‘What’s in the Fridge’ Raw Nori Roll

by lilla on March 12, 2010

raw nori roll with cauliflower rice

I was looking in my fridge, trying to decide what to make. Cauliflower, mixed greens, sprouts, avocado…yay, raw nori roll!! So I took out my mini food processor and started tossing things in. This recipe makes [click to continue…]

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Make Homemade Raw Creamery Butter

by lilla on March 11, 2010

make butter homemade

A few weeks ago, I gave it a second go at making butter. The first time around I skimmed the cream off of a half gallon of raw milk. After all was said and done, this yielded about four paltry tablespoons of butter – [click to continue…]

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I’m Outting Myself

by lilla on March 9, 2010

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If you’ve been reading my blog lately, you know it’s true. After years of raw veganism, working at the Tree of Life and raw food cafes, I am no longer vegan. I’m still a big believer in a high RAW seasonal diet, but [click to continue…]

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KoKo Eco Lunch Tote

Weekend Gratitude

After freelancing from home and on the road for years, I’m trying to look at the positive side of working in an office (note “trying.”) ;)

  1. Much Better Time Management:
    Instead of surfing, eating, jogging whenever I pleased, I have to plan my days to a T in order to squeeze in every thing that I want to do. Ironically, now that I have less personal time, I’m getting more done. [click to continue…]

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Blender Mayo-amazing!

by lilla on March 6, 2010

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I avoided mayonnaise for the looongest time because I, like millions of Americans fell for the nationwide “fat is bad for you” hoopla pushed by the USDA for decades. Then when I went raw vegan, mayo was [click to continue…]

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The Holy Grail of Body Transformation

by lilla on March 5, 2010

Tom Venuto's Holy Grail to Body Transformation

This is is a bit off-topic since I haven’t written about fitness in a long time.  I chose to try to do things in moderation – eat clean and exercise regularly. But…well…I’m a girl and summer’s coming…and bikinis and um…it’s time to get moving!

So what spurred this on all of a sudden? Last night I stayed up late just to read [click to continue…]

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Pink Sauerkraut

March 4, 2010
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My big ceramic crockpot of sauerkraut has been fermenting for 2 weeks now. I took the first taste today and it’s marvelous! My favorite way to make sauerkraut is with seaweed for the mega-minerals.
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Movie Review: Food Inc.

March 2, 2010
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I just watched the movie Food, Inc. Good one! I borrowed it from my local library. It documents how our nation’s food supply is controlled by a handful of corporations that put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment with the consent (and [...]

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Baristanet Locals & Askinosie Chocolate

March 1, 2010
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After reading about the Askinosie chocolate giveaway, the Chocolate Path shop right here in my hometown of Montclair, NJ is diving into the chocolate fun too! For all you locals, the Chocolate Path will have free Askinosie chocolate samples on Saturday March 6th at their shop at 94 Walnut Street in Montclair. Not only that [...]

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Askinosie Artisan Chocolate Box Giveaway!

February 28, 2010
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Since receiving my delicious Askinosie sample, I’ve been playing around with the cocoa powder in the kitchen (the chocolate bars mysteriously disappeared somehow .) It smells incredible! I just want to dab it behind my ears and smell the chocolate billowing around me all day long. Ahhh…it has a calming, nurturing effect – LOL.
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Food Review: Askinosie Chocolate

February 27, 2010
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I like to think of myself as somewhat of a chocolat connoisseur. For the longest time, I didn’t indulge because I had really bad acne and chocolate aggravated it. It wasn’t until years later that I found out that it

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Book Review: Food Rules

February 26, 2010
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Another winner of a book from Michael Pollan! Here are some of the gems inside Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual -

Eat only foods that will eventually rot.
Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.
Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.
Don’t eat anything with more than [...]

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