JUNE 2013 Newsletter
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“Our mission is to be inclusive, non-judgmental and welcoming; ready to engage anyone interested in Living Food to strive toward a more healthy lifestyle. The struggle with health concerns can be daunting. Our goal is to convince anyone struggling with health opportunities to be passionately patient with themselves.”
“You are always only one choice away from changing your life.” ~ Mary Blochowiak
Creating a café was a dream that we held in our hearts for most of our life. We just didn’t know this is truly what we wanted to do until a few years ago. And when an opportunity presented itself, we took our dream and made it a reality. It has been a choice that has changed our lives and our community for the better.
At this point in life, we never thought this would be a forever thing. We have many dreams and some perhaps will provide us with a gentler and softer footprint on our hearts and bodies.
One of the foundational components to our café is education. We believe in establishing a strong base and vision and bringing it to fruition. We believe in sharing and collaborating and supporting. We believe we have created a strong centre for live plant-based cuisine, camaraderie, learning and development in our small community of Salt Spring Island. We have seen an ever-growing local clientele who value what we have brought to this community. We hear from patrons from afar who have heard of our café and eagerly partake in all we have to share. We believe in just one year we have established a critical place in the fabric of Salt Spring Island.
Knowing this, we would like to support the right person (or persons) to assume our vision over time and then build upon it to create one of his or her own. We aren’t in a hurry to sell; we would love to pass along this little piece of paradise onto the right buyer. Someone who has a passion for live plant-based cuisine, who loves to create food for others, who loves to be part of the community and creating an educational facility that supports others who are eager to learn as well as heal and invest in health and well-being.
Our café will remain open, vibrant, and growing. We love our place in the community. We love Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar. We love our steady and reliable customers. We love that people on Salt Spring Island have a viable alternative. And we would love this place and spirit to continue. Our time line is open. Our offer is sincere.
We remain committed to what we have established. We would love for someone to continue what we have built. We know the right person or persons are out there.
Are you the right person to carry on this vision? You are only one choice away from changing your life.
If seriously interested please contact Jim or Chris at rawsome@shaw.ca or 250-537-2048.
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"If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive." --Barry Lopez
There is a connection that occurs when you take the time to listen to someone else’s story. It’s something I have noticed living in a smaller community. People like to share and remarkably, people will listen to you when you share. There isn’t the same urgency to meet busy timelines and check incoming messages on your cell phone. Perhaps, people have chosen to move to this small island to get away from all of that in the bigger metropolis they originally came from. And for those who have always lived here, they have patiently modeled another way of being. Naturally it’s a choice whether we adhere to the newfound order or persist to fight what really is a gentler more respectful way of life. In fact, isn’t that what life really is all about – choices.
Robert Frost said it best in his famous poem The Road Not Taken:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
When I think of the stories that have created the greatest impact on my psyche, they are the tales of roads less traveled that truly made a difference in the lives of the authors and subsequently, those who truly cared to listen. They have resulted in a renewed sense of wonder, a refreshed sense of self, an increased awareness of others and their surroundings, an appreciation for life, and an abundant sense of gratitude. And these stories usually are a result of some ‘thing’ – a health crisis, an extreme adventure, a daunting challenge – that has physically impacted upon ones being. Caused one to re-evaluate.
The benefit of listening to the stories of another’s peril, is that we can choose to reconsider our own life’s situation, without having to relive their trauma. It may seem like the easy way out, but the result is, without putting in some effort to make a change, you will just continue as you have been, without seeing some long term gain. Or you can in fact, make some decisions that will set you on a new course. We don’t all have to live a story of extremity in order to make choices and changes. Even contemplating a different road, can make all the difference.
Activity
Visualize what a road less traveled would look like for you.
Map out the direction and what that would feel like – don’t be afraid to see, hear, taste, experience the discomfort it may cause.
Imagine where the road stops, curves, changes direction. What are you looking like/feeling like at the end of that road?
Find a picture in a magazine, on the internet, drawn freehand that captures the change you want to be.
Put it in a place you will see frequently (on your computer, in your bathroom, on the refrigerator).
Now begin writing your story and find someone to tell.
