Some of you may have already seen my earlier video where I was using a Joyce Chen Spiraliser available here.

But since then I have upgraded to a more sturdy and more professional model which I feature in this video, but failed to mention the model – World Cuisine available here .

If you are reading from Australia or UK drop me a comment as I also have stockists I can put you in touch with

Here is a small sample of some photos that were taken on Thursday night by my good friend Chris Odukwe (who did an amazing job and is also available here in Saudi so check his stuff out!) Here are some more photos from the gallery if you want to take a peek.

I have more photos on their way, so stay tuned.

Also I have been in the kitchen, filming some more video posts (coming soon), and thought it would be fun to share this one with you. Yep, I can be pretty goofy at times

Girl on Raw – Bloopers from Girl on Raw on Vimeo.

Here is my promised video of myself and Greg (one of my classmates here at 105degrees) getting curious with opening a durian fruit. Have you ever tried one before? If so how do you eat yours? I think I might like to try mine in a smoothie or a pudding!

Also, one of my favourite films to watch is Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days and on Friday, I listened to this inspiring interview with Gabriel Cousens (one of the program leaders of the Reversing Diabetes program at the Tree of Life in Arizona) and wanted to share it with you.

Click here to go to interview

Although this information isn’t all that new to me, I do love reminding myself why I am on this path with Raw Food and also how we can not only treat disease but also prevent it. This is of special interest to me, because my mother is pre diabetic and so many members on her side of the family are diabetic. Hope you enjoy!

Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days Trailer

I’m back in Saudi now for a little while but am fighting off the beginnings of a cold – the flying has finally caught up with me. After a 16 hour journey from Texas to the land of the sand, I finally got to my own bed and have rarely left it to try and keep this cold away. Advice I have been given is to keep hydrated and not to eat, but will see how that goes. Plus I’ve been pumping in the vitamins (C, Echinacea, Zinc etc)

In lieu of a post today, I’d thought I’d share with you a basic video on how to make nut milk. Most raw foodies are all over this process, but this is for my non raw foodie friends who been asking me how/what is nut milk. Enjoy!

Right about now I will be halfway between Texas and Saudi (mid air heading home after a long trip) so I thought I’d do something special and have #2 in my guest post special of other bloggers that keep me inspired. But before I do, seeing as I’ve been out on the road these last 10 days, here’s a reminder video post of how I sometimes stick to Raw on the Road with all my frequent travelling for work, just incase you missed it the first time.

Here, Jess of Dairy Free Betty talks about her transition to a Dairy Free diet. Whilst I am flying about I hope you enjoy, go check out her blog too, but not before you’ve read her post here She has some great recipes too.

Here is her story…

About 2 years ago, I started feeling sick – really sick.  I felt like I could never leave my house because my stomach was always so upset (Which was the time that I also started dating my hubby to be – lucky him) I went to countless doctor’s appointments, and they tested me for everything under the sun.  After testing me for everything under the sun, they started trying to feed me every drug you could think of, for everything you could think of, none of which helped at all.   I finally made the decision to go visit our local “Naturopath” and the first thing she told me was I should eliminate dairy from my diet 100%!   Of course my first thoughts were “ICE CREAM, CHEESE, MILK…eek… how will I EVER survive!

Much to my surprise, it was really easy to eliminate these foods from my diet, especially while cooking at home.  PLUS – it made me feel so much better, no more extreme cramping, no more nauseous feelings, no more being petrified of leaving my house “just in case”.   It gets a wee bit trickier when eating out, or at friends places because you have to “trust” that they didn’t add “just a little butter”.   Restaurants always try to convince me that margarine has no dairy in it… which always ends in me having to return my meal.   I always double/triple check what is in my meals, because it just isn’t worth feeling terrible for the next few hours or next day (My body also tends to get very exhausted for the full next day after a dairy incident).

As I was saying, it’s not overly difficult to eliminate dairy from you diet.  There are so many substitutes now, as more and more people are just finding their bodies cannot tolerate dairy products.   Plus – milk turns baby cows into big 2 ton heifers, does it seem like something we need in our diets anyways?  Ha-ha

So if you feel bloated/gassy after a big plate of nachos, or a large glass of milk – I challenge you to eliminate dairy from your diet (just for fun!!!)  and see how you feel!  It took less than a week for me to feel better!    From my experience doctors will never suggest this – actually my doctor told me I was crazy and how was I EVER going to get enough calcium in my diet (hello leafy greens, almonds etc).

Anyways, this is my challenge to you!  Give it a go, see how you feel and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns regarding transitioning into a dairy free lifestyle.   I have an alternative to almost any dairy product (except feta *sniffles*)   My blog is ALWAYS open

www.dairyfreebetty.com and I love getting emails, so feel free!

Thanks so much for all your wonderful and supportive comments regarding my race I did on Friday. So nice to have you all as my friend

Thought I’d put together a brief video on my latest obsession right now, Young Coconuts, but after I made this I have found an EVEN easy way to open them so hopefully I’ll try make a Part 2 version later this week for ya because it is just too much fun opening them and feasting on them right now. What is up with my coconut fetish right now?

Take a looky and let me know what you think! And don’t forget I’ve got another great giveaway coming up this week. More details to follow soon.

Happy Birthday to my lil sis,who is living in Milan, Italy, and turns 27 today. I asked her on Facebook chat last night what she wanted for her birthday and she said for me to make it to her birthday party on Friday night. How sweet. She was born on my first day of school I will never forget, so my dad took me for my first day and not my mum and  I was uber excited to share the news with my new schoolmates and teachers, that I was now a bigger sister to the long awaited baby. Oh no first day nerves for me at all. Hope you have a great day Kim. Love ya and miss ya xxxx

Edit: Kristen’s Raw also has a much easier way to open a coconut on her blog here

Wow so I do have so much to share with you, but my suitcase packing beckons so I may have to catch you up laters on with my eats.

