Twins favorite things

Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 09:59 AM

Happy Sunday everyone!!

I have been up for 2 hours and have done nothing besides writing this long and useful post!!! Don’t you just love Sundays!! An official excuse to be lazy, right??

Anyways our friend Averie asked us to share our favorite things. It has been a topic we wanted to do just never got around to it, so when she mentioned it we thought now is a great time to share.

Twin’s Favorite Things – again these are from our own experiences you can make your own call

How we go about getting our ingredients. We do most of our shopping online although if we are low on certain ingredient and we know a local health food store around us sells it we will just by it from them. We try to buy in bulk as well because in the long run it saves you time and money.

1) Coconut Oil -   best quality and tasting  - Artisana Premier Organics coconut oil and coconut butter

best for your money – one gallon tub from Sun Foods

best convenient – sold in most health food stores Nutiva

Other high quality coconut oil brands we have been enjoying Vivapura and Virgin Coconut oil De Coco Creme

2) Best online stores to shop: how we shop the most are Natural Zing, Amazon, Navitas Naturals, and Mountain Rose Herbs. For specialty items Raw Food World and Sun Food.

What we have been know to buy at Natural Zing: MSM powder, kelp noodles, coconut oil, tahini, maca, lucuma, yacon syrup, chia seeds, spirulina, raw cacao powder, raw cacao nibs, camu camu, and nuts and seeds, hemp seeds

Amazon: coconut water, Artisana and Navitas Natural brand products, dehydrator, vitamix, spiralizer, mandoline, nutritional yeast

Navitas Naturals: chia seeds, raw cacao, sprouted flax meal, yacon syrup, mesquite, maca, hemp seeds, lucuma and stevia

Mountain Rose Herbs: cinnamon, turmeric, sea salt, maca, chia seeds, chorella, spirulina, dulse flakes, any spice really, green tea (for making our kombucha tea)

3) Hemp products: Best overall  Manitoba Harvest (can be pricey)

Best second choice Nutiva

Other overall decent hemp protein Ruth’s Hemp (we get from  Natural Zing) or buying in bulk from Whole foods or Mountain Rose Herbs

4) Stevia – powder we like the best is Sweet Leaf the packets (which you can find in most heath food stores)

Second best is – KAL Pure Stevia Extract liquid (we get from health food stores)

Third best is – Stevia powder from Navitas Naturals (this is an acquired taste)

We find to like most Stevia products but we prefer liquid forms of it the best. We know for some Stevia is hard to get used to though we have been using if for over 3 years and we hardly notice it anymore. To us it is worth the after taste or getting used to factor from it having no calories and for us it is truly the best sugar substitute. We use it a lot in our bakery and personally!

5) Other random ingredients we use and where to find them

Nutritional yeast – most health food stores sell it (RedStar is our favorite)and Amazon

Irish Moss and Sunflower lecithin – I mentioned this yesterday

Florida Crystals Organic Sugar – we use for making kombucha and water kefirs (most health food stores sell this brand)

Native Forest Unsweetened Classic coconut milk – again most health food stores should sell this

Living Harvest – hemp milk (unsweetened)

Pacific Foods – Almond milk (unsweetened) and Hazelnut milk, and Rice milk

Again how we go about purchasing these items varies every time we need something. Some times it comes down to money, convenience or brand loyalty. It really all depends what we are shopping for and what we are low on. It also comes down to personal preference and money.

This great lady also has great tips on buying in bulk. Also we know because we have done it that most health food stores allow you to buy in bulk (cases) like Whole Foods, Earth Fare, and any local health food store in your area. Just go and ask the customer service area and they should be able to help you out. Buying in bulk is great especially for a family with lots of mouths to feed! Mountain Rose Herbs again is a great place to do this as well because they offer bulk discounts to everyone and their products are organic :)

We hope this list of our favorites helps you along your journey of finding great healthy additions to your lifestyle like is has ours! Please let us know if you have any specific questions.

And Lori was correct in her guess with what our dinner was from last night! Kelp noodles though we a great twist :)   And speaking of this lovely lady she is hosting a great giveaway – an ice cream maker :)   If you get an ice cream maker you can start making delicious ice cream like this

Cookie dough Ice Cream

Back to our dinner:

Kabocha Kelp Noodles

We blended in our roasted Kabocha from earlier this week add in some salt, leftover sage that we roasted with the squash and some water. Threw it all into the blender and blended till creamy though ours we kept on the thick side :)

Than created a ‘green’ sauce to over the top, you know us with our greens! Green sauce was a blend of tahini, yacon syrup, apple cider vinegar, parsley, shallot, sunflower lecithin and water! Blend till creamy. And pour on top of kelp noodles and kabocha squash mixture.

