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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.”

"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

On a recent trip to Vancouver to assist with Raw Fundamentals, Lulu, Paisley, Chris, and I stopped into Organic Lives to visit our dear friends Preet and Amarit Marwaha. As usual, we talked about food and nutrition. The discussion centred on Dr. Douglas Graham’s 80-10-10 low-fat, plant-based Diet. Graham proposes that the ideal ratio of nutrients to support health is 80% carbohydrates, 10% protein and 10% fat.

Other low-fat vegan diets rely on cooked starches such as rice, bread, and potatoes as the main source of calories. Starches and grains are low in nutrients and because they taste bland we usually add sugar, salt, and fats which compromises their potential health value.

Graham overcomes this problem by basing his program entirely on raw foods with fruit forming the foundation of the diet. He states that fruit is the ideal food for humans and supports his claims with convincing arguments and scientific research.

Ideally, we should eat mono meals of fruit where a single fruit is eaten in large quantities. For example breakfast might consist of 4 pounds of watermelon. Graham explains that it is necessary to eat fruit in such amounts in order to obtain adequate calories, which is necessary to thrive on this diet. In order to take in my 2500 calories a day, I need to eat 15 lbs of fruit a day or the equivalent of 30 bananas!

Graham also advises dieters to consume approximately a pound of leafy greens each day such as lettuce, spinach, and celery. Foods high in fat such as avocado and nuts are generally limited to a small serving every second day or so.

Although the diet is the foundation of the program Graham emphasizes the importance of addressing other lifestyle factors, which include exercise, sunlight, adequate sleep, and emotional balance.

The key to all of this is to slowly transition into this change in food consumption. One way to approach it would be to start every meal with fruit. Overtime, increase those portions until you begin to feel satiated with just fruit as a meal. The remarkable thing is that you don’t gain weight from eating predominantly fruit. It’s the fats that cause us to gain weight.

As we have often suggested to people who are trying to eat more live plant-based foods in their diet, consider eating ‘raw before 6 p.m.’ Perhaps consider eating just fruits for breakfast and lunch and save your vegetables for dinner. Have fun with this. It’s a learning process as each one of us attempts to find the balance that assists us to maintain optimum health and wellness.

- Chef Jim

Check out Chris’ blog at http://rawsomecoaching.ca for more great info on the 80-10-10 Diet.


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This excerpt from The Strangest Secret: How to live the life you desire by Earl Nightingale provides a wonderful analogy with planting and the fertility of the mind.

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them." - George Bernard Shaw

Well, it's pretty apparent, isn't it? And every person who discovered this believed (for a while) that he was the first one to work it out. We become what we think about. Now, it stands to reason that a person who is thinking about a concrete and worthwhile goal is going to reach it, because that's what he's thinking about. And we become what we think about.

Conversely, the person who has no goal, who doesn't know where he's going, and whose thoughts must therefore be thoughts of confusion, anxiety, fear and worry — his life becomes one of frustration, fear, anxiety and worry. And if he thinks about nothing ... he becomes nothing.

How does it work? Why do we become what we think about? Well, I'll tell you how it works, as far as we know. To do this, I want to tell you about a situation that parallels the human mind.

Suppose a farmer has some land, and it's good, fertile land. The land gives the farmer a choice; he may plant in that land whatever he chooses. The land doesn't care. It's up to the farmer to make a decision. We're comparing the human mind with the land because the mind, like the land, doesn't care what you plant in it. It will return what you plant, but it doesn't care what you plant.

Now, let's say that the farmer has two seeds in his hand — one is a seed of corn, the other is nightshade, a deadly poison. He digs two little holes in the earth and he plants both seeds — one corn, the other nightshade. He covers up the holes, waters and takes care of the land ... and what will happen? Invariably, the land will return what was planted. As it's written in the Bible, "As ye sow, so shall ye reap."

Remember, the land doesn't care. It will return poison in just as wonderful abundance as it will corn. So up come the plants — one corn, one poison. The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and mysterious than the land, but it works the same way. It doesn't care what we plant ... success ... or failure. A concrete, worthwhile goal ... or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety, and so on. But what we plant it must return to us.

You see, the human mind is the last great, unexplored continent on earth. It contains riches beyond our wildest dreams. It will return anything we want to plant.

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Upcoming Workshops and Events to post on your calendar:

For more details visit our events page.

Mother’s Day Special for a Special Mother

Rawsome Living Foods is taking orders up to May 9th for decadent treats for Mother’s Day (or any one special). Dairy and wheat free – do contain nuts/seeds

RAW. VEGAN and ORGANIC!

Order your cake no later than Wednesday, May 9th

6” Cake - $35

Individual size torte - $6

250-537-2048 or rawsome@shaw.ca

New York Style Cheesecake

New York Cheesecake - RAW

Indulge in the flavour and aroma of fresh squeezed organic lemons. This decadent dessert will be the highlight of a special meal. Crafted with only the finest organic ingredients, including raw coconut meat and the juice of 4 lemons. This zesty New York Style Cheesecake will satisfy even the most discriminating taste. One of our favourites!

