From RawGuru:

Halloween is one of the most fun days there is! Everyone gets a chance to change into something else. I plan on dressing up as a big red tomato. However, costumes aren't the only things changing around here. RawGuru.Com is actually going under certain changes only to better assist our loyal readers, but of course we need your help. Feel free to email me here about any suggestions that you think will better your raw food community at RawGuru.Com.

This month's newsletter you'll find more information than you expected. I've included more useful articles and raw-off-the-press interviews with the latest raw gurus. Also, be sure to check out the Q & As at the bottom of the newsletter. You'll find helpful tips on how to stay raw and warm this winter.

Have a Happy Halloween!
-Alex Malinsky, Owner & President

PS: Trick or Treat? How 'bout an apple?

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» Fruit of the month: Cashew Apple
The highly unusual cashew fruit consists of both a crab apple (called the cashew apple), and a kidney bean shaped appendage on the end of the fruit called the cashew nut. The apple is shaped like and is the same size as a pear; when ripe, it is a brilliant yellow, red or scarlet color. Like all fruit trees, a flower emerges and the nut grows from the center of the flower.

Raw Food Book of the Month: Raw Spirit : What the Raw Food Advocates Don't Preach

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New Raw Food Interviews with Matt Monarch & Sarma Melngailis


What are some Raw Food Staples in your current diet?

I have been on a 100% Raw Food Diet for 5 years now. I only eat Raw vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. I jumped into a 100% Raw Food Diet overnight after reading Become Younger, by Dr. Norman Walker. He talks about the scientific reasons why processed starches, refined sugar, dairy, and animal protein have harmful effect on the human body. He lived to be well over 100 years old...

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What is your book, “Raw Food Real World” about?

Raw Food Real World is about our experiences going raw, particularly from the point of view of not having been even vegetarian before, and sharing our recipes from our own every day lives as well as recipes from our restaurant, Pure Food and Wine. My goal with the book was to make the whole philosophy/concept more approachable to a wider audience – to make it less intimidating – to make it hopefully compelling enough to try...

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Gourmet & Simple Raw Food Recipes

Really Raw Pumpkin Pie by Alex Malinsky

Crust

1 cup dates
1 cup pecans
1 cup walnuts
1 cup almonds
1/2 cup agave nectar
2-3 pinches sea salt
1/3 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Process everything in a food processor until well mixed. Press into 9 inch pie pan. Set aside.

Pumpkin Pie Filling

2 very soft avocados (chopped)
1/2 cup agave nectar
5 soaked dates
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 vanilla bean (seeds only)
1 cup fresh apple juice or water
2 tsp lemon juice
1 cup truly raw cashews (soaked for 5 hrs)
4 cups raw pumpkin, chopped & peeled
1 teaspoon ground golden flaxseeds
1 cup chopped figs

*Before making this recipe, soak the pumpkin in water and a touch of lemon juice for 8 hrs and then dehydrate it for 8 hours at 105°F. Set aside until ready to use.

Slowly add everything except the figs and pumpkin and blend until very smooth. Add the pumpkin and continue blending till ultra smooth. Be sure your high power blender does not overheat.

Assembly: Pour the pie filling mixture into your pie crust and garnish the top with chopped figs and pumpkin seeds. You can make a quick whipped topping to go with this pie by blending macnuts/cashews with a little water, agave nectar and nutmeg. Enjoy.

Pumpkin Seed Grawnola by Alex Malinsky

1 cup soaked pumpkin seeds
1 cup soaked almonds (chopped)
1 cup blueberries
1 cup chopped figs
1 cup agave nectar
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 tsp. nutmeg
1/3 tsp. sea salt

Mix everything in a bowl, layout on teflex sheets and dehydrate until crisp. 10-12 hrs.

Warm Sunflower Sprout Soup by Alex Malinsky

3 cups nut milk
1/2 cup red bell pepper (chopped)
1 cup tomato (chopped)
1 avocado
2 tsp. garlic (minced)
1 tsp. ginger (minced)
3 tbs. cilantro
1/2 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. hot pepper
1 tsp. sea salt
1/2 cup olive or avocado oil
1 cup water

Blend everything till smooth. Pour into a bowl and add sunflower sprouts. Adjust the heat by adding less or more hot pepper.

Sweet & Spicy Carrot Slaw by Alex Malinsky

12 carrots (peeled and cut into thin strips)
1/2 cup almond butter
1/3 cup honey or agave nectar
1/2 cup chopped fresh pineapple
1/2 cup raisins
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 pinch sea salt
1 pinch celery seed powder

Mix everything together and let marinate in the fridge for 1 hour before serving.

Raw Cacao Candy by Alex Malinsky

1 cup cashew butter
1 cup dates or agave nectar
1/2 cup cacao nibs (powder)
2 pinches sea salt

Combine everything together. Shape into ball shapes and roll balls into maca powder, mesquite powder, carob powder, or chopped nuts. Try not to overeat. :)

Raw Food Articles of the Month!

Raw Food Diet
by Victoria Boutenko

The goal of any healthy eating diet or plan is to provide the body with the necessary building blocks. Some people who feel better on the raw food diet have a hard time staying on a raw diet. It may be impossible to avoid eating cooked food through will power alone for significant periods of time. Over the past eleven years, I have been exploring the topic of how to stay off cooked foods. I have come to the conclusion that cooked food is highly addictive. Most people are unaware to what degree they cannot manage their eating habits.

Click here to finish reading this article!

