Rachel V.'s Page

Hi Friends, Just wanted to say that I had a wonderful time at the yoga & lunch meetup. My friend/classmate Briana drove down with me. We were up at the crack of dawn for the 5 hour drive from central NY. But it was totally worth seeing all the lovely faces, eating a tasty lunch, and getting my butt kicked in yoga. I was pleasantly surprised that my ticket was a winning one for the drawing for an eBook from Kristen's Raw. I selected her easy raw entrees book & am super excited to try it o…

I wanted to share briefly about the raw vegan restaurant that I went to in Boston, called Grezzo (link: www.grezzorestaurant.com). Every dish is 100% raw (uncooked) vegan (no animal derived products). The website contains so much information about the restaurant and the foods they prepare. What I had to eat: A) Grezzo sliders - house-made patties on vine-ripened tomato, pommes frites and pickles, creamy "bleu cheese" dressed hydroponic watercress B) Gnocchi carbonara - house-made dumplings, cr…

I found this amazing magnet that says, "Healthy Crops. Healthy Craps." on a lemon. I am "home" with my parents this weekend for spring break to get a little R & R time. My parents have a vita mix, so I decided to take advantage of it while I'm home and do some jucing. I decided to buy the ingrediants for Natalia Rose's Green Lemonade from the local natural foods store. I was looking thru the produce isle and happend to look up at a small display of magnets, including the one I mentioned abo…

So I've knowing about eating raw for about a year now, but haven't been very consistent in eating raw. But now I'm committed to it--I wanna be healthy & live long! I am developing a list of menu ideas for raw food meals. So far, I've gotten a few great ideas from Natalia Rose's book, "The Raw Food Detox Diet." This website, http://thedailyrawrecipes.blogspot.com, also has been helpful. I am really looking to do the "raw 'till dinner" or 80/20 concept. Some challenges for me in going raw inc…