1. A Neighborhood Holiday Tea: The Celebration!

    Happy Holidays!Guests were welcomed at the door with a champagne flute of Veuve-Clicquot. You’ve read about The Invitation, The Preparation and The Decoration, now finally… The Celebration! Food, Guests and Fun!!! Tea Party Desserts(vegan, gluten-Free & homemade) (back left to front right)On our dining room table were;three different types of cookies, an assortment of raw...
  2. One Dough, Three Different Types of Cookies (V/GF)

    One Dough, Three Different Types of Cookies Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chip & White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies (Vegan & Gluten-Free) Emily Richett, Feature Reporter, for FOX-17 joined me in my kitchen this week to whip up three different types of cookies for the holidays. This basic dough is very quick, easy...
  3. 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...
  4. The Ultimate Birthday Gift

    Today is my husband’s birthday.Steve chose, weeks ago, to give himself the gift of HEALTH.  There is only one gift that means EVERYTHING but you can only give it to yourself: Health. Without it, nothing else matters. Three weeks ago my husband, Steve, decided to improve his health so he...
  5. 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...