Cultured foods Archives - Living Arts Wellness

November 17, 2014August 3, 2019

Rawmazing Non-Dairy Holiday Cheese

Pumpkin Seed Cranberry “Cheese” Log with Thyme

2 cups cashews, soaked at least 6 hours
1/2 cup filtered water
juice from 1/2 lemon
2 probiotic capsules (use the probiotic powder, discard the capsules)
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 clove garlic, finely minced
2 teaspoons thyme
1/4 teaspoon himalayan salt
couple grinds cracked pepper
1 cup dried cranberries, divided
1 cup pumpkin seeds, divided
1/2 cup pecans, chopped

1. Combine soaked cashews, water, lemon juice and probiotic capsules in high-speed blender. Blend until smooth

2. Line a strainer with cheese cloth, spoon cashew mixture into the cheesecloth, cover and let sit out overnight.

3. Put cashew mixture into bowl. Stir in yeast, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper, 1/2 cup of the dried cranberries and 1/2 of the pumpkin seeds.

4. Cover and place in refrigerator for one day to set up.

5. Chop remaining 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, 1/2 cup dried cranberries and pecans. Mix together.

6. Shape “cheese” into a log and roll in pecan mixture.

You can refrigerate this for a few days in advance or freeze it for up to a month.

March 29, 2014December 11, 2015

Are You Sick and Tire of Feeling Sick and Tired?

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!

Young Greens… Buckwheat and sunflower greens top all other greens for nutritional content, ease of digestion and flavor.
Sprouted Nuts and Seeds… Sprouts are the most complete and nutritional of all foods tested including vitamins, minerals, proteins and enzymes. They also are regenerative to the body because of high concentrations of RNA, DNA and proteins.
Cultured and Fermented Preparations… Beneficial bacteria are desperately needed to maintain health. Antibiotics, chlorinated water and antibacterial soaps destroy our beneficial flora. These foods are also rich in enzymes and vitamins.
Wheatgrass Juice… A complete food because it contains every amino acid, vitamin, and mineral necessary for human nutrition.
Blended foods are broken down into a form ready for digestion, easing the work load of the stomach and small intestines. Learn to blend for maximal absorption!
Cleanse by eating loadsof greens at every meal and using enemas and colonics!

February 23, 2014December 11, 2015

Living Foods Workshops at Living Arts Wellness

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.

November 19, 2013May 4, 2017

Living Foods Workshop: Fermented Foods

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.

November 13, 2013December 11, 2015

Energy Soup – Nourishment in the Living Foods Lifestyle

Energy soup could be your first step to healing. The Ann Wigmore Institute serves it every day at every meal!

6 cups of greens (lettuce, kale, collard greens, etc)

1 zucchine or yellow squash

1 avocado

1 cucumber

1 green apple

2 cups fresh sprouts (sunflower, buckwheat, mung bean)

2 tablespoons dulse flakes (or other sea vegetables)

2 cups rejuvelac or water

Sea salt or coconut aminos to taste

Place all ingredients in the blender and pulse gently blended. Sprinkle with cultured veggies, sprouted seeds, dulse, and additional sunflower greens.

October 23, 2013December 11, 2015

Growing Greens and Grasses Workshop Nov 13th 2013

Learn to grow your own wheatgrass and sunflower greens and sprout nuts and seeds. All materials included, and you will take a tray of wheatgrass and sunflower greens to grow at home. This is the beginning of a series of Living Foods Workshops including fermenting and culturing foods, making energy soup, and dehydrating.

Schedule online at online or call 970.472.0995 to register. We will be taking 10 students, $25 November 13th 6:00 – 7:15 pm

August 4, 2012May 4, 2017

Cultured Foods Support Digestion and Immune System

Naturally cultured or lacto-fermented foods contain enzymes and bacteria that help digest food and eliminate wastes. They also build up friendly bacteria in the intestines that aids digestion, supports your immune system, and increases the propagation of vitamin B12. They are especially helpful when your digestive system may be sluggish. Cultured foods can help prevent constipation and other digestive problems, and are useful in preventing and treating yeast infections. After taking antibiotics, lacto-fermented foods help to replace the beneficial bacteria that was destroyed by the pharmaceutical.

Not sure how to get cultured foods into your lifestyle? Click here for a great miso pickle recipe.

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