Sunday Raw Inspiration... :)

MMMmmmmm, we’ve got some lovely Sunday inspiration treats for you today, starting off with a selection of raw recipe videos from our very Monarch selves... ;) Yes, being “off the road” seemingly gives us more time to get creative in the kitchen and we’ve been whipping up veggie storms this last week in kitchens across California ;)

Here are a few of our recent recipe vids over at TheRawFoodWorld.TV – more to come ;)

Kale Salad Recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8WlzK9elsM

Muscle Building Recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkbzX9T8H8E

Dried Mulberries Recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUF2r4ZZOTI

Zucchini Pasta/Cheese Sauce Recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvaNMDVViVE

More recipe videos to come – Mr. M has a whole reel of them lined up ;) ENJOY...

on December the 10th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2.5 cups greeeeeeeen juice: celery, dandelion, romaine, spinach, parsley, sunflower greens, sprouts, ginger, lemon
bowl of energy soup with some yummy homemade flavoured/dehydrated almonds on the side, followed by 2 little apples
1 quart water
3 cups coconut water/Greener Grasses
2 tbsp goji powder
mug of apple/cinnamon tea
3 cups water

OoooOoOoOoo, Madame Jinjee put up a couple of yummy-looking free resources this week – first up is a free guide on how to help children eat more vegetables, written by her friend Brandi, who is a researcher into obesity among children – see HERE. The second inspiring resource is a beautiful recording of raw actor Marcus Patrick reading the Essene Gospel to the sublime background of Storm playing music – NICE :) You can check that out HERE...thanks for sharing the yummies, Jinjee ;)

on December the 11th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
1 quart greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, parsley, ginger, lemon
YUMMMMMMMMMY lunch with Mr. M at Au Lac: Chimichurri (raw garlic bread), De La Mamma, Donut Holes – WOW :) Ito is AMAZING :)))
1 quart water
mug of herbal tea
2 cups water


on December the 12th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, spinach, parsley, endive, fennel, ginger, lemon
bowl of homemade raw oat porridge with chopped apple, raisins and cinnamon (recipe video coming sooooon ;), with Mr. Monarch’s fabulous homemade raw ‘Cream Cheese’ on the side, spread on pieces of the raw Essene Breads – YUMMMMMY :)
mug of herbal tea
3 cups water
glass of chai milk shake with raspberry/lemon cake at Rawvolution in Santa Monica – WOW :)
3 cups water

I also LOVED this super-sweet little 5 minute video interview with Clent Manich, filmed by Valya Boutenko. Clent saw his diabetes and morbid obesity reversed by going raw and has a very inspiring story to share – see below:

All blessings and gratitude,
Ms. Stokes-Monaaaaaaaaaaaarch. xxx

Raw Pregnancy and Raising Raw Children

Now, don't get excited - I'm not pregnant or having a child anytime soon ;) I just watched a wonderful little YouTube video today of Summer Kolesar speaking with Paul Nison about raising raw children and got inspired... You can see that video HERE. Summer is a beautiful soul si*star* who I had the pleasure to meet when I spoke in Asheville in 2007. If I recall correctly, she was raised ‘semi–wild’ in Canada, foraging the bounties of nature and she is still a wonderful wild–food gatherer to this day, plus all–round gorgeous raw goddess and mother ;)

As you may recall, the current RawReform Giveaway Contest is also about raising children raw (you can see the details for the giveaway HERE to win a signed copy of Shazzie’s latest book, Evie’s Kitchen). We have wonderful suggestions flowing in daily by email about how to best help children eat healthier food...
SO, with all this wonderful info buzzing around, I felt inspired to compile a list of useful resources for those interested in raising children raw. This is actually smthg people ask me about often, although I am not (yet ;) a mother, so I thought it would be helpful to collect all these fabulous resources together in one place, for all to enjoy ;)
(FYI - I also just posted this info to the main RawReform site in the articles section HERE, in case you'd like to refer to it without the food logs etc in the middle ;)

Here we go:

Websites

*http://www.thegardendiet.com – beautiful Jinjee is raw mum ext–raw–dinaire to at least five little ones – she has masses of info, pics, ebooks, magazines, audios, videos and more to share on pregnancy, ecstatic birth, child–raising and more...

*http://www.rawmom.com – fabulous site that is home (among other things) to a blog where different raw mums from around the world write weekly, sharing guidance.

