live babies and children

May 19, 2005

Greetings Skai,

Denzel Mitchell of Live and Direct Cuisine

did a phenomenal ‘What to Feed Live Kids for Breakfast’ class for

the Capital Area Homeschoolers last week.

Perhaps he can send you the menu and

recipes. We did yoga with the children and afterward they helped him prepare

food and then demolished the food he made! There was Live Oatmeal with fresh cinnamon

and nutmeg (the children LOVED it!), Whole Fruit Smoothies with avocado,

strawberry, etc. (not the stuff that is made with only the juice of fruits and

some fruit), young coconut shakes and much more.

Perhaps he can send you the recipes. You

can mail him directly at cheffyd

In my experience in having been a

vegetarian child, having raised a vegan child (20 y.o. this year) and now

raising a Live Food baby, and having a totally Live Food husband that the key

is fruit. It seems that no matter how much fancy preparation anyone goes through

to make an elaborate dish, children prefer fruit. And this includes anything

with a seed… they don’t have to be sweet to be fruits (cucumber,

avocado, red/yellow bell peppers, etc.). So I started making it easy on myself

and buying lots and lots of fruits (I also stopped buying juices of any kind

when my oldest was 8). Took a whole lot of stress off what to make for meals by

offering fruits.

When I was pregnant with Samaya (22

months) I had a dream where the baby was talking to me. She told me move the

fruits out of the kitchen and into the living room. She said to get a big red

fruit bowl. I found without even looking a beautiful red fruit bowl from Vietnam

in a store 2 days later. Hey, when a fetus talks to you from the ‘otherworld’…

you listen! J It was amazing that even though we eat so many fruits in our house

we easily tripled that amount with the new big red fruit bowl. The baby was right

on! Then when she got to be about 9-10 months she started dipping in the fruit

bowl all by herself. Discovering textures, colors, flavors. Of course she is

still on the breast (she is on as I write this! Haha!) and I strongly recommend

that children be breastfed until THEY decide to stop (this averages 3-5 years).

Fruit can be a nice experience when they are ready (usually not till 1.5 years or

more). If you have to mash or blend a fruit for them, they are not ready to

eat. Their immature digestive tract is telling you a story by the fact that they

have no upper and lower grinding teeth. Sucking on a mango seed or other juicy fruit

is a nice thing before teeth come but whole meals of blended fruit, cereal or

veggies should be avoided as this can equal digestive issues and allergies

later in life.

Be well,

~Sunyatta

Here is some of the info from the Capital

Area Homeschoolers list last week (prepared by Althea Hughes, President of CAHC):

Raw Parenting - General Tips to

Remember

by Karen Ranzi

1)

Try different textures. For example, a child may not like a banana, but may

enjoy it in smoothies, sauces or [raw] ice cream.

2)

Have fruits and vegetables around the kitchen in pretty baskets and brightly

colored bowls. The varied colors of the foods in the child's everyday

environment will attract them.

3)

Name the foods you make with lively or catchy titles! My kids created their own

recipes, even from the time they were very little, and then gave names to the

recipes, or we got named recipes from certain recipe books.

Seedy

Kiwi - by my daughter Gabriela

Cashew Lasagna - by Gabriela and Marco

Bianca Pops - from Sweet Temptations

BAT (Banana, Apple and Tahini) by Gabriela and Marco

Apple Yum Yum (Apple + Carrot Salad) by Beth Montgomery

4)

Kids love using equipment - saladacco for making veggie pasta, snow cone maker

by the Pampered Chef, Small Juicer (Krups).

5)

Play restaurant - Let your kids be the Raw Food Chefs!!!

6)

The Raw Foods Movement is growing! Inspire your children by bringing them to a

raw food potluck .

7)

Make sure your child eats whenever he/she desires during the day. Fat is an

important ingredient for a growing child. Nuts and seeds and fatty fruits like

avocado can be mixed in with the foods you serve.

8)

Move your child gradually toward a raw food diet. Each week add more fruits,

vegetables, nuts and seeds. Learn some recipes that your child will love!

[Victoria Boutenko always speaks about this transition, too - see http://chidiet.com/tapes for her CHI video.

Recipe suggestions later in this

newsletter.]

9)

Don't be surprised if your child wants to eat the same food for periods of

time. My son Marco ate bananas for extended periods of time and called himself

" monkey. "

10)

Be extremely careful of too much dried fruit. It can wreak havoc on the teeth.

[Note:

Karen recommends that a Raw mother breast feed for an extended period during

the early years of the baby's life - she covers this and more in the 2+ hour

video available at http://chidiet.com/tapes.]

