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• Thanks everyone! i am considering allergy testing. my rash is gone, ill be experimenting by adding in the new fruits. one a week to see if i break out again. I find this stuff facinating!

  in fruit allergy? Comment by omshanti
• yes, pea shoots,sunflower seeds, soaked dehydrated, pine nuts soaked dehydrated, pecans, almonds(soaked dehydrated)not huge quantities mind you, amonds mostly though i guess and i drink almond milk(but not everyday) but i have eaten tabouleh and gre…

  in fruit allergy? Comment by omshanti
• hey spanky! i had a hankering too. I took raw okra and soaked in apple cider vinegar with some sweetner(dates or agave) and some dried red pepper, a dash of salt let it sit all day and had it as a snack that evening, not quite grannys recipe but ill…

  in Pickled Okra Comment by omshanti
• caapi, does it say on the bottle if co2 is added? pellegrino gives me the burps but wild oats, brand,and gerolstiener do not…hmmm, maybe the added co2? i dont have any in the house at the moment but will check out my usual brand tomarow. queen fluff…

  in mineral water? Comment by omshanti
• OMG 123! or the first oyster? used to love these when i was eating meat…as for eggs well i still think of them fondly, I have my own hens and geese, gotta say their eggs on a diet of bugs, leftovers, and greens tasted great, not like store bought. A…

  in chermoya, manna of the gods Comment by omshanti
• Did I say that?(about trying wild stuff?) grin! I thought the wackiest fruit I ever tried was a durian, er, guess thats an aquired taste( one aquired after all the tastebuds die out of your mouth! ) Im new to raw..three weeks in…but im hot on the tr…

  in chermoya, manna of the gods Comment by omshanti
• M.T. ive had the same feelings for my hub, thought it might be linked to this(or the yoga;) hmmmm, now the hard question, ive influenced some of his meals but the man is super resisitant to change . If it taste good he will try it but hes not linein…

  in Immediate results :c) Comment by omshanti
• ok, so i couldnt stand it, all that talk about prickly pear and ofek so rapsodic he was going to change his name…so i tried one today, it was sweetish and juicey like a bland apple that was chock full of seeds like a guava… i ate those too, now my q…

  in Sweetener Confusion! Comment by omshanti
• ofek, you kill me…prick? hahahaha;) we can get prickly pears here in socal easily, are they sweet? guess im not as adventurous as i thought! I think the local folks pickle or fry them here. wasnt sure what to do with them…love the fruit jam idea. an…

  in Sweetener Confusion! Comment by omshanti
• So does this mean that the “raw” agave by madhava i bought isnt raw? I also bought a beautful honey called apitherapy farm style raw honey, its definitely raw( not vegan) its never been heated or filtered….i found a piece of blossom in it and i thin…

  in Sweetener Confusion! Comment by omshanti
• jaffe brothers organic foods here in my town have tree ripened, sundried, greek style olives go to www.OrganicFruitsandNuts.com...i go between them and my regular henrys for nuts and seeds and dates. I havent bought in bulk yet, but may for cashews …

  in Any Good Raw Olives? Comment by omshanti
• Hi, i know its not a carob cake but its darn good and got rave reviews form all my nonraw friends. its apple pie from ani phyos cook book. All my family an friends are really sceptical about the “raw food thing” so ive snet the best cross over recip…

  in Birthday Cake help Comment by omshanti
• HI spiritedmama, I must have one of those faces! teehee. im not on your myspace reiki group, sounds interesting though…... and yes, i was referring to candida, I read a thread here and thought that this was a problem cropping up on the diet not a ex…

  in greetings raw foodists Comment by omshanti
• Being new to this myself and a 39 year old woman,I gotta say everyone who hears about my adventure in raw is resistent! I wasnt worried to much about protein as i eat a ton of greens, i’d graze with my horses if i could! ;) The thing I tell my horse…

  in Parent non-supportive Comment by omshanti
• I have one of the “cheap round ones” so far when tested the temp stays well below 120…it takes forever to dry stuff like crackers though, its fine for my nuts, and seeds and the cookies and veggie burgers where great, but i gotta say that with the a…

  in Dehydrators? Comment by omshanti
• I love this thread, so inspirational!!! Im planning on being fully raw by august, for myself, any change has to be at my own pace, my only non raw items(outside of the ones i thought where but arent, and im getting rid of those too!)my morning tea a…

  in Days 100 % Raw Support Group Comment by omshanti
• ambikalee, and Zoe and Chris, Im with you guys on the intuitive eating thing. I eat when im hungry and what i feel like…even did this on cooked foods which lead me to some unusual choices for certain meals(pizza, salad and potroast for breakfast) I …

  in has anyone lost weight on this diet Comment by omshanti
• BEWARE OF XYLATOL!!! remember the olestra saga in potato chips? its very bad for you and can cause huge stomach upsets…i never tried it, however an aquantence of mine who works in the food biz said its man made heated altered and has not caught on i…

  in agave Comment by omshanti
• HI guys, eggplant is one of my faves the old persian housewife trick to remove bitterness is to lightly salt it and let it sit then rinse the salt off, but as was stated, before a good eggplant is not bitter. I noticed when i grew the stuff myself i…

  in Aubergine/egg plant rawvioli wraps, nice or nasty? Comment by omshanti
• raw maiden, funny durian fruit story: i was visiting frineds in portland and we where getting some goodies at a nice big asian market there, one of our party found a fresh durina ion the aisles and we all went along with jtrying it out not knowing w…

  in what's your favorite exotic fruit? Comment by omshanti
• chermoya, chermoya chermoya, did i mendtion chermoya? love it ! its affectionaltely called a yoda turd in our house, kinda would look like that i suppose( its a husbandism!) anyhoo, papayas and mangos and guavas run a close second then there is the …

  in what's your favorite exotic fruit? Comment by omshanti
• Hi all! Im new to this raw thing. Started 9 days ago just planning on being raw the days i do yoga, well , i found i loved yoga so now my three days has stretched to four , to five, ect….so here i am going raw cold turkey so to speak. I love to cook…

  in Hello, Everyone! Comment by omshanti