Alot of my readers are actually already living the Raw Lifestyle, but there are also some newbies that are either ‘flirting’ (thanks Alicia Silverstone for that term) with raw food or simply just interested in improving their health.  So to you guys I have made this video on how to make Raw Veggie Pasta, which in my opinion is one my staples as a High Raw Vegan (yes I still eat cooked foods but I try to keep most of my intake as raw as possible).  Raw Veggie Pasta is one of the first Raw dishes I ever made and it is still an old favourite as you can mix and match the veggies with different dressings and sauces.

Before I go though, I have been toying with the idea of sharing with you a 10 week plan I intend to start on Monday to shift some unwanted kilos and get back on track so let me know if you are interested in joining. The more the merrier

And finally, yesterday I launched the Official Girl on Raw Facebook page so if Crackbook is your thang, you can keep up to date with the blog here. Go on, become a fan

• The Cashew & Red Pepper dip I made was featured here thanks Jess at Dairy Free Betty for tweeting that recipe. I found the original recipe quite bland so I increased the sesame oil and added 3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast. I also used raw red peppers and NOT roasted as per the recipe.
• I bought my Spiraliser from Fresh Network in the UK here but I don’t think they sell them anymore. I also bought one for my parents in Australia from here or  you can buy online in the US here.

To be in the running to win one of the Julienne Peeler’s featured on today’s video click here. You’ve got til the 19th Jan to get your entry in!!!!

Yesterday I woke up and had leftover salad for breakfast!

And a bowl of berries.

Yeah this Jet Lag business is serious right??? By the time lunchtime came round it was time for my dinner…well sort of. But before I had my salad I had another yummo juice.

Carrots, celery, cucumber, spinach, apples, oranges and blended with banana.

We are really getting into this juice craze so much right now. Remember when I spoke about not really doing much juicing and more about the green smoothies, well I think the juicing is far outweighing the smoothie making lately. Isn’t it funny how we go through phases?? And speaking of juicing, my boyfriend’s sister wrote us this email yesterday after our holiday back home with them in Brisbane recently …

LETTER FROM HOME…

Hello guys, we miss you heaps and had a fab holiday with both.  You will both be proud of us Williams as Damo went and bought some fruit and vegies the other day and we made a first fresh juice in years!  Must say it was absolutely delish…just a fruit juice though & will start juicing Damo some vegies too.

I also went in search of the Almond Butter of yours that I polished off at Mango Hill – found it – $10 for the jar – geez louise!  Agave Syrup also found – $18.95 for a squeezy bottle one…there is one more health food store here so I will go compare prices at that store next.  I did try the Almond, cashew and brazil spread but I much preferred the Almond Butter!

So my eats today (as the Girl on Raw says)

Breaky – bowl of strawberries and blueberries and half a banana.  Followed by a Raspberry Tea.

Morning snack – the rest of the banana wrapped in wholemeal bread with some Tahini paste ( a bit bitter for me so had to add some honey!)

Lunch – finally I used the rice paper that has been in my pantry for about 3 mths!  Check the out the pics – we called them Robyn Rolls (inspired by the one and only Girl on Raw!)….ok some weren’t completely raw, half had some left over roast chicken that needed to be consumed.  Jaida loved helping too.

So pretty good start hey!  I am full as a bull, I ate like 4 and they were pretty jammed packed all full of goodness though…maybe next time I can make them a little smaller!!

Here are some photos!!!

Isn’t that awesome! I am soo happy when I hear great stories like that. Keep it up Williamses And isn’t Jaida awesome???

The kitesurfer boy also wanted me to share with you some honey he found at our local commiscary on camp. Now the jury is still out for me on whether I think honey is in or out of my diet, but whilst I decide I will stick to my delicious AGAVE nectar. Apparently honey does have some wonderful health benefits though, do you have any thoughts on this? A true VEGAN doesn’t have ANY animal by products however this is a contentious issue.

As I was letting my produce dwindle due to my upcoming work trip, lunch was a tin of Amy’s Lentil Soup and 2 pieces of Ezekiel Toast.

I threw in some chilli flakes for good measure.

Then I got the phonecall AFTER I had painstakingly prepared my menu and catering to say my flight was CANCELLED til further notice. Ah well, still no word on if I am heading away yet or not but will no more after the weekend I’ve been told. Crossing fingers because Mama has a shopping list!!!!

Dinner was a simple packet mix of of brown rice (precooked with mushroom flavouring – too lazy to take a pic) cooked with a little nama shoyu and served with my FAVOURITE salad of the moment. I am in love with this simple salad:

Organic baby spinach, organic mixed leaves, toasted pine nuts (7mins in the oven), marinated mushrooms (olive oil, black pepper & nama shoyu), sundried tomatoes & cucumber. I LOVE THIS SALAD right now. Shame about the plating up though!

Yesterday I also got a chance to try out the FURminator which I picked up when I was in Australia and was recommended to me by eternal animal lover The Voracious Vegan months back. Lucy my puppy has long white hair, and it ends up covering EVERYTHING!!  Has anyone else used it on their cats or dogs? It is meant to reduce the shedding by ALOT, so will see how it goes. Check it out in action.

I’ll be back later with today’s eats. I tried about some new recipes so I am excited to share

Here is another (with great HOLIDAY HAIR I just noticed!!!! Please excuse me, I am in holiday mode!).

Hope you are all enjoying your last few days of 2009.

How are you intending to see in the New Year?

Chat again soon