IMG_3814We just mixed it all together and topped with more fresh parsley :)

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IMG_3832Amazing! We think all squash lovers would approve of this sauce :) A great way to end a Saturday night. One reason why we created this dish was to show a customer at the farmers market yesterday morning what else to do with squash. She mentioned she does not know what else to do with winter squashes and that’s when we thought of using it as pasta ‘tomato’ sauce! Although we feel this would work with any veggie dish!

We got lots of goodies lined up today for the big game! Super bowl day! We can’t wait to show you all what we come up with tomorrow ;)

Cheers from the Twins. We have no favorite for which team to win we just want a good game to watch and the commercials!

Till next time,

The Twins

L&M

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Ahoy Maties!

Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 05:45 PM

Theme Week: Raw Desserts

Good evening friends,

Today was yet another rainy cold day here in NC. It has been hard to keep the spirits up day after day of cold nasty weather … though this did help

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And a few bites of this

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Glad everyone has been liking our no nut –dairy free raw ice cream!!

Today was supposed to be a run day in our marathon training though due to the rain (and only getting 5 hrs of sleep) we decided to do yoga and move our run day till tomorrow.

Twin Eats:

Breakfast: green smoothie

Mid-morning: a glass of the rest of our homemade kombucha tea

Lunch: 2 slices of raw onion chia flatbread plus apple pie and ice cream. Not a bad lunch eh?

Lunch sure hit the spot… though do plan on re-creating our apple pie again before the holidays. We think it could be a tad better although we did inhale it down… ummm.. guess it was good?

Afternoon snack: a glass of water kefir and hot cocoa

Dinner: green smoothie (purple kale, frozen organic peaches, lime zest, coconut water)

Twins Workout:

Clean whole house ( I have 2 flights of stairs to go up and down on) that counts as working out right?

45 minutes of yoga

push-ups, ab work, and some lunges

Overall we both felt alright today… we both did not sleep well. Did manage to Get a lot of work done and got to play in the kitchen some our favorite thing to do… can you tell? We can get a little crazy with recipes.

In honor of dessert week we created a new raw apple pie recipe. Last year we made one following one of our favorite raw vegan chef’s Ani Phyo, apple pie out of her first cookbook. Loved it! And ever since than we have seen a variety of apple pies out there so we wanted to try creating something on our own. So what do we do… grab some ingredients and get to work and hopefully remember to write it down.

Luckily this time we remembered to grab a pen and paper!! But most of the time we are just like ok throw some of this in and some of that, blend. And that process continues till we are satisfied with the results. :)

Pure2Raw Recipe: Raw Apple Pie Stack

Ingredients:

Apple pie filling-

3 small granny smith apples (or apples of your choice, local apples would be great!)

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date paste ( ¼ cup water with 8 pitted dates)

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1 tbsp vanilla

1 tbsp sunflower lecithin

1 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp nutmeg

2 tbsp yacon syrup (or any liquid sweetener of your choice)

Directions:

Make date paste first in the blender

Add vanilla, lecithin, yacon and spices to blender and blend.

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then transfer it to this beauty food processor with the remaining ingredients.

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We cut the apples before putting in food processor so they would all be the same size.

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Add apples to food processor and make sure everything makes it in : )

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Wait MAN OVER BOARD!

Got a few men down over here…

haha okay stop all this silliness…

Back to the recipe.

Pulse it up a few times or till desired texture.

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We left ours a little chunky

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Then place on Dehydrator sheet. This step is optional, we did it to warm it up : )

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Crust:

  • ½ cup ground sunflower seeds (have been soaked, drained, dried)
  • 1 cup ground pumpkin seeds (have been soaked, drained, dried)
  • ½ cup ground almonds (have been soaked, drained, dried)
  • 4 dates
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil (liquid)
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ginger
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg

Place ingredients back into the dirty clean food processor.

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Pulse till it starts coming together.

Sailor: May day may day we have a problem…it’s not binding!

Captain: Quick we need an apple

Hero: Apples

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Sailor: This looks better

Captain: A little soggy but it will do

Sailor: Hard lesson learned: Next time maybe only half an apple!

Captain: Rookie mistake!

