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  • humm...i guess people doing this only in japan...(i live in michigan)? i wanted know more about it and wanted to hear if anyone experienced it before... brown rice seems huge in japan, people who eats raw food eats uncooked sprouted brown rice which…
    in fermented brown rice? Comment by okra
  • i love to use japanese type of pumpkins for raw pumpkin pie/soup both good (i just blend/process them no dehydrating needed)...! they are so sweet and love the beautiful yellow color! hope you enjoyed them!!!
    in Eating hokkaido raw? Comment by okra
  • i went to william sonoma and tried shun, global, wuthof. then bought a shun 10" chef's knife, yay! thanks Maxerbear! i'll send my knife to the place you recommend, so now i can just enjoy chopping vegetables everyday! i used cuisinart and calphalon'…
    in favorite knife? Comment by okra
  • hi Maxerbear, great to hear who used all of knives i'm thinking of, thanks to share your experience! i looked amazon and seems like shun is a great knife, but are they difficult to sharpen? joannabanana, i had a chance to use cutco's knives before a…
    in favorite knife? Comment by okra
  • i haven't lead everything yet but the web site is great! i work at a raw food restaurant to avoiding herbs, salt etc......is little difficult but i always love to be creative, new way to eat, to make people happy. so many things are great to know, m…
    in I'm nixing garlic, onions, salt, herbs, & oils Comment by okra
  • hi stylestacey, i don't eat garlic and onions and don't use a lot of salt. still do herbs for seasoning but not medical use. if you are okay with sea weeds and celery, they'll gives you wonderful flavor and saltiness. specially replacements for garl…
    in I'm nixing garlic, onions, salt, herbs, & oils Comment by okra
  • thank you waterbaby! i usually ferment cheese after grind up seeds/nuts, i don't know why i didn't think about to ferment them first....! sounds good! when i looked online, there's tons of probiotics so i wasn't sure what to do.... next time i go to…
    in probiotic? Comment by okra
  • hi tomsmom- maybe the Japanese grinding bowls is this one?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suribachi i used make non raw tahini with them all the time, but with raw sesame seed, its just too hard for me to do with out add water or oil... i'm still loo…
    in How does your tahini taste? Comment by okra
  • i haven't try pumpkin yet but so far i made: coconut curry soup with butternut squash. pumpkin cheese cake with kabocha (japanese kind,very sweet it self) with lemon, coconut butter, ginger and made crust with nuts and dried figs,yum! pretty sure an…
    in Is there a way to raw prep a pumpkin? Comment by okra
  • blueyz- your welcome! hope you can enjoy miso soup! south river also have no soy/wheat tamari! (you can only order one bottle per order) ambiguous- maybe we posted same time?? i tried miso master's chick pea miso too, maybe they are easy to find …
    in No blender, No food processor Comment by okra
  • i was on the road a month in us last year, i just look for health food store to get fresh organic produce and some nuts and seeds....it was my way...you'll find something new each store, so you don't get bored! but three month seems really long so h…
    in No blender, No food processor Comment by okra
  • green smoothie, soup, cracker, pasta! my husband hate greens (he's vegan more than ten years, i know he's wired) but he loves them. you can eat a lot of greens and they are so yummy and fun!
    in I wish I am not too picky with foods Comment by okra
  • i have five avocado plants and two jack fruit plants in my house, i just planted seeds when i ate fresh fruit. i don't know i can have fruit someday or not but it is fun to see what the plant looks like, how they grow. i also have fig, lime, kumquat…
    in Plant You Own Superfood Garden... Comment by okra
  • rawmama, freepam,zucchini breath, thank you guys that great info!!! i will get one! so excited!!! love you all!
    in Hand Cranked Applainces Comment by okra
  • wow! thanks for posting this,i want to know this too! rawmama- is that hand-crank food processor looks like a meat grinder or grain mill? or food mill like this? http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-Good-Grips-Food-Mill/dp/B000I0MGKE freepam- which one is that…
    in Hand Cranked Applainces Comment by okra
  • oh, okay. things said "naturally occurring glutamate molecules" means; as long as they are not heated, like sea weeds or tomatoes are free from MSG. and nama shoyu, miso contain MSG because they are heated. i was confused, thank you so much DreamBro…
    in MSG? kelp?? Comment by okra
  • my last period i did juice fast and felt great. no pms symptoms and just felt so clean and happy. i hope i can do it again!
