Superfood Girl

Blackberry season...

This morning, I took the kids on a walk (well, I walked...and they rode their bikes -- that seems to work pretty well these days). It was such a lovely morning; the first time we have had any cloud-cover since I can remember.

On our outing, we stopped quite a few times to do various things. There was a huge pit in a construction area near our house, the kids (well...Sebastian, at least) had a blast walking down into it and playing around for a bit. We also journeyed along one of our favourite nature paths very near our home ~ it's not a very long path, but on the far end there is quite an incline. On the way back through the path, the kids whizzed by me on their bikes going down.

My favourite part of our day was stopping to pick blackberries along the way. Late summer is definitely the season for blackberries here, and let me tell you -- they are everywhere!

What foods are in season where you live?

Here's a little un-recipe (I like to call them that, when I tell you how to make it but don't bother with silly details like amounts, and such) ;-)

Peach Tarts & Spring Water Friends -- Episode #2

(Raw / Vegan Peach Tart Recipe coming -- please check back soon!!)  :-D

Rawkathon interview – Dr. Doug Graham

I only just now finished watching Doug Graham’s video interview for Rawkathon.  I’ve been out of the loop as far as what he’s been doing in the world of health and wellness.  I do remember that Doug Graham was a big fitness advocate, but I didn’t realize until watching his interview, that HE is the person responsible for the 80-10-10 concept that people have been nattering about.  In the interview Dr. Graham discusses this concept, and although he’s been using this method for quite some time, he only fairly recently actually coined the term “80-10-10”.  What he means by this “80-10-10”, is that the ideal human diet (according to his experience, and research) is raw/vegan/organic, and contains 80% carbohydrates, 10% fat, and 10% protein – so he discusses in more detail about this approach to a healthy raw-food diet.

Dr. Graham also discusses raising his daughter, and what this is like from the context of a raw/vegan diet, which was interesting to me being a parent of healthy, high-raw children myself.  What I also liked about Doug Graham’s interview, is that he talked about the importance of fitness; that our ideal human diet is suited to a person being ACTIVE, and needing more caloric intake, therefore eating more food…and from this food (being that there’s MORE of it) one is getting more nutrients from the food (minerals and such).  His perspective on this won BIG points with me, because having tried repeatedly, to be a sedentary raw-foodist…I know from experience, it simply doesn’t work.  A lot of the people heading the raw food movement aren’t discussing enough (I don’t think), the other issues surrounding health, such as fitness, which can be JUST as important as the food you choose to put into your body; MOVE your body, people…it feels GOOD! (I say that to remind myself, as well).

If you are still interested in viewing it, the Doug Graham Rawkathon interview will be available for FREE until roughly around 5pm PST / 8pm EST.  Visit www.Rawkathon.com and sign up for FREE, to join any or ALL of this weeks festivities!

If you’d like to visit Dr. Doug Graham’s personal web-site you can find him at www.foodNsport.com

Super P.C. Girl - Business Card Lover

So it seems as if I am getting quite tech-ie (not trekkie) these days!  (ok, well...I am somewhat of a "trekkie", but that's another issue).  I have been hiring myself out as a P.C. Consultant (sorry guys, I'm not a MAC girl...at least not yet); it's probably time to print myself some business cards for this new job of mine...by the way, I have business cards for EVERYTHING.

I highly recommend that everyone have at least one type of business card for themselves, even if they aren't in "business" for anything.  I helped a lady the other day get "free" business cards for herself (she paid $5.+some cents for shipping)...she entitled herself as a "Domestic Goddess", which I thought was brilliant.

I have thought that the job of mother and/or home-maker is mostly underrated in our society.  I have even been considering putting this MONUMENTAL task of being a mother (and nursing for 2 and-a-half years) on my resume.  I feel this profession really does reflect a lot as far as my character is concerned; I mean, if I can somewhat successfully manage a healthy-lifestyle household, and baby/toddler twins, then I must be worth hiring at some well-paying job, right?  How is it not customary for people to put their stay-at-home, multitasking, hyper-managing, super-cleaning, wholesome-loving, FULL-TIME Mom/Dad job on a resume?  This is one reason I STILL after 2 months, have not completed my resume...it looks oddly blank and missing large pieces of myself without this crucial information.  [wondering if anyone else out there has been so bold as to "break the status-quo" and put this (seriously) in their resume]  A part of me really wants to do this.

However, I seem to be racking up the home-based income ideas pretty well, so I may not need to finish my resume after all.  It would be nice to have a resume on hand, though if for no-one other than myself, to remind me all of the things I have accomplished in the past (will soon be 32) years.  It feels good to remember all that you are capable of, and where your skills lie.  Which brings me back to my business card idea...I am always so excited to exchange business cards with people; I am just as excited to see what other people's cards are like, as I am to share with them my own.  So many people don't have a card for themselves...oh, and I SO wish they all did!  I want to know who you are, what statements you make about yourself, how you are special and set yourself apart from others; I almost feel like business-card-making is a form of "self-cheerleading"...we all could use a bit more of that.  What do you do WELL...I really want to know!?

So, on a more "superfood" related topic...Dominic has been making chocolate for us today; I am sure he'll share it with friends and family, but this is SUCH a HUGE deal!  He has not made any chocolate since we were last in production as Raw/Organic/Vegan "Love-N-Cacao" (the last time was Late Jan./Early Feb. of this year), so to break out the chocolate molds was quite a celebratory event.  I think he will be manufacturing cacao products again in the not-too-distant future.  Depending on circumstances...the right moment and situation will eventually present itself.  Until then, at least we know now that he can get in our home kitchen every once in a while to whip up (taking a few hours of course) a batch of yummy molded cacao bars.

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Shazzie - Rawkin Radio Interview

Today I've been listening to Shazzie in a lovely interview on Rawkin Radio.    She speaks about her new free E-book, "Raw Britannia".  Other topics for the hour include her 12 hour-per-week job, "Rampage of Invincibility" (on YouTube here), her LOVE of warm (yes, raw) soup (I LOVE it too), and lots of chat about supplementation with raw-vegan children.

I had a (quite lengthy) phone conversation with Shazzie about 2 weeks after this interview was taped (July, '08).  We talked quite a lot on the topic of supplementation with raw-vegan children (being that we both have children around "weaning" age).  This has been a somewhat heated topic going on in the raw-food community for the past month.  See her article here on Raw vegan children.  An interesting and super important read, especially if you are in the midst of raising young children, bless them!

You can also take a look at Shazzie's website, at Shazzie.com.  She's got loads of great stuff there; Journals, Articles, Her Global Online Shoppe, and even some lovely free stuff!  An amazing, and truly delightful spirit, she is!