need sugestions for new recipes

[lovethesea]

Hi, I am 48 years old and live in Kansas. I have been married for 31 years.
I have been vegetarian for a long time but want to switch to the raw way of life.
I have a mild form of Muscular dystrophy and Rheumatoid arthritis, so I want to do all I can to try and heal my body.
I live in a small town, and have to drive at least an hour to find a decent health food market. My local market carries very few organic produce items which is frustrating for me. Any advice would be very much appreciated.
I am an artist, and I love Dogs. I live on a farm and also have a horse, 3 cats, and 6 chickens.

[elizabethh]

hi, i don't know how easy this would be for you given your difficult situation with organic produce, but i'm going to give you this piece of advice to you anyway because i think it's the very first thing transitioning raw foodists should know.
GET YOUR (preferrably organic) GREENS! make green smoothies (yum, greens and fruit), juice wheatgrass, do whatever you need to do to get that liquid sunshine (chloryphyll) in you.
and also, to adress your organic food difficulty, a good idea would be to invest in a good all natural pesticide remover. i have one, and it helps when i can't find something organic that i'd like to eat. it would be worth a drive to your local health food store.
best of luck!

[Kristen's Raw]

For certain ingredients, the following info might help.

From Amazon I buy Agave Nectar and Raw Chocolate powder. They have great deals if you buy in bulk. I’ll get the box of agave nectar (12 bottles) and with free shipping it ends up costing about $3 a bottle.

I like www.Naturalzing.com as well. I love getting hard to find ingredients from them like Raw Limo Pepper and Raw Dehydrated Blue Corn Kernals. Lots of fun stuff. They also have some great tools for the kitchen…nutmilk bags, etc.

I buy most of my produce from www.BoxedGreens.com They’re local for me (still delivery though) but they ship around the country and I love their produce. I also get a lot of my nuts and seeds from them.

My favorite place for coconut oil and dehydrated coconut that is truly dehydrated at low temps is http://www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com/

Good deals for buying (decent shipping prices, too) in bulk nuts/seeds/seasonings etc is http://www.sunorganic.com/

Bottom line…to save money…buy in bulk and freeze. You pay less shipping typically and you get better deals by buying bigger quantity. Things like seeds and nuts and dried fruit store well in the freezer so you can have them for a year…so stock up

ALSO…ASK FOR A DEAL if you buy in bulk. Email the company that you’re thinking of buying from and see if they’ll give you a deal (if there isn’t something advertised already) by ordering in bulk, I’ve had great success by doing this.

For fresh produce, it would be worth it to have some stuff shipped. www.BoxedGreens.com is an option as well as Diamond Organics. Yes, you pay a lot...but you're health is worth it. If you're strapped for money by any means, try to find ways to make some cuts in other things so you can have extra money for fresh organic produce.

Are you growing your own sprouts yet? This is super easy and inexpensive! If you'd like me to help you get started, email me at Kristen@KristensRaw.com and I'd be happy to help you get started.

Cheers!

[rawlizzy]

Thank you Kristen!

The websites you provided are great!

Elizabeth

[lovethesea]

can you tell me where I can get wheat grass for my smoothies?