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• You’ll see what you want to see. I am going to India in January for 6 weeks. My BF and I plan to spend most of our time in smaller cities and towns and in less touristy places. This should help with the jaded vendors and rip-off artists (that are in…

  in Who's been to India? Comment by 1sweetpea
• I’m sorry you were offended by my comments. I did not mean to be overly harsh or rude, but only wanted to point out that in your various posts, you seem to be throwing obstacles in your own way, and I’m certainly NOT referring to your being in a whe…

  in not sure if raw is going to work out for me Comment by 1sweetpea
• I don’t mean to be harsh, rawforhealth, but you’ve been fighting raw for the entire two weeks you’ve dabbled in it. I’ve read all of your posts and your attitude has been pretty negative throughout. You seem determined to fail at it. If it’s somethi…

  in not sure if raw is going to work out for me Comment by 1sweetpea
• TomsMom, I was listening to one of the Rawkathon interviews this past week and the subject of Nama Shoyu came up. It was explained that high quality tamari is brewed the same way as Nama Shoyu, except without wheat. Thus, it is also “alive”. It has …

  in nama shoyu or braggs?? Comment by 1sweetpea
• My boyfriend really loves to eat healthily, but he’s neither vegan nor raw. He’ll happily eat vegan at home with me, but is not so happy to eat raw, particularly now that the weather is getting cold. He loves his hot meals. I love cooking. He’s been…

  in Stories about partners and raw... Comment by 1sweetpea
• Use cheaper ingredients and buy in season. We make one juice blend using beets, carrots, celery, radishes, something green and leafy (could just be the tops of the radishes), tart green apples, a lemon, a lime and fresh ginger. The most expensive in…

  in juice feast?? Comment by 1sweetpea
• You can make yourself a nice vegetable broth, then add the vegetables that need to cook a longer time. Once it is ready, toss in some leafy greens that don’t need to be cooked. That way, you’ll be able to eat them in a hot meal, but not necessarily …

  in cold weather, not feeling raw Comment by 1sweetpea
• You can make your own hemp seed or sunflower seed milk in small quantities the night before. That way, you’ll have something fairly fresh each day. Try versions with different seeds or nuts, or even combos. I made a cereal for my boyfriend which was…

  in Don't want to give up my cereal yet Comment by 1sweetpea
• Are you using black chia seeds or white ones? I have some that are sold under the brand name Salba. They are a white heirloom variety. I supposed the effect will be the same. Thanks FuzzyWuzzy. I’ll try that.

  in Chia Comment by 1sweetpea
• That gel is a type of fibre. The seed itself is mostly fibre and will go through your system intact. It is for those reason that you could consider it to have minor (though only very minor) laxative effects. Unlike psyllium, I don’t think that the c…

  in Chia Comment by 1sweetpea
• I absolutely love to cook and read cookbooks. When I travel, I watch how food is prepared and buy cookbooks that feature local, traditonal recipes. I try to recreate them at home, making adjustments along the way for health reasons. When I started t…

  in how do people come up with recipes? Comment by 1sweetpea
• My BF and I flew to Thailand in January, 2007. We only spent a few days there, because our focus was Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. I enjoyed it and would like to return for a more indepth visit one day, perhaps along with Malaysia. We travel for 6 wee…

  in Thailand! Comment by 1sweetpea
• Sometimes ignorance is bliss. I was in a boat on the Mekong river. I saw women making noodle soup, coffee and sandwiches in other boats. We headed over to the one making soup because my BF wanted a Pho (beef noodle soup). We watched as the woman too…

  in Thailand! Comment by 1sweetpea
• I’ve been to all of those countries, plus China and Vietnam. I wasn’t vegan at the time. There are Buddhist vegetarian restaurants that will cook totally vegetarian, but everything will be cooked. Nearly all non-veg restaurants, which is most of the…

  in Thailand! Comment by 1sweetpea
• smiller450, you can’t expect to be an expert chef in just 2 weeks. You’ve likely been cooking and learning how to cook along the way for many years. Cooking raw is going to require a learning curve. When you use heat to cook food, you will change th…

