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Chocolate Orange Pudding

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 [...]

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.

Can Eating Raw Help me Be Healthier?

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 [...]

Are Raw Foods Good for Weight Loss?

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 [...]

Vegan Holiday – interview with Mark Reinfeld

 

 Mark Reinfeld vegan holiday [4:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

What Exactly are Raw Foods?

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 [...]

How to Begin Eating Healthier

QUESTION: I want to eat in a healthier way, but am not sure where to begin. Can you offer a few suggestions on how to make the switch?

MARK: We come across this question very often and have found that there are three simple steps you can take to get you on your way.

Raw Foods – What is Raw

 

 Raw Foods part 2 [25:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What does it mean to eat a Raw Food diet? Are you interested in learning more of the benefits of eating raw?
Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray give us the answers with their amazing food wisdom. Mark Reinfeld founding chef of the award winning Blossoming Lotus Restaurant on Kauai. Mark is the author [...]