Hello Rita,

I find that a savoury blend ends up being a soup for me!   Raw food recipes are so adaptable so if a particular sauce doesn't work out it becomes a soup.   If a smoothie isn't really a smoothies it becomes a dessert. 

My favourite savoury blend which could be a drink too is tomato and avocado, they both go so well together with a pinch of sea salt and some soaked pitted dates with the soak liquid to break acidity.  Yummo. 

So if you find some raw soup recipes, just adapt them into a smoothie by adding more liquid like coconut milk. 

En.....  joybell.       

'to find yourself, think for yourself'   -   Socrates

Sorry forgot to add the following: 

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Posts are by permission from Raw-Pleasure.com"

joybell   

   Going to be a fabulous day!    If anyone would like to come along please see the following websites for more information:    www.vegansocietynsw.com  or www.gaiastable.com   

World Vegan Day Picnic
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Sunday 19 October 2008 in Centennial Park, Sydney
Celebrate World Vegan Day at this combined Vegan Society, Sydney Raw
Food and Vegan Meetup and Raw Food Potluck event.

'to find yourself, think for yourself'                      joybell   

    Hello Dan,

Joybell here again...    there are a few folk up in the mountains but no potlucks yet from what I know.  We are trying to organise it for the future.   Colin is in Medlow Bath but I don't know if he posts on Raw Pleasure.  He said the lady at the co-op was 100% raw. 

If you want more potluck information please check out our www.gaiastable.com website.  For any other raw vegan events around Sydney  http://www.rawfood.meetup.com/301/   -  Colin is on here if you want to try and contact him via email.           joybell

'what we achieve inwardly, will change outer reality'  -   Plutarch

Hey Dan,

The coconuts are all gone!       Sorry......      it was a real coconut crusade picking them up with Steve, wrote about it on www.gaiastable.com  if you want a laugh!    He might organise another delivery sometime seeing as it was a popular idea. 

   joybell

'when you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect'

     Thank you Oksyoks for caring and wanting to share.  It makes such a difference when something just has to be verbalised and it resonates with others out there.   

Hey No Frontiers, have been reading that bit about 'fight or flight' a few times and it makes a lot of sense in a scary kind of way.  I think we are all going to have to 'fight' for our freedom to fly i.e. to choose our lifestyles, health choices, places we want to live etc. in the not too distant future.   Your name 'no frontiers' is apt when you read Don Tolman's words about a state with no borders or boundaries.  Maybe one day....

joybell.     "to find yourself, think for yourself"   Socrates.   

    Saturday September 27th, 2008 at 7pm in the Eastern Suburbs (Randwick) of Sydney.

Our theme this month is ITALIAN  -  Ciao a tutti !   Delizioso ....   

Please RSVP to Gay or Joy for more details.

Members please go to the Members Only section of the http://www.gaiastable.com website.
Please read the potluck guidelines posted there and bring your favorite vegan rawfood dish to share!

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality"  -   Plutarch 

   joybell   

   Hello Luna this is Joy and I am in Wentworthville which is not that far from Blacktown.  We are all over Sydney and increasing in numbers all the time -  Yay !  You can pm me if you would like to. 

We just had our monthly raw food potlucks so next one will be end of September. I think you might have contacted Catmom already on www.gaiastable.com -   if you want to connect with other raw vegan foodies, we are also on http://rawfood.meetup.com/301/   and there are lots of events posted on this site too.   

joybell     "what we achieve inwardly will change outer reality"   -  Plutarch 

Saturday August 30,  2008 at 7pm in the Eastern Suburbs (Marrickville) of Sydney.

Please RSVP to Gay or Joy for more details.

Members please go to the Members Only section of the http://www.gaiastable.com website.
Please read the potluck guidelines posted there and bring your favorite vegan rawfood dish to share!

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality"  -   Plutarch 

   joybell

   Lift from Pennant Hills station.    If anyone else needs a lift I am going past Pennant Hills station on Sunday 27th to pick up Kim.  Send me pm and I will get your details. 
I have place for 3 in car, 2 on roofrack and one in boot, lol  (yes I'm kidding....!!),  the food goes in the boot. 

    joybell    "choose to live a life that matters"   

    I use my Ezidry dehydrator a few times a month.  In the beginning I also set my alarm to check things in the middle of the night like you Jet.   Now I am more relaxed and leave things a bit longer or turn it off and resume drying a bit later. 
As time goes by, raw becomes very simple, you will find that dehydrated snacks are not needed every day. Your body thrives on the fruit & veggies and your taste buds adjust.
What I make:  tomato crackers, semi dried tomatoes, powdered celery (only the celery leaves 2-3 hours on high, become crumbly, crush in your hands and you have celery seasoning!). Dried fruits and fruit leathers.  Occasionally I make nutburgers or cookies. 

joybell       "when you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect"

   Looking forward to Mexicana again!   See you there Saturday night.

joybell   

"when you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect"

    Great topic freelea.    I have a saying stuck to my computer -  by Joanna Field

' I now see my life, not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know'

RAW food has become my life's purpose - not something I would have ever thought of 10 years ago.   Sharing this amazing lifestyle with others and helping them to enjoy it too.

joybell     

'choose to live a life that matters'

   HAPPY DAY Jim !!    I loved what you said about being "one year younger".   

I just celebrated my 50th and I look and feel better now than when I did at my 40th!  Getting younger all the time.

    joybell

"when you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect"

     Thanks KittyK   -    I do have cheaper rates for groups of 6 or more.   And I LOVE my raw food!

Preparing it, looking at it, eating it, sharing it, experimenting with it, growing it, photographing it, showing others how to do the same.   One could say I am a teensy bit obsessed.

joybell (aka Fruvenu  =  fru -fruit, ve - veggies, nu - nuts)