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. - Maria Robinson
Contact Chris for a free 30-minute coaching session at Rawsome Coaching and her e-book EatingRaw for a Day. [http://www.rawsomecoaching.ca/] or call 250-537-2048 or email chrisgay@shaw.ca
Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar
All raw, all natural, all living food
Summer Cafe Hours:
Monday to Friday – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday Evening – Occasional Special Events
Saturday – 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday Morning – Occasional Workshops
Sundays and Statutory Holidays Closed
Check us out here for the latest news: http://rawsome.ca
Upcoming Workshops and Events
For more details visit:
http://www.rawsomelivingfoods.ca/events.htmlUpcoming Workshops and Events
Coming in June
- Order a Special Cake for Father’s Day
Rawsome Living Foods Cafe is taking orders up to June 13th for a deliciously rich coffee infused mocha cheesecake for Father’s Day (or any one special). Dairy and wheat free – contains nuts/seeds – $40.00
Call Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar to reserve your cake – 250-537-2048
- NOW OPEN MONDAYS
Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar is open 6 days a week. Monday-Friday from 10-5 and Saturdays from 9-4.
- Special Days
Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar has Special Days with you in mind – Smoothie Tuesday – all smoothies for $6.75. Juicy Wednesday – all juices for $6.75. Pizza Thursday – pizzas for $6.75. Burgerlicious Friday – burgers for $6.75. Come be treated like someone special. It’s on us.
- Salt Spring Saturday Market
Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar LOVES the Salt Spring Saturday Market and is open every Saturday from 9-4. Come check out our ever-amazing juices, smoothies, entrees and desserts.
- Jim Maurice and Chris Gay Presenting at Viva Raw Potluck
Jim and Chris will be presenting a raw food presentation and demo at the Victoria Viva Raw Potluck on Sunday June 30th at 6 pm at Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser Street in the Craigflower Room Cost: $5.00 per adult
For more information
Email: rawsome@shaw.ca or call: 250-537-2048
Transition Tips:
Nutrition & Health: Walnuts, Sunflower Seeds and Almonds
Nuts and seeds are a naturally rich source of phytosterols-and cardio-protective fiber, minerals and healthy fats. Phytosterols are compounds found in plants that have a chemical structure very similar to cholesterol, and when present in the diet in sufficient amounts, are believed to reduce blood levels of cholesterol, enhance the immune response and decrease risk of certain cancers.
Walnuts
Few foods are as nutritiously complete and good for the human body as walnuts. Walnuts are one of the most nutrient-dense whole food sources of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an essential omega-3 fatty acid in plant foods. Studies have shown that the omega-3 fatty acid in plant foods may help reduce the risk for heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and clinical depression.
One ounce of English walnuts has 18.5 grams of total fat and 2.6 grams of omega-3 fatty acids. One ounce of black walnut has 16.7 grams of total fat and .57 grams of omega 3’s.
Sunflower seeds
A handful of sunflower seeds is a great snack, while enhancing your health by supplying significant amounts of vitamin E, magnesium and selenium.
Vitamin E:
Sunflower seeds are an excellent source of vitamin E, the body's primary fat-soluble antioxidant. Vitamin E has significant anti-inflammatory effects that result in the reduction of symptoms in asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis, conditions where free radicals and inflammation play a big role. Vitamin E has also been shown to reduce the risk of colon cancer, help decrease the severity and frequency of hot flashes in women going through menopause, and help reduce the development of diabetic complications.
Magnesium:
Sunflower seeds are a good source of magnesium. Numerous studies have demonstrated that magnesium helps reduce the severity of asthma, lower high blood pressure, and prevent migraine headaches, as well as reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Magnesium is necessary for healthy bones and energy production. About two-thirds of the magnesium in the human body is found in our bones.
Selenium:
Selenium is a trace mineral that is fundamental to human health. Evidence from
studies suggests a strong correlation between selenium intake and cancer prevention. Selenium has been shown to induce DNA repair and synthesis in damaged cells, to inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells, and to induce their self-destruct sequence the body uses to eliminate worn out or abnormal cells.
Almonds:
Almonds are also a rich source of Vitamin E. They are one of the leading food sources of alpha-tocopherol vitamin E. Alpha-tocopherol is the kind of vitamin E the human body absorbs best. Almonds are also rich in monounsaturated fat, one of the two "good" fats responsible for lowering LDL cholesterol.
