Also, I have been nominated for “best gourmete raw chef” as well as “sexyest raw man” OH MY, here http://www.bestofraw.net/nominations/
peep it out and vote for me if ya wanna help me grow!
Hopefully next year I will be nominated for my stregths, “simple raw chef” “raw educator” and “raw athlete”, all in time
Anywho, this vid is spectacular i really hope you enjoy it!
Where to start oh my!
Well well well, we start out with Brian and I sun gazing with Egyptian rod’s. These rods were said to be used by Pharos and priests in ancient egypt to amplify the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of sun gazing. At Finca de Vida there are two Vortex’s, one for sunrise and one for sunset, these too amplify the effects of the earth and the sun’s magnetic powers. Really really interesting stuff, I will be interviewing Brian Calvi again in the future more on this.
From there we jump into the last 4 days at Ka Sundance’s raw transformational retreat where I spent my time as the Raw Gourmet Chef with the help of the wonderful Melanie Lotos! All recipes in this video blog among many many others will be in my upcoming ebook / book “Low Fat Raw Gourmet: Cravings Busters Transitional Raw Recipes” coming soon! It is sure to knock your socks off with many a Instant Classic, Guaranteed!
Posted in Uncategorized on 01/07/2011 11:56 pm by Banana Commander
Happy day all!!
Special Announcement! I have just put up a Exclusive Interviews Page here on my site!!
The first Interview is with Ka Sundance of The Raw Food Family!!!
Hope you enjoy that!!
Also got this little diddy of a video here Featuring day 2 of Ka’s Raw Transformational Retreat!!
Enjoy!
So where to start!
Ka learns to operate a conch shell, eventually ahah and uses it to wake everyone up to their first morning! He thought it sounded like a animal in distress!
After a sweet breakfast of green juice , smoothies and cut up pineapple, Melanie and I led a raw food demo with 2 awesome recipes, Finca Mango Gazpacho and Kale Pesto Wraps!
Finca Mango Gazpacho For 1
1 mango, 2 oranges, 1/2 small lime, 1/4 cucumber, 1/2 red pepper, 1 stalk celery, pinch of rosemary, basil and parsley, Or your fave herb
Juice the orange and lime, dice all the pepper, cucumber celery and half the mango, set aside. Blend the other 1/2 of the mango with the juice and a dash of herb. Pour the broth overtop of the chunks adding one last dash of herbs!
Whalla!
Pesto Wraps For 1
I small handful Pine nuts, 1 big handful basil and arugila, 2 chives, small handful parsley, 3 kale leaves, 1/2 zucchini, 1/2 red pepper, 1 carrot
Slow blend or process basil, arugula, herbs, and green onion. Add pine nuts just at the end leaving a bit of texture to them. Slice or julienne all remaining veggies excepting the kale. Lay the Veggies into the kale leaves with a dollop of Pesto on top. Roll up the Kale “wrap” and secure with a tooth pick.
Devour!!
After that enjoyed a farm tour led by Finca De Vida owners Brian and Josephine Calvi. Brian told us all about many of the trees, shrubs and flowers planted all over their land. Our first stop was at the Noni tree, a fruit that has been exclaimed to taste like dirty socks! Considered highly medicinal the Noni tastes similar to rotten cheese. You can buy bottles of its juice in health food stores for 40$ a bottle, something I wouldn’t recommend. It has painkilling effects as well as a putrid taste ahahah. Im being hard on the Noni but truthfully my position is through eating the foods we love (specifically of raw fruits and veggies) there is no need for medicinal or foul tasting foods, tinctures or potions.
Much more tasty we came across some Orange tree’s just ready to yield their sweet fruit! Oranges like banana’s must be picked from the tree before appearing fully ripe. Banana’s should still be green or just turning yellow and oranges should be just yellowing with a fragrant orange smell. Next we checked out some Sea Almond tree’s, Brian let us know all about them including that they taste like a less sweet almond. A sad fact you may not know, all almonds grown in california are Irradiated, organic or not!
Next we checked out a beautiful Cashew tree! Most people dont realize that the cashew actually comes from a delicious fruit, the nut is sitting ontop of the edible fruit portion concieled within a tough shell as well as toxic black acidic sludge that will burn your skin on contact. We talk about how to remove and make cashew’s edible heat and processing needs take place. A truly raw cashew is a myth, as is truly raw cacao which itself needs be fermented and dried, also being a fruit. If ever in doubt try to sprout!! If it doesnt sprout it isnt raw nor vital.
So many fruit tree’s at Finca, hundreds actually, before my camera died we visited a few mango tree’s and were blessed with a ripe Biriba or Rolinnia, it tastes so amazing really just like Lemon Meringue pie!
The biriba ended up being a perfect precursor to the Soup and wraps we made for lunch! mmmmm
