Best of Raw Awards 2009 Open NOW :)

OOOoooOoOoOooo, it's that time of year again – nominations are now OPEN for the 2009 Best of Raw Awards, hosted by the ever–lovely Laura Fox :)

This is a two-stage process: first, nominations are open from now until December the 2nd, when they'll be announced on Laura's radio show, THEN from December the 3rd, everyone gets to VOTE for the winners, from all the selected nominees in each category.
The 'winners' will be announced and honoured I believe on December 31st on Laura's radio show – though of course we all know that ultimately ALL of us in this delicious community are winners ;)
There are around 25 categories to vote for in the awards in this year, including your favourite raw book, film, restaurant, website, educator, event and so on – you can choose up to THREE nominations in each category... It's totally free to participate in this community event, so hop on over to BestOfRaw.net and share the love ;)

on November the 10th I loved:

1 quart water
shotglass of orange juice
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, zucchini, kale, cucumber, ginger, lime
bowl of energy soup with fermented seed cheese nori crackers on the side, followed by a hand–mixed yumpot: lucuma/mesquite/cinnamon powders with orange oil, almond butter and water – yummmm :)
mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
3 cups goji juice with Marine Phytoplankton and goji powder on the side
little plate of desserts at a raw potluck (pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, apple pie etc), with fresh apples and berries
3 cups water


on November the 11th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water blended with Greener Grasses powder
2 tbsp bee pollen, 30 chlorella tablets
1 quart beet/celery/apple juice
2 cups water
3 Tbsp bee pollen, 30 chlorella nuts
1 quart greeeeeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, parsley, spinach, apple
3 cups goji juice with marine Phytoplankton
2 Tbsp bee pollen
3 cups water

Today is World Diabetes Day – November 14th

Have you experienced diabetes reversing from eating raw, or do you know someone who has? A request came in recently from the UK to find someone with this background, who is willing to be a 'case study' for an article going out to people who have diabetes or are considered 'at risk' for developing it. If you or someone you know has experienced reversal of diabetes from eating raw, please get in contact with info (at) gourmetraw.com to share your story - you do NOT need to be in the UK to participate. THANK YOU for spreading this healing message :)

on November the 12th I loved:

1 quart water
1 cup beet/apple/carrot juice
1 quart greeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, spinach, parsley, ginger, lime, apple
2 cups grrreeeen juice: celery, spinach, parsley, ginger, apple
4 Tbsp bee pollen, 30 chlorella tablets
3 cups water
3 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, beet, apple, ginger
3 cups goji juice with Marine Phytoplankton
2 cups water


on November the 13th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 quart greeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, spinach, parsley, ginger, apple
½ tsp kamut powder, 2 Tbsp goji powder
box of pineapple chunks
1 quart fresh spring water
box of papaya chunks with 2 persimmons
3 cups goji juice with Marine Phytoplankton and Merlin's Elixir
3 Tbsp bee pollen, 30 chlorella tablets
2 cups water


ALSO as it's World Diabetes Day today, those lovely people over at SimplyRaw and The Movement To Reverse Diabetes Naturally are doing a special 50% OFF sale on their dvds, Simply Raw and Raw For LIfe (I'm in the latter ;) For the next 6 days you can get either or both of these inspiring DVDs from HERE for half price – nice :)
You even get a STACK of generous freebies along with any purchase, including the whole of my 'Revealing the Physical Changes' ebook (usually $19.99) and the whole of Mr. M's 'Raw Success' ebook (usually $15.95) - maybe it's worth getting into this deal just for these freebies alone ;) Get your copies HERE...

Enjoooyyyyyy,
All love and healing yummies to you all,

Ms. Stokes–Monarch. xxx

Diabetes, Discussions and Yumballs... ;)

