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Help Raw Foodist Parents Take Case to Supreme Court

09 September
Lamoy's Living Foods in Glaser Market

Lamoy's Living Foods in Glaser Market

I received this email from a friend of mine about another friend who needs help. I thought the best I could do is share Lamoy’s story with all my friends.

If this story speaks to you, please share with others. Or use the information below to help Lamoy and her family.

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“Got Kids? Feeding them Veggie? In Florida that makes you a Criminal.

Find out why and what you can do about it.”

An innocent Florida family has been convicted of child neglect and sentenced to 15 years probation for feeding their kids a raw, vegan diet. Their case is on appeal to the US Supreme Court and we can help them set the record strait and set a new standard for the health of our children in the future.

The courts themselves are on record as being in conflict with each other in this case. The criminal court ruled for 15 years probation for feeding the children a raw vegan diet while at the same time the family court ordered the children be placed on a raw food diet with soy.  In the family court all the radiological reports and blood tests performed by the State of Florida on behalf of the prosecutor came back normal. The judge even said, “The state didn’t prove their case against the Anderson’s” and that’s why he placed the children on a raw food diet with soy.

We have a chance to support the Andressohn’s as they take this case to the Supreme Court and set a precedent for parent’s rights to choose their child’s diet.

If you can help fund their defense (and yours) mail a check to:

Marcia J. Silvers P.A.

2937 S.W. 27th Ave Suite 101

Miami, Florida, 33133

On behalf of the Andressohn family and all parents who wish to feed their children a healthy diet, Thank you very much for your support.

Call Lamoy and she will thank you personally at 786-447-1875.

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Lamoy's Pie

Lamoy's Pie

You can meet Lamoy and her family at Glaser Market in Coconut Grove on Saturdays where she sells her amazing raw food.

To read more about Andressohn‘s case:

Joseph & Lamoy Andressohn Story

What Really Happened to The Andressohns Raw Vegan Baby?

Vegan couple cleared of starving baby, guilty of child neglect

Raw food philosophy killed their baby?

Raw food adherents acquitted in baby’s death

The City of Smokers and the Best Food Ever!

07 September

My best friend lives in Washington DC, the city of smokers. Well, at least in my opinion DC is the city of smokers. Every where we went, there were people smoking outside! Anyways, it took 5 years, the Russian Embassy, and the Raw Spirit Fest for me to finally go visit her in DC.

The White House Organic Garden

The White House Organic Garden

We were excited and looking forward to the festival and visiting all the historical places in DC. We first went to the Russian Embassy, which was the main purpose of the trip, to run some errands there. After a few hours there, we went to the White House of course and took pictures like every other tourist there. I even got a picture of the organic garden! We then went to the Sewall-Belmont House and the Library of Congress. We had a lot of fun at both places. We stopped at Java Green for lunch and had some raw goodies! The raw shakes were unbelievably delicious!

The next day we headed to the Raw Spirit Fest for two days and started the morning with Kirtan by Kamaniya & Keshavacharya Das. We then saw many speakers including Dr. Brian Clement, Philip McCluskey, Viktoras Kulvinskas as well as many food demos including Lynda Carter, Rawdawg Rory, Raw Spirit Divas Christina and Kashi, and my favorite Khepra Anu of Senbeb Café in D.C. Music included Here II Here, Singing Bear, Raw Spirit RawK Stars, Brother Northstar and more.

Kirtan

Kirtan

We were glad this year they had green smoothies, salads, and less free chocolate. Last year in Sedona we overdose in all the free samples of chocolate! The vendors had great prices and a wide variety of products. As far as the food at the event, my favorite, and probably the best raw food I’ve had so far, was by Khepra Anu of Senbeb Café. For $12 we got a big plate of kale salad, a sandwich, and a seaweed side dish. Khepra made a spicy sauce for the sandwich that was to die for! I would move to DC just to eat at his café everyday! The food was so good I didn’t even take a picture because by the time I realized, we had inhaled every crumb in the plate! The next day after the festival we went to his café to get some more food and this time we had his lasagna with two salad dishes and it was heaven!

The last day in DC we pretty much avoided the smokers in every building and headed to Capitol Hill for a tour of the Senate and House chambers. We also visited Union Station and did a little shopping there.