*http://rawtoddleralex.blogspot.com – blog from yummy–mummy Melissa Gilbert who has been raising her son Alex raw and tracking his progress online since birth. She has two wonderful raw recipe books for baby/toddler foods. Melissa also has her own blog at http://rawmom.blogspot.com.

*http://pullingdaisies.blogspot.com – sweet Annelise’s blog following a raw pregnancy, birth and child raising.

*http://www.karenranzi.com – Karen has been teaching about raising ‘Super Healthy Children’ for a decade. She has classes, a book and a great list of links at her site.

*http://www.brigittemars.com – Brigitte Mars is a herbalist, mother, raw foodie and all round shining light ;) She is mother to the gorgeous Rainbeau Mars, who is also a raw yogini mama – see http://www.rainbeaumars.com.


on Jan the 10th I had:

1 quart water
little mug of spicy tea
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, turnip, kale, local greeeeeeens, Jerusalem artichoke, purple cabbage, fennel, endive, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by three little yumpots of durian ice cream = YUMMM :)
3 cups water
double shot of wheatgrass
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by a little bowl of blended sweet yum: carob powder, lucuma powder, maca, cinnamon, vanilla powders, with gojis and water
little cup rooibus tea
3 cups water



Articles/Videos/Magazines

*‘Raw Vegan Children’ article by Shazzie

*‘Raising Raw Children’ article by Matt Monarch

*‘Raw Parenting’ interview with Shazzie on Natural News

*Revvel interviews Jinjee Talifero

*Revell interviews Shazzie

*Summer Kolesar on YouTube

*Juno Magazine – all about natural parenting, raw foodie Kate Magic has contributed a great deal to this magazine.

*Pear Magazine – this an online raw food magazine, which often has articles about raw children or written by raw parents.


Books/DVDs

*Evie’s Kitchen by Shazzie

*Birth As We Know It (one of the best DVDs I’ve ever seen)

*The ‘Anastasia’ Books by Vladimir Megre (these books have influenced me more than any others)

*Baby Greens by Michaela Lynn

*Fresh by Sergei and Valya Boutenko – has info on how to transition kids to raw.

*Eating without Heating by Sergei and Valya Boutenko – raw recipe book from the Boutenko ‘kids’.

*Raising Children Raises Us book & DVD by Shannon Leone – Shannon’s gorgeous, loving spirit flows through her work.

*The Children's Health Food Book by Ron Seaborn

*Breakthrough DVD – from Jinjee and Storm

*Raw Living and Eat Smart, Eat Raw – both by Kate Magic, these raw recipe books are packed with practical recipes Kate used to raise her three boys.

*The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff

*Primal Mothering in A Modern World by Hygeia Halfmoon

*What Mothers Do Especially When It Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen (If I was only able to read one non–raw–orientated book on being a mother, I would choose this – AMAZING info ;)

*Sun–Sational Raw Baby Food and Sun–Sational Smoothies by Melissa Gilbert – 2 ebooks from this lovely raw mum.

*Wise Woman's Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun Weed

*Pregnancy and Oral Health by Mama Gums


on Jan the 11th I had:

1 quart water
little mug of spicy tea
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, turnip, kale, local greeeeeeens, Jerusalem artichoke, purple cabbage, fennel, endive, ginger, lime
3 cups water
double shot of wheatgrass
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini on the side, followed by a little bowl of blended sweet yum: carob powder, lucuma powder, maca, cinnamon, vanilla powders, with gojis and water
little cup rooibus tea
3 cups water


Foods that children seem to LOVE :)
As previously mentioned, I am not yet a mother – from what I’ve observed of raw children however, these seem to be some of their favourite foods:

*fresh fruits
*smoothies – greeeeen or nut–milk based
*nut/seed milks
*raw cakes, pies, cookies, yumballs – anything sweet ;)
*bee pollen
*chia puddings
*raw food snack bars
*grawnolas/cereals
*dried fruits like mulberries, goji berries, incan berries
*freeze–dried fruit – mangosteen, jackfruit, durian

The biggest struggle most raw parents seem to have is getting greeeeens into the little loves...well, here’s sending you all great gushing green smoothie love... ;)

Ok, I listed everything that came to mind here about raising children raw...I hope this is useful to at least some of you ;)
I’m sure there are other wonderful resources out there too – feel free to leave a comment below HERE if there are other links/books etc you’d love to see added to this list :) Also remember that you can see this article HERE for reference without the food logs etc...

