Renoir

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• So Santa got me a BlendTec! Yeah!! I want to do a juice fast though, so I still think I need a juicer. Is there a certain juicer people recommend? I am looking for one that is good and works well, but also easy to clean and dishwasher safe. Any reco…

  in juice fast Comment by Renoir
• I am also planning to do a juice fast in January… hopefully Santa will bring me a juicer :) I do have a good blender for smoothies though to transition into it.

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• At first I liked my L’Equip, but now I do not recommend it. It has a

  in New to Raw Food... Comment by Renoir
• Try parchment paper instead of wax paper.

  in Flax Crackers / cheapo dehydrator! Comment by Renoir
• I sprinkle ground pumpkin seeds on top of pasta-type dishes or caesar salad as parmesan cheese.

  in Ground Pumpkin Seeds Comment by Renoir
• The hardest part of being raw (and what keeps me from 100%) is the social aspect. Not the social “pressure” to eat cooked food, but the lack of availability of raw foods in social settings, such as restaurants/parties, etc. especially around the hol…

  in Why are you not 100% raw? Comment by Renoir
• Thanks Kristen, I just ordered the DVD. Another book I read recently (I actually got it for my mom for Christmas but read it first!) is Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. It promotes a vegan lifestyle but in a funny quirky no-nonsense w…

  in Dining and Dating Comment by Renoir
• I have never heard of the video “eating”... what is it? Sounds good if that many people were changed by it!

  in Dining and Dating Comment by Renoir
• When I first met my boyfriend (bluedolphin – NOT the aloe guy LOL) he thought it was weird that I was vegan thinking I only ate “twigs and berries”. Once I started cooking for him, he realized it wasn’t as weird as he thought and he really enjoyed t…

  in Dining and Dating Comment by Renoir
• My sister and I have been trying to get my parents into more “green” habits, such as using reusable grocery bags. So this year for Christmas, I am using the reusable grocery bags as gift bags.

  in Christmas for the good of the world... Comment by Renoir
• I have another question about the cleanse… What if you are on medication? Specifically, birth control. Obviously if I am flushing toxins out of my system, it seems that the pill would flush right out along with everything else… Does anyone have any …

  in ALL ABOARD! Join us December 1 for a Master Cleanse (MC) Comment by Renoir
• Wow! It has been enlightening to read about all of your experiences. I have been a little out of touch the last few weeks, busy with holiday parties, etc. and not doing so good diet-wise. Ever since my dehydrator broke on Thanksgiving (I sent it in …

  in ALL ABOARD! Join us December 1 for a Master Cleanse (MC) Comment by Renoir
• I have been reading up on the MC and it recommends doing it for at least 10 days. With the holiday season being so busy with holiday parties and food temptations (mid week and on weekends), I am realizing that December might be a tough month for me.…

  in ALL ABOARD! Join us December 1 for a Master Cleanse (MC) Comment by Renoir
• RawJim – I could actually start the week after Thanksgiving (the 25th) – and do it up until the 1st. And have info and experience to share with everyone who starts on the 1st. I still need more info on it though.

  in ALL ABOARD! Join us December 1 for a Master Cleanse (MC) Comment by Renoir
• I can start on Dec 3 (It will be hard to start over the weekend since I will have family from out of town and we will be going out to eat & go to a concert, etc…. excuses, excuses – I know!!). I know that the cleanse is water, lemon, maple &…

  in ALL ABOARD! Join us December 1 for a Master Cleanse (MC) Comment by Renoir
• Once I was raw, I actually noticed that I had much less gas than I previously had on my cooked vegan diet. Now, every once in a while if I eat any cooked food, I feel gassy again.

  in What's with the GAS?? Comment by Renoir
• Actually it says “We’re sorry, but something went wrong. We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it shortly.”

  in Site is so slow Comment by Renoir
• yeah, I have been having the same problem. I just thought the network at work was slow. Is also get the “an error has occured” screen every time I post.

  in Site is so slow Comment by Renoir
• This could be a fun game, like on one of those cooking show competitions. Given a number of ingredients, who can come up with the best recipe? Maybe a butternut squash “rice” soup, with the cauliflower ground up to be rice size pieces, and the other…

  in Here's what I got... Comment by Renoir
• Mon46 – If you really want to get a picture of what nutrition you are getting from your food, try using fitday.com. You log in everything you eat each day and it will tell you percentage on a pie graph of how many calories you are getting from carbs…

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by Renoir
• I wasn’t recommending or discouraging eating avocados. I just used that as an example for a way to add up your nutrition facts.

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by Renoir
• I suppose that as you create a recipe or make a dish you can find out the nutritional information for each ingredient and do the math. I used to use fitday.com to log my daily intake and with certain foods you can look up the nutritional facts. You …

  in Nutrition Facts Comment by Renoir
• Plan B – I just made that drive a couple of weeks ago. As if the smell isn’t bad enough, to see all of the cattle in “cages” in their own feces is terrible. The thought of eating one of those animals grosses me out. That was actually one of the thin…

  in What's Wrong With Honey? Comment by Renoir
• Bluedolphin – Actually I don’t use fertilizer. I live in a city apartment without my own garden. (I think that’s what you meant by fertilizer….)

  in What's Wrong With Honey? Comment by Renoir
• When I first transitioned from being vegetarian to being vegan, it was more because I found out about how the animals were treated and how products were “created” than about my own health (even though I have always had some trouble digesting dairy).…

  in What's Wrong With Honey? Comment by Renoir
• I have heard that black caraway seeds also increase blood circulation. Also, if I want to eat something “warm” (even if it is right out of the fridge) I will turn my dehydrator up from the 95-105 that I usually dehydrate at to about 115 and put what…

  in Surviving winter.. Comment by Renoir
• As the eldest child myself, I too am often in the “helper” role in my family. My parents (and my sister too) are all SAD eaters with very bad habits (smoking, drinking, etc.). The worst part is that my mom is really sick. She has fibromyalgia, depre…

  in loving the non-raw, non-vegan Comment by Renoir
• My mom uses olive oil as a moisturizer on her face, body, hair… everywhere.

  in raw approved vegan non harmful beauty products?! Comment by Renoir
• Spiritedmama – I just read all of the soy info on your website… OMG!! That is crazy. When I was (cooked) vegan, and even vegetarian, I ate soooo much tofu and other soy protein and meat substitutes. It is really hard to imagine that it could be so b…

  in Soybean sprouting Comment by Renoir
• I got mine from the bulk foods bin at my local co-op. I think I left them too long without rinsing since I was out of the house from 5:oo am to 11:00 p.m. last night. They had long tails, but a lot more dark spots. I put them in the refrigerator las…

  in Soybean sprouting Comment by Renoir