes

all in French at THIS LINK in the RawReform Store, thanks to the uber–talented Colette Pairain and her daughter Nadége in France, who have been diligently re–scribing these texts into French for the last few months... THANK YOU gals – great job... ;)
If YOU would like to translate any of our books into another language, just let us know and we can work with you to arrange that – email angela@rawreform.com and we can get things swingin’ and shakin’ worldwide, in a raw styleeeeeee ;)


on December the 28th I had:

1 quart water
2 tbsp bee pollen
2 tbsp Sproutein powder
water of one young coconut
2 cups veggie juice: cabbage, fennel, iceburg lettuce, parsley, beetroot w/greens, lime, ginger
30 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 cups water
24oz coconut water blended with lucuma powder, carob powder, stevia, cinnamon, Maca Force
30 chlorella ‘nuts’
water of 1.5 young cocos
water of one young coco blended with lucuma powder, carob powder, stevia, cinnamon, Maca Force
Water of one young coco
1 cup water

There were two ‘mainstream’ news reports about food that interested me recently...

The first is about a Federal Judge in the US who is eating raw now, because he has cancer – GREAT to know he’s on such a healing path :) You can read all about his experiences HERE.

The other story that caught my eye…well, this one was over on NaturalNews.com actually, so not really THAT ‘mainstream’ at all ;) LOL – it is masquerading in that vein though and doing a pretty uncanny job of it, in my opinion...treat yourself to a giggle over HERE, where you can learn more about wearable feed–bags for humans... ;)

One love,
Angelalalalaaaaaa. xxx

Christmas 'Tails'...

Mmmmm, hello...did you have a delightful Dec. 25th? I hope so...we did. You can check out our antics and meet the canine participants of our Christmas ‘Tail’ over at TheRawFoodWorld.TV, if you like...and we would also LOVE any more feedback anyone would care to share on raising dogs raw...we’ve had some GREAT suggestions sent in so far...I’ll aim to compile them all into a list perhaps at some point to share, as I’m sure others would find them all useful too...
Mr. M has been having a lot of fun piecing the shows together and there is even a dedicated YouTube channel for them all now – see: YouTube.com/TheRawFoodWorld – fun :) Many more to come...
Let us know too if you have any yummy requests/suggestions/comments etc for the TV show – just email angela@rawreform.com and we’ll do our best to get on it ;)

on December the 24th I had:

1 quart water
water of one young coconut
3 tbsp Sproutein powder
water of 2.5 young coconuts
2 cups water
1 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a hand–blended bowl of sweet yum: lucuma powder, carob powder, goji berries, incan berries, cinammon powder, water
little cup of spicy tea
3 cups water

In case you’re in a raw recipe ‘tizzy’ at this time of year, I thought I’d mention that I dropped by ‘GoneRaw.com’ recently and it’s looking GOOD over there...nice presentation and TONS of searchable recipes...anyone can join and contribute...I think it’s really cool that you can enter any ingredient/search term and it will pop up all relevant recipes for you... You can check out that site HERE if you’re not already familiar with it...
I’m actually intending to make some kind of ‘key lime pie/cheesecake/smthg’ sometime soon, utilising some of the MASS of coconut meat and limes we have here...will be aiming for low glycemic though and no cashews ;) If anyone has any recommendations they’d love to offer, then again, please just email angela@rawreform.com and let us know ;)


on December the 25th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, iceburg lettuce, cabbage, beetroot w/greens, carrots w/greens, fennel
water of a young coconut
2 tbsp Sproutein powder
2 cups energy soup with kale chips, followed by a little bowl of hand–blended yum: lucuma powder, carob powder, cinnamon, Maca Force, gojis, water
2 cups water
water of a young coconut
YUMMY smoothie: coconut water/meat, carob powder, lucuma powder, stevia, cinnamon, maca force, with a little crunchy raw cereal added at the end
2 cups water


on December the 26th I had:

1 quart water
water of one young coconut
2 tbsp sproutein powder
1.5 cups green juice: zucchini, cabbage, cilantro, parsley, iceburg
water of one young coconut
1 cup water
20 chlorella ‘nuts’
water of 2 young coconuts
2 tbsp sproutein
2 tbsp bee pollen
water of one young coconut
2 tbsp 'Pure Synergy' green powder
1 cup water

I’m back onto mainly coconut water again right now. It just feels SO good to me – LOVE it and as it now seems very likely I’ll be leaving Mexico and heading back to the UK next week, I decided to make the most of coco–yumminess while I can ;) There is an intention to pass the next few days on primarily coconut water, with bee pollen, veggie juice, green powder etc alongside – Juice Feasting pretty much ;) lol ;) A yummy way to dip into a little of end–of–year cleansing; out with the old, in with the new...
Oh my GOODNESS, on the subject of cleansing – Ms. Suki Zoe, colon hydrotherapist and health renegade ext–raw–dinaire has just posted an amazing set of live blood cell analysis pics to her blog. She did a comparison of her blood after having veggie juice compared to after having cacao powder and agave. WOW...I highly recommend taking a look at those pics for the sheer ‘WOH’ factor... ;) AMAZING contrast...You can check out this juicy lady’s pics HERE...and perhaps use that as inspiration to get your liquids on, lovelies ;) Thanks for sharing, Suki...

All blessings and yumminess,
Angelalalalaaaaaaa. xxx

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 exclusive sellers of this title in N. America, I do believe and we're VERY proud to have it available. Before coming out to Mexico, I spent some time with Shazzle-Dazzle in the UK and the amount of info this woman has to share on raising children raw is PHENOMENAL. I am so excited to see the book 'in person' when Mr. M brings me a copy to Mexico - and I'll do a 'proper' review soon.
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:

What's your BEST suggestion/recipe for helping children to eat healthier food?

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