The One Month RAW Challenge

[aikenjoi]

Hello, I was just wondering what you all thought about the blendtec blender. I would like to go on a raw food diet after the cleanse and want to save up for a blender. Is the Vitamix better? From the demos on their sites that I've watched the blendtec seems a little better, but then again most people have a vitamix, so I was wondering if there's a big difference.

[mtmouse]

Does anyone know anything about rose hips? I am surrounded by wild roses, and they're getting full of hips this time of year. DH says we need to wait until after a frost to harvest them. I'm thinking I would rinse and dry them, maybe dehydrate them a little, and then throw a bunch into my morning smoothies for vitamin C and other goodies.

Anybody have any ideas on how best to go about that?

[Lin]

I've never tried to harvest rose hips. There are a few websites that offer suggestions. Here's one:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...owerhouse.html

I hope you figure out how harvest them well. The smoothie sounds good!!!

[Res]

Teepee:

Yes, it's quiet in here - for now.

Hang in there until you get back into your routine. It sounds like you don't have a moment to think! It will get better.

I just got Ani Phyo's recipe book today and I can already tell it's a keeper and at the top of my list! It's easy and I LOVE that! I can't wait to compare hers and Matt's taco meat.

Been really detox sick today so I'm just popping in for a visit. I really miss the activity in this thread and will probably just come here and talk to myself when I start eating again.

Kathy: Let us know what you find on rosehips. I should probably do the same. I keep forgetting it's food!


aikenjoi: I've never heard of the blender you referred to. Try googling "reviews" for the blender to see how it holds up.

Love,
~Res

[mtmouse]

Thanks for that, Lin!

Sounds just like what I was thinking. I do think I can leave the seeds in, since I intend to put them in my Vitamix smoothies. I might also try pulverizing them in the VM (maybe with the dry blade? anyone?) and then using that powder to make tea--which would mostly be for DH, especially in my more all-raw moments. But he does drink our smoothie every morning.

And, of course, I'll dry them in the dehydrator instead of on a board.

But they sure sound worth harvesting!

[Sim]

Hi Everyone~
My oh my have you all been busy little cleansers and raw eaters! So good to see!
I've been upside down and inside out, started a teaching job and, for the first time in my life, quit the job! Guess what I found out? My passion for raw and learning the ins and outs so that I can share it with others have exceeded my desire to put my all into teaching. I might be attending culinary school sooner than I thought, in California or in Maine with Alissa...we'll see. At any rate I'm currently unemployed...good thing I bought all my kitchen equipment last year when I still had money!

Ani's book is phenom...he stuff is packed with taste. Her soups are excellent,excellent. I'm old so the print it hard for me read. Other than that, I highly recommend it.

My best accomplishment in the last two weeks: I had, literally, 40 pounds of tomatoes and didn't know what to do with them after I made several quarts of soup and sauce....so I dried them in the dehydrator and they became the absolute most delicious sun-dried tomatoes ever! They're all gone....my family decided they were a tasty snack. I've now got 50 more pounds, so I'm firing up the Big E for more sun-dried pleasure. Well, not sun-dried, dehydrated-dried. Let's not quibble over semantics

Does anyone need the services of a former Spanish teacher and present raw food enthusiast? Be well, my lovelies!

[alicein1land]

aikenjoi: Look up on amazon! http://www.amazon.com/Blendtec-TTBB-...9783648&sr=8-1

Sim: Wow! Guess that's what the clarity of thinking brought about by the MC and subsequent raw diet can do for you! Best of luck in whatever you choose to do!

[ninab64]

wow, Sim. big changes, but i bet you'll love every minute of it, and i can say "i knew her when..."

Vita Mix: i've had mine for over four years, and love it. i used it a lot at first, and slowly slowed the use until it sat neglected, while i had my typical diet, but now i use it every morning, and more if i'm making more than smoothies. I also have the dry blade container, and the small size container as well.

if you are going to aim to eat better, this is a great addition to your kitchen, if you can afford it

[Kram]

Sim - I'm a novice with my dehydrator. Did you just slice the tomatos and put them on the regular trays (or the ones to make the fruit roll-up type things?). And ~ how long did it take?

I love my VitaMix. When I started on the green smoothie kick in March, I never thought it would last. Except that I love them, which is funny since everyone I know can't believe that I (with my former - and unfortunately sometimes current - SAD diet) will make these everyday.

Am back online after 3 weeks hiatus for moving (argh). Just finished the MC right before the move. And the disruption of moving has not been that friendly on my efforts to eat more raw food.

However, I have an appt with my hypnotist today that I'm very excited about. She's great because it takes away some of the natural impulses to eat "bad" stuff, on top of the fact that I always feel like she's taken the weight of the world off my shoulders. Anyone else ever seen a hypnotist?

Res: how did you MC go?

ker

[aikenjoi]

Thank you Res and Alicein1land!

I think out of the vita mix and the blendtec I like the blendtec better, but either way, I don't have enough money to buy the blender. The blendtec is 1500 watts and is about $400, although I could probably get it cheaper from somewhere besides theirs site. But my dad said that he saw a blender with 1500 watts at Sam's for $70 and for the price difference I would think that this blender must fall short of something, but he doesn't remember the brand although he says that he recognized it. Hopefully I'll be able to take a look at it some time this week. A really nice blender would help so much with green smoothies and a lot of raw recipes. I think eating raw food just how it is would be boring after a while and having a high powered blender and a dehydrator would help a lot. But my mom is just going to get a less expensive dehydrator at Wal-mart because buying all this stuff would be getting pretty expensive. I probably won't use it too much anyways--except when I would really like the dried fruits and I'm missing the taste of crackers. I've heard of some good raw bread recipes, so hopefully a cheap dehydrator will do the job as well.