1. WARNING: Plant-Based Thanksgiving

    Preparing my first raw, plant-based Thanksgiving dinner, poolside.2006Little did I know… I’ll never forget my first raw, plant-based Thanksgiving. Poolside in Key Largo, I was slicing, dicing and blending beautifully colored, tropically grown produce into these creations that smelled, looked and tasted OUT OF THIS WORLD. My kids were picking...
  2. Getting Raw at Gilda’s Club: “The Basics”

    This week my daughter and trusty sous-chef, Ellie, and I had the honor of teaching a raw, plant-based cuisine workshop, “The Basics”, to eager Gilda’s Club members and staff. What a great place to spread the knowledge of food that heals! Because this was our first raw food workshop here, we kept...
  3. Candlelit Harvest Dinner at Trillium Haven Farm

    Raw Fresh Apple CiderThe kids enjoyed using farm’s vintage apple pressto squeeze the apples into cider! It was risky to schedule a raw dinner down on the farm at the END of October, but Trillium Haven Farm hosted a harvest culinary adventure we’ll never forget! A big raw, delicious THANK YOU to...
  4. Real Food, Real World…A Hail Mary Pass to My Family at the Dinner Table

    Attempt at keeping dinner time peace:Roasted Root Vegetable Salad with Sprouted Red Quinoaon a Bed of Organic Dark Leafy Greens The biggest challenge about my recent Raw For 30 Days adventure was feeding myself and my family healthy meals at the same time. It was expensive, a bit stressful and...
  5. Raw For 30 Days 30/30!!!: Raw for a Day Plus Before & After Photos on WOOD-TV 8

    Update: I did it! Eating only raw, plant-based foods for 30 days, I not only survived but THRIVED. Today, I celebrated with my friends at eightWest WOOD-TV 8 by talking about my adventure.Check it out:  Before & After Before(Funny, I don’t remember eating that tire.) After “In Greens We Trust”Soup “In Greens...