Overall we enjoyed DC, the Festival, and visiting my friend. It was a nice busy quick trip. We were able to exercise, learn history, and eat healthy food all in the city of smokers.

At the White House

At the White House

How the Breakfast Smoothie became the Morning Soup

23 August
Morning Raw Green Soup

Morning Raw Green Soup

Once upon a time there was the green raw breakfast smoothie. Two handfuls of any greens found in my refrigerator (kale, dandelions, chard, collards, lettuce, and spinach) with two fruits (usually banana or mango) and half avocado. We loved our green smoothie for the morning and enjoyed its creamy refreshing nature that woke us up and gave us energy to start a hard day at the office.

But one day, the mango season ended! And the hand-picked bananas we used to get from our friend Tim Tye stop coming. We were left without fresh local fruit! And breakfast was never the same!

One day, I woke and looked at the refrigerator… so full of greens and no fruit. All of the sudden, I saw hidden behind some raw food leftovers, a beautiful heirloom tomato and fresh cucumbers I had bought at Josh’s Organic Garden. And that’s when it hit me!

“Who said breakfast had to be sweet!” I said aloud and reached for the tomato and cucumbers.

I put my two handfuls of greens in my Vitamix, heirloom tomato, cut cucumbers, half avocado, olive oil, and a dash of salt.

My husband woke up to the noise of the Vitamix and ran to the kitchen. “What are you making?” he said.

I opened the Vitamix and pour it in a bowl and said “Who said breakfast had to be sweet?”

He put on his glasses and tasted the green liquid I had pour in his bowl and said “hmmm nice!”

And that’s how the green morning soup was born!

Our First Raw Party

09 August
Raw Party

Raw Party 7/31/09

Last Friday we hosted our first Raw Party! Not a potluck or meetup… a party!

After the Raw Spirit Fest 2008 in Sedona, I realized that what we were missing in our lifestyle was entertaining our friends.

When Denis and I fist moved in together, we used to have parties every weekend. I would cook all sorts of dishes (beef kabobs Russian style was a favorite), and friends would bring beer and such. It was lots of fun to entertain our friends and enjoy their company. As we got older, the parties stopped. Not because we didn’t want to or because our eating habits changed. Life just got busier with all of us graduating, moving away, working full time, getting married, and having kids.

Last year, Anthony Anderson of Rawmodel.com wrote a touching blog post that has stayed with me everyday. It was about friendships and judging others that are different from us. People believe we judge them by what they eat because we eat raw vegan food. We didn’t have any friends that were raw vegans when we started and all of my friends were not even vegetarian. I feel that most friends thought that any socializing that revolved around food was out of the question. Even now most of my friends think that we can only eat in “special” restaurants.

In fact, a few weeks ago one of my coworkers confessed that for months she thought that she could not go out to eat with one of her friends who has been a raw foodist for over 15 years. I was astounded! And I don’t know why because after years of being vegetarian/vegan/raw foodist I still get emails from friends and family members asking me what we can do that doesn’t involve food. Or if there is a party (and recently a wedding), they always call and ask what can they make us so that we can eat. We love all our friends and food is not going to change that.

I also noticed that people feel like they cannot eat their regular food in front of us. I have a “don’t ask don’t tell policy.” I don’t ask or tell anyone anything about their food or my food because everyone is different and only one knows what is good for oneself. We are all different and being a raw vegan is good for me but I won’t tell anyone is good for them because I strongly believe that everyone is entitled to live their life the way they want to. I won’t judge anyone for what they eat. My brother sits in front on me and eats a steak and I don’t judge him.

So I wanted to have a party to entertain all my friends… beef eaters and fruit eaters, babies and adults, single and married, black, brown, white, yellow, small and big, they all were welcomed! It was not about the food and it was not about converting anyone, simply to have a good time with great people. And that’s what we did! The energy was amazing and the live music was awesome! Kids were running around and adults were enjoying a night of much needed fun. Drinks and food were provided and many friends brought other delicious dishes to share. There was no plan agenda but to have fun all night and get to know each other and enjoy the company of everyone.

Thanks to all my friends that came out to our first raw party!

For the recipes see the party menu.