    in AWWW!!! FEMALES Comment by okra
  • i forgot to mention that: k-tec makes everything super smooth, thats what i love about it. vita mix can do it when you run them little longer, but maybe k-tec does make more smooth, creamy texture i think, i love to make soup with k-tec. but k-tec m…
    in VitaMix or K - tec BLender Comment by okra
  • i used work juice bar and used both k-tec(3hp) and vita mix(2hp). k-tec does great job but if you are putting a lot of greens, i think you do need a tamper, or put small amount of greens at a time. k-tec fits better in a small space but when you are…
    in VitaMix or K - tec BLender Comment by okra
  • wow, thats great news 1sweetpea! thanks let me know the cafe in windsor! nude food, i like that! i really really want to go to the cafe but i don’t know i can take day off or not…...if i could, i looooove to join a raw food meet up! (i have only fri…
    in new raw food deli in michigan Comment by okra
  • many citrus ripen in winter! i love grape fruit and kumquat. also: cranberry pomegranate persimmon kiwi…. too bad you don’t like banana and apples not so much… i love winter fruit all of them, just had a pomegranate in a morning and apple, pear &…
    in Fruit in Winter Comment by okra
  • i went to a lecture of victoria boutenko in september, she said something like that: don’t wash your produce. because there will be tons of bug’s eggs and bugs and they are good for you, in a nature no one wash there fruit, veggies. also when you wa…
    in To wash or not to wash Comment by okra
  • looks like they usually knead soba dough with water and wheat flour then dry them with cool air around 70 degree…..so it can be raw. (they keep flour raw temp, store and doing ground process) but i agree blusedolfin, each brand could be different, w…
    in Are there raw Japanese soba (buckwheat) noodles? Comment by okra
  • i always buy a case of young thai coconut for $12~14. i’m living in michigan so need pay for a shipping like $12…. but still thinking and dreaming about how taste great will be! and over $100 makes no shipping sounds great, i guess i should try it! …
    in Organic Coconuts No shipping on the East Coast Comment by okra
  • hi veganissexy! i live in michgan too, enjoying beautiful color of leaves, lovely! zerbo’s health food store in livonia is good place to buy raw stuff, many people work there are raw, you can ask a lots of questions! also there in northville, 90% ra…
    in Michigan newb. Comment by okra
  • here’s whats i heard/experienced: really young coconut has pinkish water/inner cell and little jelly. but when they go bad, they have purplish jelly/water. so its little tricky. when i get pink/purple colored one, i try to taste little a bit before …
    in Can Coconuts be 'unripe'? Comment by okra
  • hi, i haven’t tried yet but my friend just made sorbet type of sweet and he really liked it. just freeze any kind of berries you like then blend or juice them with a blank screen. vanilla or mint or even little salt or coconut oil will help feel mor…
    in dessert without sugars Comment by okra
  • when i blended concord grapes, same things happened to me! felt like tons tiny pointy needles in my mouth!! oh it was really irritated. then reminds me when i chew kiwis to break seeds, i felt little pointy feeling in my mouth, i stopped chew them u…
    in Kiwi's: Yay or Nay? Comment by okra
  • one more things; the dehydrator from dryit.com, the heating wire is on a bottom and they suck air from out side and they has little opening on a top so air can flow better. to use both dehydrator with fan or no fan, to me excalibur seems much faster…
    in Anyone Made Their Own Dehydrator? Comment by okra
  • when my friend bought dehydrator from dryit.com (they use no fan and explain why don’t need them), and saw couple of info of home made dehydrator, made me want build them so bad! but i was too nerves to make them….. great job zoe! and good luck ange…
    in Anyone Made Their Own Dehydrator? Comment by okra