Raw Living

The new issue of The Gurdjieff Journal is now out: http://www.gurdjieff-legacy.org/10journal/tgjcurrent.htm

The article "The Challenges of Our Technological World-Time Part II" helps to underscore the reasons for needing to go back to a diet that is nourishing both to our bodies and the planet, and also helps us get our hands in the dirt, connected to the food that goes into our bodies and into our spirits.

I tried making banana ice cream, and I am happy to say that it was everything all the recent press has it cracked up to be! The consistency was smooth and creamy, and strangely enough, the edges melted into a liquid very much like what happens when you can’t lick the cone fast enough at the ice cream parlor! Four bananas in my mother-in-law’s Vitamix, and a little water, and it blended right up with the help of the tamper. Without a Vitamix, however, I have heard you just have to scrape down the sides of the blender every so often. Anyway, it was delicious, and my Little Girl and I had a great time eating it!

Hungry the other day, I went to Trader Joe's to buy a salad. They had a spinach salad with Carrot Miso dressing. It was delicious, so I had to try to make the dressing at home. Here was my recipe:

5 big carrots
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup safflower oil
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1 inch ginger root
1/4 medium red onion (the ingredients list said Shallots, but I didn't have any shallots)
2 tablespoons light miso
1 tbsp sesame seeds (as the ingredients list called for sesame oil, which I also didn't have
salt to taste (I didn't add any)
water to thin

mixed it all up in my Vitamix!

Left sort of thick, it makes a good sandwich spread, too! Use less oil and no water for that.

Enjoy the feeling of the nutrients permeating your cells!!

 

I was in Fairfax, CA the other day, and walking down the street I found Lydia's Kitchen, a raw and cooked vegan restaurant. Much less pretentious than Cafe Gratitude in near by San Rafael, it was warm and welcoming with earthy art on the walls. This is the same Lydia that runs Lydia's Organics that you can buy at health food stores. I had the small raw 'kreamy pizzaz' and a fig drink. My baby had some banana. It was so good. I hope to go back soon.

http://lydiaslovinfoods.com/cafe.html

If you are interested in events of a spiritual nature, William Patrick Patterson will be speaking, in several different locations, on "Spiritual Realization or Delusion: Exploring the Life of Adi Da Samraj." A high profile man, Adi Da Samraj's life and teaching took a bizarre direction. This talk can be heard in CA and on the East Coast. Look for more information at: http://www.gurdjieff-legacy.org/20announce/events.php?page=2

There are many Gurdjieff Legacy events happening in the coming months. A celebratory dinner, a recital of Gurdjieff's music, seminars and talks...something of interest for everyone. Look at their website http://www.gurdjieff-legacy.org/20announce/events.php?page=2 for more information

RAW Pesto

So I may not be technically raw...not 90%, not 85%...maybe...ok, not 50%...maybe 25%? Maybe. Ok. The basil in our garden was starting to react to the cold, so I made RAW pesto:

1 part basil (the rest of what was in the garden)

1 part spinach

about 1 cup olive oil

salt

juice of 1 lemon

3 cloves garlic

2 cups walnuts (pine nuts being hard to find right now)

Really tasty! I can put it on raw veggie noodles, or cooked noodles. I have also frozen most of it in small "cookies" and put it in the freezer with waxed paper between each cookie. Healthy!

The most recent edition of The Gurdjieff Journal is out now! Find it here: http://www.gurdjieff-legacy.org/10journal/tgjcurrent.htm
The article "Are You Occupied?" sounds very intriguing...

William Patrick Patterson has released a new book on Adi Da Samraj. An interesting figure, it should be interesting to read the "first critical assessment of his life". Check it out at http://www.gurdjieff-legacy.org/30books/fourth.php?page=2#adid