The Summer Berry Jam makes a fabulous, not-too-sweet topping for fresh berries with soaked oat groats. This berry breakfast bowl is an easy raw food diet recipe that gets its staying power from soaked oat groats. Nutritionally, oat groats are a great source of manganese, selenium, fiber and protein. In terms of taste, they offer [...]
I received a follow up question from the last post that I will share with you since it is a subject of debate in and out of the raw food community. Eating fruit, should it be consumed alone or in combination with other foods?
I recently got an email from a fellow student at Living Light Academy of Culinary Arts asking about grains. Since his question is one that comes up often, I am sharing the information here on the blog for reference.
Q: Hello Joy, This is Jan from Science of Raw Food Nutrition. I went to check out [...]
Homemade almond milk has unbelievable flavor when compared to the boxed varieties. If you are on the fence about taking a few minutes to make your own fresh nut or seed milks at home check out all the benefits:
fresher, more creamy taste
you can flavor the milk any way you like (vanilla, cacao, fresh berries, or [...]
Who needs Coco Crispies when you can have these delicious Cacao Crispies made from buckwheat groats? Buckwheat lowers blood glucose and insulin responses, softening the bodies reaction to that natural sweetener maple. Read more about buckwheat’s health benefits here. You could use raw honey as the sweetener instead, but I have a one year [...]
A Healthy Substite For Coffee That Tastes Great
Want the java monkey off your back without headaches, cold sweats, and an ever-present fear of falling asleep at the wheel? This delicious raw beverage was created during a two week living foods cleanse to keep my husband from going postal on anyone within five feet of him. [...]
Raw Cranberry Granola Bars
Another raw cuisine experiment with happy results. For raw to-go baby food I usually use avocados, but I wanted to add a raw granola bar to our to-go menu. This raw granola bar with cranberries is what I came up with. Maverick, who turns 10 months old today- HAPPY BIRTHDAY little man!- [...]
A Delicious Way to Drink Your Spinach
This delicious smoothie evolved from a need to ensure my nine month old son gets plenty of iron. The experiment went well, he loves it and so does the whole family.
1 cup spinach
1 cucumber
1 large or 2 small Asian pears (apple or pear are great too)
1 cup loosely packed [...]
An Easy Delicious Green Smoothie Kids Love
Always on the lookout for a tasty way to drink greens, I have tried quite a few with kale and chard and been disappointed. That’s always a bummer because I’d feel too guilty to waste the yummy fruits I put in the botched juice, so I end up pinching [...]
I can’t say I’m really big on parsley. It’s great in tabouli after it’s been marinated in the lemon and olive oil and spices that give the dish such flavor. I manage to squeeze some parsley into our diet via my raw versions of falafel and “neat”balls. But for how detoxifying and [...]
