Blast Off With Rawket Food

My family went on a hike today. It has been beautiful the past few days in Southern California and everything is green from the previous rain. It was nice to breathe in some fresh air for once and talk about some of our goals for the New Year. Our family went high raw in 2008. This is a great accomplishment for us. We have literally changed our health to the better and feel better to boot. I eat a high raw vegetarian diet. My biggest weakness is cheese...and the only thing holding me back from becoming a vegan. So, I have made a decision to stop eating cheese. Yes...there will be a funeral! Boo Hoo! Seriously....good riddance!
I have just recently read that cheese is one of the worst foods for you as it is one of the most putrefied foods. Raw or not, it is made by the process of rotting the casein in milk with bacteria. The result is a putrefied, fermented, highly addictive, highly acidic product. If it isn't raw it is pasteurized, a fancy word for cooked. Because dairy products are pasteurized, they cause acidity and excess mucus in the body that lead to allergies, colds, and eventually more serious illnesses.
I know it was bad for me, but after reading that I made the decision...I am done.

Cookie Monster!

My family loves cookies. My little daughter is a big Cookie Monster and she is always sneaking them into her room and having a tea part with her brother.

Making raw cookies is a great way to get the kids in the kitchen with you and they get to learn 'hands on' about eating healthy.

Here is another one of those cookie recipes. Remember you can alter this any way you wish to your own families taste buds or whatever you may have on hand. This recipe was also taken from Ani Phyo and altered to what I had in my cupboards:

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 1/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup pitted Medjool dates
2 1/4 cups quinoa flakes
2 Tablespoons of honey
2 tsp cinnamon
pinch of Himalyan Crystal Salt
1/4 cup cacao nibs

Process dates and raisins in your food processor into small pieces. Add quinoa flakes, honey, cinnamon and salt. Process to mix well. Place into a mixing bowl and add cacao nibs. Mix well. Use a 2 tablespoon scooper to portion cookies. You can enjoy them now or place them in the fridge to get firmer...which is what I did.

The Gift of Life

'Tis the Season of Giving! This year I decided to give the gift of life. The gift of live, vegan, organic, raw tasty treats to family, neighbors, teachers, bus drivers and friends. For those of you who are my neighbors and are asking, "What the heck does live and raw mean?" The box of goodies you received has NO sugar, NO dairy (yup...no milk, no butter, no eggs), NO baking powder, NO baking sodas, NO artifical colors or flavors, NO preservatives and absolutely NOTHING pasturized. Nothing heated over 115. Everything in that goodie box is 100% organic, 100% vegan and raw. It's yummy and good for you.

This is what you recieved in your box that are nut free: Strawberry Macaroons, Chocolate Chip Cookies and Cranberry Groat Granola. This is what you recieved in your box that contain unpasturized* raw almonds: Brownie Bites, Almond Haystacks. You may have also received some Spiced Nuts in place of the Cranberry Groat Granola. For my neighbors who have peanut allergies I did not use peanuts.

I hope all of you enjoy your goodies. You are all precious to me and I am thankful for each and every one of you.

I will be posting the recipes tomorrow so click back tomorrow!

Tonya

*I was fortunate enough to aquire unpasturized raw almonds for a co-op earlier this month. Our group ordered around 40,000 lbs of unpasturized raw almonds from a California grower. Those of you who bought some know how good they taste! I still have about 75 lbs left for any of you who may be interested. You can check out the link at http://www.rawketfood.etsy.com/.