Almonds contain practically no carbohydrates and are gluten-free. Almonds can be made into flour as a wheat substitute for gluten-sensitive people and people with wheat allergies and coeliac disease.
The health benefits of almonds include improved complexion, improved movement of food through the colon (feces) and the prevention of cancer. Recent research associates the inclusion of almonds in the diet with elevating the blood levels of high density lipoproteins and of lowering the levels of low density lipoproteins
The almond is considered a nutritive for the brain and nervous system. It is said to induce high intellectual level and longevity.
Nutrient Rich: A one-ounce serving of almonds (about 23 almonds) is an excellent source of vitamin E, magnesium and manganese, and a good source of fiber, copper, riboflavin, and phosphorus. Every ounce has 6 grams of protein, and 12 grams of heart-healthy unsaturated fats.
Granola
Makes 2 cups or about 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cups almonds, soaked
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, soaked
- 1/2 cup walnuts, soaked
- 1/2 cup raisins
- Dash sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Fresh fruit and almond milk to serve
Directions:
Place the almonds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, raisins, salt, and cinnamon in a food processor and process until coarsely chopped. Serve with fresh fruits and almond milk.
“The content found on these pages are the experiences of one individual
and are not to be construed as a substitute for professional medical advice.”
MAY 2013 Newsletter
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"I love my pizza so much, in fact, that I have come to believe in my delirium that my pizza might actually love me, in return. I am having a relationship with this pizza, almost an affair."
-From Elizabeth Gilbert's 'Eat Pray Love'
APRIL 2013 Newsletter
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Sakura“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.”
- Buddha
MARCH 2013 Newsletter
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Mt. Agung, Bali“A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.” - Sivananda
JANUARY 2013 Newsletter
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Chef Jim with his dear friend Chef Brenda“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.” - Groucho Marx
DECEMBER 2012 Newsletter
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We don't accomplish anything in this world alone ... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something. - Sandra Day O'Connor
NOVEMBER 2012 Newsletter
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“Our mission is to be inclusive, non-judgmental and welcoming; ready to engage anyone interested in Living Food to strive toward a more healthy lifestyle. The struggle with health concerns can be daunting. Our goal is to convince anyone struggling with health opportunities to be passionately patient with themselves.”
OCTOBER 2012 Newsletter
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Lasagna from Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar.“We didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren’t going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build.
When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”
Steve Jobs
AUGUST 2012 Newsletter
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Chefs Estela and Paisley repeating their plating skills on opening day at
Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” Mohammed Ali
JULY 2012 Newsletter
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“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
David Miller pizza photo from Rawsome Living Foods Café and Juice Bar, June 2012
JUNE 2012 Newsletter
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“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French.
Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek.
Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.” – Alice May Brock
MAY 2012 Newsletter
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"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop
whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." -- Luciano Pavarotti
APRIL 2012 Newsletter
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Patisserie Course Level 1 -Tokyo March 2012“One of the dysfunctional patterns of the mind is the assumption that the Now needs to be filled
with something all the time. Of course you have to do things,
but see if you can also experience the spaciousness of this moment,
the inherent goodness of this moment, regardless of what it contains.” -Eckhart Tolle
MARCH 2012 Newsletter
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Banana flower in Chiang Mai“Our mission is to be inclusive, non-judgmental and welcoming; ready to engage
anyone interested in Living Food to strive for a more healthy lifestyle. The struggle
with health concerns can be daunting. Our goal is to convince anyone struggling with
health opportunities to be passionately patient with yourself.”
FEBRUARY 2012 Newsletter
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"Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom."
-Thomas Carlyle
JANUARY 2012 Newsletter
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“To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” William Londen
DECEMBER 2011 Newsletter
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“There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself.”- Ruth Stout
NOVEMBER 2011 Newsletter
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“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.” - Groucho Marx
OCTOBER 2011 Newsletter
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“It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.” -Vernon Howard
SEPTEMBER 2011 Newsletter
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“I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.” ~Darren Aronofsky
AUGUST 2011 Newsletter
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“Learning is finding out what you already know.