ENJOY :)
One love,
Angela. xxx

Raw Videos, Talks and Events - Get Your Raw Kicks Here ;)

Ooo, check out this new Google Vid of myself and the dear Rainosheks having a JUICY chat a few days ago, on my second Juicy Monday and their 9th day of the Global Juice Feast. We had a little pow-wow on Skype for the first half of this video, talking about juicy adventures, ‘Raw Emotions’ and more - check out Katrina’s lovely thoughts about the obstruction to energetic flow that solid foods create in the system, before they’re assimilated into the body – love it ;) See HERE:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5177119038302350951

The Rainosheks have been posting videos to Google every day of the GJF so far – you can check them out by going to http://video.google.com and typing ‘Global Juice Feast’ in the search box.


On March the 11th I had:

1.5 quarts water
1.5 cups wild berry tea
3 mandarins
16oz celery/cucumber/cilantro/lettuces/spinach/beetroot/carrot juice
celebration lunch – raw Monarch cake – base of dried mulberries soaked in blended bananas/vanilla powder, mixed with ground flax, sauce of blended soaked goji berries, accompanied by a cacophony of outrageous raw cracao creations – eeeeeeeeek ;)
2 quarts water
24oz celery/cucumber/cilantro/lettuces/spinach/beetroot/carrot juice
bowl of cucumber yum: grated cucumber mixed with pumpkin seed pate, avocado, finely sliced onions, mixed sprouts and karengo seaweed, served in lettuce wraps and nori sheets
1.5 quarts water

TALKS UPDATE :)
I’m delighted to say that the details of our next few upcoming Raw Food Transformation Talks are now up on the RawReform site – see here: http://www.rawreform.com/content/view/350
We’ll be speaking in Christchurch on April 4th, Wellington on April the 19th and Melbourne on April the 26th.
We hope to see you there if you’re around those areas ;)

on March the 12th I had:

1.5 quarts water
3 cups watermelon/orange juice
16oz celery/cucumber/cabbage/beetroot/carrot/lettuce/dandelion juice
little bowl of cucumber yum: grated cucumber mixed with pumpkin seed pate, avocado, finely sliced onions, mixed sprouts and karengo seaweed, served in lettuce wraps and nori sheets, followed by a few slices of yacon root – MMMMMmmmmMMMmmmm :)
2 quarts water
5 gorgeous little nectarines and 2 ‘blackboy’ peaches
20oz celery/cucumber/cabbage/beetroot/carrot/lettuce/dandelion juice
cake leftovers from yesterday: base of dried mulberries soaked in blended bananas/vanilla powder, mixed with ground flax, sauce of blended soaked goji berries
1 quart water

Talking of events, I just realised I haven’t bigged up the Raw Lifestyle Film Festival here yet – and it’s just days away now – eeeeek. Well, I’m sure many of you have heard anyway about this yummy event kicking off from March the 21st to the 23rd in LA.
It’s the second year for the festie this year, which started as a simple little idea from dear Jinjee to get some people together and show some raw-related flicks, to being a HUGE, action-packed, internationally attended event in Hollywood ;) LOL... It was muchos fun last year – I’d just got back from Costa Rica and the Monarch and myself attended the whole film festival; we met many fabulous beings, absorbed many hours of incredible footage and sampled some delicious treats. My favourite film last year was, as I’ve said before, ‘Birth As We Know It’ – absolutely PHENOMENAL...essential viewing for any pregnant women or those intending to parent, methinks...
This year the line-up looks GLOWING too – you can see info abt the festie HERE, including a key-note speech from world-renowned transformational worker, LOUISE L. HAY - WOW :). Other presenters will include Viktoras Kulvinskas, Victoria Boutenko, Matt Amsden, Happy Oasis, Patricia Bragg, the Rainosheks, Cherie Soria and many more...
I’m especially excited to see Valya Boutenko’s offering, 'Reversing the Irreversible' - she apparently interviewed 37 different people who have all healed various ailments and diseases by going raw – YUMMY :)
I would, as ever, LOVE to be there to play out with all the shiny creative yumsters – we’re quite a trot from LA at the moment though...so, next year for us ;) In the meantime, ENJOY if YOU are going to play out at the festie – and do let us know what you enjoyed if you do attend... ;) Discounted tickets for the event are only available until MARCH 15th - so get in soon, before the prices go up - PLUS, please note that one tree is planted for every ticket purchased - tres cool ;)

All love,
Angela. xxx