Raw Food Sopping Lists

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Enjoy and happy shopping!
XOxo  <3 Udo

Gluten Free Pizza and Avocado Ice Cream!

Stopped at the health food store on the way home from work tonight and picked up some wonderful gluten free pizza dough. From what I understand gluten free also digests like a vegetable just like sprouted... is this correct? I must research this further... The man at the store said that gluten free products digest like vegetables. He asked me if I was moving away from a flour based diet... and I said... I wasn't sure what I was doing yet but I was definately incorporating more sprouted products into my diet. We talked about flour and how it is very binding and clogs up your digestive system... just like GLUE! Flour and water together are the same things we used to make paste in kindergarden, remember?

At any rate I am thrilled and excited to make this gluten free pizza on Friday! I also picked up some organic succutant, some more sprouted spelt and sprouted spring wheat flours,an additional bag of sprouted poppy seed bagels, and these mind blowing vegan spice bars... I have to find out how they were made- OUTRAGEOUSLY DELICIOUS! 

For dinner tonight we had a delicious bowl of chicken pot-au-feu. It was light, airy, and very filling! Recipe is found on page 89 of the food network magazine in the Jan/Feb 2010 issue.

Dessert was a bowl of banana avocado icecream topped with agave nectar chocolate sauce!!!

Banana Avocado Ice Cream
3 frozen bananas
1/2 avocado
1 dash of organic vanilla extract
3 soaked dates

Process in food processor until smooth and creamy. Serve in a small beautiful china bowl and top with agave nectar chocolate syrup... (make this by swirling two tablespoons agave nectar in a small bowl with a nice big dash of dark organic cocoa, thin with a teeny bit of water, swirl with spoon and drizzle over ice cream). AHHHHHH!!! SOOO GOOD!! and so good for you!  ;)

OXOXo Udo

Weee! Xoxox <3>Udo

Pizza Friday....

I'm going to maybe try to make sprouted pizza this Friday... Stopping by the health food store to pick up some sprouted pizza dough mix, but just in case they don't have any... (update: they had some!) I will post the results of my concoction on Saturday in a new post!

This looks like a FABULOUS TOPPING that I found here but I am going to modify it to eliminate the white sugar and use organic sucanant, also I am going to make raw cheese out of nuts as in this recipe here.

Pear Walnut Topping

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 firm pears, sliced
• ½ red onion, sliced thin
• 2 tablespoon sucanat
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup walnuts
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup feta cheese

Saute pears on medium high heat in a large pan until browned, add onions, sucanat and sugar, cook. Turn off heat and mix in walnuts. Let cool slightly before arranging on dough, top with cheeses.

Another great raw recipe...

You might have 30-60lbs of fecal matter in your intestines!! WHAT?! EW!

WOW! They did an autopsy on John Wayne and found over 75lbs of fecal matter inside him! Elvis? 35lbs of poo. Yep. Most people walk around with 30-60lbs of fecal matter rotting inside them... why? Meat and Dairy in the diet... Check this series of videos out...

Part 1


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Part 3


Part 4

Another Great Quick Raw Dinner!

Ok- these two are adorable and unintentionally hilarious with the whole "explodes in your mouth" gig. Oy. Fun and funny to watch. Great recipe. And yes, I'll have to pick up a Joyce Chen Spiral Slicer this week!

Great Raw Recipe: Mediterranian Kale

Charlie Rose discusses Calorie Restriction with Optimum Nutrition

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John Robbins on Being Healthy at 100

An excerpt from John Robbins (of the Baskin Robbins family)new book which explores the healthy lifestyles (that do not include meat or dairy) from other cultures...

The CR Way

A short video on the many benefits of calorie restriction for better health and happier living.

Morning Glory

Morning! Wowee is it cold outside! 11 degrees?! Oy. Too cold even for me in my thermal gear to jog about. I think I might be a lazy lump today and enjoy a nice crackle by the fire. Perhaps I'll do a few jumping jacks later to get my heart pumping and a good hour of moving about on The Wave. In the meantime here's what I had for breakfast/lunch/brunch this morning...

Juice made from the following-

• celery
• organic apple
• ground flax seeds
• 1/2 an avocado

Meanwhile, I also enjoyed:

• 1 slice of Ezekial bread toasted with ghee
• 1/2 an avocado
• A few tablespoons of delicious tuna made with mayo and celery bits.(Don't ask me why, but I am craving tuna like mad today!)
• 1 cup of herbal tea with organic honey
• 2 liters of water

It's warming up outside... after I do some 'spring' cleaning I think I might just go for a jog afterall!
Later!
XOxox <3>Udo
ps: did you hear they bumped the presidential speech for LOST fans! Wee! Yahooo! That's right! You don't want to mess with the island! :)

Good Foods To Nourish You!

• Water! Purified, spring, Britta filtered- go for it!
• Blueberries, cranberries, raspberries, strawberries
• Cantelope, honeydew, watermellon
• Wild caught salmon (stay far away from farm raised)
• Organic free-range roasted chicken
• Greens (fresh spring field greens, dark leafy greens)
• Almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds
• Raw almond butter (I like the creamy and raw one here)
• Sprouted grains and organic bran
• Sprouted flours (Essential Eating has a great selection)
• Lentils (wonderful lentil bake recipe here)
• Healthy fats (avocado, extra virgin olive oil, virgin coconut oil, fresh flax or fish oil)

Handbook for 2010

Passed along from an email... Love it!

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner 'most' is always happy. So, be happy.