Raw Food Summer Recipe Essentials: Soups, salads, and a raw fruit simple mousse As a passionate cook, raw food has always intrigued me; I love to experiment with new techniques, textures, and tastes. When I first discovered raw food years ago, I discovered that I was already practicing a 50 percent raw food lifestyle. I took [...]
Cultivating Balance through Mindful Eating One component of cultivating balance in our lives is by how we pay attention to our nutritional balance. This can be achieved by practicing Mindful Eating. Mindful Eating includes choosing our food wisely, eating slowly, being present and focused at each meal, and concentrating on the five senses as we [...]
Yogi Food: The many benefits of adding high quality, organic honey into your diet. The far most important element of raw food, or any food for that matter, is the sourcing of high quality, seasonal, local when possible, organic ingredients. Without them, you are already limiting your chances of preparing great, healthy food. This is particularly [...]
Adding Superfoods to your salad has never been easier. The abundance of fresh vegetables in farmers markets is a hallmark of salad season of Spring and Summer. If you want to make sure that your salad is packed with nutrient-rich ingredients, try supercharging your meals with some superfood powders. Superfoods are foods with extremely [...]
Finger Foods for Supporting Sensuality Food and sex have long been correlated. Eating is sensual, after all. While no specific food will make you immediately remove your clothes, there are nutritional components in certain foods that make your body and organs perform better or worse—sex organs included. A few of our feel good faves that keep the body nice and juicy are: [...]
Start your Day with Strength: Enjoy Breakfast How you begin your day determines how you’ll feel the rest of the day. Take the time in the morning to energize and invigorate by nourishing your cells, blood, and brain. If you consume sugar, grease, caffeine, and excess dairy first thing in the morning, take some time [...]
Health Begins within with Superfoods How can we be our healthiest and most peaceful self and to be a true contribution to our community and the world? By beginning within. The abundance of nature’s pharmacopeia is fast becoming a cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle, as more and more people embrace Hippocrates’ axiom, “Let thy medicine [...]
For families who choose fresh, local, and organic whole foods, kids’ snacking can easily derail all healthful good intentions. The market is inundated with prepackaged snacks for kids—usually filled with toxic ingredients like food coloring, added preservatives, and excessive amounts of sugar. Don’t fall prey to a snack attack! Use these great “snack smart” ideas [...]
“Everything old is new again” is popular, especially when it comes to nutrition and wellness. Every awesome “new” superfood, meditation technique, or healing modality, is something that ancient cultures have been using for hundreds, even thousands, of years. With the myriad challenges that modern life presents, it’s more important than ever to experiment with these [...]
Fennel in the Mediterranean Food Climate Fennel is one of the quintessential scents, flavors, and foods characteristic of California’s Mediterranean climate. While it is a frequent ingredient favored by Italian, Mediterranean, and modern California cuisine, it is often overlooked by Americans even though the vegetable can often be seen growing wild on along roadsides, or [...]