Fruits are naturally sweet and nutritious.  But to keep your figure trim, it’s important to limit the dried fruits, sweeteners, and fruit juice you eat.  These are concentrated sources of sugar and it’s easy to consume a lot more calories than you realize.  

For example, you would probably only eat one plum (30-40 calories), but you snack on a handful of 6 dried prunes (121 calories)

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Hello cookie lovers!  Last time I shared a recipe and some tips for making a simple...and simply delicious raw Almond Cookie.  I hope you’ve had a chance to try the recipe and are enjoying the results.

In this post, I want to show you how to vary that raw food cookie dough and, with a few simple swaps, create a collection of raw food cookies that are good enough to be the star of their own party.

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Summer is sweeping the country as I write this, with high heat and humidity in the Northeast, Southwest, and all points in between.  

When the weather is hot and sticky, no one wants to turn cook.  But if you still crave fresh, homemade cookies, my Almond Cookie Recipe provides an ideal solution. 

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In my last post, I talked about making an elegant raw food dessert parfait with layers of fresh fruit and non-dairy creams and mousses.  Today, I want to tell you about another recipe that will contribution an additional layer of crunch, flavor, and of nutritional goodness.

It’s a raw food Crumble Topping...one of my favorite things.

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Raw food is about simplicity.  But simple doesn’t mean boring.  One of my favorite things to do as a raw food chef is to take fresh fruit and layer it into an eye-pleasing raw food dessert parfait.

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