E-mail:

Denise. If you have kids you need to hear

Karen speak. **

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Transition Snacks

Banana and Raw Nut Butter - Grab a banana, a jar of your favorite nut butter,

a spoon, and spread.

Devine! Ambrosia - Almond mylk, chopped avocado, berries, chopped

apple, chopped orange, pumpkin seeds, raw honey, and shredded coconut. Mix in a

bowl and enjoy.

Avocado and Honey - Cut an avocado in half, skin it, and pour honey

over it. Yum, yum, yum…

Thick Shake - Cup of Almond mylk, half of an avocado, and

banana. Wow!

Figs and Olives - 5 dried figs, and small bowl of Greek olives. Molto

bene!

" Chocolate " Pudding - 1 Avocado, 2 Tbs. raw carob

powder, and a big scoop of raw honey. Whip it up and enjoy each creamy mouth

full!

Ahhhhh-Almond - Jar of raw almond butter and a spoon. It's that

simple.

Cherimoya Blues - If you're feeling down, eat one of these. If you

don't know what a cherimoya is, find out. Also try it whipped in a blender with

an avocado.

Date Crunch - Pitted Dates and Almonds. Stuff the date with the

almonds and munchidy, crunch, crunch.

Banana Crème - Mash a banana and avocado together, or put it in a

blender.

Melon Deluxe - 1/2 of a cantaloupe, one avocado. Blend!!!

Just Eat An Apple - When all else fails one of the best things one can

do is eat an apple.

Ice Cream - One avocado, two frozen bananas, and a blender.

Cut the bananas into small pieces before placing them in the blender

Creamy Crunch - Two stalks of celery and your favorite raw nut

butter. Spread it in the valley

Fudge - 1 avocado, 2 Tbs. of coconut butter. 1 cup of

blueberries, 1 Tbs. of raw honey, and 3 Tbs. of Carob powder. Blend!

Refrigerate for 3 hours for a hard fudge.

Three-Minute Burrito - One avocado, Romaine lettuce leaves, chopped

tomato, juice of one lemon, chopped onion, chopped garlic, dash of cumin, dash

chili powder, and pinch of cayenne and salt. Mash avocado in a bowl and mix in

lemon juice, garlic, cumin, chili powder, cayenne, and salt. Wrap avocado

mixture with tomatoes and onions in the romaine lettuce leaves.

Two-Minute Guacamole - One avocado, one clove of garlic chopped, half a

red onion chopped, the juice of one lemon, one tsp cumin, one tsp coriander,

pinch of cayenne, and salt. Mash in a bowl with a fork. - Use the Two minute

guacamole to stuff tomatoes, peppers, portabello mushrooms, add it to salads,

or just use it as a dip.

From the 5/7/05 edition of the Creative Health Institutes e-newsletter.

Transitioning to Raw

The

following are quick and easy ways to get more raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and

seeds into your diet:

Blend

your favorite fruits together for a breakfast fruit smoothie

Eat fruit for breakfast

Blend a bunch of your favorite vegetables for a lunch vegetable smoothie or

soup

Eat a big salad for lunch

Make salad dressing from a lemon and olive or flax oil

Take a bunch of your favorite vegetables, fresh fruit, a mix of organic

raisins, dates, figs, and apricots, or a mix of raw nuts and seeds with you for

snacks on the go

Drink plenty of water

Drink a fresh (not pasteurized) vegetable juice every day

From Jackie Graff’s article “Eat Your Pain Away” in

the 5/3/05 edition of Creative Health Institute’s e-newsletter.

http://www.creativehealthinstitute.us/

Apple

Sauce

3 Apples, peeled, cored, & chopped

Purified Water or Apple Juice

1-Tablespoon Maple Syrup

A sprinkle of Cinnamon

Place apples in blender on pulse setting and add liquid

until the desired consistency is achieved.

Serves 1

Apple-Mango Soup

2 Mangos

4 Apples, cored & peeled

1/8, peeled and chopped

Blend mangoes and apples. Serve in a bowl. Decorate with

banana chunks.

Serves 2

Raw Cereal with

Apple Juice

4 cups Oatmeal

½ cup Pumpkin Seeds

1 cup Black Raisins

1 cup Yellow Raisins

½ cup Sunflower Seeds

2 cups Date Pieces

½ cup Flax Seeds

1 cup Cashews

½ cup Almond Slices

Apple Juice

Thoroughly mix all ingredients except for the apple juice. Remove the portion that will be eaten and soak in apple juice for at least 30

minutes.

