It is DAY 28 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am delighted to feature the dazzling Kristen Suzanne from Kristen's Raw. If you are not acquainted with this lovely lady, then you are just letting some of the best in the raw foods world pass you by! Kristen is AMAZING. As a former competitive bodybuilder, Kristen Suzanne has been studying nutrition, fitness and food preparation for more than 15 years. She is now an accomplished raw vegan chef, and author helping people succeed with a raw foods lifestyle. Kristen has authored 12 incredible raw vegan recipe and lifestyle books, and through radio, television, classes, her newsletter, and very popular blog, Kristen's Raw, she is helping people all around the world to get the... Keep Reading
It is DAY 26 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am utterly thrilled to be featuring the wonderful Marie-Claire Hermans from Ravishing Raw. Marie-Claire is a raw food chef, author, and coach in Belgium, Europe and is a wonderful contributor for this Excalibur event because she specializes in making raw food look and taste like cooked food! This is especially helpful for raw food beginners who are craving cooked foods during their transitional period. You can also purchase the RAVISHING JUICE FAST, eBook, where Marie-Claire guides people through a cleansing juice fast for 3 weeks with thorough information to remove all toxins and rejuvenate your body safely. This fabulous eBook comes with a recipe for every day through the... Keep Reading
It is DAY 25 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and we continue to celebrate our Excalibur Dehydrator Giveaway with the gorgeous Cecilia Kinzie from Raw Glow. She has brought her fantastic raw vegan no nut carrot pulp cookies to the party, and these little morsels are DELICIOUS! What a FANTASTIC way to use leftover carrot pulp from your juicing! These cookies literally took me 10 minutes to make, before they were in my Excalibur dehydrator filling my house with the warm scent of Christmas! We had a dinner party while these babies were "baking" and, as people were entering the house, they all cried out in unison, "Wow, something smells AMAZING!" They then tasted these cookies, and were all scrambling in their purses to write down the... Keep Reading
It is DAY 26 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am delighted to feature the lovely Laura-Jane, AKA The Rawtarian. Laura-Jane is a passionate raw vegan chef dedicated to creating flavourful raw dishes that will inspire others to include more live foods in their diet. The Rawtarian has some fantastic raw food recipes. You can find delicious raw salads, raw soups, raw puddings, raw cakes; fantastic raw dehydrated crackers and breads; raw dehydrated cookies bars and loaves; and so much more. Some of my personal favourites are: raw taco meat, raw cream of celery soup, raw zucchini bread, raw lemon bars, raw eggnog, and one of her best recipes, the raw chocolate brownies with raw chocolate icing. YUMMO! These quick easy raw... Keep Reading
It is DAY 25 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and we continue our Excalibur 9-Tray Dehydrator Giveaway celebration with a fellow Aussie -- the wonderful Mark Valencia from Self Sufficient Me. I was introduced to Mark through Excalibur. They are HUGE fans of Mark's site, and I can see why! This website ROCKS! It is absolutely LOADED with tips and information for living a self sufficient lifestyle. Although Mark's main blog is based out of Bellmere, a small suburb in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 45kms north of Brisbane, this is a global community website. You can participate and share information about sustainable living in the global forum, Self Sufficient Culture, or the Self Sufficient You section. After... Keep Reading
It is DAY 25 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am honoured to feature the inspiring and gorgeous Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram from Fully Raw, the founder of the largest raw, organic produce community cooperative in the USA, Rawfully Organic. If you don't know about this incredible woman, get acquainted. Not only is she stunningly beautiful, she has an EXTRAORDINARILY generous spirit. I am going to go as far as to proclaim her "A Living Mother Teresa." Kristina Gabrielle Carrillo-Bucaram is a leading visionary in the raw movement, especially in Houston, TX. Half Lebanese and half Ecuadorian, she is bilingual and shares the flavour of her cultures wherever she goes! Kristina studied Kinesiology, Health Science, Raw Foods, and... Keep Reading
It is DAY 24 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and if you think eating raw foods is expensive, the gorgeous Brandi Rollins from Raw Foods on a Budget will change your mind. This lady certainly knows how to stretch a dollar in a healthy way. I just LOVE Brandi's philosophy, "In every budget is the opportunity to experience limitation or abundance. The choice is ours." Brandi is passionate about educating people about live raw whole foods, and offering practical strategies that make this lifestyle a manageable reality for average familes. She has written several books on affordable whole foods living, and thriving on raw foods in cold climates. Brandi’s most recent book, RAW FOODS ON A BUDGET, is a winner of the 2012 Independent... Keep Reading
It is DAY 23 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am excited to introduce you to Dina Lauro and her AMAZING Chunkie Dunkies raw vegan cookies. I connected with Dina on Twitter, and was thrilled to discover her incredible company. For each of these community events, I always pick a new blogger or company to feature in addition to the top established people, and this month it is all about Chunkie Dunkies! This little business started just over a year ago, and is growing so rapidly it is set to become one of the premier raw vegan cookie companies in the country in no time! Whole Foods is banging down their door, as well as many other national retailers and distributors. When we start seeing Chunkie Dunkies raw vegan cookies in every... Keep Reading
It is DAY 22 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am thrilled to be featuring the incredible Matt Amsden from Euphoria Loves Rawvolution and Rawvolution. I absolutely love Matt's books, RAWVOLUTION and THE RAWVOLUTION CONTINUES and eat at his fabulous restaurant in Santa Monica almost every week. The buddha bites, sea dragon roll, and spirulina warrior shake make me swoon! I am in NYC for the rest of the year, and am becoming a frequent visitor at the East Village location. If you are not in L.A or NYC, Matt's book RAWVOLUTION has tons of SUPER EASY raw food recipes you can sample. I love the cactus salad, spirulina pie, raw pizza, and the signature "Big Matt with Cheese." The raw food recipes are organized by type, level of... Keep Reading
It is DAY 21 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I have invited my wonderful friend, the GORGEOUS Eva Rawposa from Uncooking 101, to the party. Those of you who have been following me for a while will remember Eva from our trough swap last year, where I featured her amazing Raw Virgin “Better-Than-Tequila” Margarita Mocktail, Raw Vegan “Better-Than-Ranch” Salad Dressing, and her delicious Raw Brazil Nut Chocolate Milkshake. If you are new to this blog, let me introduce you to one of the most incredible people in the raw foods world. Uncooking101 is a GORGEOUS raw foods site that was created by Eva Rawposa and her delightful business partner, Venita Hale. Eva is a raw chef and vegan health educator, who is passionate about... Keep Reading