Raw Party Menu

09 August

Appetizers

Zucchini Rolls

10 Zucchinis sliced in a mandolin slicer (for two people use 2 or 3 zucchinis and reduce the marinade)

1 cup of your favorite marinade (see recipe below)

2 cups of your favorite pate (see recipe below)

Slice zucchini using a Mandolin slicer and marinate the night before (I place them into a lasagna pan as if they were lasagna noodles and pour the marinade over each layer). When ready, prepare the pate to fill the rolls. Line up the zucchini slices and put a spoon of pate at on the slice and roll the zucchini and put in the dehydrator sheet. Repeat process to use all slices and pate. Dehydrate for 2-3 hours.

Marinade I recommend

Namashoyu

Braggs

Olive Oil

Italian Herbs

Pate I used for party

1 cup of hemp seeds

¼ cup of pine nuts

½ sun flower seeds

Olive oil

Salt to taste

2 Tbs. water

Italian herbs to taste

Crackers and Pate

White Crackers

1 cup sunflower seeds soaked for 1 hour

½ cup hemp seeds soaked for 1 hour

¼ sesame seeds soaked for 1 hour

¼ pumpkin seeds soaked for 1 hour

1 cup ground yellow flax seeds (I used yellow to make them light)

½ shredded zucchini

Any seasoning to taste (I often alternate between Italian herbs or Mexican Seasoning)

About 1 cup water

1 Tbs. salt

I soak all the seeds in the same container and after 1 or 2 hours I drain them and rinse them again with ionized water. I them put them in the food processor and grind. Put the grind mixed seeds in a bowl and add the flax powder and seasonings as well as salt. Mix well and then add the shredded zucchini. I add as much water as I want and continue to mix until I have the desired consistency and that way the crackers won’t have to dehydrate for a very long time. After mixing and making a “dough”, press them flat onto a teflex sheet and dehydrate for approximately 4 to 8 hours. Serve with any pate, salsa, or guacamole.

The original recipes is from LifeFood Recipe Book by Anni Padden Jubb and David Jubb

Main Dishes

Indian food

Indian Dish

3 zucchinis diced small

1 small eggplant diced small

1 broccoli cut in mini florets same size as the other vegetables

1 cup of diced tomatoes

1 yellow zucchini diced small

1 cup peas

1 Tbs. lemon juice

2 Tbs. olive oil

Curry powder to taste (I use about 2 Tbs. of curry)

A pinch of garam masala

A pinch of cumin

Salt to taste

Curry Sauce (see recipe below)

Mixed all the ingredients in a bowl and let the marinade mix well. Transfer to a teflex sheet and dehydrate for 1 to 2 hours.

Curry Sauce

1 red pepper

1 cup of sundried tomatoes soaked for about 2 hours

Garlic to taste (I use about 2 cloves or more)

1 Tbs. lemon juice

Ginger to taste (I use about an inch cube)

½ cup of cilantro

Curry powder to taste

1 Tbs. Coconut oil

Salt to taste

*To make it spicy I add about 1 red or green jalapeño

Blend all the ingredients in the blender until smooth (you may want to add a little bit of water or oil to make it more liquid). Bring the vegetables out from the dehydrator and put in a glass container and add the curry sauce. Mix well and return to dehydrator for another hour or so.

The original recipe is from Get Fresh Magazine by Russell James

Salad & Raw Nut Tofu

 

Salad and Tofu

 

I made a big salad and one of our friends brought another salad which everyone loved! I often use lettuce to replace rice and serve with any dish.

Raw Nut Tofu

1 cup Irish moss paste

¼ cup water

½ lemon juice

2 cups of Cashews soaked for 2 hours

1 Tbs. of unpasteurized light miso

Salt to taste

Blend in high power blender until smooth. Use a plastic wrapped container to pour the mix. Refrigerate for a few hours and serve. Another variation on this is to actually marinade the tofu in the kind of sauce you want until it soaks the sauce. I put the marinade in the blender from the beginning and refrigerate longer.

The original recipe is from Get Fresh Magazine by Russell James

Drinks

Ice Tea & Watermelon Juice

Ionized Water

Desserts

Chocolate Pudding

1 Avocado

¼ cup raw cacao

2 Tbs. maca powder

¼ cup raw agave

1 Tsp. of Mesquite powder

Salt to taste

Put all the ingredients in the food processor and blend until smooth. Set in refrigerator until ready to serve.