Looks and tastes like regular chocolate pudding… vegan, raw and pale!
1 medium ripe avocado, chopped
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 – 2 Tablespoons raw honey (could use a few soaked dates)
6 Tablespoons almond, coconut, or flax milk
Pinch of sea salt
1/2 Teaspoon vanilla
Place all in blender. Start on low and slowly move to high… blend until smooth. Add a little more milk to thin if necessary. Sprinkle with coconut flakes and nuts.
Learn how the Living Foods Lifestyle can help you gain more energy, vitality and health!
It takes effort and energy for our systems to process raw materials into nutrients that the body can use for growth, repair, and regeneration. Part of this process is isolating the useful products from the useless, or even harmful ones found in food or produced by the digestive process. Most of us don’t even realize how much energy it takes to process and divest the food we eat. Ease of digestion becomes particularly important when there is illness or poor health. The body’s resources are being strained to their limits already in an attempt to restore or simply maintain health.
The extra burden of a difficult to digest meal can be very harmful in such situations, especially if the meal doesn’t even provide the full complement of nutrients needed by the body in its strained state, or even worse, introduces more toxins which the body must work to eliminate. And, even when the body is healthy, it only makes sense that if less effort is required for digesting, then there will be more energy available for other purposes.
The Living Foods Lifestyle was developed to provide foods that are most easily digested and to provide the most nourishment possible. Register for our upcoming Living Foods Lifestyle workshopswhere you will learn a lifestyle of vitality and health!
Please Call to Register… Class size limited
When: March 19th through May 14th
Where: Living Arts Wellness, 500 South Whitcomb Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
Time: 6:30 – 8:00pm
Cost: $300 (Includes all foods, instruction and written materials)
March 19 Introduction to Living Foods… This workshop will give you an overview of the nutritional system of Dr. Ann Wigmore. You will be given a manual, and we will discuss the digestive process and value of Living Foods. Come hungry because there will be delicious energy soup!
April 2 Growing Greens and Grasses… Young sunflower greens are mainly used for blending into energy soup. Baby shoots top all other greens for nutritional content and ease of digestion. Living Foods and wheatgrass go hand in hand. Wheatgrass is used to help the body heal itself in cases of disease, injury and toxicity. During this class, you will learn to grow both sunflower greens and wheatgrass… all materials provided.
April 16 Energy Soup!… The Living Foods lifestyle consists of more than just eating raw foods. The most important type of food preparation used in this lifestyle is blending. Blending breaks food down into a form ready for digestion, easing the load of the stomach and small intestines and allowing maximal absorption. And, greens and sprouts contain lots of fiber, and are often difficult to ingest in large quantities unless blended. This provides a concentrated source of nutrition than simple salads.
April 30 Fermented Foods… Learn to make rejuvelac and seed cheese. These fermented foods aid in digestion and serve as antioxidants when combined with other foods.
May 7 Sprouted Cereal… Cereals provide concentrated calories, protein, and high levels of B vitamins. Learn to soak, sprout, and dehydrate buckwheat and grains to make delicious, nutritious, and easily digested cereals!
May 14 Raw Luck!… We will gather for a raw potluck and will learn to make nut milks and a gourmet, raw dessert… Raspberry Pistachio Ice cream Pie! During this final meeting, we will talk about using living foods as a lifestyle and the benefits of using it as a cleanse.
These bars have no gluten, dairy, or processed sugar! Just make sure to get gluten free oats.
Juice cleansing is an effective way to induce dynamic healing within the body. Over time the body fills with toxins and begins to work less efficiently. This is due to eating cooked and processed foods, bad food combining, high protein diets, eating late at night, stress, pollution and overeating. This leads to fermentation and harmful intercellular gases in the digestive tract. Juice cleansing is effective because the food is already broken down and essentially predigested. By cleansing the digestive system is able to rest and return to a homeostatic state because not as much energy is being consumed to break down foods.
A dirty digestive system is the root of degenerative and acute illness. By starting with the gut, we can start at the source. Juice cleansing allows a break from the exertion of digestion and thus increases vital force throughout the body. This vital force enables an immunological response by the body to cleanse and heal.
How It Works
Juice cleansing in particular can help boost immunity throughout the body because all of the foods that are in the juices are alkalizing. If done properly, all of the body’s needs are me through an ideal combination of protein, carbohydrates, fats, salts, vitamins, and minerals. The juice pulls endogenous acids (toxins) from body cells and restore them into the blood stream where they are expelled and processed through normal waste function.
Juicing is not for everyone. No two bodies are the same and it is important to honor your body and what it needs. Some individuals do better on a cleanse where they eat simple raw vegan whole foods. It is also important not to over cleanse or stay in the cleanse for too long. The body needs to be nourished in order to build and repair itself. By cleansing once a year and building strength through healing nutrition you can help your body thrive!
