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16 years ago
frances
Vince,
The online sprouting store where I shop doesn't sell organic chia seed ( ), but a web search turns up quite a few places which do. Maybe someone here can suggest one that's reliable. The co-op market where I shop has a small selection of sprouting seeds, including organic chia, so I haven't had to look for an online source.
Forum: Recipes and Food Preparation 16 years ago
frances
I really enjoyed this season's corn right on the cob or in soups (corn chowder, tomato gazpacho). Unfortunately, most of our local farmers don't have any left this late in the season. I convinced most of my family that it really does taste great raw, but they kept cooking theirs... to each his own, I guess!
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
Last night I made the lasagna from "Raw Food, Real World".I was particularly taken with the ribbon-candy appearance of the zucchini once I had finished slicing it in the mandline.
It's a relatively high fat food, but it's one of my all-time favorites.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
I like because they have a great deal of advice and information about sprouting. I started sprouting with small leafy sprouts (clover, alfalfa, broccoli, etc...) which I eat in salads and wrap sandwiches. I've made one blended soup with them, but didn't have good results because I don't have a high-speed blender.
Forum: Sprouting and Organic Gardening 16 years ago
frances
I have used plain water in place of coconut water when I had none available. It's not as flavorful and lacks some of the healthful benefits of coconut water, but the recipes have turned out just fine.
Forum: Recipes and Food Preparation 16 years ago
frances
> 2. I was reading a article from
> it suggest unlimit fruits
> and veggies? Can people get sick by eating too
> much fruit?
You can get sick eating too much of anything. Generally speaking, you can eat tons of good raw fruits and veggies and will get full long before you eat too much. If you're sensitive to sugar, you might have trouble with large quantities of very sweet frui
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
457. Re: ParaFlexx sheets
coco- Thanks for the article link. I'll have to try that trick of pinching and twisting my silicone sheets to see if they contain filler. Still, it sounds like Dr. Weil backs up my thought that silicone should be non-reactive, especially at the more moderate temperatures of the dehydrator.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
I swallow all kinds of seeds out of laziness, but your system won't generally be able to digest them if you swallow them whole. The plants produce the seeded grapes with the design that some animal will come eat them and then drop the seeds someplace else in a pile of its own fertilizer. If you want to take advantage of any of the nutrients in seeds you can either break them with your teeth or wi
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
I sometimes worry about insulting my hosts by rejecting food they have lovingly prepared and served. That doesn't mean I'll eat anything they happen to serve, but to maintain the companionable atmosphere of a shared meal is sometimes tricky if I'm refusing to share the meal. My strategies for this are:
1. Bring a dish to share. This keeps me from starving, and I'm not eating a completely separ
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
It seemed like a badly designed debate to me. The interviewer and the dietitian were using "superfoods" to mean all of the various foods temporarily elevated to manna-hood by the fashion of the moment. The fads are not a good way to design a diet, and people do spend a lot of money eating fashionably. Sometimes the fashionable foods are truly healthy, sometimes they aren't.
They brou
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
462. Re: ParaFlexx sheets
I've been using flexible silicone baking sheets in my dehydrator. I've never heard anything against it, but they are very "space age". Since they can supposedly be used safely in a very hot oven, I figure the temperature of the dehydrator is probably okay.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
I have always considered nutritional yeast to be vegan. Yeast isn't an animal, and the authors of several of my raw and non-raw vegan cookbooks call for it frequently. (I enjoy cookbooks and buy too many.) In addition to niacin, nutritional yeast supposed to be great for b12.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
Erik- You were looking on the main list for September 1st, when you began the thread, but it is actually listed under the date of the last comment in the thread - not the first. Since you'd have to know when the last comment was made it can be hard to find threads on the list unless the conversation is still active. It's better to search for it. If you have something to add to the conversation sa
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
465. Re: Yin/Yang foods
If TCM views symptoms experienced by the new raw foodist as negative effects of an unhealthy diet, then it seems to me that the test comes from observing those symptoms over time. If raw food is an unhealthy way to eat, then the symptoms should appear gradually and increase as long as the diet is continued. If they are truly detox symptoms they should appear fairly quickly and be rare in a long-t
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
The Shazzie podcast file is here:
I haven't listened to it, though.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
If you're on the fence between buying a pricey blender or an equally pricey juicer, you can try working with a less expensive juicer for a while along with the less expensive blender you likely already have.
