Christmas Ideas

I love it when fringe knowledge becomes more accepted by mainstream papers and their readers. In one of our national papers yesterday is this article: ‘Superfoods You Didn’t Know About’. The writer is presumptuous in assuming my lack of knowledge but I admit there’s a couple there I hadn’t heard of.

Are you still thinking about what to give as gifts this year? Me, too.

Consider the following list and know you are giving not only health but the food suggestions are all fair trade, too. Double bonus points.

1. Joy to the World, Christmas and Summer Raw Food Class, 30 November.
Give a ticket to your friend, daughter, son or parent. Consider buying one
for yourself and enjoy the afternoon together. Tickets are $120. 
2. Chocolate – raw and fair trade **change prices on site
3. Coffee or Tea – fair trade and organic
4. Herbal Teas – New Zealand grown ** 30g $19.90
5. Organic Reflect Outdoor Balm (sunblock) and Body Cream.
www.christinesmith.mionegroup.com This is my Independent Rep site
6. Organic Body Care. Same site as #5 above.
7. Superfoods, eg maca, mesquite, InLiven
8. Personal Blender
9. Starter Packs – choose from Smoothie or Sweet Treats.
10.Consultation – The Raw Foundations Package. Get started with confidence
and fast track your way to a higher raw life.
11.Spiraliser
12.Juicer
13.Vita-Mix
14.Dehydrator

Free courier (NZ only) on the above for all of November.

All of the above can be found on our website www.gomoreraw.com
Any questions get in touch: christine@gomoreraw.com
Have a fabulous week!

Christine
www.gomoreraw.com
email: christine@gomoreraw.com
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Easiest Food Changes From Less Cooked to More Raw

What are the easiest changes to make first as one transitions to eating more raw food and less cooked?

This week I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking to a Rotary group and that was one of the questions asked of me.

Before I tell you what my answer was, I’d like to remind you to make your reservation for my Christmas and summer raw food class, 30 November, Joy to the World.

All bookings made this week will receive a free Coconut Nectar, 250g. This is used in many sweet recipes and is a good alternative to agave syrup. Valued at $10.90.

Back to the question I answered: My opinion was to start with three areas: salad dressings, smoothies and sweet treats.

Salad dressings are a good way to start because it can be the difference between you and your family eating a salad willingly or struggling through it.

The problem with shop bought dressings is that they usually have sugar, hydrogenated fats, preservatives and ‘numbers’ included. Not exactly ideal to top a healthy salad with.

The prospect of eating a naked salad is also unappealing to most, including me. A selection of raw dressings that are healthy, taste good and are easy to make will mean eating salads in your house will be food gold.

This week I give you the raw current favourite in our household: Honey Mustard Dressing. See below.

The second recommendation I gave was smoothies. If you have a blender, a blender stick or food processor you will be able to create smoothies. These liquid meals are versatile and an efficient way to include a range of fruits, greens, superfoods and good oils in one delicious ‘go’.

Today’s lunchtime smoothie included, banana, berries, milk, coconut oil, honey, maca powder, chia seeds and hemp flakes. It super powered me through the afternoon. If I’d included a few greens or a green powder, it would’ve been even better.

As you can see, there is plenty of room to mix and match whatever fruits, superfood and liquid you would prefer and, frankly, what you have on hand.Last suggestion was sweet treats. Most folk have a sweet tooth. If this isn’t you then this option might be so-so on your scale of food priorities. However, the chances are pretty good that some in your family and circle of friends may well appreciate a healthy, raw sweet treat.

At Rotary the other night, I demonstrated Chocolate, Cherry and Macadamia Balls. Easy, delicious and very good for you.I’ll put the recipe up in the Recipe Section on my website soon so check that if you would like to give then a whirl.

Honey Mustard Dressing
¼ c raw honey
2/5 c extra virgin olive oil (2/5 c is just over ¼ c)
¼ c ready-made mustard of your choice**
¼ c apple cider vinegar (I use Waihi Bush)
1 ½ t Himalayan salt

Blend together until thick and keep in fridge. Will keep for around two weeks.
**Try to choose a mustard that doesn’t use preservatives.

This recipe will vary in flavour depending on what type of honey you use, the flavour of your favourite olive oil and of course, what type of mustard you choose.

(Based on a recipe by chefforthepeople.com)

Christine
www.gomoreraw.com
email: christine@gomoreraw.com

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Christmas and Summer Class for Raw Food – Joy to the World!

Fabulous salads, sorbet, tarts and chocolate, all of the beautifully wicked food prepared...raw? It won’t get any better or more nutritious!

Every Christmas it’s the same: heartfelt promises about eating healthier over the summer. This year it’s going to be different, Go More Raw has all your nourishing Christmas food options covered.

