Category Archives: raw

'Raw Foodist' Or 'Conscious Eater'?

For a while now, & even though I use it to describe myself, I've been bothered by the term 'raw foodist'. This breaks down to three main reasons: It implies that I only eat raw foods (ie, I'm 100% — & possibly militant about it at that) It misses the whole point of raw (more on …

September 30, 2008 – 01:41 | By Si | Posted in raw | Comments (14)

Bacon, Bagels & Noodles

A week or so ago I got rid of my final cooked food addiction… or so I thought. I'd been reading a really interesting thread on Give It To Me Raw about being addicted to cooked food. At the time I was eating all raw.. except for going out for hot chips, ohhh, 2 or …

September 17, 2008 – 10:39 | By Si | Posted in healing, raw | Comments (13)

My First Durian (aka Stealing Alien Babies From The Mothership)

I decided a sunny Saturday afternoon was the perfect time to try durian. I'd had a small bite of one before, but was now determined to try the whole thing. Choosing, buying, opening & hopefully having enough nerve to actually eat one. I steeled myself to the distinct possibility of getting part way in & …

September 16, 2008 – 11:48 | By Si | Posted in raw | Comments (10)

The Upside to Abusing Cacao

Last night about 9pm I had a fruit salad. It was tasty. What wasn't so clever was putting raw chocolate sauce on it (cacao powder, coconut oil, raw honey). I went to sleep around 1–1:30ish. At 3:30 I woke up, wide awake, and could NOT get back to sleep. Ok, so cacao late at night = bad …

August 19, 2008 – 13:19 | By Si | Posted in home, raw | Comments (4)

Naked Bouldering — Can The Art Get Any Purer?

Seriously, is there anything more beautiful than this? Pic © Dean Fidelman I've always loved bouldering for its simplicity. No ropes, no harnesses, no gear. Just you, your shoes, maybe a chalk bag.. and the rock. Never going high enough that a fall is likely to kill, but still adrenaline & lactic acid pumping hard enough …

July 17, 2008 – 12:42 | By Si | Posted in climbing, raw | Comments (6)

Raw: Simpler is Better

I'm coming to the conclusion that the closer a food is to being alive, the better it is for us to eat it — no ground breaking realisations here of course — just important to realise these things for oneself. The antithesis of this being: the more processed, complexly combined & further from this natural …

July 14, 2008 – 23:49 | By Si | Posted in health, raw | Comments (0)

How to Make Spirulina Tasty

Ok, so everyone knows spirulina is good for you. But so many brands taste like ass (uhh, ok, not exactly like ass). What to do, what to do? Well, I've finally found a way (other than the obvious, masking it in smoothies, with tons of fruit, or, you know, buying all the brands out there till you …

July 11, 2008 – 04:02 | By Si | Posted in health, raw | Comments (3)

Food Processor — Inner City Styles

I'm seeing more & more recipes that need a food processor — but my kitchen is only big enough for midgets (or two regular people if one of them stands on the bench) I already have a juicer & blender (that both see a lot of use). Between them they already take up half my bench …

July 3, 2008 – 02:10 | By Si | Posted in home, raw | Comments (7)

Recovering from a Juice Feast

First of all — a disclaimer. I ain't a juice feastin' expert. I can only talk about my own experience. And so I shall! Ok, some background — why did I do a juice feast in the first place? Spiritual clarity, essentially. In the process of weeding my emotional garden, I knew that the lighter my …

July 1, 2008 – 11:34 | By Si | Posted in fasting, healing, health, raw | Comments (0)

Food is not Love — but Love is food

Going on a 30 something day juice feast totally kicked my ass. I admit it. I was miserable pretty much the entire time. Worse though was afterwards. I decided to finish by going from juice onto a 4 day water fast (which was easier, oddly). That was ok. However, once the transition back to normal food …

June 30, 2008 – 16:13 | By Si | Posted in fasting, healing, health, raw | Comments (0)