Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Soaking and sprouting explained

I love it when my readers ask me questions, because…
(a) it gives me something to blog about
(b) sometimes I also didn’t really know and by looking up the answers I learn something new
Following my previous post quite a few of you asked what we soak our nuts in.  And why?
I have always just used water [...]

Dessert Recipe: Raw Cashew Custard

I grew up with fresh fruit salad and thick creamy custard, so I was happy to discover this recipe for raw custard sauce in my collection.  It was delicious!
You can serve it with fruit salad, or any raw dessert.

Raw Cashew Custard

2 cups raw cashew nuts

juice of 3 oranges
1 small pineapple, chopped
½ tsp pure vanilla essence

Soak [...]

What I’ve learned about staying on the wagon…

It’s been four months – the longest I’ve ever been on the wagon.  And I’m nowhere near getting off this wagon!  I love the view from here and the results are very pleasing indeed.  I don’t think I’ve ever felt this good before.
There are ten reasons why I am successful this time.  Please note that [...]

The Salad is the Main Dish

I just had to share this article from Diseaseproof, Dr Joel Fuhrman’s blog.  It explains why I eat the way I eat so much better than I ever could.
Hundreds of population studies show that raw vegetable consumption offers strong protection against cancer.1 The National Cancer Institute recently reported on over 300 different studies that all [...]

This could take a while!

Every time I think I now have the theme I want, I come up with some more ideas.  So please forgive me while I tinker and tinker and tinker some more.  I’m having a ball!
And it’s good for me, since I’m learning so much.  For instance, once a theme is done, it’s always a good [...]