There’s no need to compromise on traditional Christmas foods by choosing to eat raw.

This comprehensive raw food class will give you simple and delicious ways to make this holiday season your best yet! Salad’s don’t have to be the only healthy food you eat to balance the hordes of sugary sweets.
Come along to dine on gourmet food, learn exciting new culinary skills, and take a leap in the healthy direction of becoming more confident in preparing the art of raw food.

All of the salads will go very well with traditional meat dishes. They will add the ‘wow’ factor to any ‘bring and share’ event over the Christmas and summer.

The desserts will take pride of place on any table and are sure to impress your family and friends. In fact, taking along some of these dishes is the perfect way to introduce others to some of your raw secrets. Most people are curious and it gives them the chance to try something new alongside the more traditional fare.

I reckon you can have the best of both worlds: beautiful food and healthy at the same time; serving your body and mind. Win, win, I say!

Saturday, 30 November, 2 pm - 4 pm, $120 per ticket. At YMCA Northcote, Auckland. Book here.

BTW if you haven’t already done so, I would love it if you could ‘like’ my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/gomoreraw  Thank you!

Christine
www.gomoreraw.com
email: christine@gomoreraw.com
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The Simple Detox Pack

Spring is the ideal time of year for a Spring Clean. I’m encouraging you to an internal spring clean that will have you sparkling on the outside as well as the ‘inside’.

Includes 1 x Kidney Cleanse Tea, 30g
  1 x Liver Cleanse Tea, 30g
  1 x Superfood MiVitality Challenge Pack (10 day supply)
      – Deep Green Alkalising Powder
- Berry Radical Antioxidant Powder
- InLiven Probiotic Powder

The Simple Detox Pack is $149 and I will send you instructions on how to best use the Cleansing Teas and super food powders.

This is for ten days and here are some snippets of advice to help it go well.
• Plan as many salads and other raw foods for the cleansing week as you can.
• Drink water regularly.
• To (hopefully) avoid a detox headache, you can have a tea or coffee each day. However, some people prefer not to have caffeine during a cleanse.
• It is okay to include one small serving of meat, egg or cheese per day. If you prefer to be vegan during the detox you can include a small amount of extra raw nuts to help keep you satisfied.
• Don’t go hungry! If you feel peckish, eat a banana or make a small smoothie.

This is the Simple Detox Pack so there is some DIY to do: choose which salads, smoothies and juices you would like to have. The ‘rawer’ you are, the more you will accentuate the effect of the Cleanse Teas and superfood powders.

I’m starting mine next week. Who’s going to join me?

(The Deluxe Detox Pack is coming soon. It will have a complete meal plan and my input to help you not only succeed in your Deluxe Detox week but to enjoy it. I’m still putting the finishing touches to it.)

Next week: The Death of the Raw Food Diet – as posted by one of the sites I subscribe to. I have been open that I am not and do not promote an ‘all or nothing’ raw food diet. This article explores this from a long-term raw-foodist and why he now includes some cooked food. A short period of time is ideal for 100% (such as a Detox or Cleanse) or for a longer time but not often ‘forever’. I will discuss this more next week.

Christine
www.gomoreraw.com
email: christine@gomoreraw.com

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Vanilla and Mesquite Truffles

Another version of raw truffles has become my latest favourite sweet treat. It features mesquite powder which has a delightful caramel hint. It also has a good protein count, making it a good option for protein smoothies. It also contains “good quantities of calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron and zinc, and is rich in the amino acid lysine as well.” It can be partnered easily with maca and cacao powder. (read more here)

So without further ado here is the recipe for…

Vanilla and Mesquite Truffles
250g macadamia nuts or cashew nuts or combination. You need a creamy nut.
500g pitted fresh dates – soak if not soft
1 vanilla bean ground or 1 t vanilla essence
1 ½ T mesquite powder
coconut
Sour Cherries (optional)

1. Grind macadamia nuts in food processor, until like breadcrumbs.
2. Drain dates and add with food processor along with ground vanilla bean or essence, mesquite and dates. Process again until the mixture forms a ball.
3. Roll into small balls using your hands and roll in mesquite or coconut.
4. Variation: 1/8 c sour cherries – depending on the size of your truffles, bury one or two sour cherries in the middle, or chop roughly and add to mix just before it starts to make a ball. You want the sour cherries to feature as little bits of ‘kick’ not get lost it in the mix.

Based on an idea from rawpleasure.com.au but I have ‘kiwi-ised’ it.

I have put the sour cherries, coconut and mesquite powder into a Starter Pack and discounted it by 10% for this week (NZ only). Was $44.68; now $39.95. This pack is enough for approximately 7 – 10 batches.
Yes, I know the truffle looks lost and lonely on its plate but I also told you that they were my new favourites and, it was my very last one. Time to make another batch.

