July 2010

Product Review! Brad’s Raw Chips

July 20, 2010

Yesterday, when I shared my recipe for raw “tuna salad,” you may have noticed some chips in my snack plate: They’re over on the right. These delicious treats were a gift from the kind folks at Brad’s Raw Chips, who agreed to send me some of their flavors to sample. Thank you, Brad & Co.! [...]

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Raw Vegan “Tuna” Salad; Snapping Out of a Funk

July 19, 2010

I was thinking about ways to begin this post, and the expression “it’s just one of those days” sprung to mind. It’s Monday, and in spite of what was a rather quiet weekend for me, I feel tired. I’m sure that living in a sauna (and by that I mean New York City in mid-July) [...]

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Panzanella Salad

July 18, 2010

Hey guys! Nice responses to my post about the evolution of fitness food. I hope that you all get to visit a Pump location in your areas soon. This evening, I was chatting with mah boo Diana about the challenges of blog posting (namely, the feelings of guilt that ensue when one doesn’t have a [...]

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The Changing Face of Fitness Food

July 15, 2010

Wow! Amazing feedback on real food superfoods. Love your ideas! Anyone who has worked in book publishing has probably heard of a little ritual called the “slush lunch.” This is the hour in which editorial assistants gather, break bread, and collectively sift through and reject assess the about a month’s worth of “slush”–or unsolicited submissions. [...]

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My Top Ten Superfoods

July 14, 2010

Thanks to everyone who commented yesterday. So much of my relationship with nutrition and health is founded upon having an open mind; without it, I would never have explored raw foods in the first place! And yet nothing irks me more than inflammatory or misleading health claims, be they conventional or alternative. Glad to hear [...]

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Superfood Shake, and Agave Controversy

July 13, 2010

Hooray for enthusiasm over fava beans! And the inevitable Silence of the Lambs jokes. Veteran readers of Choosing Raw know by now that my attitude toward that mystical genus of foodstuffs known as “superfoods” is ambivalent at best. In theory, superfoods are simply foods that have a particularly high phytonutrient content. By this definition, many, [...]

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In Praise of Fava Beans

July 12, 2010

Happy Monday! Glad you’re enjoying the Hippocrates Health Institute video giveaway. It’s been brought to my attention that the video set being offered is worth about $200. So this is quite a steal! If you haven’t entered yet, check it out. It’s safe to say that all legumes are cherished in the CR kitchen. There’s [...]

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