Support your endocrine glands with Dr. Bieler’s broth 
Original Bieler Recipe
~1lb of string beans
~2lbs of zucchini
~a handful of curly parsley
~enough water to cover your veggies
–Into rapid boiling water add above and boil for 10-15 min until for goes through outside of zucchini
–puree using the cooking water (amount of liquid will very based on your desired consistency)
The soup is rich in vitamins and will aid the body’s restoration in essential elements including potassium and sodium.
By: Leanna DeFere
—Food Combining
-Aid digestion by being mindful not only in flavor combining but by avoiding fruit/ dairy, hot/cold, raw/cooked combinations. These can upset digestion.
—Eat with the Season
-When we eat seasonally we save money. This is because stores and markets have an abundance of these foods. Also we tend to eat more locally grown foods. Local foods support local farmers. They travel less distance and usually contain less pesticides—making them fresher.
—Eat in a designated space
-By having a space for our eating meals can become sacred times to nourish our body. Sit at a table with your utensils and foods laid out before you begin eating. This helps to alleviate anxiety around meal times. Make this space sacred. When present in the space avoid emotional conversations. Allowing the space to remain in a neutral energy.
—Limiting Liquids
When eating avoid taking in liquids, this will weaken digestion and absorption of nutrients. Ideally liquid can be consumed between meals. Waiting 20 minutes between liquid intake and meal time.
—Chew Well
Digestion begins in the mouth. It is so important to chew our food well. Carbohydrates become significantly sweeter the more they are chewed. Many individuals under chew their food. Most foods need to be chewed 15-20 times. This is also a technique for those trying to lose weight. By chewing our food we are better able to savor and enjoy each flavor and texture. Often taking the time to chew increases length of meal time. Be sure to take time for your meals. Don’t eat on the run or in a rush. Allow yourself time to sit and breathe before beginning.
—Limit distractions
Each time you feed your body you have an opportunity to really tune in and listen to yourself. This begins by turning off the TV, setting the cell phone aside and avoiding upsetting conversations. Eating in silence promotes digestion because excess air is not take in, however, if you choose to engage in conversation be mindful of who you are talking with and what you discuss.
—Avoid Overeating
Only eat until 75% full. This allows digestion to have room to process the foods.
—Rest
After eating allow yourself to sit for 10 minutes. Use this time to reflect on the meal and the nourishment you provided your body. If you must move, consider taking a slow, mindful walk. Walking can gently stimulate the digestive system. It is also helpful if you have overeaten.
Fermented Foods:
Our guts serve as our second brain. A healthy gut means a healthy mood.Most physical and mental disease begins in our digestive system. Learning how to promote a gut with healthy intestinal flora you will help you to achieve and maintain wellness.
Learn to ferment your own foods. In this workshop we will cover fermented vegetables, cultured coconut water and rejuvelac. Materials included. This is the second workshop of a series of Living Foods Workshops.
The class will run January 8, 2014
Cost: $40.00
Schedule online or call 970.472.0995 to register. We will be taking 8 students.
RAW VEGAN PUMPKIN PIE with WHIPPED COCONUT CREAM
Crust:
1 cup walnuts
1 cup almonds
2 cups raisins
Pinch of salt (optional)
Pie filling:
1 sugar pumpkin, peeled, seeded and cubed (about 6-7 cups)
1/4 cup melted coconut oil
3-5 tablespoons coconut nectar or other preferred sweetener
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon each of nutmeg, ginger and cloves
To make the crust: pulse the nuts in a food processor until they’re crumbs, add the raisins and salt and process until it begins to stick together. Press into a pie dish and put in the fridge.
To make the filling: blend all the ingredients until smooth, adding however much of the spices you like. If it’s quite runny, let it thicken in a bowl in the fridge. Spread into your crust and refrigerate overnight until it’s set. Slice and serve with whipped coconut cream.
WHIPPED COCONUT CREAM
1 refrigerated can of full-fat coconut milk
Touch of vanilla extract
2-3 teaspoons of maple syrup
Place the mixing bowl in the freezer 5 minutes before making the cream. When ready, remove the can and open it upside down. Pour out the liquid milk on top (save for a smoothie or another recipe). Scoop our hardened cream at the bottom, whip with mixer. Add maple syrup and vanilla.
2 1/2 Cups golden flax seeds (soaked in filtered water for 8 hours)
1 cup carrot juice
1 cup carrot pulp
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, and 2 teaspoons of your favorite herbs
1 teaspoon sea salt
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well. Prepare 3 large dehydrator trays with Teflex sheets. Divide mixture into 3 pieces, and spread each 1/4 inch think on trays. Dehydrate at 115 degrees, and flip crackers when the tops are feeling dry. Dehydrate for a few more hours.
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