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April 1, 2009
Wherever you are, love and utilize the local and wild abundant feast in front of you. I am currently on the Hawaiian Islands with an abundance of fresh foods. Love the Noni photo for the group! I love the Noni every day here, at Noni Land.
Here I find wild coconuts, avocados, oranges, grapefruit, eggfruit, papaya and a host of wild edible greens. Would love to have everyone share a bit of abundance from where you are...what are your favorite fresh foods in the area? How do you prepare them?
Current favorite: Avocado, cherry tomatoes, sprouts, tulsi basil, parsley, spirulina, nori, kelp powder, lemon, garlic, hawaiian sea salt. Slice, dice, and mash together!
I currently practice eating mostly living foods, meaning no stove involved. There are no labels, I practice what feels right for my body. I love warm medicinal teas. I really enjoy the occasional cooked delight, though I feel best when I keep it simple and mostly in the immediate range of my living space.
Transitioning into this way of life is not so easy, until you realize that food isn't anything but fuel for a conscious evolving being. Living foods brings forth this connection to the earth. No need to focus on perfection, we are already perfect beings.
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Superfood MASHup 3 T Noni
— Apr 11, 2009
Superfood MASHup
3 T Noni powder
3 T Mesquite powder
1 tsp shilagit powder
3 T Spirulina or Chlorella powder
1/4 cup Local Honey
dash Sea salt
mash it up with a fork or spoon! Drink with plenty of Clean water!
Super cleansing dish and highly mineralizing, great during a liver cleanse.
So I mostly eat locally grown foods, but there are times when your body is craving the super mineral rich foods that aren't in local proximity. Be conscious of this, but don't be too hard on yourself. Love what you put in your body and know that we will evolve very soon out of this pattern and into our true divine desitny. We will become super mineral storage houses and supremely able to obtain the ultimate nutrition on completely local foods.
Green Smoothie
1/2 bunch greens, like kale
handful parsley, mint, or other herb
1-2 local fruits, like apples, oranges....
1-2 T local honey
dash salt
1 T olive oil or hemp seeds
Blend this up for breakfast in a high speed blender and enjoy!
You will feel so supercharged with greens in the morning!
visit rawjules.ning.com for more recipes
You know what would be
— Apr 08, 2009
You know what would be really great---if somehow we could organize people's favorite local food recipes based on where they live. Especially in less tropical regions, most people don't even know which foods grow locally and which don't. It would be helpful and exciting to be able to collaborate with people from our areas not just on cooking but also on where we like to buy foods, what to harvest wild, and what we can grow ourselves. :)
I'm all the way up in the US Northwest, in Olympia, Washington, where even the wild fish is depleted. And at least during the winter months, local foods here are limited to root vegetables, so creativity is really key to keep from going crazy.
Super idea!! I am
— Apr 11, 2009
Super idea!! I am originally from WA, I know what you're taking about, and I think many can relate. Especially when so many of us don't even know what is local since the grocery stores provide "food" that isn't even close to being local. I'll start the Project right now, and let me know how you would like to contribute! Mahalo!
J
cold frame
— Jul 31, 2009
It should be possible to grow quite a few different veggies even in the PNW
check out some of these
http://www.google.com/search?q=kale+winter+"cold+frame"
warm wishes,
david hartley 510.859.4050 Â
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local grown
— Apr 30, 2009
I'm from Illinois, and it is difficult to get wild grown anything without 'trespassing on someones property. I have done google searches for local organic farms, and farmers markets. This works well in the warm months, but doesn't solve the winter produce problem.(I have to spend more at the grocery store) Also, consider planting a community garden in your neighborhood. Some of the organic farms near us actually deliver fresh produce baskets each week, bi monthly, etc. As for wild plants, I bought a book which has great detailed pictures, and descriptions of edible and non-edible plants in my region. Try amazon.com or your local Barnes&Noble.
-dishes and unity.
— May 15, 2009
Marvelous indeed it would be to grow one's own vegetables, or find a store that is truly organic...for prices that are considerably cheap. But aside from that, our only semi-reliable resources are the grocery stores or the restaurants((really good organic/vegan restaurants here in Orlando)).
And we have the internet to find recipes... possible resources to purchase that which we like the most. Coming from one of South America's cultures I know the meaning of folkloric food and dishes that truly make you feel at home. Same goes for anyone anywhere on the globe.
We are mostly looking to find that perfect recipe that reminds us of such wonderful, idyllic and almost ecstatic moments we shared once. I know I want to do it with the knowledge of knowing I am doing my body good and doing other creatures good by sticking to the healthy, natural and suffering-free foods. ^_^. If anything I go to vegcooking.com or check out a vegan cookbook I given to me by my mother.
Have a great day.
"Dare defy"
consider canning
— Jun 04, 2009
My girlfriend and I are playfully working on growing our own food in the country near Ottawa, Ontario. We're trying to plant enough for all our needs and are just learning. We'll be canning the harvest too (which really means put in mason jars under heat so the when they cool the lids seal tight). It's not hard and is fun to do together and you'll feel proud.
Share seeds with lots of other people and turn the whole country into a garden. Gardening's an awesome metaphor for the change we're in.
Local food in Fargo-Moorhead
— Jun 05, 2009
Root veggies dominate our COLD winter months for local foods. In the summer we can get just about anything fresh... zucchini, various sqaush, onions, melons, tomatoes, beets, turnips, lettuces, potatoes, carrots, cucumber, apples, greens, beans, peas, kohlarabi. Also a lot of ppl garden so you have access to your own fresh food. I personally plant a lot of heirloom veggies and herbs. I would love to have access to local tropical fruits... I imagine it's bliss!!! "I have not yet encountered a temple as blissful as my own body." ---- SAHARA"
Winter vegetables
— Jul 31, 2009
lots of possibilities
http://www.google.com/search?q=kale+winter+"cold+frame"
warm wishes,
david hartley 510.859.4050 Â
www.holistiq.com
I.T. support: www.cafegratitude.com
co-founder: www.GratefulMindandBody.com
web developer
New Mexico wild foods
— Aug 04, 2009
We try to eat local grown foods and wild weedy ones. Although I am addicted to my bannanas. I have a small salad garden which as quite a variety of greens. In the middle of it sprout up amaranthis, pigweed, and purslane. These are rather ordinary. But they are delicious mixed in with regular salad greens.
I also planted prickly pears that grow wild near by. The fruits were delicious. I went to a native gathering near here one year and a women held a session on native foods and diabetes. I don't have this but I just wanted to know more about wild native foods so I went. There are some others I haven't gotten to grown well yet such as tepary beans.
My idea of a garden is one that is half civilized and half wild.
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