(we are laughing while we are writing this, can you tell, and no alcohol involved : ) this is great)

Transfer mush batter to a bowl.

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And prepare to build.

Grab your fancy tool cheap kitchen utensil you have that will hold the shape as you build. We used a Pampered Chef measuring cup.

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First layer is the batter. Press down with fingers to flatten.

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Next layer is the warm apple pie filling.

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Repeat this 3 times or however many you would like. We did have leftover batter, which we will save and freeze for another time.

*Note the batter itself is not that sweet but when mixed with the ooey gooey apple pie goodness it all comes together!

Final Product

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We added a bit of creamy cashew maple spread on top for color! It just needed something else : )

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Just blend soaked cashews with maple syrup!

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Look all the yummy layers…

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Drizzled it with maple syrup….Perfection!!!

It was yummy, you have to make it and see for yourself. The Captain and Sailor agree : )

Enjoy maties!!

Yo ho ho…off to clean we go!

Till next time,

The Twins

L&M

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We all scream for Ice Cream

Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 09:48 AM

Theme week: Raw Desserts

Hello everyone,

As promised from via Tweeter request and me wanting to re-create my first attempt of making raw ice cream. Michelle and I got together yesterday and studied our recipes and decided to give making a no nut raw ice cream a try.

I have made an raw ice cream before though it had cashews in it. So since it looks like we have been having a theme of no nuts we decided to continue that theme.

And time to reveal the two flavors we created: Pomegranate and Chocolate chip cookie dough!!! :)   Our friend Heather is having a great giveaway, and the criteria was to create something using pomegranate and one of Katie’s recipes. Well you all saw our creation of us following one of Katie’s fudge balls ideas earlier this week. We had some leftover of our chocolate covered chocolate chip balls so we decided to create two different flavors using these two ingredients!

Are you ready for the recipes……

Pure2Raw Recipe: Raw No Nut Ice Cream

Ingredients:

  • 2 medium bananas
  • 1/3 cup lucuma powder
  • 3 tbsp coconut butter
  • 3 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 1 packet stevia (add more sweetness to taste)

Directions:

Place bananas, lucuma powder, water, vanilla, and stevia into blender and blend till creamy.

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Next add in your coconut butter and coconut oil.

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And blend till smooth and well incorporated. It takes a few minutes!

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Time to flavor

We first did pomegranates.

Add 4 tbsp of fresh pomegranates to blender (or till your liking of flavor)

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Again blend till creamy!

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Next up … chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

Follow the same ice cream recipe above. Though to flavor it you will add in some cookies… we added our leftover chocolate covered chocolate chip cookies to ours! Cut each cookie ball into little pieces. Size doesn’t matter you may cut as small or as large cookie chucks as you would like in your ice cream.

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Next stir in the cookie chucks

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OMG…. food orgasmic !!! :)

Now for the hardest part… waiting.

Set your ice cream mixtures into the freezer and WAIT!!! If you can ;)

We let ours set for about 5-6 hours.  Felt like a little kid again waiting for the ice cream truck to come!

TIME TO EAT DEVOUR ICE CREAM!!! :)

Pomegranate Ice Cream Anyone???

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Seconds???

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Thirds???? Who wants cookie dough???

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More please….

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Delicious!! Mouth-watering!!

I never thought I would ever make my own ice cream… yet here I am doing it. And the great thing it was fun and easy.

Reasons why we love this recipe:

  • contains no dairy or animal product
  • good for me
  • easy to do
  • low in sugar
  • contains the ‘good fat’
  • taste great
  • no special equipment except a blender
  • And best of all NO UPSET TUMMY!!! :)

Michelle and I hope you enjoyed our raw ice cream lesson. We have seen a ton out there in the blog world, here are just a few… Gena’s soft served, raw food nation’s strawberry ice cream, and Melissa’s almond banana oh the list could go on…. so many great recipes and flavors out there!!!  So exciting to see all the ice cream love!!!

We would love to hear your ideas and/or recipes!  We have already started coming up with some new ideas to create more versions of ice cream… more to come soon we promise ;) Gosh the ideas keep rolling…

Thanks for stopping by…

And we would like to say Happy 25th Birthday to our dear friend Gina! Happy Birthday girl! Eat some cake on us!!!

Till next time,

The Twins

L&M

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Not a bad day when it begins with raw ice cream

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 01:11 PM

Hey everyone

Happy Hump day!

