This was Day 26 of my 28-consecutive-day commitment to do a special set of exercises. Doing my exercises this morning, for the first time I felt like my mind and body really clicked and worked together. Many times I’ve just gone through the motions and my mind was elsewhere and I would realize that I […]
Author Archives: Joan Jackson
This post is about the foods I use to introduce people to raw food. The foods I use are the raw versions of foods people recognize like chocolate, granola and salad dressing. There is one food that I use, Onion Bread, that most people haven’t heard of, but it is the most well-received item in […]
Let the fall merriment begin. whether you celebrate Octoberfest, Holloween or the Harvest Moon – The Merry-Making Season begins. Add more raw to it. Here’s some ideas… Raw Tricks Raw Treats Raw Activities at Festivals Pumpkin carving What to do with the Pumpkin shavings Bobbing for Apples
I broke my apple juice fast yesterday. It was heaven to have something savory and slightly tart – almost orgasmic. After 7 days of apple juice almost anything with salt would have sent me into raptures. But sauerkraut juice brought so much more to the table than just salt. It was seductive – whispering to […]
I’m finally in the place where food isn’t important. It happened yesterday. I’m not sure if it was a low-level depression, or just tired, or detoxification taking hold of me. But I didn’t care about eating. In this place, I know that I can go the distance of the 30-day juice cleanse. It’s strange to […]
This post goes back to “Just Ask” – I promised to share the gifts that were given to me when I called out for help. The first to answer was my friend Brenda. Brenda just happens to be a Kabbalah coach and she offered to help me. I accepted and we began working together of […]
I’ve been juicing for five days. I’m starting to feel things that I normally don’t feel. Things that stay at bay because I have my food. I’m doing a cleanse that has psyllium and I have to drink it five times a day, so I’m not hungry, but I miss eating. It soothes me and […]
Doesn’t a rose by any other name smell just as sweet? Not anymore. Labeling has become a means of trickery and deception. This is the real shell game. “Watch the words, not the deeds, keep your eye on the words. See, no preservatives or chemicals on the food.” (LOL, but we coat the bag so […]
My first attempts at green tea ice cream were disappointingly tangy-bitter. Then I met Chef Susan Sbicca – a gifted chef (California Chef of the Year in 2006) who’d gone raw. I told her about my woes green tea ice cream and she explained that the green tea has tannins that will give it an […]
This question was answered for Cindy Laughlin who indicated that her nuts went bad faster when they had been soaked and dehydrated. She wanted to know what to do to keep from wasting such precious foods. I recommend soaking and dehydrating brown-skinned nuts and large seeds (sunflower and pumpkin) in advance of need. They form […]