Doing is demonstrating that you know it.
Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you.
You are all learners, doers, teachers “. - Richard Bach
JULY 2011 Newsletter
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Strawberry Cheesecake from the Rawsome Kitchen Takeout
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. –Buddha
JUNE 2011 Newsletter
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To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. –Buddha
MAY 2011 Newsletter
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The circumstances of our lives have as much power as we choose to give them. - David McNally
APRIL 2011 Newsletter
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Haiku 俳句
spring has come now
the frogs emerge from the pond
calling in the night春到来
池の蛙は
夜に鳴き
MARCH 2011 Newsletter
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There are two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
FEBRUARY 2011 Newsletter
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"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
Dalai Lama
JANUARY 2011 Newsletter
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Kumi at 6 monthsI believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. - Dalai Lama
DECEMBER 2010 Newsletter
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“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.”- Buddha
NOVEMBER 2010 Newsletter
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It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change.
If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine.
Be teachable. That is the whole secret.- Vernon Howar
OCTOBER 2010 Newsletter
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"Those who think they have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
Edward Stanley (1826-1893) from The Conduct of Life
SEPTEMBER 2010 Newsletter
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Those who think they have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
Edward Stanley (1826-1893) from The Conduct of Life
AUGUST 2010 Newsletter
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“If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear;
For, if you will persevere, You will conquer; never fear; Try, try again.” -McGuffey's Second Reader
JULY 2010 Newsletter
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“A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent,
is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.” ~Hazrat Inayat Khan~
JUNE 2010 Newsletter
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The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet. - Rebecca H. Davis
MAY 2010 News
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APRIL 2010 Newsletter
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La vérité n'existe pas. Et si elle existait, elle serait fausse.”
March 2010 Newsletter
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"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad."
Brian O'Driscoll, Irish Rugby Coach
February 2010 Newsletter
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You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them.
Hold them in your mind until they become second nature. - Les Brown
January 2010 Newsletter
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan
December 2009 Newsletter
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Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose.
There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
November 2009 Newsletter
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Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting
and autumn a mosaic of them all. ~ Stanley Horowitz
October 2009 Newsletter
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"The way we farm now is destructive of the soil, the environment and us.”
- Doug Gurian-Sherman, Senior Scientist - Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
September 2009 Newsletter
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"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth
as much as the evolution of a vegetarian diet." - Albert Einstein
August 2009 Newsletter
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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” -Lao Tzu
July 2009 Newsletter
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“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” - Confucius
Contents:
July Workshops
Kitchen Tips - Raw Food Conversion Chart
Vitamix Affiliate Program
Recipe of the month - Granola
June 2009 Newsletter
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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.”
- Helen Keller
Contents:
Raw food for purchase
Brunch on Salt Spring workshop
Products/Kitchen Aids
Benefits and Side Effects of a Raw Food Diet
Vitamix Blenders
Kitchen Tips
Recipe of the month -Orange Cranberry Cookies
May 2009 Newsletter
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Contents:
Raw in Japan
Photo links to Japan
Vitamix Affliate Program
Kitchen Tips - Types of Kitchen Knives
Workshops
Recipe of the Month - Vegetable Teriyaki
April 2009 Newsletter
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Contents:
How to do Hanami
Our plans for April
April Workshops and Demos
Research/News
Overview of Raw Food Preparation Methods
Recipe of the Month #1 - Indian Vegetable Curry
Recipe of the Month #2 - Hot Chocolate Brownies
March 2009 Newsletter
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Contents:
Our Trip to Japan
March Workshops
Juice Fasting
Research/Links of Interest
Recipe of the Month - Chocolate Mousse
February 2009 Newsletter
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Contents:
Making the move to Raw - Setting up your kitchen
Culinary News - Sprouts are alive!
February Workshops
Recipe of the Month - Malini’s Pesto Pizza
January 2009 Newsletter
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Contents:
Going Raw
Living Food Facts
Simple Steps to Adding Raw Foods to Your Diet
Research/Links of Interest
Recipe of the Month - Cilantro Miso Soup
December 2008 Newsletter
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Contents:
Website launch
Going Raw in a Cold Climate
Research/Links of Interest
Recipe of the Month - Chili San Carne
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