My day did not start so well, I got horrible sleep. I guess I am just so excited for the sis to come here (which is tomorrow!!) that I could not rest despite my great yoga session.  I did go to the gym and managed somehow to get a great run in.

I had my pre-workout bar plus one brownie bite for extra boost, which totally helped!!

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My workout: 5 mile run

I started running immediately today. I ran a 3:1 but instead of walking the 1 minute I slowly jogged.

20 minutes of 3 minute run at 6.2, 1 minute jog at 5.5

20 minutes of 3 minute run at 6.3, 1 minute jog at 5.5

about 10 minutes of 3 minute run at 6.4, 1 minute jog at 5.5. I ran this till I got 5 miles.

Cooled was a slow jog followed by walking.

Overall I felt great despite the lack of sleep. The mix of coconut oil, dulse, sesame seeds, chia seeds and cacoa was the perfect mix to fuel my run. I never felt tired. I do feel yoga really help my run today!!

My post workout shake: Vega with lots of add-ins, I was hungry. I added maca, chia, bee pollen, turmeric, cinnamon, and coconut oil. It was yummy and thick that I ate it with a spoon. YUM!

Then it was off to class with Gina. Both of us are getting excited because Lori is going into tomorrow and Gina’s husband gets in Friday! These next few days will be fun, a lot of exciting things going on.

We began class making raw ice cream….what a great way to start any day : )

Gina and I worked together and decided fall is here, so we made a cinnamon spice ice cream

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Check out the beautiful new ice cream makers

IMG_0112Ice cream in…now just have to wait an hour

While we all waited for raw ice cream we continued working on our recipe pricing for our menus. Again, not the fun part…but it has to be done! Plus I sipped on this…

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Love, love, love fresh coconut water!

Ice cream ready….

IMG_0119It was the perfect amount of spice…it was cool yet warming at the same time : )

My lunch today was a green smoothie

IMG_0120A mix of peach, basil, collard greens, ginger, maca, and coconut water….now it was very bitter to me. Not sure why, but I could only get the one cup down….just did not hit the spot for me…I am blame the raw ice cream ; )

Lucky for me I have this to snack on tonight

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Now I really have to practice self control tonight…I better eat my salad soon…humm…

Twins Question?

Have you made raw ice cream? What it is your favorite flavor? Are you a person that eats ice cream even when it is cold outside? I remember one time in college Lori and I ate ice cream (well it was actually TCBY yogurt, which was our downfall for us growing up we loved that place) when it was 30 degrees out, haha, weird I know.

LORI WILL BE HERE TOMORROW!! The twins will be together again, all is good!

Till next time,

Michelle

The Raw Twins

L&M

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Looks like yoga was the answer for both twins

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 05:49 PM

Good evening everyone

Sorry I did not get my post up sooner my schedule for today was not my usual. Although it was a great day for me!

First I began my day at 6am at 105 degrees helping Kelly (the head pastry chef) make some raw desserts. I made 5 different flavor raw ice creams : ) Nothing like sampling raw ice cream first thing in the morning!

Today in class we began with this

IMG_9836Ah want a great start to the morning…RAW DESSERTS.

We made the chocolate malt filling for the tarts we made yesterday and made the whip cream

IMG_9839Set them in the fridge to set…but I did have a few licks : ) before chilling them for later!

Next up was spices…we each created our own blend

IMG_9842I chose 6 spices and these are ones I normal use in my kitchen, my favs: cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, coriander, and cayenne, I also added a new spice that I do not use a lot but liked the aroma garam masala.  I cannot wait to use it!

Then we made the filling for tomorrows tamales

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Lunch was blue corn tostada with avocado, yellow squash, tomatoes, orange pepper sauce and queso blanco

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So good…light and refreshing not heavy like traditional tostadas : )

IMG_9859Isn’t it beautiful…all the vibrant colors??

Kombucha tea time

IMG_9846Time to drain the goodies I put in yesterday

IMG_9864I love the pink color it got from the raspberries and goji berries. It smelled wonderful. I enjoyed a small glass..perfection!

Back to our chocolate malted tarts

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Time to put the whipped cream on top

IMG_9881Not time to eat them yet….because today we had a great guest speaker come in and talk with us about organic farming and the importance of recycling…giving back to the soil!

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Thank you Kathy for taking the time to talk with us! I loved it! We need more farmers like you : ) Note: Please support your local farmers!! This really made me miss all the farmers I work closely with back in NC : ( Hope they are all doing well!

