This Dressing Is Sooooo Good

1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup Nama Shoyu
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
6 tbsp raw tahini
1 clove garlic

Put in blender and blend, serve over salad greens and lots of raw veggies.

Check out a great blog

Ok...quite some time ago I came across a raw blog that inspired me. This lady is superwoman.
You will literally spend hours reading her blog archives and recipes. I have tried a lot of them and they are all great. She had to end her blog in December because she was way too busy to keep it up.
Here is the link....enjoy

www.mawintheraw.blogspot.com

Drink Your Water

We all know that water is important. See for yourself:

- 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (This likely applies to half the world's population)

- In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so week that it is often mistaken for hunger.

- Even MILD deydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.

- One glass of water shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.

- Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

- Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

- A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory; trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

- Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and you will be 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?

Spinach Dip

Great on veggies or raw crackers

4 cups spinach
1 large avocado
1/2 Tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Herbamare Seasoning salt

Bend all ingredients in a food processor until smooth

Note: Adjust Herbamare to taste or try just adding sea salt instead.

We learned this recipe at Alissa Cohen's class in March.

It's Friday Night...Have A Healthy Drink

From Alissa Cohen's Living on Live Food


Mudslide

A filling drink that really 'hits the spot' when you get a craving for sweets.

1/2 cup almonds
1 1/2 cups water
1 banana
3 dates

In a blender or Vita-Mix, blend until smooth.

Romaine Roll-Ups

By Shazzie

Ingredients:
1 large head of romaine lettuce
3 large tomatoes, finely chopped
1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and finely chopped
1 handful alfalfa sprouts
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
basil, oregano or mint, finely chopped
onion and/or garlic, finely chopped

Directions:
Separate the leaves of the romaine lettuce and place on a plate.

In a bowl, mix together the tomatoes, avocado, alfalfa, cilantro, basil, oregano or mint, onion and garlic to make the filling.

Spoon a generous dollop of the filling at one end of each lettuce leaf. Roll the sides of the leaf over, fold it in half. Continue until you have used all the filling and then eat like a sandwich.

Be kind to the earth tips

1. Bring your own bags to the store
2. Donate old cell phones and help save the African gorilla (eco-cell.org)
3. Start composting
4. Swap, don't buy (try eBay.com, craigslist.org, and freecycle.org)
5. Clean up indoor air with plants instead of artificial air fresheners
6. Plant a garden
7. Collect rainwater to water your garden
8. Remove your name from junk-mail lists by registering at dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglist
9. Eat more veggies
10. Wash clothes in cold water and hang them out/up to dry