Play DON'T Work
"In very many instances, at the close of intellectual task-work, suspension of bodily activity is not what is wanted: play is what is needed-not work! As against the labor of the brain, labor of the body may be setup; but it must come "in disguise": it must not come in the form of toil; it must come in better and more acceptable way, clad in the
garb of recreation. There is nothing in all our educational, social, or domestic arrangements which is so much needed by all classes of persons as opportunity for recreation-the means of recreating ourselves against the wear to which our daily life subjects us."
-Doctor James C. Jackson, 1884.
photo copyright by Brian Shumway
Raw Vegetable Soup
4 cups chopped tomatoes
1 lemon squeezed
1 cup purtified water
1 Tbs. Chili powder
1/2 Tbs. Cumin
Sea salt to taste
1/2 cup red diced onion
2 stalks celery diced
1 red and 1 yellow pepper diced
Place water, lemon, tomatoes, and spices in a blender and blend till smooth. Pour into serving bowl, add peppers, onion and celery, m ix and enjoy.
~Bonnie Shaw
Abeba' Krazy Onion Rings
1 1/2 cups water
2 carrots
1-2 dates (soaked for 30 min.)
3/4 tsp. Chili powder
1 celery stalk
2 tomatoes
1/2 cup sundried tomatoes (soaked 30 min.)
dash cayenne pepper
to taste Nama Shoyu or Celtic Sea Salt
2/3 cup flax seeds (soaked overnight)
8-10 medium white onions
Blend all ingredients except flax seeds and onions. Check the taste and add salt and cayenne if necessary. Then blend in flax seeds. Mixture should be slimy and a little thick but runny.
Slice the onions very thin, using a mandolin if you have one. Coat these slices with the mixture. Arrange these closely together on teflon sheets, and drizzle more mixture on top. Dehydrate for 10-12 hours at 105 degrees. Flip onion rings and remove teflon sheet. Continue dehydrating 8-10 hours or until desired crispness is attained.
Yields a full 9 trays.
Zesty Mexican Pate
5 cups soaked and sprouted sunflower seeds
1 1/2 Tbs. Mexican seasoning
1 Tbs. Garlic powder
1 Tbs. Onion powder
1 Tbs. Dulse flakes
2 Tbs. Nama Shoyu
1 1/2 Tbs. Raw apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. salt
water
Blend all ingredients in a food processor until smooth adding enough water until desired consistency. Use on crackers for a sandwich or use as a DELICIOUS dip.
Broccoli Salad W/O Bacon & It's Still Awesome!
5 cups chopped broccoli
1/2-1 cup onion
1 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins
Dressing:
1 cup cashews
3 Tbs. agave syrup
2 Tbs. raw apple cider vinegar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup water
Blend the dressing together in a blender. Then pour over the broccoli. Mix together with your hands, this really does make it taste better. Sit and ENJOY!!
Kaitlyn's Happy Apple Crumble
Crumble:1-2 cups soaked and dried walnuts (I used almonds today, but walnuts will give it a pastry taste)
6-8 pitted dates
1/2 cup shredded coconut
2 heaping t. cinnamon
Process until well mixed and crumbly (put in dehydrator on 110 to warm it up. You can make this ahead of time and get the crumble to be a little dry. However it will also work with just a little bit of warming as well. While your crumble is in the dehydrator, dice the apples and make the apple sauce.
Apple Mixture:
Dice into little chunks 6 apples (organic gala and granny smith are good)you can proces them into chunks as well, but dicing them make them pretty.
Apple Sauce:process one apple into a sauce, add a dash of olive oil, 1 t. vanilla, 2 T. cinnamon (or more to taste), a dash of nutmeg, a pinch of ginger, 1/2 c. raisins or 4 dates to sweeten.
Mix well with the diced apples Assemble: layer 1/2 crumble on bottom of pie platelayer apple mixturelayer rest of crumble on top I put it in the dehydrator to warm it up. Warm or cold, its lovely.Chill. Lasts in fridge for 3-4 days if you can manage not to eat it all the first day! ;)
To Be Attractive and Charming
"More energy means more charm, better relationships, and more potential for leading a life of altruism! Regular exercise yields higher levels of energy. Once you have energy to spare, you'll find yourself going out of the way to care about and help others. You'll have the energy and disposition to spruce up, to be more lovingly expressive, to be better reasoned – in short – TO BE MORE ATTRACTIVE AND CHARMING!"
