IN THIS ISSUE

1. Current News and Insights (RawGuru's Affiliate Program, Donate today!, Visit to the Tree Of Life , Junk Food Giggles, Random Joke, Did you know?, Name that fruit, Book of the Month, Fruit of the Month, Free Raw Food Journal!)

2. Avocado August Sale! Introducing Certified Organic and Raw Avocado Oil. Incan Berries, Nut Butters, Raw Olives, Maca and More!

3. New Interviews with Jeremy Safron and Natalia Rose

4. Gourmet and Simple Recipes (Sweet Potato Soup, Jamaican Spice Cubes, PINEAPPLE-CUCUMBER GAZPACHO, Raw Chocolate Mousse ,Tri-Layered Cake)

5. Informative Articles (Life in the raw, Time for the crunch test, Raw-food cooking keeps oven clean, Snacking In The Raw, Raw Food Detox Diet)

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1. Current News and Insights

-RawGuru's Affiliate Program

Are you ready to start making money!? Any time someone clicks on one of your links to RawGuru's store and places an order, you will receive a 5% commission on the entire order, regardless of what is purchased! Just imagine, if someone goes through your link to buy a vita-mix blender. You will earn $16.95! These sales can add up pretty quick. Click here to read more and sign up. It's free!

-Donate today!

Donate today to help RawGuru.Com spread the raw word to people world wide. Donations will help us grow by purchasing bulk quantities of raw foods, equipment, and more and passing on the savings to you! Donate from $5 - $1000! Thanks in advance for your generous support! Click here

-Visit to the Tree Of Life

Check out David Wolfe in a chocolate Jedi shirt and more great pictures from a recent visit to the TOL. Click here

- Junk Food Giggles

Q:What is a balanced diet?
A:The same amount of cookies in each hand!

-Random Joke of the Month
Q: What did the nut say when it sneezed?
A: Cashew!

-Did you know?
Avocados are in The Guiness Book of Records as the most nutritious fruit known to man. Avos are the best energy source in the fruit category.

-Name this fruit and receive $15.00 to spend in our online store! One person will win! Send the answer to alex@rawguru.com.



-Last month's fruit was the Star Gooseberry. Star Gooseberries are small and round and is connected to the plant with a thin stem. They are green in the immature stage, ripening to a deep purple or yellow. The skin may have a striped appearance.

-Raw Food Book of the Month: Naked Chocolate By Shazzie & David Wolfe

Naked Chocolate By Shazzie & David Wolfe (pp 248) The best book on raw chocolate and more! It is a complete book of chocolate history, potions and recipes, incredible chocolate alchemy. David Wolfe and Shazzie introduce the phenomenal, enlightening power of cacao beans engulfed in the magic of chocolate! And they show us how to use extraordinary chocolate recipes to achieve higher and higher states of pure joy! Click here to order now!

-Fruit of the month: Avocado
Avocados were first discovered by Europeans in the 16th century when the Spanish Conquistadors invaded the lands of the Incas and Aztecs and found avocados used as a staple part of their diets. The first avocados in Australia were grown from seeds brought in from the West Indies at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1928, the first trees were planted in the Sunraysia District, now a major avocado growing area.

Read more about the avocado here!

-Start your Free raw food journal here !

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2. Avocado August Sale! - Only at the RawGuru Store - FREE SHIPPING - Over $100.00 (US Only)

Featured Product - Certified Organic & Truly Raw Avocado Oil - Be the first to try it! Click here to order! We are proud to introduce raw and organic avocado oil! This oil has the scent and aroma of ripe avocados. It is divine in every way! It is cold pressed at temperatures below 35 °C. This avocado oil has acts a nutrient booster. It provides heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids. It contains antioxidants and phytonutrients like Vitamin E, lutein, fiber and magnesium. Avocado oil increases carotenoid absorption and much more! Click here to see a flash video on this raw & organic avocado oil!

More new products!

Incan "Golden" Berries - These sun dried berries make a delicious, tart, and highly nutritious and exotic "raisin." They are high in phosphorous, vitamins A, C, B1, B2, B6, and B12. They are also extremely high in protein (16%) for a fruit. Click here to order!

