The Live Green Smoothie Diet

I ordered two proof copies this evening of my first recipe book, Bare-Naked Cuisine: Cooking In The Raw, which will be available in both softcover and hardcover color photo-book copies via Blurb.com, as well as in e-book format. So… although I’m not ready to release it yet, am getting closer to a release date! I [...]

I’m re-publishing this recipe, which I first posted back in March of 2009, because it is just AMAZINGly delish. One of my readers, Sue, mentioned that she frequently turns to this Banana with Hempseed Milk recipe (quick & easy, no straining required), and it reminded me of one of my all-time favorite recipes, this Vanilla, [...]

When I was first exploring the raw foods lifestyle and culinary realm back in April/May 2005, raw oatmeal factored into my daily routine quite regularly. I was blown away by how delicious it was, and even preferred it to the cooked version. It was one of those dishes that strongly conveyed to me, “If this [...]

I drew a long espresso for the start of my day this morning but… never got to it because this great day-starter came along and afterwards the espresso had no appeal! And this lovely fresh beverage was quicker to make than most pots of coffee can brew! Although I drink espresso more for the dark [...]

The inspiration for this simple recipe is to create something creamy to put over top fruit, a warm live breakfast cereal, or a raw dessert… something akin to a Chantilly whipped cream, but healthful, quick, and easy. Made from the meat of a young coconut, with a few Utterly Pedestrian ingredients added, it whips up [...]

I’m picking up where I left off with documenting my own Live Green Smoothie 85% Challenge activities, including what I’m eating, my estimated cost, and any exercise or other commentary that seems relevant to the experience. Last told, I documented through Day 17, but I stayed with it for about a month, at which point [...]

Take two Utterly Pedestrian produce ingredients, add a wee bit of many of the most common superfoods raw foodie types tend to keep in their pantries, and you’ve got a rich, tasty, uber-nutritious Live Green Smoothie! Starting with apples and fresh cilantro (which lends a rather floral-herbal quality here), we add small amounts each of: [...]

Superfoods vs. Utterly Pedestrian Ingredients In recent months, I have focused primarily on Utterly Pedestrian ingredients, and now I plan on bringing in some of the special amazingly nutrient-rich superfoods which can be added to smoothies and other raw recipes. One thing I’ve noticed over the years since beginning to explore the raw and superfood [...]

How To Open A Young Coconut (The Safest Way I Know How) Here is a video with another great young coconut smoothie recipe on my site, but the following is how I open my young coconuts, as I regard it as the safest way to get those lovelies open: 1. Buy a meat cleaver. If [...]

Upon recently making my first trip to Whole Foods in Tampa (oof — the bill!) I was Christmas-morning squealy-happy to find gorgeously white young coconuts tucked into a corner of the produce department, obviously just waiting for me to take them home. It had been ages since I”d come across any on my shopping forays [...]