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In this newsletter you will find:
Article - Raw In The Garden by Savvy Of The Raw Pleasure Forums
Christmas Specials - Gift Ideas For Christmas
Recipe - Mesquite Vanilla Balls
Kitchen Hint - Kitchen Sink = Bowl
From The Web - Grow Your Greens! Two Impressive Videos
Monkey Mike's Raw Food Kitchen. An Uncook Book For Kids! - The tool we have all been needing to get our kids excited and inspired about eating healthier foods.
In The Garden At Springtime
 I am in the process of planning my Spring garden at the moment. Spring has come a bit late this year, down on the South Coast. We've had a wet Winter and it’s only the last couple of days that I have really felt like Spring has arrived.
We’ve had clear, warm days. The fruit trees have blossoms and a sprinkling of leaves, the herbs that I planted before Winter have all doubled in size in the last week and my strawberry plants have got an abundant harvest in the making.
The other indicator that Spring is in the air are all the weeds, the garden is full of them! I’ve either pulled them out and put them in the compost bins, mulched them in with the spade or we’ve eaten them. Things like dandelion, chickweed, dock, thistle and nettle are edible and great used in salads or juices.
Click HERE for the full article
Christmas Specials 
Normally we like to invite you to explore one product per newsletter. But it's close to Christmas and we've got so many great new products in store that we simply could not choose! Please CLICK HERE to read all about the Super Juicer, the 8 in 1 Super Slicer, Kelp Noodles and more!
Mesquite Vanilla Balls
Quick to make and a wonderful treat. I've fed these to people from all walks of life who have enjoyed them immensely. Last Christmas I had these on the table and they were a big hit! ~ Jennie
Ingredients
250g macadamia nuts
500g pitted fresh dates
1 vanilla bean ground
1 ½ tablespoons of mesquite
Methods/steps
1. Grind macadamia nuts in food processor using the 'S' blade, until like breadcrumbs. Add ground vanilla bean, mesquite and dates. Process again until the mixture forms a ball.
2. Roll into small balls using your hands.
3. Roll each ball in mesquite
Variations:
Try rolling these little morsels in sprouted and dehydrated buckwheat or dessicated coconut for a change. Yummy!
Choc Mint balls – Omit the vanilla and mesquite and replace with 1 tbspn of raw cacao powder and one or two drops of mint essential oil. Spearmint and Peppermint both work well.
Omit the mesquite and use lucuma for a different kind of sweetness
Replace the macadamia nuts with cashews
Kitchen Hint 
Kitchen sink = bowl by Sheryl from Raw Pleasure
Yes you heard it right. For making large batches of kale chips, broccoli salad etc Piers and I are using our kitchen sink as a bowl. Sinks are a hive of bacteria so give your sink a good wash, perhaps with some hydrogen peroxide, then put in the washed plug. All the veggies etc get tossed in (literally a WHOLE sink full) then we pour over the sauce and keep going until the flavours are right. A sink load is about what fills a 9 tray dehydrator.
I love it! Before we never ever had a bowl big enough to do our bulk recipes... now we do and it's super convenient to wash!!
I don't think I'd mix up a cracker batter in there... (never even thought of it)... but you never know... I might give it a try one day.
From The Web
Check out these pictures! The image to the left is the before image and the image on the right is the after shot. That's correct. Unbelievably these images are both the front yard of the same house. They are from the growingyourgreens channel on youtube and illustrate very well what can be done with a small yard. They have loads and loads of videos and are well worth a look. Be amazed and inspired by the amount of greens packed into his front yard! Wow... hundreds of healthy meals to be found there. Here are the links of the videos we took these stills from:
Before Video
After Video
Happy viewing!
Monkey Mike's Raw Food Kitchen - An Uncook Book For Kids!
These days, school lunch boxes are packed with more than just a sandwich and a crisp, juicy apple. There are refined blood sugar boosters, hydrolyzed pesticides, hydrogenated herbicides and artificially colored artery blockers!
We don't mean to be dramatic, but have you noticed that the incidence of food allergies, asthma, ADD, child-onset diabetes and obesity are on the rise?
We can't afford to feed our children whole wheat bread and call that “healthy”, anymore. We've got to get back to the basics and get our kids eating more good ol' fashion fruit and vegetables in their diets.
I mean A LOT more fruits and veggies!!
Introducing... 
Monkey Mike's Raw Food Kitchen!
The First Ever Un-Cookbook for Kids!
Forcing children to eat well only creates rebellion in the long run. With more than 140 pages, 36 recipes, and countless creative illustrations, you've got everything you need to get your kids excited, inspired and empowered about choosing healthy recipes like these ones:
- Cat's Meow Chocolate Pudding
- Chunky Monkey Ice Cream
- Froggy Delight Green Smoothie
- Alien Slime Smoothie
- Walnut Creek Dip
The book is peppered with creative food facts, activities, a word search, jigsaw puzzle, and a coloring page, too!
When the information comes from someone other than “Mom” it's easier to receive. Let Monkey Mike guide them through the pages of their new un-cookbook, while you sit back and take pictures! They'll be learning the fundamentals of healthy nutrition and having a great time doing it!
Click HERE to read more. This link takes you to a website that is not Raw Pleasure... this product is just too good to keep to ourselves!
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