Spirooli 3-in-1 Slicer- Spirooli is a practical and innovative way to beautifully shred, slice and chip most vegetables and fruits. It has 3 interchangeable blades. Click here to order!

Raw Organic Maca - The Ancient Super Food of South America. The Maca root has been used in Peru since before the times of the ancient Incans. Click here to order!

Raw Organic Cacao Nibs - Will be in stock next week.

For more new products visit our online store!

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3. New Interviews

-Click here to read an interview with Jeremy Safron!

-Click here to read an interview with Natalia Rose!

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4. Gourmet & Simple Recipes

Raw Blended Sweet Potato Soup by Natalie Rose

32 oz carrot juice (fresh)
1 medium sweet potato (cubed, peeled)
4 dates, pitted
1 avocado (scooped out)
several dashes of pumpkin pie spice

Blend until smooth. enjoy as much as you like!
Makes 4-5 cups.

Jamaican Spice Cubes by Jeremy Safron

This recipe is in the style of Jamaican jerk baked tofu using avocado instead of tofu. This recipe requires a firm yet ripe avocado and a special cutting style that i learned from a japanese sushi chef long ago.

Ingredients:
3 Avocados

1 cup tahini
1 tablespoon ginger juice
1/4 cup tamarind
1 habenjero pepper
1 teaspoon Allspice powder
1 soaked date
3 sprigs of cilantro
Bottom 3 inches of a scallion
1 tablespoon tangerine juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
Pinch of Salt
*add water only if needed*

Put the avocados aside while preparing the sauce Place all ingredients (except avocados) in a strong blender or blender cup (nut butter jar screwed onto an oster or other generic blender base)

Blend until smooth (making sure the pepper blended well) adding water slowly as needed.

Now take an avocado and cut it in half, remove the pit, and place it open face down - shell side up
Next cut two small incisions in the back of the avocado shell. Peel back the shell of the avocado leaving the fruit exposed on the cutting board. Gently slice the avocado into cubes. Place the cubes in a bowl and pour the sauce over them while softly moving them around in order to coat every one. Put the coated avocado cubes on a dehydrator screen sheet If there is extra sauce pour it over the top (it may drip thru so use a tray below with a teflex) or you can save the sauce for afterwards. Now dry the cubes at 108º for 1-4 hours. They are ready to eat or serve them with a jamaican stew or slaw or jambalaya.

PINEAPPLE-CUCUMBER GAZPACHO by Chef Matthew Kenney
Makes 4 to 6 servings

4 cups chopped, peeled cucumber (1 large English or a few Kirbys)
4 cups chopped pineapple (1 large or 2 small)
1 cup fresh pineapple juice
1 small jalapeño pepper, seeded and diced
1 green onion, white and 1 inch of green, chopped
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 teaspoons sea salt
1 handful cilantro leaves, plus a few for garnish
3 tablespoons avocado or macadamia oil
1 handful finely chopped raw macadamia nuts

In a blender, add 3 cups each of cucumber, pineapple, pineapple juice, jalapeño, green onion, lime juice and salt; blend smooth. Add remaining cup of cucumber and pineapple, cilantro and half of oil. Pulse a few times, leaving mixture chunky.

Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve garnished with cilantro.

Raw Chocolate Mousse by Alex Malinsky

2 bananas chopped
2 tbs. ground cacao nibs
1 tbs. avocado oil
1-2 tbs. agave nectar

How to: Put everything in a vitamix and blend till smooth. Add a little water if needed. Chill or eat as is.

Tri-Layered Cake from the TOL

Crust:
2 C Pecans
3 drops lemon zest or zest of 1 lemon
¼ t salt

Blend until butter like. Option: 1 T coconut oil. Spread evenly in a spring-form pan.

Care-amel

1 C walnuts
1 avocado
½ C calimyrna figs, soaked de steamed and cut in half.
½ C wild blueberries, soaked overnight or with warm water if short on time.
¾ C soak water
½ t salt
¾ C coconut oil
1 drop of orange essential oil

Blend all of the above ingredients.

