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Mushroom sauce

Mmm, just made a delicious mushroom sauce which reminded me of the cooked mushroom sauce my mum used to make:

• 1 avocado
• a handful of mushrooms
• about 20g of sea spaghetti, soaked for 20 mins

Chuck it all in the blender, including the soak water and blend. I served it with a large plate of wild greens (what else!) with some spring onion chopped up and mixed in.

Add comment August 29th, 2006

Raw Food Workshop

I’ve decided to run some more raw food workshops here in London. It will be a combination of raw food recipes and a wild food walk. I’ll take you step by step how to make a selection of different foods including chocolate pudding, salads and dressings, maybe some pesto if I’ve still got basil growing, cake and chocolate. You will get to eat each recipe we make throughout the day, I’ll keep the group size to about six so there will be plenty to go round!

We’ll also go for a walk and see what wild foods we can find. Yesterday I found these rose hips which are delicious, a friend said they were just like sweeties. We should be able to collect some greens to have with our salad.

The dates are Saturday September 30th, Saturday October 7th or Sunday October 22nd. The cost for the day including food is £65, see the Funky Raw website for more info and booking, or send me an email if you have any questions.

Add comment August 26th, 2006

Review of Breakthrough

Here’s my review of the film Breakthrough, a raw documentary by Storm Talifero. (First published in Funky Raw Issue 7)

This is a beautiful film. Storm is 57 but he certainly doesn’t look it. He runs, climbs mountains and makes films. He’s been eating raw for over 30 years. It’s slow and deliberate with beautiful natural music and imagery - if you are in a hurry this film is not for you!The film gives us a snapshot of how Storm, Jinjee and their 4 children live their lives. It shows how the children learn through play, and not by going to school. They are growing food in the garden and making animations and having lots of fun.It is very inspirational, just seeing the amount of energy the children have is amazing. Storm and Jinjee agree that it is necessary to stay active for health and they go mountain climbing, playing tag, etc. The film also shows two of their family members who come and stay to learn about raw and health and weight loss on raw. My only criticism is that I think the film could have been edited a little more, it’s an hour and 45 minutes long and there are times when it drags a little, but all in all it’s worth it. You can purchase the film on DVD for only $19.95 (about £10) including worldwide delivery.

We’ve got another raw DVD review in the next issue of Funky Raw (due in the middle of Sept), “Vegan Fitness: Built Naturally“.

Add comment August 24th, 2006

Bindweed

If you are a gardener, I’m sure you’ve come across bindweed. It’s quite an invasive weed which grows up other plants and chokes them. At the festival someone (can’t remember who) asked me “Can you eat bindweed?” I replied that I didn’t think so. Imagine my surprise when I decided to research this and found that it is indeed edible! According to Plants for a Future (PFAF), it’s “Edibility Rating” is only 2 out of 5 and it advises caution as it is a purgative, but I tried it and was pleasantly surprised, it has a fairly mild flavour and it’s tender.

By the way, the Plants for a Future website www.pfaf.org is an excellent resource for researching plants.

Add comment August 19th, 2006

Festival and blended soup with seaweed recipe

Wow, the festival was amazing. So many wonderful people all in the same place. It was hard work for me at times but from the response I think it was worth it! Hopefully some people will send me some photos soon…p/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=89

We’ve just started Sea Spaghetti at Funky Raw which I am so pleased about. It’s my favourite type of sea weed and I used to eat it all the time when I lived in Spain but I’ve never found it over here so I imported my own. So this is what I made for dinner last night:

• 2 tomatoes
• 1 carrot
• a few pieces of broccoli
• about 10g of Sea Spaghetti soaked for 30 mins
• a load of wild greens
• 1 spring onion
• a couple of mushrooms
• a small piece of ginger
• a small piece of fresh chili
• water

I chopped the veg then put everything (including the soak water from the seaweed) into my blender and blended. As usual, I stired in a tablespoon of flax oil before I ate. Delicious, and amazingly enough for me, a meal without an avocado!

Add comment August 19th, 2006