It seems mesquite is a good superfood for diabetics to use: “Researchers report that mesquite is highly effective in balancing blood sugar. The natural sweetness in the pods - which comes from fructose - and the high rate of dietary fibre - pods are 25% fibre - causes the nutrients in mesquite to be absorbed slowly preventing ups and downs in blood sugar levels. With a low glycemic index of 25, mesquite requires a longer time to digest then many grains. The digestive time for mesquite is to 4 to 6 hours unlike wheat which is digested in 1 to 2 hours. These factors result in a food that maintains a constant blood sugar for a sustained time and as a result prevents hunger & is safe for diabetics.”

Since this recipe is high in dates, diabetics will need to mindful as to the best time to enjoy these truffles.

Christine
www.gomoreraw.com
email: christine@gomoreraw.com
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Help! My family won’t eat healthy food!

This problem comes up so often with clients; I need to regularly address it. For some of you it will be the first time you’ve seen a solution. For others, it will come as a reminder.

So...what do you ‘do’ with a reluctant husband or partner and resistant children?

Here it comes...the answer you’ve been waiting for, the magic bullet, and the solution to all your nutritional headaches....nothing! Yes, that’s right: nothing. Well, not much anyway.

What, I think, you need to avoid is changing too much, too soon. In fairness to your partner and children, you’re the one who wants the healthier changes, not them. So take the softly, softly approach and go with what will work instead of force-feeding (pun intended) and creating a food war. Neither you nor your loved ones will gain anything except a rise in stress levels. Which I’m sure you’ll agree is not exactly healthy.

Here are some suggestions to ease the transition.

1. Raw pasta is first on my list. Over the years I have been a raw food consultant the vegetable Spiraliser has been a best seller. Go here to watch me demonstrate. The unit you’ll see is currently unavailable but there is another sturdier option. Go here to buy. You can get a lot of use out of this contraption. At this time of year, carrots are a good option and in the summer courgettes are brilliant. I also use mine to make spirals (not noodles) with roasting potatoes and baking in the oven.

World Cuisine Tri-Blade Plastic Spiral Vegetable Slicer

2. Use a raw or cooked dressing to go on the top of your raw pasta. I have an ebook with eight savoury dressings/sauces (and three sweet dressings – not for raw pasta). If they choose a cooked sauce, then bite your tongue and turn the other way; at least the noodles are a salad. Perhaps they’ll try a raw sauce another time.

3. Make a ‘Snowfreeze’ style ice cream with frozen bananas. All the texture and flavour of a fast-food bought one but none of the dodgy ingredients and near-empty nutrition. Peel, chop and freeze very ripe bananas, whizz with nut milk or dairy milk in a blender, add flavour: cacao, agave, vanilla. Or make it Lemon and Coconut, or Pineapple and Mango. Or make up your own flavour combination. Use the sweet sauces in my ebook for a topping.

If your family gradually accepts any or all of the above then you’ll be well on your way to improving their health. After they know that healthy food doesn’t have to be unpalatable they may well be willing to give some other foods a try, too.

Do what you can and be satisfied that you’re doing the best you can for now.

Be patient.

Christine
www.gomoreraw.com
email: christine@gomoreraw.com
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Go Team New Zealand

The Americas Cup races are taking up a dominant part of Kiwis lives at the moment.

My husband is watching the tacking and the mechanics of the sailing. I am looking at the crew scurrying back and forth across the ‘bouncy part’ that is the deck. (Can you tell I’m no boatie?) I can’t help wondering what food they are using to power the high demands of their bodies.

If I was part of the catering team I would make sure they had power smoothies as part of their carefully planned menu. It would include my personal favourites of green powder, maca powder and chia seeds. A few other important superfoods too (of course), but these babies could boost their energy a bit more and might make all the difference in the crew’s performance. Sometimes it’s about the extra split seconds that can make all the difference.

I hope their nutrition advisors know about maca and chia. If they’d asked me sooner I could’ve gone over. I wouldn’t have minded a last minute request; there would be some inconvenience but one does what is important for one’s country. San Fran looks nice.

Go Team New Zealand! Bring home the cup!

Smoothie Starter Pack contains maca, chia seeds and coconut oil. Get one here.

The Joy of Food Series continues with the Joy of Confidence next Saturday, 28th September. It includes superfoods - what and when to use them, making juices and smoothies for particular needs and philosophy v sensibility. Of course, there will be the eating/drinking of all we make.

You are very welcome to come even if this is your first raw food class.

Christine
www.gomoreraw.com
email: christine@gomoreraw.com

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