Serves 10

Hebrew Fruit

Salad with Sauce

2 Apples, diced

2 Bananas, peeled and sliced

¼ cup Raisins, soaked 30 minutes and drained

Cashew pieces, soaked overnight and drained

Sauce:

1 cup mixture Apples, Bananas, Raisins

¼ Nut or Seed Milk or Purified Water

2 Tablespoons Agave Nectar

In a bowl, mix apples, bananas, and raisins. Scoop out 1 cup

of the fruit mixture and blend with liquid and Agave nectar. Pour on sauce.

Mmmmm. Good.

Serves 1 hungry soul

Flax

Cereal

2 Tablespoons Flax Seeds, sprouted 2 days

2 Apples, peeled and chopped

2 Dates, pitted and chopped

Mix and serve

Serves 1

Melon Melody

1 Watermelon slice

½ Honey Dew Melon, halved, remove seeds

½ Cantaloupe, halved, remove seeds

Scoop out fleas of each melon with an ice cream scooper to

make round balls. Set honeydew and cantaloupe shells aside. Fill shells with

scoops of all of the melons.

Serves 2

Mango-Banana Salad (Blend or Eat)

2 ripe juicy Mangos, diced

2 ripe Bananas cut in round slices

Mix and serve. This fruit can also be blended with nut or

seed milk for a nice shake.

Serves 2

Cleansing Citrus

Salad

4 Oranges,

peeled

2 Grapefruit, peeled

2 Tablespoons Agave Nectar

Cut oranges and grapefruit in half, remove seeds and pull

apart each section. If grapefruit skin is tough, separate from pulp and

discard. Add Agave nectar and mix well.

Serves 2

Citrus Twist

Salad

2 Mangos, cubed

2 Tangerines, halved, peeled & seeded

1 Pineapple, halved including the crown

Strawberries (if not sweet, marinate in a little Agave

nectar), sliced

Pull tangerine slices apart. Remove pineapple pulp while

preserving the shell and dice. Mix mangos, pineapple, and tangerines. Serve in

a pineapple half. Decorate with sliced strawberries.

Serves 2

Brilliant

Buckwheat

1 cup Buckwheat, soaked overnight or sprouted 1 day

3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive oil

¼ cup Nutritional Yeast

1 teaspoon Sea Salt

Mix and enjoy.

Serves 2

Soaked Oats

1 cup Oatmeal

¼ cup Raisins

½ teaspoon Cinnamon

1 Apple, diced

1 Banana, sliced

1 cup Water

Maple Syrup to taste

Presoak oatmeal in water for about 30 minutes. Mix with

sweetener and cinnamon. Stir in apple, banana, and raisins.

Serves 1

(the above recipes are

from “The Joy of Living Live” by Zahkah)

Uncooked Pie

Crust

2 ½ cups ground sesame seeds

2 tablespoons sesame oil

1 teaspoon raw maple syrup

1 tablespoon warm water

1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract

Mix with hands and press into sesame-oiled pie pan

Pie Filling 1

2 chopped pears (remove skin)

2 chopped apples (remove skin)

½ -1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 tablespoons maple syrup

¼ raisins

Let the above ingredients marinate overnight.

Spoon onto pie crust and top it with 2 tablespoons of wheat

germ. Decorate with well-ripened sliced bananas and sliced strawberries.

Pie filling 2

1 ½ cups sliced strawberries

1 ½ cups blueberries

1 ½ cups raspberries

Combine ¼ cup of each berry with ¼ cup water and 2

tablespoons maple syrup.

Blend and pour over the remaining berries that have been put

in the pie crust.

Cover with ½ cup freshly grated coconut and ½ cup chopped

walnuts.

(the above recipes are

from “Heal Thyself” by Queen Afua)

Sergei’s

Favorite Smoothie

Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth:

2 Oranges

(peeled)

2 frozen bananas (other frozen fruit is

optional)

Place the oranges towards the bottom of blender to make

enough liquid to blend the frozen bananas.

Decorate with fresh strawberries!

Serves 2-3 (until you get addicted, then it only serves 1).

(the above recipe is from

“12 Steps to Raw Food” by Victoria Boutenko)

Apple Cinnamon

Porridge

3 Cups almonds, soaked

1 apple

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon Celtic salt

Process all ingredients in a blender until smooth and

creamy. This porridge is great on a cold morning. It also goes well with some

ginger added.

Pecan Porridge

2 Cups pecans, soaked

1 Cup coconut water or water

½ teaspoon Celtic salt

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ vanilla bean

Process all ingredients in a blender until smooth and

creamy.

