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Crunchy Sweet and Sour Salad

Tossed Crunchy Sweet and Sour Salad

I made this delicious salad for quick dinner last night and it was just too good no to share.

Ingredients

1/3 head nappa cabbage, thinly sliced
1 bunch watercress , stemmed
1 bunch spinach leaves, stemmed and sliced
8 ounces mung bean sprouts
3 ounces snow peas, cut into strips lenghwise
4

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Tomatillo Salsa

Living Enchiladas with Tomatillo Salsa | Photo by: Johan Everstijn

This delicious and easy to make Tomatillo Salsa is a great topping to any Mexican dish, or as a dip for your favorite chips!
Ingredients

2 Tomatillos, Coarsely Chopped

1/2 Small Haas Avocado

1 1/2 tbsp. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice

1 1/2 tsp. Onion Powder

1 tsp. Garlic Powder

1 tsp. Celtic

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1 cup raw macadamia nuts
1 cup organic raisins
2 avocados, peeled and seeded
1 cup raw honey (you could use dates if you’re vegan)
1 vanilla bean (soak for an hour or so if it’s dried)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon grated fresh or frozen ginger
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup water
4 cups (960 ml) raw pumpkin, peeled
4-8 tablespoons ground psyllium husks

Pie shell of choice

Directions

Soak the macadamia

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My first Raw Food tasting party.

Since getting back from Chicago, I have been flooded with requests for a Raw Food Box program here in Houston. I would love to oblige and I am trying to work out the logistics of setting up such a program. To help me figure some of this out and to let people who are interested

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Why should you soak your nuts and seeds?

By: Delicia Beaty and Sharon Foutch

Soaking nuts, grains, seeds, and legumes
Nature has set it up so that the nut, grain and seed may survive until proper growing conditions are present. Nature’s defense mechanism includes nutritional inhibitors and toxic substances that can be removed naturally when there is enough precipitation to sustain a new plant

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Buckwheat Sprouts – Nutritional Facts and Recipe

Sprouting takes a nut or seed that is dormant and brings it to life. You can watch as a food that has been sitting in a bag on a shelf for months begins to grow a little sprout and transforms. One of the easiest foods to sprout is buckwheat. Buckwheat becomes packed with live enzymes

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Raw Recipe – Veggie Enchiladas

These are wonderful to serve for an impressive meal. They are VERY easy to make, but look and taste much more gourmet.
Serves 6

Wraps
4 C organic corn (fresh or frozen, whichever is available to you)
1/3 C ground flax seeds
1/4 C ground sunflower seeds
1/4 C orange juice
1/4 C lime juice
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 tsp.

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Fat or Fiction

By Professor Ian Brighthope

Fat is probably the most misunderstood component of the human diet. The acquisition of scientific terminology as marketing jargon has certainly increased this misunderstanding. Most consumers are now aware of terms such as omega-3 and omega-6, and essential fatty acids, and know that there are such things as good fats and bad

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