Fried Onion Rings No More!

Years ago, I used to love deep-fried onion rings, and would order them whenever we went to get a burger and fries. However, as we were more aware of the problems with deep-fried food, I didn’t have them anymore. That is, until now! But THESE onion rings are NOT deep-fried, they are dehydrated! You might wrinkle your [...]

Raw and Rumi

What a fabulous meetup we had last night at Table for Life in San Carlos.   We were treated to an inspired evening of poetry and music with Eric Rumi Schneider and cellist, Elaine Kreston. Our hosts, Michael and Anna Coulter, have a gorgeous home in the hills that has a panoramic view of the Bay Area, [...]

Gluten & Wheat-Free Vegetarian Zucchini Lasagna Recipe

by Steve Freier This is my own creation based upon both raw and cooked versions.  It uses thinly sliced zucchini and yellow squash to produce amazingly realistic noodles with the texture you would associate with pasta noodles made from wheat! The benefit of course is that this dish is ideal for those who cannot tolerate [...]

A Little This, A Little That

We haven’t written for a while, not because we haven’t been doing our raw food journey – just because we’ve been very busy. We’ve got several things to report. First, on the health front, I am still having to find a balance with my blood pressure, and an old problem re-emerged for a week as [...]

Planet Raw in Bay Area!

We went for lunch to a new raw food restaurant located in Pleasant Hill, CA. This is a spinoff of Raw Food Chef and author Juliano’s successful Santa Monica location, and is managed by his co-owner sister, Carolynn Brotman who is also Executive Chef.  The consensus from all of us – it is a WINNER! www.planetraw.com  (This link will take [...]

Crazy Chocolate Nut Balls!

We had a wonderful journey to the Farmer’s Market in Palo Alto and found one farmer whose kale we especially like. She gave us extra to make kale chips for her, and after we got home, we pulled out our kale recipe and got them going. Our favorite raw food cones at Raw Daddy were [...]

A Wonderful Food Day!

Raw Russian Pumpernickel Living Bread This afternoon we took out the flatbread Steve made last night. It is the recipe for what is similar to a Russian pumpernickel – only dehydrated and without wheat. This is one of the great things for me, being gluten intolerant. I can eat so many of the things that [...]

The Junk Food Experiment

The other day I had to be out of the office all day. Long about 1pm I started to feel hungry and I was just then passing by a brand new McDonalds Restaurant.  My primitive brain must’ve taken over because I did an immediate U-turn and drove right into the spanking new parking lot.  Well, [...]

Mostly Raw

Last night we felt like having a warm meal. Steve made incredible veggie burgers that he created a recipe for years ago, and they were really good. We had them on a bed of arugula and julienne jicama, carrots, and daikon radish. For a side dish, we had Steve’s amazing orange curry coleslaw with curry [...]

A Very Busy Weekend

This past weekend was interesting – my granddaughter came to spend time with us for two days of her winter break, and I always enjoy giving her a relaxing time away from her otherwise hectic schedule. At 13, she is going through the angst and questioning that so many teenagers face. Now that we are [...]