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The Only Constant is Change

28. October 2009

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The Only Constant is Change

Remember, Saturn is about systems and structures and stabilizes our foundation for renewal…this means consciousness, intentions, focus, belief systems, choices, behavior and action as well. We needed to make new choices and create new structures to be prepared for Saturn to enter Libra and receive Venus for the next 3 years. For 2 years, this energy has been focused in our cognitive minds where we have been making so many decisions based on so many changes that feel like a tsunami of consciousness in our daily lives.

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Chocolate Orange Pudding

8. January 2009

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Chocolate Orange Pudding
from the Complete Idiots Guide to Eating Raw
Sure to please the whole family, this pudding actually resembles an elegant mousse.
Yield: 3 cups
Prep time: 15 minutes
Chill time: 1+ hours
Serving size: [1/3] cup
2 cups avocado, mashed
6 TB. raw cacao powder
2 TB. raw carob powder
2 tsp. orange zest
4 dates, soaked
[1/4] cup date soak water
[1/4] cup agave [...]

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How to Detox for Better Health

7. January 2009

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How to Detox for Better Health

There are many reasons why people have accumulated toxins in their body. Environmental pollution, poor food choices and even genetic predispositions can cause our body to retain certain harmful substances. When we have these accumulated toxins, our body does not function optimally.

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Can Eating Raw Help me Be Healthier?

2. January 2009

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Question: Can eating raw foods help me be healthier?
Answer: We believe eating raw foods paves the way towards optimal health and the prevention of disease because the plants are in their most bio-available state. The World Health Organization estimates that a low intake of fruits and vegetables is the cause of major diseases such as [...]

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Are Raw Foods Good for Weight Loss?

26. December 2008

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Question: Are raw foods good for weight loss?
Answer: It’s an open secret in the health world that eating raw has a built in weight reduction mechanism. Raw foods have higher water content, fiber and nutritional values than their cooked counterparts.
Going raw also keeps you away from two of the main weight gain culprits – refined [...]

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Vegan Holiday – interview with Mark Reinfeld

19. December 2008

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Vegan Holiday – interview with Mark Reinfeld
 
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We are happy to announce that Blossoming Lotus Founding Chef Mark Reinfeld has been interviewed on Public Radio’s food show, The Splendid Table, now in its 14th year of broadcasting. This popular program was named “1999 Best National Radio Show on Food” by the James Beard Foundation, and “2000 Best National Syndicated Talk Show” by [...]

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Live Foods, Raw Foods – What’s the Difference?

18. December 2008

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Question: Many times you will hear the word live foods or living foods used to describe a raw food diet. Is there a difference?
Answer: For many, the words are used interchangeably. For those ‘in the know’, there is an important difference. Raw foods consist of foods in their natural, unheated state.
Live foods can even contain [...]

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Recipe: Live Moo Shu – from Vegan Fusion

16. December 2008

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Recipe:  Live Moo Shu – from Vegan Fusion

Live Moo Shu (courtesy of Jennifer Murray)
This flavorful combination of napa cabbage, fennel, and the sea vegetable hijiki is one of our all-time favorites when combined with our live hoisin sauce—a sweet and flavorful rendition of the Chinese cuisine staple.
4 cups napa cabbage, sliced into 1/2-inch strips
1 cup carrot, peeled and julienned or grated
1/2 red [...]

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What Exactly are Raw Foods?

11. December 2008

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Raw foods are foods that have not been cooked. They are the fresh fruits, berries, vegetables, nuts, seeds and herbs we have all come to know and love in their whole, natural state.
Once raw food is heated above a certain temperature, the food is considered to be cooked. Many define this point as the temperature [...]

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I Believe! …in Deliberate Creation.

9. December 2008

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I Believe! …in Deliberate Creation.

…going to any post office this time of year ‘can’ be a daunting task fraught with cranky, stressed out beings who don’t want to have to take the time to stand in enormously long lines waiting to send out their obligatory holiday packages (not my personal story, I’m just saying). I knew this was the potential atmosphere I could be entering and I consciously chose BEFORE…

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