(the

above recipes are from “Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine by Gabriel

Cousens, M.D.)

Marvelous Muesli

Serves 1

Ingredients

2 handfuls nuts of your choice (chopped if

larger than a hazelnut)

handful small berries (strawberries,

raspberries, or blueberries), chopped

1 apple, diced

1 bananas, sliced into discs and halved

any other fresh fruit

1/3 cup dried fruit (such as dates, figs,

raisins, or apricots)

sprinkling of coconut flakes

sprinkling of sesame seeds (optional)

Directions

Mix together all the nuts, berries, and fruit in

a bowl, and top with coconut flakes and sesame seed, if using. If you want

milk, simply blend a handful of your favorite raw nuts with 3 to 4 cups of pure

water, and strain well. Add the milk to your muesli and enjoy!

Pink Porridge

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 cups almonds, soaked at least 6 hours, and

drained

2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries

6 to 8 apricots, soaked 1 hour, and drained

Directions

Placed all the ingredients in blender with 1 cup water and

process to a porridge consistency. Add water slowly to keep the porridge from

becoming too runny.

(the

above recipes are from “The Complete Book of Raw Food” edited by

Julie Rodwell and Lori Baird)

Kale and Avocado

Salad

1 bunch Kale Greens

1 Avocado

2 tablespoons liquid aminos

½ cup nutritional yeast

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

½ cup olive oil

4 garlic cloves

Wash and chop kale by hand or in food processor (I rip them

up with my hands). Blend a paste of olive oil and garlic. In a large bowl, mix

kale, nutritional yeast, liquid aminos, lemon juice, and as much of the olive

oil/garlic paste as you desire. Add diced avocado. Decorate with tomatoes.

(side note: it’s delicious even

without the avocado or tomatoes)

Harmony Spinach

1 bunch spinach

¼ cup cold pressed sesame oil

1 tablespoon ginger

2 garlic cloves

2 tablespoon maple syrup

2 tablespoons liquid aminos

Wash spinach thoroughly, remove stems, and chop. Mix

ingredients and serve.

(the above recipes are

from “The Joy of Living Live” by Zahkah)

Quick and Simple Apple Pie

Crust:

1 1/2 cups sunflower seeds or almonds

3/4 cup of raisins

1 tablespoon carob powder

Filling:

5-6 apples peeled and cored

1/4 to 3/4 cup raw, unfiltered honey (suited to your taste)

1 tablespoon cinnamon

juice of 1/2 lemon

shredded coconut (optional)

dash of powdered cloves (optional)

1 seasonal fruit (kiwi, bananas are good)

Directions:

Make the crust by placing the sunflower seeds (or almonds),

raisins, and carob powder in a food processor. Process with the " S "

blade until finely ground and mixture sticks together.

Press the mixture into a 9 " pie pan with your fingers.

Form into a crust.

Chop the apples in the food processor with the " S "

blade. Be sure not to overdo it and make applesauce!

In a bowl, mix the apples, cinnamon, lemon juice, and honey.

Will be juicy.

Scoop the mixture into your pie crust. Save the

" juice " that remains and drizzle over pie when it's served.

Sprinkle coconut flakes on top (optional)

Cut the seasonal fruit into thin slices and place on top of

pie.

For best results, place in the fridge for at least an hour

to set.

Reference Books:

“The Joy of Living Live”

by Zahkah

“The Juiceman’s Power of Juicing” by Jay

Kordich

“Cleanse and Purify Thyself, Books One and Two”

by Richard Anderson, N.D., N.M.D

“Living Foods for Optimum Health” by Brian R.

Clement with Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

“Juicing For Life” by Cherie Calbom &

Maureen Keane

“Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine” by Gabriel

Cousens, M.D.

“The Complete Book of Raw Food” edited by Lori

Baird & Julie Rodwell

“Raw in Ten Minutes” by Bryan Au

“Back to Eden”

by Jethro Kloss

“Heal Thyself” by Queen Afua

“12 Steps to Raw Foods” by Queen Afua

“Raw: The Uncook Book” by Juliano

Handout prepared by Althea Hughes Wills

5/13/05

May 19, 2005

I have found that an avocado combined with a very ripe banana (just mash them together with a fork) is more appealing to babies and children than a non-sweet combination. Remember, breast mild is VERY sweet, and Nature provided that for babies!

Love,

Helena "dr. sunyatta amen" <dr.sunyatta wrote:

Greetings Skai,

Denzel Mitchell of Live and Direct Cuisine did a phenomenal ‘What to Feed Live Kids for Breakfast’ class for the Capital Area Homeschoolers last week.