  in In need of encouragement! Comment by 1sweetpea
• I make a bunch of salads and dips throughout the week and offer a few at a meal with lettuce for making wraps. Each bite will taste different, depending on what you put in each leaf. I also make a lot of blender soups. They’re easy and each one tast…

  in In need of encouragement! Comment by 1sweetpea
• I read somewhere on these forums that someone went to an animal feed store and bought raw oat groats that sprouted. If this isn’t convenient for you, try going into a health food store and asking for raw, organic sproutable oats, or looking online f…

  in RawKid-realrawfoods.com Comment by 1sweetpea
• Pick up the phone and call them. I’m pretty sure RawKidChef is buying the Spanish almonds. Remember, right now the Canadian dollar is only worth about 80 cents US, so those Spanish almonds will only cost you just over $9.50. That’s a pretty good pri…

  in RawKid-realrawfoods.com Comment by 1sweetpea
• I totally agree, Chicory. I powered through a litre of juice this morning before 9 am, but I could have been satisfied with half as much smoothie and it would have kept me going until lunchtime.

  in Juice or smoothie to start the morning? Comment by 1sweetpea
• Smoothies have all the same nutritional content as juices, plus all the fibres and cellulose, which is, in my opinion, as healthy as eating the plant foods whole, but with the added bonus of having everything broken down, which we don’t always accom…

  in Juice or smoothie to start the morning? Comment by 1sweetpea
• Hey, alabastardragon! I’ve made flatbreads, crackers, raw granola, dehydrated fruits and falafel balls with my dehydrator. I’ve also used it to make raw soups a bit warmer. I don’t do desserts, but I’m sure others will tell you they make all kinds o…

  in Dehydration Comment by 1sweetpea
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  in oil free dressings? Comment by 1sweetpea
• This is no cold sore. It’s just a skin irritation that goes all the way around the outside of my mouth. It goes no higher than halfway between the top of my lips and the bottom of my nose. You can’t even really see it. It just feels really rough and…

  in Could This Be A Detox Symptom? Comment by 1sweetpea
• Sunflower seeds ARE lower in fat than cashews, which are lower in fat than walnuts, pecans, pine nuts, Brazil nuts and macadamias. If you soaked the sunflower seeds, the fat content will be a bit lower, though I’m not sure I entirely buy into that 7…

  in fat-free nut cheese? Comment by 1sweetpea
• Defattted only means that some of the fat was removed. Defatted soy flour is definitely not fat-free. I wouldn’t make the assunmption that leftover almond pulp will be fat free, either. If you took all the fat out of nuts, there wouldn’t be a whole …

  in fat-free nut cheese? Comment by 1sweetpea
• It sounds to me as if your mother has suffered from anorexia nervosa for a number of years. Anxiety, depression, self-imposed isolation, low self-esteem and extreme moodiness or mood swings all go hand in hand with an eating disorder. The fact that …

  in HELP Comment by 1sweetpea
• Thanks, rawcanadian. I never would have thought PC would make anything raw! I have a Zehrs 1 km away. I might just have to pick some up. FYI, if you have a health food section in your Zehrs, check out some of the raw honeys with bee pollen in them o…

  in Is this honey raw ??? Comment by 1sweetpea
• Wow! Great product info, everyone! I’m definitely a consumer when it comes to funky kitchen gadgets. I use my food processor and blender regularly. I couldn’t choose one over the other. They’re both vital. I love my excalibur dehydrator, but it isn’…

  in raw equipment?? what to get that is most versatile in raw cuisine? Comment by 1sweetpea
• I followed rosehebrew’s advice to put cantaloupe seeds (and their accompanying gooey gunk) into the blender with some water. I pureed, then strained it and drank it. It was pretty uninteresting on its own, but would have been a nice substitute for w…

  in Are Radish Leaves Juiceworthy? Comment by 1sweetpea
• Woo-hoo! Bonus! I’ll try them this weekend! Thanks so much! I’m always surprised to see people hack off the leaves of vegetables they buy and discard them (ie. beet greens, broccoli leaves). I have a friend who loves chard leaves, but cuts away the …

  in Are Radish Leaves Juiceworthy? Comment by 1sweetpea