Eat It Raw
By Steve Billings

Yes, rah, rah, raw! Santa Cruz embraces the raw food aesthetic at the overnight sensational Café La Vie.

Raw foods have found a home here in Santa Cruz, or better yet, a tropical island-themed oasis built upon the proverbial ashes of a '50s-style diner. Lovers of irony take note; for what was once the provenance of grill tops and deep fryers has been exchanged for food mills and juicers, dehydrators and designer-filtered water, as a diner projecting the nostalgic cool of the gas-guzzling glory years of American autos has been supplanted by recycled material design elements, organic local produce, healthy living and community enrichment as core values and business philosophy.

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Author links diet to pain relief
by DANA SANCHEZ

Harvey Diamond is the ambassador of fresh fruit. He talks about fruit the way some people talk about chocolate.

The Siesta Key resident co-authored "Fit For Life," considered a food-combining bible, in 1985. Twelve million copies have sold in 33 languages since then.

In the book, Diamond suggests eating fruit exclusively until noon every day. After that, he says don't mix proteins and starches (meat and potatoes) in the same meal.

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Bare-minimum diet: Is long life the payoff?
By Kathleen Fackelmann

Khurram Hashmi has drastically cut the calories he consumes - eating mostly salads and raw vegetables - in the hopes of living a longer, better life.

But he's hungry almost all the time. "That's something for me that has never gone away, but it is easier to accept now," says Hashmi, 37. He says he used to cheat, but not anymore. The hunger tells him that the diet's working, he says.

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Eat It Raw!
Blenders, Sprouters, and Mashers Process Food in the East Village
by Debra DeSalvo

Eat pretty one day: salads, soups, and desserts are what Quintessence does best.

"Yo! Any vegetarians in the house?" hollers Stic.man of hip-hop's radical duo Dead Prez. A roar and dozens of fists rise up in CBGB, which is packed. It's 3 a.m. and the young, mostly Latino crowd has been hanging all night for a showcase of politically conscious Latin bands booked by Ricanstruction. Despite the late hour, the air is strangely smoke-free.

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Staying on track
BY WHITNEY ROSS

Camille Miller wasn't a chunky kid growing up. In fact, she said she was tall and skinny. But things took a turn when she was a high school junior and the pounds started piling on.

As a teen, she became inactive when she gained driving privileges and stopped playing sports.

But at 36-years-old, the Marion resident said it was time for a change for her and the thousands of kids who are considered overweight and obese.

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Going meatless -- or close to it
By IN-SUNG YOO

Seven years ago, Kristin Whitcoe, of Elkton, Md., was eating like most other Americans.

One of her favorite dishes was her mother's pasta with meat sauce. When the holidays came around, she gobbled up turkey with the rest of the family.

But after she had her first child, Whitcoe began thinking more about what she was putting into her body and her child's. She switched to an organic diet, still eating meat but nothing produced with the aid of chemicals or pesticides.

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Pet owners lining up to get in on a raw deal
By Willy Zimmer

CASPER - Dogs don't have the ability to share their dreams. Sometimes they lie there, yipping softly with feet churning. We assume they are dreaming of the hunt.

"Look Daddy," children have been heard to say, "Rover's chasing rabbits." The truth is Rover may be deep in a hunting fantasy, but he's not chasing rabbits for you. This old dog is probably running with the pack - and eating BARF.

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Q and A with RawGuru!

"It is winter here, and I can't seem to keep myself warm eating only raw foods? What can I eat or do?"

You can start by sipping on a cup of warm water with lemon in the morning. You don't have to eat your raw foods cold. Make any raw soup you wish and heat it in a pan until you feel it getting warm to the touch. Adding spices like cayenne, ginger, turmeric will add "heat" to your raw foods. Consuming soaked nuts and seeds help during the winter months as well. One of the most important things you can do is exercise. Do push-ups, or run around your home, this will warm you up very quick. Adding a few pinches of cayenne pepper in your shoes will keep your feet nice and warm.

"What are some foods I can eat to help with my memory? Thank you."

You can eat a lot of foods to help with brain function and memory. Some of the best ones are foods rich in antioxidants, omega fatty acids, vitamin E and B-vitamins. The list includes berries, cherries, grapes, prunes, nuts and seeds, flax and hemp oils, maca, cacao nibs, goji berries, camu camu berry and herbs like turmeric and ginkgo. Supplements like DHLA help tremendously.

"What is the best way to wash fruits and vegetables? Do I have to wash my dried fruits and nuts?"

First, choose organic raw fruits and vegetables. If you can not afford this or organic is not available, I would recommend to wash in a solution of Hydrogen Peroxide and water and scrub really well the outside skins of your produce. Rinse your produce first under cool running water and then fill a large bowl of water and add 2-3 capfuls of food grade hydrogen peroxide to it and soak your produce in this mixture for 1-3 minutes. Remove from water and rinse well. Dry with a clean towel and eat or store away.

I think dried fruit and nuts do require a quick rinse because they often have dust or dirt particles on them. Nuts and seeds often have mold or mildew on their skins that are not visible to the human eye. I would soak (about 30 mins) them in pure water/h202 and rinse before using.

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About RawGuru:
Alex Malinsky is an award winning chef and has authored numerous articles, interviews, and newsletters on the raw and living foods lifestyle. At age 20, he is a leading expert and has been on the 100% raw food lifestyle for over 7 years. You can see his latest work in Frederic Patenaude's new book, "Instant Raw Sensations".

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