December 2009

Choosing Raw Named Best Raw Vegan Website and Blog of 2009!

December 31, 2009
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Happy New Year!! Almost! I trust everyone’s getting reading to celebrate the dawn of 2010. I hope you have fun and festive evenings. My favorite New Year’s Celebrations have always been my calmest ones, and tonight looks to be a good one: dinner with a friend early, and a little gossip time with Melissa later [...]

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Raw Food Rehab: Raw Pros and Cons with Chicago Marathon Val!

December 30, 2009
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Here at Choosing Raw, we try to discuss the benefits of the raw vegan lifestyle: the smooth digestion, the boundless energy, the euphoria, the glow. But for all of its amazing benefits, the raw veganism can present the occasional pitfall: digestive hiccups, practical challenges, sneers from coworkers or friends, detox symptoms, or seemingly mysterious weight [...]

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Holiday Recap, and Cooked Recipe of the Month!

December 28, 2009
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I’m ba-aack! It feels so nice to be writing; this last week was the longest I’ve gone without a substantive post since I started my blog. I hope you all had fantastic holiday celebrations, involving dear ones and delicious food. Did anyone grace a festive table with a raw dish or two? I spent my [...]

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Merry Christmas to all…

December 25, 2009
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Hi guys! A quick holiday interlude to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!! May you have beautiful and cozy celebrations with the ones you love. If raw food is involved, so much the better xoxo

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Raw Nutloaf

December 23, 2009
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Ho ho happy Raw Wednesday! As promised, I’m back with my holiday recipe roundup. Christmas, in case you hadn’t noticed, is this vegan’s favorite holiday, and I’m so excited to share my first batch of Choosing Raw Christmas recipes. Most of these are shiny and new; one of them (the soup) you’ll recognize from another [...]

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Cashew Cheese with Meyer Lemon and Dried Cherries

December 22, 2009
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Tomorrow, I’ll be treating you all to a full menu of holiday recipes—perfect for Christmas Eve or day, New Year’s Eve or day, and the whole winter season. Today, I’m kicking off my holiday recipe fest with a perfect cocktail party appetizer: cheese and crackers. Raw cheese and crackers that is: to be precise, sweet [...]

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Pure Gratitude

December 20, 2009
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Hi all, Hope you had a lovely weekend. Mine was filled with snow (all hail the great Blizzard of ’09!), with some cooking, with holiday parties (including a very nice gathering at a friend’s place last night, as the winds raged around us), and with some live performances (a culture vulture friend was visiting). Thanks [...]

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