1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. Raw For 30 Days 26/30: Rawk the Guac in 1,2,3

    Rawkin’ Guac Raw For 30 Days Update: I’ve achieved detox nirvana. My grey hairs (and I only have a few, mind you;) are turning BROWN again! Yep, brown at the roots, not the other way around. Why would I want to get off this fountain-of-youth party train? Four more days of 100%...
  4. Raw For 30 Days 24/30: “What DO you eat?”

    Raw Spring Rollsby Rachael Van Dyke Raw For 30 Days Update: All good. Still trying to balance making my food with making my family’s food and to keep everyone happy in the process. Down 8.8 pounds! Waaaahooooo!!! I feel so GREAT that I don’t want to stop eating this way...
  5. Raw For 30 Days 15/30: Pickle & Pesto POWER!

    Homemade Dill PicklesAll 12 quarts were made with cucumbers & jalapenos from our garden. Raw For 30 Days Update: Half way to 30 days and I’m still RAWKIN’, by eating only plant-based raw foods! I feel good, for the most part. I’m hungry sometimes but not in my usual hypoglycemic-total-freak-out sort of way...