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• I just get my flaxseed at a little produce/health store down the street a ways. Did you want to buy yours online?

  in raw organic flaxseed Comment by TomsMom
• lol

  in Hard Evidence Comment by TomsMom
• You go girl; you’ve got a good sense of humor, lol

  in Raw Buffalo Wings? Comment by TomsMom
• I don’t think most people do on a daily basis, but keep in mind that the recipes section is like any cookbook and so they’re going to be layered and often pricey. If I went to a cook foods forum I would see and hear the same. Most of your daily diet…

  in The cost of raw... Comment by TomsMom
• That is awesome, steamboatkatie! Good for you:-) Did you have to have any conventional treatment?

  in Vegetarian/Vegan Comment by TomsMom
• I had to delete my post because I made a huge mistake( eating while typing is dumb, haha). What I meant to day was when i made my first contribution to an animal shelter, I was also eleven:-D

  in Vegetarian/Vegan Comment by TomsMom
• I noticed when I was a kid that meat made me feel sick and sluggish. Later, as a teen, I started noticing how young boys were growing doughy-fat and growing breasts and young girls were reaching puberty years younger. I thought it was the added horm…

  in Vegetarian/Vegan Comment by TomsMom
• I want to make almond milk because I could use a bit of it daily but it’s horribly expensive to get almonds. I, for one, can’t afford them but I’m thinking maybe I should make a big batch fresh every so often and freeze the milk in ice-cube trays. T…

  in Is soy-milk raw? Comment by TomsMom
• LIke I said, smoothielove, don’t assume the nuts from the health food store are really raw. My health food store sells nuts that have been subjected to heat in the shelling process. They call them “raw” only because in the nut business “raw” ONLY me…

  in sunflower seeds Comment by TomsMom
• OH, no no, I”m sorry, kelly! No, they don’t blanch their fruits! As a matter of fact, it’s not the standard anywhere to blanch fruits. They don’t stand it very well and turn into mush. (but you know the industry would do it if it could. I htink they…

  in sunflower seeds Comment by TomsMom
• Angie, I know, I know:( I was disappointed on the macademias because I wanted to make the Raw cream cheese. So I’m going to ask the lady at Living Tree Community how she knows her nuts are raw. I’d like to have a little of the macadamias and I would…

  in sunflower seeds Comment by TomsMom
• Umm . . . okay, I got another answer about the kernals(hulled seeds) but he didn’t tell me how they were hulled: “If they are raw kernels then they are unheated.” The reason why I hesitate with this kind of answer is that it is almost the same answe…

  in sunflower seeds Comment by TomsMom
• Here is teh answer from a John Sandbakken from the Sunflower Association: “Here is an answer to your question. Raw sunflower seeds that you purchase in a store are not exposed to high temps. They are dried naturally in the fields they are grown in a…

  in sunflower seeds Comment by TomsMom
• Living Tree Community is where I get my raw nuts from:-D (when I buy any, that is) They are super people there. and good for you for growing your own!

  in sunflower seeds Comment by TomsMom
• Right, you can’t hull them until they’ve dried—that’s why we always let them dry on the flowers until they were ready to be harvested and eaten up. But you’re right about commerically sold seeds, they dry them with blowers or something. I just don’t…

  in sunflower seeds Comment by TomsMom
• I just wrote to the Sunflower Association and asked specifically how they are prepared commerically and at what temperatures, because I’m finding that no one can be trusted as far as stores go. I see so-call “raw” nuts and seeds sold all the time th…

  in sunflower seeds Comment by TomsMom
• You’re speaking of dry beans in a bag, right? I’m finding that at my store, some things in the bulk bins tend to be not popular with the local folk and are quite old. The dark lentils never sell much and when I try to sprout them, their growth is fe…

  in sprouting lentils... Comment by TomsMom
• Is the Tribal personal blender strong enough to make a seed pate? LIke from sesame seeds?

  in Coffee grinder recommendation Comment by TomsMom
• What’s more suprising to me is that people don’t know what color a fruit is on the tree:-D Unfortunately there is precious little produce that is not picked green.

  in real oranges are green?! Comment by TomsMom
• I think it’s peanuts that pose the danger, which are actually legumes. Though a lot of places that process real nuts also process peanuts, and that’s where the contamination comes in.

  in toddler and nuts? Comment by TomsMom
• Do you have any idea of how impressive it is to see someone NOT throw a handful of Cheerios on their baby’s tray?? I’ve wept over seeing mothers do that since I was a teenager. I know I didn’t answer your question, but it’s just that I had to say yo…

  in toddler and nuts? Comment by TomsMom
• I actually feel colder but I don’t mind it nearly as much, if that makes sense. I recover from it much faster. (I think I feel colder because I’m not eating anywhere near as much fats as before, though)

  in BEING RAW and cold weather??? Comment by TomsMom
• If you’re going to pop them directly into the blender/processor, it’s fine. Just remember that if you thaw most frozen veggies out, they turn to mush if they haven’t been blanched first. I freeze my kale all the time, for weeks at a time. I don’t th…

  in freezing greens Comment by TomsMom
• Storm and Jinjee at the Garden Diet site also have great little things to make fast for cravings!!! Very sweet and lucious, mmmmm! Congratulations, by the way!:-D

  in Any Advice for Pregnant People trying to stay raw? Comment by TomsMom
• I’m glad you said that, 123. Cyanocobalamin is what one of my parents got me.

  in B12 supplement! Comment by TomsMom
• Geeze, your Mom doesn’t know a good thing when she sees it, Raven. I would be so proud if my daughter was making meals for me, especially healthy meals. I mean, wow, a daughter who cares for her parent. What a weird concept in my country:P

  in I need support Comment by TomsMom
• The only place that I’ve trusted 100 percent to have nuts so far is this place: http://www.livingtreecommunity.com/store2/defau… I know lots of places claim raw nuts but they’re not always raw.

  in Nuts ~ where to buy Comment by TomsMom
• I think it means one cup dry. Soak them and then blend them with more water. Most recipes I see seem to call for 2 to 3 cups of added water. Start with two and see how you like it.

  in Nut Milk Comment by TomsMom
• Do you think you might be having troubles with cruciferous vegetables, pundee? I notice that with myself, those often give me tummy rumblings and other embarrassing problems, while other veggies and greens do not. Maybe you can experiment by backing…

  in Crazy Stomach Issues!!! Comment by TomsMom
• What kind of difficulties are you having? Are you hungry a lot? Or do you find the raw food unappetizing? Lack of energy? Let us know:-) 1) Keep everything in the house raw. 2) Give yourself time to adjust. Your body needs to learn to “recognize” th…

  in What's the best way to maintain the diet? Comment by TomsMom