This manual juicer goes or $45+shipping, and can manage most juicing tasks including wheat grass. I've used mine successfully for greens, carrots, beets, watermelon, wheat grass, etc... an
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
frances
I want to echo what coco said about sprouting. Organic homegrown sprouts can be amazingly nutritious and extremely economical. All they require is a few minutes attention in the morning and in the evening, and a space on a windowsill. The growth cycle is short for most sprouts (a week or less), so crowded apartment dwellers can produce more sprouts in less space than you would think. I've found t
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
I have a cheap juicer myself, but one time at my local farmers market a couple was feeding frozen bananas through a Champion juicer with the blank in place. It came out into little paper bowls looking like perfect swirly soft-serve ice cream. Topped with some fresh berries it was a sundae that couldn't be beat! I only saw them that once, and have wished that they would make it a regular thing.
Forum: Recipes and Food Preparation 16 years ago
frances
I've seen at least one blender marketed with the idea that you will blend whole fresh foods and then strain the result much as if you were making nut milk. I don't know what I think of the idea. It would take longer and probably wouldn't separate as much juice as an actual juicer, but it might actually be easier to clean up.
I agree that a blender isn't a juicer, but this scheme should yield a
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
frances
Gary-
I put raw alcohol lower on the list because raw alcohol products (most wine and sake) are raw foods, and they have healthful live cultures like other unpasteurized fermented foods. Taken in excess, they can be just as bad as pasteurized alcohol, and it has been said that even in small amounts alcohol can slow detoxification. Wine isn't an ideal food, it isn't necessarily a bad thing occa
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
Wow. I think you could start a war with this question, and in the end there's a lot of opinion and person choice in the answer. Personally, I would put junk food above caffeine and alcohol. I would put *raw* alcohol lower on the list, and both meat and dairy much higher (especially dairy!).
(corrected a typo)
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
Agreed. If you report it to your credit card company *promptly*, they will take the charge off your card and it will be up to The Best Day Ever to argue their side if they really think the charge was authorized. If the company responded to you I might consider that to be playing dirty, but as unresponsive as they've been you need to put the ball in their court.
If you wait too long your credit
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 16 years ago
frances
I've been raw (not 100%) for about six weeks. I still drink wine, but I find that alcohol affects me more strongly than it used to, and so I drink less and less frequently.
Forum: Other Health Related 16 years ago
frances
My dehydrator is in the basement. When I'm dehydrating Matt Amsden's "Famous Onion Bread" the smell completely dominates the basement and can often be detected everywhere else in the house. It's not a bad smell, but it's strong and thirty-six hours of it can weigh on the patience. The taste is great, but I'm also thinking of making mixing it up with some less odorous breads!
Forum: Recipes and Food Preparation 16 years ago
frances
I can relate to this too. I've been about 5 weeks raw, currently at 90-95%. If I feel like eating something cooked I don't fight the temptation - because I know if I make it a battle I'll eventually lose. (Willpower is not one of my strengths.) Still, I feel less and less tempted to eat cooked food, and when I do I very quickly feel *done*. I still enjoy the smells, tastes and textures, but after
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
birch - I've left coconut water in the fridge for longer than two days without trouble. I'm not sure how long it will last, though, because I never let it go much longer than that.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
On average, I think my raw dishes do not last as long as cooked ones.
Dehydrated foods will last longer than those with all of their natural water. Preservative agents include oil, vinegar/healthy fermentation, salts, sugars and hot spices. Avocado can oxidize quickly and badly when it's alone, but this can be slowed down dramatically by citrus.
One of my favorite raw recipes, the lasagna f
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
frances
Pecan Crumble (p.238)
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2 c. pecans
1/4 - 1/3 c. agave or honey
In a food processor, process the pecans until crumbly. Slowly add in the agave syrup to slightly moisten. If it clumps together then dehydrate for a couple of hours until it can crumble between your fingers.
Forum: Recipes and Food Preparation 16 years ago
frances
480. Re: almond myth?
kwan: I agree that the phrasing is troubling, and I'm hoping that the reporter who wrote the article may not have gotten all the facts perfectly right. Unless someone finds the text of the new law, we may just have to hope for the best.
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