Can I have a beer on it?

Thank you for this question Anna. Of course you can have a beer. Supermarkets, small shops, pubs, wine bars and restaurants will be happy to oblige, and your friends may urge you to have a beer too. The more you socialise the more likely you are to be in the presence of alcoholic drinks. Who makes the choices? You? Habit? Convention? Social pressure? Expectation? Your taste buds? Your thirst? I don’t know if there are beers on sale that have not been heat-treated, but I wonder whether you should avoid  home brew that has not finished brewing and still contains […] Read more »

Is there a half-way plan using the most beneficial raw foods alongside others? Part Two

I kept on thinking about this topic after I had written my response to Sheryl’s question. For many people, eating at least some raw food, more than they have been eating on a more conventional cooked diet, is a big step and if this is you then here is a half way plan. This plan is a list of suggestions that will help you towards a half way raw routine that feels right to you: a) Have salads as a large part of every meal b) When you make a stir-fry, leave the thinly sliced vegetables raw and stir them […] Read more »

Coriander (Cilantro) and Walnut Pesto

On Saturday I came home with a very large bunch of organic coriander from the farmers’ market – for sixty pence. Who says organics are too expensive? When you hunt around and work with the seasons organics need not be. Faced with my bunch of coriander and a jar of walnuts this was what evolved. It’s exactly like a regular pesto in that it has ground nuts, oil and ground herbs and is a yummy paste to mix through something bland. It is quick to make and delicious over pasta, perhaps regular pasta or, better, wheat free pasta if you […] Read more »

Spicy Red Coleslaw

Spicy Red Coleslaw garnished with finely chopped young beetroot leaves

A brightly coloured and warming salad with ‘bright’ spicy tastes. Make it as  warm or hot as you like with pinches of cayenne pepper. Beetroots at the farmers’ market come in bunches at the moment with their fresh crunchy young leaves. I chopped up a few of the smaller leaves with their stalks as a garnish as you can see, but you could chop some leaves and stalks quite finely and make a whole salad out of them, as you would with lettuce. The coleslaw keeps well in the fridge and is good to have along with green salads and […] Read more »

Why Raw?

Thank you Martin for this question that is as important as it is brief! The brief answer is that there is more life force in it. From the point of view of how I and many others, experience life when eating plenty of raw food (raw vegan food that is – not raw meat, which I would not fancy) is that I have a stronger life force, more energy, greater resilience and more of a spring in my step. It’s those kinds of expression that point to the experience. On raw food I am more likely to run up the […] Read more »

Strawberry Mousse

A summer treat

This is a light mousse with no dairy, just strawberries, the magical creamy thickening ingredient avocado, and perhaps something to add sweetness. As with any fruit dish, it will only be as good as the quality of fruit used. This  dessert is delicious made with very ripe flavourful strawberries and if you can find some ripe wild strawberries do add them for another dimension of flavour. If you use stevia herb extract, make sure it is pure and not mixed with other questionable sweeteners or fillers. See Good raw recipes for more about stevia and other sweet ingredients. Serves 4 […] Read more »