Last Sunday I was invited to give a brief demonstration on a few of my favourite ‘Raw’ food dishes, following on from a friend of mine’s talk on ‘Taking Back Your Health’. Dr Slagjana is an advocate of Living Food and gives a very informative talk on how you can prevent disease by removing animal proteins from your diet, and guess what? She comes from a medical background so has so many facts to back her claims up with.

As I was very short on time and had little preparation, I showcased my simple Green Smoothie which was a great way for people to see (and taste!) that yes, spinach can actually taste delicious in a drink form and is a great addition to your diet to introduce more raw greens into your diet, (and got to brag about my new Vitamix Blender at the same time, what a showoff! Ok Ok, it is the boy’s, I bought it for his birthday but it hasn’t yet been to his house!)

I also had prepared a variation on Kristen’s Raw recipe for marinara sauce with zucchini angel hair pasta which was so popular no one left me any leftovers for lunch the nextday….that’s a good sign!! I topped it off with some marinated raw mushrooms. Delish.

And the final dish that has been my favourite these past couple of weeks was my Jicama Rice and ‘Save the Tuna Pate’ Sushi as featured on Fitness Sista’s site here. Yumbo! As I didn’t have time to make these on the day, I was able to show off photos of my recent attempts.

It was a lot of fun, and I was amazed to see how many people in this region are showing an active interest in their health and the planet with a lot of interest in having Raw Food Classes which I am aiming for after summer so stayed tuned.