Bluedolfin

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• I forgot… to get other reviews on restaurants, goto Happy Cow. Are you also looking for non-raw places?

  in San Diego Restaurants Comment by Bluedolfin
• Welcome to San Diego… there are a few suggestions for raw restaurants on Dining and Dating. Search for Greenery & Cilantro. On Sunday’s there is a tour and raw dinner at Optimum Health Institute in Lemon Grove. This is a fair distance from Vista…

  in San Diego Restaurants Comment by Bluedolfin
• cherrys~ No problem on the question… ask away… When a recipe calls to devein kate, that means to remove the nice, tender leafy part from the really tough, light colored vein (also called a stem) going up the middle. Simply fold the leaf in half with…

  in deveining kale? Help! Comment by Bluedolfin
• germin8~ My privilege… The molds with the bottoms that come out might be the best choice. It is easier to get the contents out of the mold while retaining the “art.” I noticed there is even some mini tart pans with removable bottoms. Pretty cool… Si…

  in Pie Shapes Comment by Bluedolfin
• Hi germin8~ The flickr link didn’t seem to work… I’m going on the second link. The cook/chef made that yummy looking Raspberries & Lemon Cream (tart) with a tart/tartlet/brioche pan. Here are tons of examples of tart/tartlet/brioche pans. I was …

  in Pie Shapes Comment by Bluedolfin
• Sonia~ Welcome. To get started, check out post #9 on page 1 of this thread. There are a few links that might be useful to you. To your wellness...

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• kung fu mama~ My privilege. You are not alone about the water issue. Notice that you only use the number from the body weight pounds NOT a direct pound to ounces conversion. When you increase your water, at first, it may feel like you are peeing out…

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• kung fu mama~ Welcome to the site and congratulations to your commitment to increase your wellness. It sounds like you are trying to eliminate a lot of things (cigarettes, coffee/caffine, etc.) all at once that may cause “withdrawal/detox” symptoms.…

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• kandace & greenghost~ My privilege. I hope the resource is useful. Y’all~ The intention of this thread is to be a living, breathing, growing (like the community) consolidated source of info for newbies with many people adding useful links (this …

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• RAW FOODS A great place to start understanding what foods are raw is the PurelyRaw.com Dead Food List. Goto Forums tab and search on a specific food. There are many discussions on different foods being raw or not even if the package says “raw.”

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• This thread is a great place to add your first post to the site. What threads or information did you find useful? More threads for you… GREEN (mainly veggie) SMOOTHIES Here are two threads that have some great green smoothie suggestions and informat…

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• RAW ON A BUDGET OR JUST STARTING OUT first raw food purchases – what should they be?? (updated 1/24/09) raw on a budget (updated 1/24/09) Dirt Poor:Raw Envy (updated 1/24/09) Is raw expensive? (updated 1/24/09)

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• Sky~ What other threads, sites, and/or info that have been useful to you that you can share with newbies? Yes, you have some of those and you are not sharing like a nice Princess. ;)

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• namadetaberu~ We all go through a learning curve :) ... pay it foward… post a link or info you learned about that is useful to you.

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• FOOD COMBINING Food Combining (updated 1/24/09) CHOOSING PRODUCE How to choose good produce (updated 1/24/09) DETOXING There are lots of threads that deal in detoxing… Use the search function on the Forums tab. How soon should I expect to exper…

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• Thankx to germin8 for pointing to this site… SPROUTING/SOAKING Here is a mini sprouting/soaking guide: The Raw Table Some great sprout sites A really great site for all things about sprouts is The Sproutpeople The Sproutman

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• HC~ You can either start a list on this thread or start a new thread… the choice is yours…:)

  in Newbie Page Comment by Bluedolfin
• Yep… it all boils down to $$$$$! Someone’s agenda is getting threatened! Look into DSHEA! It came about because one of the author’s relative had a condition that would have benefitted (like which one won’t) from specific nutrition and the doctor was…

  in vitamins toxins? Comment by Bluedolfin
• Hi Hollie~ Yes, there is a movement in Europe and the US to move vitamin availability to a doctor’s prescription. The organization that is heading up the push is CODEX. There is also the influence of big pharma to limit access to nutrition. Search o…

  in vitamins toxins? Comment by Bluedolfin
• There is a great discussion on what enzymes are on Understanding Enzymes.

  in Young thai coconuts danger? Comment by Bluedolfin
• I love mushrooms… especially portobellos! I have no problem with them. Yes, there IS a fungus amoung us. ;) You might try soaking the eggplant for about an hour in salted water to pull out the bitterness and then marinate and dehydrate as you were g…

  in sweetpea HELP Question for sweetpea Comment by Bluedolfin
• rawmama~ What are you going to make?

  in sweetpea HELP Question for sweetpea Comment by Bluedolfin
• ... and “cooks” it (and other veggies) a bit. Veggies tend to be softer after being salted.

  in sweetpea HELP Question for sweetpea Comment by Bluedolfin
• germin8~ When you make the wilted kale (which looks marvelous!), do you wash off the salt before mixing the kale with the other ingredients? If not, do you use the whole 2 T of salt?

  in simple recipe Comment by Bluedolfin
• Hi Linda~ What keeps you motivated? Seeing cooking demos? Learning about the nutrition? Hearing from “experts”? Animal issues? ? Even though I have never been so I can’t tell you how the classes are… check out Living Light Raw Foods Culinary School.…

  in Raw Food Education Comment by Bluedolfin
• mafabo~ Yeah… the Sweet & Low, Equal, etc… not good. If you are using lots of artifical sweetners (like in “low/non fat” foods, tea, or other sources) and you go off them cold turkey, you may get a doozy of a headache and other “not feel good” s…

  in Please check out my diet for today Comment by Bluedolfin
• mafabo~ Let your body be your guide rather than dogma… If you eat something and you don’t feel well after, raw or not, put that on the list to avoid. However, sometime down the road your body might accept that food without problem, just not at this …

  in Please check out my diet for today Comment by Bluedolfin
• Thankx northernlights! That’s great info. Did you learn anything new?

  in Raw For Life DVD Comment by Bluedolfin
• I suspect it is a financial issue that is delaying the release. Money! sheesh! Have you seen Marcus Rothkranz’s promo? Flashy!

  in Raw For Life DVD Comment by Bluedolfin
• Thankx Zoe~ I think that is the same intro that is on the website (or a myspace link on that website that actually has a few more clips). The clips look really good. I’m looking for something that totally focuses on raw food and does not include the…

  in Raw For Life DVD Comment by Bluedolfin