Layer 2: Straw berry.

1 C walnuts
1 avocado
½ C calimyrna figs, soaked
2 C fresh strawberries
¼ C small beet root/ raspberries/ goji berries for color.
½ C coconut oil
1-3 drops orange essential oil

Blend all of the above ingredients.

Layer 3: Chocolate topper

1-1 1/2 C soaked raisins
¼ C coconut oil
¼ C cacao butter, melted to an oil
¼ C cacao, ground in coffee grinder
¼ t salt
pinch cayenne

Blend all of the above ingredients. Adjust thickness with raisin water. Sprinkle with ground goji berries.

Candy nuts

Any soaked nuts
Agave, yacon syrup/ soak water
Salt, cayenne, cinnamon etc…

Mix everything up and spread on teflex sheets to dry.

Assembly: Pour the Care-amel on top of the crust. Freeze until firm. Repeat with layers 2 and 3. Chill before serving.

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5. Articles of the Month!

Life in the raw

A raw-food revolution is under way and celebs are leading the way, writes Genevieve Roberts

There was a time when only hippies and health fanatics would consider living on raw food. No more. A raw-food revolution is under way and celebs are leading the way. Uma Thurman, Natalie Portman and Alicia Silverstone have all been eating uncooked food in the name of optimum health. But then, the beautiful people were beautiful and shiny haired before they gave up ovens. I decided to give my oven a rest for a week, to see if I can catch any symptoms of becoming glamourous and gorgeous.

Click here to finish reading this article.

Time for the crunch test

I couldn't help myself. The aroma suffused the air, my mouth was moist at the thought of the morsels melting on the palate, and my stomach stirred in agreement. Looking over my shoulder to make sure the children could not see me, I walked up to the counter, ordered a cheeseburger and ate it behind the cover of a potted plant in the service station. Delicious.

My wife, children and I were about to try the latest diet craze, "raw food", in which one is supposed to forsake all cooked food - never mind junk.

Click here to finish reading this article.

Raw-food cooking keeps oven clean
By MARILYNN MARTER / Knight Ridder Newspapers

Just a few years ago, chef Matthew Kenney was ascending to the height of success and celebrity, with a string of thriving New York City eateries, two well-received cookbooks and a ranking by Food & Wine as one of the "Ten Best New Chefs in America."

But after Sept. 11, his empire collapsed in the economic fallout. And the French-trained chef took a surprising turn. He gave up cooking. For raw food.

Click here to finish reading this article.

Raw food movement ridiculously labour intensive but still has followers

Would somebody please explain to me why we’re still hearing about raw food diets?
When this ridiculously labour-intensive way of eating first started getting attention five or six years ago, I ignored it and hoped it would go the way of the grapefruit diet. Would somebody please explain to me why we’re still hearing about raw food diets?

Click here to finish reading this article.

Snacking In The Raw
by J. Scott Wilson , Food Editor

When I was a young man, I set out around the country to have all the experiences required to fill out my resumé as a writer.

If you look at the bios of most popular writers, guys who actually pay the bills with money they get courtesy of people buying things they've written (wonder of wonders!), they've all worked as short-order cooks, farmhands, taxi drivers, valets, and a host of other menial jobs. I figured that if I wanted to be the next Dave Barry or Stephen King, I had to pile up the experiences.

Click here to finish reading this article.

Raw Food Detox Diet
By: Ivanhoe Newswire

Are you sick of counting carbs? There's a new diet trend on the market -- it's called a raw food diet. It consists of eating foods that are close to nature and mainly raw.

But can you stick to it? One nutritionist says it's easy and you can even have dessert.

Ice cream, dark chocolate, and cookies … you can eat them and still lose weight? Sure, but they have to be raw. It's part of a diet designed by nutritionist Natalia Rose. "Like most women, I had my own body battles, and I was determined not to have to spend the rest of my life on a stairmaster or counting calories."

Click here to finish reading this article.

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