Okay now time to eat my raw dessert

IMG_9887I was in heaven…I love chocolate. I sure had a great day of goodies first raw ice cream and now raw chocolate malted tart : )

Since I worked with Kelly (THANK YOU KELLY, I had fun) early this morning I did not make it to the gym. Instead Gina and I had another wonderful yoga session at the Yoga Room with Laura. Again meet some great people with some familiar faces…the energy in the room was great. I felt like a new person when I left! I truly love this place!!

Before I headed back to the hotel I got myself a green juice at 105degrees.  The juice was full of kale, spinach, apple, and orange!

IMG_9891Well this was full of a green juice….it was very good. Perfect way to replenish after a great workout!

Okay well I am starting to get hungry so have a great evening!

Till next time,

Michelle

The Raw Twins

L&M

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Zucchini pasta anyone?

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 06:27 AM

Hello Everyone,

It is L. Well my Monday night dinner was zucchini pasta salad and some delicious raw ice cream for dessert! I wanted to share with you how I made my zucchini pasta. It is actually very simple to make when using a spiralizer (a veggie spiral slicer). This is a great tool to have if you don’t already have one. You can find them off Amazon.

sept pure2 blog pics 715Next you clean your zucchini and get ready to slice it up into pasta… sorry about my machine being a little dirty. I just got done doing my dressing for it and touched my machine with my dirty hands! (A big no no for taking nice clean pics) Promise I will do better!

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zucchini pasta

zucchini pasta

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The final product is zucchini pasta! It is that simple! But easier than making fresh “cooked” pasta out of white flour, etc. The leftover zucchini stick is so funny looking!

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Here is my basic salad with some chopped leeks on top.

sept pure2 blog pics 733My zucchini pasta salad – basically I just throw my zucchini pasta on top of my bed of lettuce!

sept pure2 blog pics 736Now I know when most of you have seen raw zucchini pasta it is typically by itself with a marinara type sauce on top. I tend to make mine a little different because I like to incorporate as many greens as I can into my diet and I just like the different textures from the veggies in my dish! I like to do things a little differently. You could also do the pasta plain with a side salad.

Dressing ingredients:

  • -1/4 cup almond meal
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 4 tbsp lime juice
  • good pinch of lime zest
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • pinch sea salt
  • pinch cayenne
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • handful of fresh cilantro
  • 2 tsp yacon syurp

-Blend in food processor.

sept pure2 blog pics 744Now, this was just a creation I threw together and I must say it was not bad. It might need a few minor tweaking, but overall pretty good. Once I put it on the salad all the flavors really came together. I like it because it was a light sauce!

sept pure2 blog pics 748All mixed around… almost time to eat….

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This is a great recipe for a light dinner but full of flavor. You could also throw in some radishes or peppers for more color!

Now this is how I ended my night

More raw ice cream with a drizzle of yacon syrup on top! Delicious!

More raw ice cream with a drizzle of yacon syrup on top! Delicious!

My morning was not bad either

My raw "power" granola with hemp milk. Breakfast for champions!

My raw "power" granola with hemp milk &topped with raw cacao nibs. Breakfast for champions!

Now time to hit the gym.

Till next time, from my salad bowl to yours

Lori

The Raw Twins

L&M

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Great 6 mile run today

Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 01:58 PM

Hello everyone,

It is L here. Well yesterday I was pretty productive for running on no sleep. I managed to get a good bit of cleaning done and some paperwork. Than I enjoyed a nice evening with some wine and the movie “Twilight”. For some reason I was in the mood to watch it I guess it is because my sis sent me the link to the “New Moon” movie trailer and it got me all excited for it to come out!!!!!!

My dinner was a lovely veggie salad on my mixed green onion bread! And a swiss chard salad and later on RAW ICE CREAM! :) More on that in a few.

This dinner sure did hit the spot for me!I chopped up some swiss chard leaves and cut up an avocado for the topping. Drizzled my sandwich and salad with some lime juice and hemp seed oil, and of course some nutritional yeast! Not all the toppings would fit so I just turned the remaining swiss chard and avocado into a little side salad.

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So good.

So good.

My bottle of wine. My favorite kind.

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Dessert was a little spur of the moment kind of creation. Michelle and I have been playing around with different raw ice cream recipes. And I felt like trying to perfect one of them.

Ingredients: lucuma powder, agave nectar, coconut oil and butter (the brand we get offers to different things- their coconut butter is the meat plus the oil), vanilla bean, and water

Final product after it is set in freezer for at least an hour or so.  I forgot to take a picture of it last night because I was just so excited hungry to eat it!!!! But I had some leftover and took a picture today.

