best black beans recipe

Okay so I've noticed so many bean recipes cover the flavor of the beans...their actual flavors differ so much that I've taken to plain...here is how the creamiest most flavorful plain beans are created,(in my opinion;) start with a stockpot and dump your beans of choice in...

thanksgiving day food rant...introducing the tofurkerumpkinaritto!!!

Hello all,(two people who actually read this,) I am going to take a gravy shower today!!! with olives on each finger and a never-ending glass of eggnog...keeps the skin supple and elegant...
it is a grimm realization that EVERY dish that we, (my friend and I,) would like to serve our families for

how to say no to a tamale.

Okay so I made it through breakfast without eating cooked food other than coffee...but tamale was the lunch special and when it comes to refusing a tamale...I've got nothing.  And how to make a raw tamale??? you got me there too.  i guess what I'm trying to say is: the masterpieces of cooked cuisine  cannot be substituted...this is my opinion at THIS point in my life, but I am open to suggestions...now, my two new years resolutions involve shotgunning a tallboy and developing a recipe for a raw tamale...I know, I know, I shoot for the sky!  My aspirations are mindboggeling even to myself!  later, Eva

down with sliced bread!

So lets talk about the natural ebb and flow, rise and fall, predator vs. prey...winners and losers.  In the battle for health in the form of RAW foods, I came out fighting, but somehow was swayed to the side of the

doubt and Muffins

Vegan muffins are delicious... Seriously, I had my doubts...I found a recipe on line and used honey instead of sugar, wheat flour-flax seeds and wheat germ instead of white flour and more nuts raisins and bananna than they ask for, (as always, I freestyle,) and they were FABULOUS.  I'll post my favorite recipe someday...but now I am going to pack!

here we go

So...I am going on a trip.  On a boat...this ought to be interesting!  I am thinking that I'll bring my blender, but I'm not sure if it'll work!!! Fresh produce and boats...hmmmm
We are going to cruise the inside passage along the panhandle of Alaska down to

I think it's the rain

I swear, as I wrote that title, the sun came out...what does that mean?!


This entry is in honor of Kodiak's Farmers market..as far as I know  the last one will take place this Saturday at the fairground gazebo-thing from 10am-12...end plug....back to Ode...


I will miss you, oh fair, fair market... with your knotty rutabagas and leafy green gargantuan, your ever changing face of bounty, the mix of strangers, visitors, vendors, and

deadly tofu. and what to do with 82 sticks of butter.

Okay, so nobody wants to die...that's what started my dietary revolt, fear of death, and hatred for

falling from raw

So this is a journey...and this week I fell into the crackers and gouda...literally!  When the weather turns to pureedpottedmeatproduct in kodiak ak, like it always does, I get ravenous for

eat it with a spoon best chocolate"caramel" sauce EVER!!!

So late last night I wanted chocolate and I usually make this recipe with a lot of cacao powder, but I didn't this time and WOW was it delicious!!!

oh so simple cabbage salad

Yessss!  I do love a good cabbage salad!  This is an example of less is more.  Try it simple; shred

labels

Why don't grocery stores have nutritional labels for produce?  When buying spinach or romaine or

vitamix justification

Okay, so you like green smoothies, and you can buy a 80 dollar  blender and explode it in a week!  (And they do not break your food down on the cellular level, or make it smooth liquid.)  Sooooo...That's where I was!  I balked at the cost of a Vitamix, (the cheapest one I could find was costco, $380,) but I quickly crunched the numbers, justifying it easily...so now I pass them on to you:

take hold of your future!

A lot of people are afraid to change, but it is a natural and beautiful process to embrace...an adventure to willingly embark on...with style and grace...lately dietary change has been inspiring change in all aspects of my life, and the old me would NOT

Salmonberry Juice!

Yesterday we picked some delightfully ripe salmonberries out in the woods and this morning

bananna coconut shake

Viva Coconut Butter!  So tonight was hot,  and thinking about ice cream is what one does in the heat...so I threw 2 frozen bananas

Blogging is harder than I thought!

Hi Krystal, I haven't figured out how to respond to your comment in the correct way yet,

Yes...Green smoothies work wonders!

After three plus months of eating green smoothies for breakfast I realized

Chia seeds

My dear friend Rachel told me to check out Chia seeds...I had read a bit about them, but checked them out again and found out more about them...she was right...they are amazing!  My favorite part is

freestyle sweet veggie or fruit dip...maybe even frosting

Okay...I just made a veggie tray for a backyard picnic and I needed something for my son to dip his veggies in....so freestyle dip was born.  It's DELICIOUS.
In vitamix blend:

transitional recipe...raw stirfry salad

Now this recipe is obviously not raw, but the stirfry part is!

coconut oil

Raw organic coconut oil is AMAZING!

coconut treats to die for! (almost.)

For this recipe I use all raw and all organic ingredients

my favorite green smoothie

In a vitamix blend

raw tacos!

recipe for raw tacos...

quick apple treat

core about 3 organic apples and slice thinly on a mandolin...juice an

raw dressing

Delicious!!!  Blend together juice of one organic lemon...tablespoon raw honey...tablespoon organic

some ideas

Rawmazing is a beautiful website, with some great ideas!!!  http://www.rawmazing.com/rawmazing-recipes/

are you confidently nourishing your family?

We all know we need to eat more fruits and vegetables, and that they are healthy for us...right?  Yet

rampage about...food.

okay, so we all know we "are what we eat," but do we really?
 close your eyes and think about that for a moment.

I just ate my first raw brownies...holy...wow!

Yay!  My first blog...it's for the kids...it's for my family...it's for all of the people brave enough to