It is hard to believe, Cherie Soria attended her very first Raw Food Pot Luck last night held at Living Light. It was Living’s Lights 4th Pot Luck, but this was Cherie’s first one ever, she's a busy lady. Funnily enough, it was also my first Pot Luck ever too. Many of the locals of Fort Bragg and surrounding areas turned up for the event and each brought a sample their raw food cuisine for everyone to try. We were presented with a colourful arrangement of salads, soups, fruits, nori rolls, dips and dressings. We just couldn’t wait to dive in.For the pot luck, I brought some stuffed mushrooms, a recipe I just made up at the Living Light Inn out of the ingredients I had left in the fridge. All this recipe development is really starting to rub off onto me. I marinated about 2 packets of fresh mushrooms in some Nama Shoyu, lemon juice and garlic for about 30min. Took the mushrooms out of the marinate and placed them on a ParaFlexx sheet on a dehydrating tray and popped them into the dehydrator for a few hours (well, they stayed in there until I was ready to walk down to the pop luck).
For the filling, I placed the following in a food processor:
1 cup of pine nuts, 1 tablespoon of Nutritional Yeast, Moroccan Olives chopped and de-seeded, 4 tomatoes chopped and de-seeded, fresh thyme and basil, small amount of fresh crushed garlic.
Pulsed all the ingredients in the food processor until pine nuts where broken down and the ingredients are mixed in well, but still a little chunky. I then added a small teaspoon of the ingredients on each mushroom and served.
Overall, the food was just excellent and it was great to meet some of the locals who are already eating a high percentage of raw food or where there to find out more about raw food. It was ideal for anyone to join in.
After we ate great food, chatted lots and received a small talk from Cherie herself about her new book Revolution and the EXPO festival held in Fort Bragg on August the 22 – 24, which you can find at www.rawfoodchef.com, we sat down to watch a documentary film called Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days. This film is truly an amazing insight, of the power of raw foods and what it can do. Based on 6 Americans, diagnosed with either type 1 or 2 diabetes. They come together at The Tree of Life in Arizona for 30 days to trade in their SAD (Standard American Diet) for 100% organic raw living vegan food, under the watchful eye and care of Dr Gabriel Cousins, a well-known holistic medical doctor. It is an emotional journey and a huge challenge for all of them, but the results are just amazing and some of these people come off their insulin after 3 days on a raw diet. It is a truly life changing journey for all and well worth watching. To know more about this DVD or to buy a copy, you can go to www.rawfor30days.com I highly recommend it.
