Tale of Two Raws

When David Wolfe was visiting Sarasota, (yes, the raw foods guru came to town) I asked him (yes, I spoke to him and even hugged him  - what a nice guy he is) what his favorite cacao recipe was. Without even an eye blink he said the $18,000 Smoothie. Like a dolt, I looked at […]

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This week we are doing a special using curry powder. If you look around where you live there may or not be an Indian restaurant. There is only one here in Sarasota, which leads me to believe that Indian food isn’t all that popular in this neck of the woods. Well, here’s the news folks, […]

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I got the below in an email. We do not use these kind of carrots at Raw Raw Foods, but I eat them at home.  I was concerned, so I checked it out at Snopes.com. a great site to check out the validity of all those urban legends and wild emails.

“The following is information from […]

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Here at RRF we use a goodly amount of nuts. They add protein, bulk, taste, nutrition, texture and visual appeal. We always soak them in purified water to release the enzyme inhibitors, then either blend them into a cream, freeze to use later or dehydrate them.But nuts have gotten a bad rap through out the […]

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My husband does a fair amount of television watching, and his current favorite is Discovery’s Planet Green, billed as TV’s first all green network. I’ve had a chance to glimpse at it a time or two myself and it’s got a lot of varied and interesting shows. Ed Begley Jr., has a show called Living […]

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I suppose this wouldn’t be a proper raw food blog without mentioning raw dog food. My daughter called me today with an interesting site for anyone interested in considering giving their dog a raw food diet. I do not advocate you have your dog eat raw, nor do I scorn the idea. I fed my […]

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I have to say that the smoothie I made today for breakfast is an excellent one, and I wanted to share the recipe, such as it is, with you.
1 apple, 1 banana, a couple of big handfuls of spinach - almost to the top of your blender jar, 3/4 teaspoon coconut oil, 1 tablespoon of […]

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When I wrote my first post on Oil Pulling, I never thought I would get the response I’ve gotten. There are lots and lots of you out there who Oil Pull…go figure.
Well, frankly I haven’t O.P’d since I wrote the post, but I’m going to restart. My business partner Joan, faithfully swishes sesame oil around […]

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This week we are having pesto as our special. No biggie you say, all pesto is raw, but our pesto has no nuts, and tastes fabulous. I could go on about how good it is, but the reason of this post is to give you a great link I found when I was researching the […]

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Last month I was reading Time magazine and came across The 100 Thing Challenge written by Lisa McLaughlin. Catchy title, intriguing concept - which is, according to Dave Bruno at guynameddave, by this coming November he will have paired his personal possessions to 100, and live with those 100 for a year. This picture is […]

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