Individual Torte

Small Cake

Diameter: 2 in

Diameter: 6 in

Servings: 1

Servings: 4-8

Approximate Calories per serving: 300 cal.

Approximate Calories per serving: 300 cal.

Ingredients: Walnuts, Cashews, Coconut, dates, fresh squeezed lemon juice, almond milk, maple syrup, coconut sugar, coconut butter, vanilla, sea salt and lemon zest.

Red Velvet (nut-free)

Red Velvet Cake - RAW

There’s something about a red velvet cake that always makes me feel good inside. And it’s not just the taste. It’s the memories it brings of family and holidays and home. This dark red cake layer cake is paired with a creamy coconut “cream cheese” icing.



Individual Torte

Small Cake

Diameter: 2 in

Diameter: 6 in

Servings: 1

Servings: 4-8

Approximate Calories per serving: 300 cal.

Approximate Calories per serving: 300 cal.

Ingredients: Zucchini, coconut flour, oat flour, beets, maple syrup, cacao powder, Irish moss, flax, vanilla, young Thai coconut fruit, coconut oil, birch sugar, lecithin, fresh squeezed lemon juice, and sea salt.

 

Triple Chocolate Torte

Chocolate Torte - RAW

Wanting something chocolate…very chocolaty, something smooth and delectable with every bite then this dessert is for you. The crust is made up of pecans, dates and cacao. The filing is made with chocolate, cashews and young Thai coconut fruit. Finished off with a topping made from our signature raw chocolate, this torte is just too damn good not to eat in one bite. It is satisfying and mouth watering.

Individual Torte

Small Cake

Diameter: 2 in

Diameter: 6 in

Servings: 1

Servings: 4-8

Approximate Calories per serving: 300 cal.

Approximate Calories per serving: 300 cal.

Ingredients: Pecans, dates, cacao powder, vanilla, cashews, young Thai coconut fruit, coconut oil, maple syrup, cacao paste, cacao butter and sea salt.


All raw, all natural, all living food

Coming in May

  • Order a special Mother’s Day Cake by May 9th. Ready for pick up by Saturday May 12th. See special Mother’s Day flyer for more info
  • Rawsome Kitchen June and July Take Out Thursdays

Pre-Order by Tuesday at noon and your take out meal will be ready to go by Noon on Thursday – Be sure to be on our mailing list and a friend on Facebook at Rawsome Living Foods in order to learn about our weekly specials.

  • Rawsome Kitchen Catered Dinners

You choose the day, the time, and the menu. We’ll make a 3 or 5 course meal for you and anywhere from 4 - 10 friends. Cost is $25 to $35 per person (+HST). Choose from Thai, Mediterranean, Japanese, Italian, Mexican, Indian, or North American. All raw, all plant-based, all wheat and dairy free. Does contain nuts and/or seeds.

Coming August 10-12

Click Below to Register for the Destination Event of the Summer!

Raw on the Rawk ~ Living Foods Festival
August 10 - 12, 2012, Salt Spring Island, BC

 

FOR SALE:

Our close friend and colleague – Brenda Hinton – Raw Food Chef and Instructor at Living Lights Institute, is currently selling these wonderful nut milk bags. If you are interested in purchasing your own, please go to her link. Rawsome Living Foods will be getting some in stock in the near future. But for now, please support this very worthwhile cause and in the process get access to some ‘skookum’ nut milk bags from Bali. Thanks Brenda for all you do! http://nutmilkbag.rawsomecreations.com/more-than-a-nut-milk-bag.php

 

 

 

 

 


Transition Tips:

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Recipe of the month:

Wakame and Vegetable Coleslaw
Serves 4

This is a very nice salad that is quick and easy to make, very enjoyable and fits nicely with our 80/10/10 diet.

  • 20 cm (8 inch) piece of Wakame, soaked in cold water until soft
  • 3 cups cabbage (red and green), sliced in strips
  • 3 medium carrots, shredded
  • 1 cup yellow or green zucchini
  • 4 radishes, sliced finely
  • 1 red pepper, julienned
  • 1 or 2 green onions, sliced finely
  • 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp maple syrup
  • 2 tsp. Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp sesame oil

Combine vinegar, oil, mustard, and maple syrup in a large bowl.
Add remaining ingredients and toss.

Chop Wakame into small pieces and add to slaw. Toss well. Garnish with dulse or kelp flakes.

 

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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
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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Rawsome Newsletter - January 2012

    "Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom."

    -Thomas Carlyle

 

JANUARY 2012 Newsletter

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Rawsome Newsletter - January 2012

    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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Salt Spring Island, BC

    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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Blossoms

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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Blossoms

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 months

I 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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Rawsome Living Foods

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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Rawsome Living Foods

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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Rawsome Food

"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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Raw Sauerkraut

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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Strawberry Shortcake - Raw Food Recipe

    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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Flying Bok Choy

 

    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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Flying Bok Choy

 

    Contents:

    Website launch

    Going Raw in a Cold Climate

    Research/Links of Interest

    Recipe of the Month - Chili San Carne

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