OOoooo, greens at the ready, it’s World Diabetes Day today, Friday the 14th of November :)
To mark the occasion, over 700 monuments around the world are being lit up with blue lights, including the Empire State Building in NYC and the London Eye in England. Perhaps you’d like to join in the celebration by pinning blue lights on your roof...? Or perhaps a more exciting way to celebrate on this day is to invest in a copy of the life-changing raw food documentary on reversing diabetes naturally, called Simply Raw? Mmmm, I think I know which I’d choose... ;)
Ext-RAW-dinarily, there will be diabetes-related events kicking off ALL over the world on this day and yet information about how to naturally reverse this condition does not seem to be actively embraced or encouraged by the World Diabetes Day team. (In fact, the WDD website/organisation has gone so far as to remove any mentions of the Simply Raw film posted to its website by users...hmmmm...interesting policy methinks... ;)
SO, in honour of the multiplying multitudes of our brothers and sisters worldwide who are living with diabetes and simply not receiving the message that they can heal naturally, myself, the Monarch and over a dozen other raw food renegades have come together to create a super-package of giveaways, to support the ‘Simply Raw’ documentary team’s mission to spread the truth.
You can see the details of this giveaway HERE – there are STACKS of generous goodies to get your mittens on – e-books, discount packages, interviews etc - for anyone who orders a copy of the Simply Raw DVD before November the 21st. (There are truly some amazing gifts in there, including the whole of Mr. M’s “Raw Success” e-book, my ‘Revealing the Physical Changes’ e-book, a whole CD recording from Wolfie, 2 free e-books on raising raw children from Storm and Jinjee, a 50% off scholarship for courses at Brenda Cobb’s living foods centre and...a free toe-nail clipping for every customer, from Gabriel Cousens (I made the last one up – he’s actually offering a chapter from his latest book ;) ...and the DVD is only a $29.95 investment - wow, it’s like Christmas come early ;) You might consider hosting a showing of this film in YOUR area, or at a potluck, or sharing it with anyone you know who is (pre-)diabetic (I wonder how many people these days DON’T know someone who is diabetic...???)
If you’ve been reading here for a while, you might remember that I watched this documentary a couple of months back (after excitedly waiting around 3 years for it to be completed ;) – I LOVED it – you can see my write-up on it HERE. You can also see the trailer for the film HERE.

ENJOY :)

on November the 12th I had:

1.5 quarts water
1.5 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, kale, cabbage, ginger, lime
1 persimmon
2 cups energy soup with okra on the side, followed by a few amazing little raw goji yumballs made by the Monarch
little cup of rooibus tea
2 cups water
1.5 cups yummy veggie juice: carrot/fennel/romaine
1 cup energy soup with okra on the side, followed by a little bowl of chia/pomegranate pudding
little cup of rooibus tea
2 cups water

Ho-hummmmmm...Mr. Monarch left for the US again today = me sad again... ;(
Yes, the US-visa-waiting saga continues...he’s going back to take care of some business, while I continue to breathe deeply here in the UK for now...hmmmmm...well, in the meantime, if you’d like to hear the Monarch’s musings on travel as a raw foodist, along with discussions about being 100% raw or not, overeating, dwindling bee populations and more, he and two of those ever-lovely goddesses of raw, Victoria Boutenko and Laura Fox, had a mighty chin-wag about all that on Wednesday night on Raw Inspirations Radio, that you can listen to HERE, if it would delight you to do so...(you might even notice a sneaky cameo from a certain Stokes too, if you listen carefully... ;)


on November the 13th I had:

1.5 quarts water
1 cup orange/pomegranate juice
1 persimmon
1.5 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, spinach, kale, cabbage, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with okra on the side, followed by some Monarch yumball concoctions
little mug of rooibus tea
2 cups water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, spinach, endive, carrot
little bowl of yummy kale salad with lime juice, avo, apple and nori strips (using up leftovers – worked GREAT :), followed by some Monarch yumballs
little cup of rooibus tea
2 cups water


Well, before he left, Mr. Monarch fortunately relayed the recipe to me for the current batches of low-glycemic ‘yumballs’, so that I can make them for myself now... ;) Each batch has been a little different so far – they all follow the same kind of pattern though and they’re YUMMMMMMY, so I’ll try to summarise in a way that will get you the taste, with space to play around with the exact ingredients you choose to include...
Ok, so, here are the important elements:

1 cup goji berries
water
2.5 tbsp nut butter
3-7 tbsp sweet raw powder (might be yacon powder, lucuma powder, or the most recent batch he made had the new 50% Hemp Protein Powder from Nutiva and is soooooooooooooooo good – this new HPP tastes like WEETABIX (for those of you in the UK) or WHEAT CHEX (for those in N. America - I think that's what Mr. M said the name was ;) – WOW)

Directions:
First you soak the gojis in water, for at least 3 hours or so, until soft. Do not use much water – barely cover the gojis in fact with water – it is ok if some on the top are hardly touching water. Once the gojis are softened, pour them with the soak water into a food processor with the S-blade in place. Add in 2.5 tbsp of whichever nut butter you desire (me like almond butter) and a big whack of whichever powder you’re using (at least 3 tbsp – use more if you used more water). Process that all together into a yummy smooth consistency. If it looks very loose, keep adding in more powder until it stiffens up more. In a little bowl, sprinkle some more powder. Take little balls of the goji mixture in your hands and roll them in the powder in the bowl, before placing them in a 'Tupperware box' for storage in the fridge. Mr. M thinks they have the consistency of marshmallows ;) They are VERRRRY yummy – soaking the gojis seems to make a huge difference.
Other variations we’ve tried out include adding a little stevia powder and cinnamon to the mix, to make it sweeter, sprouted/dehydrated buckwheaties to add more crunch or maca to the powder that goes on the outside of the balls, for some extra OOOMPH ;) ENJOY :)

We love you,
Angelalalaalaaaaaaaaa. xxx