-Bruce Meservey, 1978
photo copyright by Brian Shumway
Love Our Enemies
"But I say unto you, love you enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you."
-King James Version of the New Testament
Loyalty
"Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul."
-Mark Twain, 1850.
Fruit-The Best Medicine!
"After I had overcome all fear as to the fatal consequences that would befall me if I failed to adhere strcitly to "scientific protein" necessities, I found, experienced and demonstrated the hitherto unknown and unbelieveable fact that in the clean, mucus-free, and poison free body these foods, poorest in protein-fruits-develop the highest energy and an unbelieveable endurance."
-Arnold Ehret
The Meaning of Maturity
"The meaning of maturity which we should develop in ourselves is that we should strive always to become simpler, kinder, more honest, more trustful, more peace, loving, more gentle, and more compassionate."
-Albert Schweitzer, 1950.
Empathy
"Our ability to offer empathy can allow us to stay vulnerable. defuse potential violence, help us hear the word "no" without taking it as rejection, revive a lifeless conversation, and even hear the feelings and needs expressed through silence. Time and again people transcend the paralyzing effects of psychological pain when they have sufficient contact with someone who can hear them empathically."
-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. in book
"Non-Violent Communication"
New Utah Raw Foods Support Group! JOIN NOW!!
I have received alot of phone calls lately about putting together a raw foods support groups for Utah so I finally did. Here is the link to join: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/utahrawfoodssupport/
This group has been up and going for awhile now and we have some AWESOME people really helping each other. It has been an honor for me to be a part of something so intimate in so many people's lives. I have already learned so many insights and ideas from others experiences.
As you join, please read the description about the group and feel free, when ready to do so, to introduce yourself. We will all be very excited to have someone new as part of our little group. I would like us all to get to know each other better and really help each other through our process of incorporating healthier lifestyle changes. Please, email with any questions or concerns you may have about joining. I would love to answer any.
Here is an INSPIRING quote from a good friend of mine who has chosen incorporate a raw foods lifestyle. She is part of our AMAZING yahoo group, along with so many others, who have been feeling the safety and kinship of sharing their transitioning experiences with each other. I just wanted to share it with all those who jump onto my website in the hopes that it will inspire you, the same way it inspired me.
"I think we've all made a decision to start on a path that moves forward and if raw does nothing else, I think it forces you to live more consciously and deliberately. I think about why we all came to earth, why we're even here and why we bother to continue breathing in and out each day, and it just makes me think, this is why we are here--to fight it out and to show what we are made of, that no matter what happens to us in this life, we will remain hopeful and we will keep moving forward. These experiences that we're having are what are helping us to fulfill the measure of our creation. These things are what are molding us in to the women and men of character who we so much want to become. So to each of us wherever we are on our path, hooray for us and hooray for God. I have a friend who says, "God is good. Snaps to God," and that is exactly how I feel. Snaps to God. He really does know what He's doing. And I love that each of us is trying to do his or her part too."
~Danielle Palmer
From Negative to Positive
Know who you are and what your life is about.
It's about the loving, it's about the Light, it's about joy.
And when you come across hurt and pain and destruction, what do you do?
If it's in your level of concern, meaning on your way andyou can't avoid it, you must deal with it. Deal with it withthe consciousness of Light and love and healing.
We deal with negativity not by becoming negative, but by being positive and holding into the positive, which converts the negativity. Negativity is transmuted by the force of the Light and the love, which is a constant positive force.
- John Morton (From: "Choose You This Day" on the NDH http://www.newdayherald.org/template.php3?ID=570)"Letting Go, Letting God" class with John Morton on theInternet - Saturday August 19th, 1:00 p.m. pacific daylight time at http://www.msia.org/live
10 Signs of Inner Peace
1) A tendency to think/act spontaneously (ratherthan find a fear or worry what others think
2) Unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment
3) A loss of interest in judging other people
4) A loss of interest in interpreting or comparing actions of others
5) A loss of interest in conflict
6) A loss of ability to worry
7) Frequent episodes of overwhelming appreciation
8) Frequent bouts of smiling
9) Increase in tendency to let things happen rather than make things happen
10) Increased susceptibility to the love offeredby others and the urge to extend it.
-John Morton, Spiritual Director for the Institute for Individual and World Peace