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 Anglo-Far East Company
The Original Private Gold and Silver Bullion Custodian
Your reference when you order: an-001
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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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The Anglo-Far East Company
The Original Private Gold and Silver Bullion Custodian
Your reference when you order: an-001
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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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The Anglo-Far East Company
The Original Private Gold and Silver Bullion Custodian
Your reference when you order: an-001
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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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The Anglo-Far East Company
The Original Private Gold and Silver Bullion Custodian
Your reference when you order: an-001
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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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The Anglo-Far East Company
The Original Private Gold and Silver Bullion Custodian
Your reference when you order: an-001
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Flaxseed; and Why They Are So Wonderful

Flaxseed Crackers have featured this week in our house, as I prepare for this Saturday’s raw food class. They pass the ‘David Test’ so they must be pretty good.

Flaxseed Crackers

These easy-to-use seeds are readily available, budget friendly and oh-so-very good for you.

Check this list out:
• Alpha linolenic acid is an essential omega-3 fat that produces anti-inflammatory effects. Can be good for asthma, arthritis, and migraines.
• Omega-3 fats help reduce the formation of blood clots
• Omega-3 fats also keep cell membranes flexible
• Flaxseeds also do an amazing job of helping to control cholesterol.
• Flaxseeds also contain high quantities of lignans, which can protect against breast cancer in post-menopausal women.
• Regular flaxseed intake has been shown to reduce dry eyes and minimize hot flashes.
• They make a wonderful intestinal broom.

You can eat them whole but if you can grind some, your body will benefit with of the flaxseed’s nutrition being more available.

Sprinkle over salads, or use in flaxseed crackers (raw) or in your baking.

Use in your smoothie (grind first).

Flaxseed oil can be used as a salad dressing or in a recipe. For a really simple dressing, spray over a salad and sprinkle over a good salt (such as Himalayan) and freshly ground pepper.

Keep flaxseed oil in fridge as it is unstable. Use regularly, as this oil doesn’t store well once opened
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There are still tickets available for this Saturday’s class – these amazing flaxseed crackers will be demonstrated. Also ‘starring’ kale chips, biscuits, muesli, raw pasta (with my famous Red Capsicum Vinaigrette) and Pad Thai. Co-starring ice cream and Raisin and Cinnamon Bread. Book here

Oh, and if you’re wondering what the ‘David Test’ is, that’s our son who’s not fond of a lot of raw. So if he gives the ‘thumbs up’, then I know I’m on to a good thing.

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

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The Anglo-Far East Company
The Original Private Gold and Silver Bullion Custodian
Your reference when you order: an-001
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Everyone Wants To Be Healthier

If you’re tired, you want more energy.

If you’re sick, you want to get better – or at least, improve.

If you’re an athlete, you want better performance and recovery times.

If you’re overweight, you want to lose it.

And if you’re none of the above, I’ll wager you’d still like to be healthier!

Raw Nut and Raisin Chocolate 

Learning the fundamentals of incorporating more raw food into your life gives you the food tools to optimize the possibilities that your food offers.

Wellness is one of the few assets or purchases in your life that doesn't require time to enjoy.

Once you have wellness you enjoy going to work (ideally!), you suffer less sickness; have energy to play with your children or grandchildren or even to pick them up. In short, having wellness adds enjoyment and satisfaction to all areas of life.

You might buy time-saving equipment (a ride-on mower), join a bike club, a season ticket to the rugby or ballet, or take a cruise. But all of these things have a limitation in your life. They all require time to enjoy.

Investing in your wellness to enhance your life does not take these chunks of time. This would include but not limited to, better food and drink, supplements, herbals, etc.

If you attend classes to equip your knowledge and empower you, they would be time efficient when you evaluate the long-term benefit they would bring.

Every time you ride your bike, sail in your boat or go to the theatre it takes the same amount of time as before. Plus the upkeep, which is more time and money.

Investing in your wellness is time well spent and an efficient use of time considering the potentially huge benefits. Once you have wellness, you have it. Very little time is required to keep it up or better it.

We have had one class in our Joy of Food Series and you are welcome to join us for any or all of the other three.

Joy of Food Series

They could be one of the most worthwhile investments you make. Invest in your wellness and it could pay you back.

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

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The Anglo-Far East Company
The Original Private Gold and Silver Bullion Custodian
Your reference when you order: an-001
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