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Let me just say I really enjoyed my meals yesterday and I am feeling pretty good this Sunday morning. I plan to do 6 miles today at the gym. Therefore I started my day with a green smoothie to help give me the energy  I needed.

apples, green kale, cilantro, lemon, turmeric, cayenne, stevia

apples, green kale, cilantro, lemon, turmeric, cayenne, stevia

Pre-Workout Snack:

Two brownie bites (one plain and one lavender) and 1 slice of new pre-workout bar (new recipe)

Two brownie bites (one plain and one lavender) and 1 slice of new pre-workout bar (new recipe)

Workout:

  • 10 minutes of easy jog – pace 5.8
  • Next 20 minutes – 3:1 (run 3/ walk 1)
  • Pace was 6.1 for running and 4.1 for walking
  • Next 30 minutes moved up to pace 6.2 for running and stayed at 4.1 for walking.
  • Cool down – walk for 5 mintues

Today’s run was a really good one for me. I felt great running and was actually mentally focused. Must of been from a great pre-workout snack! It settled nicely in the tummy and gave me the energy I needed to run!

Post-workout juice:

beet, cucumber, red kale, pears

beet, cucumber, red kale, pears

About 30 minutes later I made a vega protein shake with a few additional ingredients to give it a boost to help body recovery from my run…

My ingredients:

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My delicious and satisfying drink

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I am feeling great after my long run today. :)   I’ve been busy today cleaned the whole house, did some emails, and now off to the store. Hope everyone is having a great Sunday afternoon!!!

Till next time, from my glass to yours

Lori

The Raw Twins

L&M

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Recap of post media cocktail party

Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 02:22 PM

Hey everyone

Sorry about not posting this last night but by the time I got back to my room I was exhausted. Plus I had to get up extra early… for a good reason. I will share more on that later.

Here is a recap of the post media cocktail party last night at 105 degrees.

First greeted by Matthew and Dara

First greeted by Matthew and Dara

The Bar/Juice bar

The Bar/Juice bar

The servers carried around these delicious cocktails made with sake

IMG_9235Red and white wine were served as well ( I enjoyed white wine, it was very good and I am not a huge white wine drinker!)

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Raw pizza anyone?

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Red Pepper Wrappers with sicilian almond puree, avocado, & basil

Red Pepper Wrappers with sicilian almond puree, avocado, & basil

Notice anyone is the picture…

Barry Switzer

Yep Barry Switzer...eating raw!

Everyone there seemed to have a good time : )

Everyone loving raw foods : )

Everyone loving raw foods : )

Me & Greg

Me & Greg

Check out Gina in action

Hey Gina!!

Hey Gina!!

Me & Gina

Me & Gina

Gift Shop

Everything you would need is in here

Everything you would need is in here

me, Megan, & Bobbi

me, Megan, & Bobbi

me & Kelly (the head pastry chef)

me & Kelly (the head pastry chef)

You have to come try Kelly’s amazing raw chocolate…I couldn’t resist and had one before dinner

could you blame me??

could you blame me??

IMG_9244I love raw desserts!!

Nothing gets better then being able to take raw ice cream home!

Nothing gets better then being able to take raw ice cream home!!

Kitchen hard at work:

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Head Chef Geoff and Academy Director Ladan

Head Chef Geoffrey and Academy Director Ladan

Raw lasagna...yum!

Raw lasagna...yum!

Okay finally Greg and I ate :

Pizza!

Pizza!

And

Red pepper wrap

Red pepper wrap

Now I really like this and thought it was my favorite until Greg showed me these

Spicy noodles

Sesame noodles, red chili cashews, green onions

So good…I cannot even tell you!!!!!

I had a great fabulous talking with Mitchel

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I guess I didn't like it...I managed to only eat 3 : )

I guess I didn't like it...I managed to only eat 3 : )

Look how pretty the restaurant is at night

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And as we all started the day with Matthew and Dara…therefore it seems appropriate to end the night with them.

The two master minds behind 105 degrees!

The two master minds behind 105 degrees!

It was a great night and everyone I talked with really enjoyed the food! They were all very excited to have such an amazing place there in OKC. I even meet, Pepper, the raw meet-up leader here in OKC! She was awesome.

I had an amazing time and a huge thanks to everyone that was apart of putting it on! Everyone did a great job!

Till next time

Michelle

The Raw Twins

L&M

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