To get the best raw food available, you just HAVE to come to the organic markets and taste everything at the Earth and Water stand. Jason and Nikki make delicious food. We always get our brekky here (and take home packages for our kids who just love it!). You won't be disappointed. They are also such lovely people.
If you want to know where the markets are or how to get there you can pm me for the details.

Jill

Does anyone have information about if you HAVE to have the overseas vaccinations before you travel? Is there any alternatives naturally? My oldest son, Joel, who is 19yrs is planning a trip to Greece in September and is not keen to be 'jabbed'. If anyone is interested in travel, he wouldn't mind someone to go with.
ne other helpful info to help this newbie traveller would be great. 
Jill

Hey I'm in the photo with my hunky hubby, in the blue shirt to his left. Uh-huh.
Fig balls are simply a combination of soaked dried figs, dessicated coconut and bananas (lady fingers are best- better flavour) then frozen and coated in raw choc! Frozen is good for holding coating of choc to them. Use toothpicks for ease in coating with choc, and for less mess when eating unless you enjoy licking melted gooey chocolate from off your fingers- yummm[/color]

Oh, how exciting! Of course we'll be there It will be so nice to see you lovely people! We are there EVERY sunday from early till usually late . It is nice to chat to those we know. So a raw brekky it is-pizza, chocolate crackle ,chezcake, I'm there! (sorry, we're there ) Oh and don't forget the sugarcane juice to wash it all down or wet the palette
Jill                                 

I agree Kitteh, my legs/hips are out too! This sounds great!
Where do you get them and how much?
Jill

If anyone is interested, there is an Expo under trhe above title at the Gold Coast convention centre this weekend. On friday thru sunday from 10am to 7pm with seminars and stage performances.
I am going sat or sun, not definite yet which day. If anyone else is going, we'd love to meet up with you there .
Sorry for short notice but I only found out about this a few days ago.
Jill

Hey Freedom,
I guess it would work with other pumpkin, the flavour may just be a little different. Blend the pumpkin as far as it will go in fp, then with other ingredients blend well again. This will be as good as it gets texture wise, without a vitamix of course. Enjoy.

Rabbit

This dip is surprisingly sweet but very yummy. I had previously eaten a cooked version of it and wanted to try making it raw as it was so yum. Anyhow, I did and we enjoyed it for New Years. Here's the recipe:


       1/8th medium sized jap pumpkin
       1/2 C macadamia nut cheese
       3-4T fresh rosemary chopped very fine
       1T agave

        De-skin and de-seed pumpkin. Blend in food processor till fine then add other ingred's and continue to         
        blend till well mixed. Should be a nice bright orange/yellow colour. Enjoy with veg or your favourite cracker.
        I personally enjoyed it on curry buckwheat crackers also with snow peas.
        Ingred's for maca cheese are simply macadamias, lemon juice, salt and water. Blend and dehydrate till most 
        of moisture is evaporated.

Rabbit

Hi All,
I would like to wish everyone here on the forum a happy and prosperous 2008!!!   It has been great sharing, learning and loving with you beautiful people here. Here's to reaching greater heights next year in all that we do.

Cheers to all,
Jill

I will consider coming up to meet you guys, will talk to hubby.

All winter long I made my gs with bana, pear, and lemon rind and juice. Beautiful flavour.

I say get them into it as young as possible! My 9 month old just luuurves my green smoothies and whenever he sees me with them makes much noise till I share with him! He also loves smoothies without greens and thinks mango/young coconut custard is delicious. I hope he stays this way.

rabbit

wow, for me and mine it's bananas in BULK! mangoes bulk, pineapples bulk, apples bulk, oranges bulk, tomatoes bulk, did I mention that I buy a lot in bulk? and lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers s/flower sprouts, carrots, capsicum, celery, parsley, kale, a range of nuts and seeds, fresh dates. I can hardly stand up when I'm finished! LOL! No, seriously my precious hubby and wonderfully helpful children help out with the shopping a lot. That's about it,.. I think, we do go through a lot. As for the supermarket I don't go to it more than once a week/fortnight. Really can't stand the place.

Hey Jen,
Just thought I'd drop in a 'hi' before running off to tend to my very tired little man So great to see you today. You are ((((((vibrating)))))). It was a great arvo with great food and company. Very relaxing, thankyou. Just what I needed. My sister may come to the December picnic!
Must go
Jill

Here people is a slice of heaven

recipe: Macadamia slice

Crust:

*2 cup pecans, almonds or walnuts
1 cup oat flour (see note)
*dash of cinnamon
*4 Tblsp of agave
(note).To make oat flour, place whole, raw oats in clean goffee grinder.
Grind until very fine, then place in sieve to sift out any hard bits.

Method:

Place the nuts in a food processor and process until coarsely ground.
 Add the oat flour then pulse to mix. Add the cinnamon, then agave,
1 Tblsp at a time, until the mixture holds together. Press the crust into
the bottum of pan.(Unless you want a thick crust, remove a quarter of the crust from the mix)

Caramel filling:

2 cups raw macadamias, soaked 3-4 hours to soften
2-3 Tblsp cup coconut oil
1/4 cup young coconut water
1/4 cup melted cacao butter
1/4 cup dark agave nectar
1 vanilla bean
1 cup dates dates
3 tsp mesquite powder
2 1/2 cups roughly choped macadamia nuts

Method:

1.Grind the vanilla bean in coffee grinder
2.In a blender blend all filling ingredients together until very smooth
3.Put onto base and put in  freezer
4. ENJOY!