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July 27, 2009 at 6:45 am 10 comments

Raw Food World Stash
You don’t have to buy a lot of fancy stuff to eat a raw food diet. However, there are some “fancier” items that I LOVE and I can’t buy them locally. That’s when I click on over to Raw Food World. In my opinion, they have the biggest selection of healthy, yummy foods…and the BEST customer service around. They also send lots of little samples and goodies with your order, which is delightful. And Matt Monarch is the owner…he’s just a fun guy in general 🙂

When my first box of goodies arrived…I practically ran out to the UPS truck to help him bring it in. You can see the contents of my box above…sprawled out comfortably on my living room rug. In this shipment, I got:

Lucuma Powder (I add this tasty sweetener to smoothies and chia porridge)
Carob Powder (This is for my raw fudge balls and chocolate avocado pudding)
Raw Nori Sheets (I LOVE raw sushi. I also cut these up in my salads. Bella eats them plain).
Goji Berries (Love these plain or as little “bursts” of energy in my smoothie)
Nama Shoyu (Raw soy sauce)
Sun-dried Coconut (I used that whole bag in my raw macaroon recipe)
5 lbs of Chia (Oh how I love thee!)
Hempshake Variety Pack (Thought Bella might like these. She didn’t).

A few days later, I ordered a dehydrator, teflex sheets, sunflower seeds for sprouting, and a pH test kit. Yay! More on those in future blog posts.

When you click on these links it automatically registers it under my name, so that I receive a little bit of $$ from your sale. So…if you’re going to order it anyway, but sure to use my link! 🙂 You can also link directly to it in the upper right hand corner of my blog. Affiliate or not…I would still order from Matt. This is super high quality food and he knows his stuff. Happy ordering!

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10 Comments Add your own

1. Deanna Riccardelli | July 27, 2009 at 12:38 pm

Sara: I am salivating at your mail! We are still somewhere on that Raw Spectrum. Have you read a book that talks about Raw and Kids? I have been looking for one this weekend. I know Paul Nisson is raising his baby raw so maybe he will write a book along the way. One more question….what dehydrator did you buy? We are shopping for that and a breville via craigslist.
Thanks for your constant raw food encouragement here at Happy Foody. I read on FB that your ph is alkaline! Woohoo! You should have an Alkalinity party or something – that’s exciting!
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2. Mandy | July 27, 2009 at 1:03 pm

I really love your blog…just encouraged me to use my chia more frequently. I also just dumped some kale in my green smoothie…
Have a great day,
Namaste, Mandy
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3. laurel Sauls | July 27, 2009 at 3:03 pm

I have been using that Calm drink (I am using Mama Calm) while pregnant and it has done WONDERS for me….was it you that originally recommended it to me? I don’t remember but I like it a lot. Matt has been struggling with sleep apnea and anxiety lately and he takes the regular Calm and it helps him too. Good stuff!
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4. livelightly | July 27, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Mandy…yay for chia and kale! 🙂

Laurel…I don’t think it was me. I just got those as a sample with my order, but haven’t tried them yet. So glad it’s working for you! That’s awesome.
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5. livelightly | July 27, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Deanna…
The best book about raw kids I’ve seen is “Baby Greens”
http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Greens-Live-Food-Approach-Children/dp/1583941371

Jingee and Storm also have an ebook about it. It’s on this page…scroll down on the left. eBook #3 I think:
http://www.thegardendiet.com/kidsblog/blog1.html

The dehydrator we got is the Excalibur 4-tray. I don’t do a lot of dehydrating and wanted a smaller unit, but with a bigger family, I would go with the 9 tray for sure. Click the word dehydrator above to be taken to the one I bought.
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6. jessica | July 27, 2009 at 7:51 pm

I am so tempted to get a food dehydrator… and to just click the link to the one you have since I am pretty sure you did the good research and I am not feeling researchy right now!

Any negatives that you suspect w/ this particular dehydrator other than just size issues? One thing too is that I couldn’t find on the link anything that expressed how much energy it uses… if it’s more or less than “standard” dehydrators. Any feedback about that you know of?

And that Calm stuff is killer good… we give out samples where I work all the time… leg cramps are a huge one that people use it for… I can’t say I’m a fan of the taste, but the benefits are worth it. Ooh… if you take too much for your body you can get over constipation, too… my boyfriend found out the hard way on that one 🙂
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7. livelightly | July 27, 2009 at 8:34 pm

Jessica..in my mind, there just isn’t even another dehydrator to consider. Excalibur is THE dehydrator to buy if you’re trying to control heating temps. Don’t know about energy usage…but I seem to remember reading that it’s pretty low because the temp is so low.
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8. Claire | July 28, 2009 at 5:12 am

question about the dehydrator…is it made of plastic? And how do you feel about plastic touching your food as it warms? Do you know if it is BPA and phthalate free? Thanks for the help!

Also…I would like to eat more raw…but some of this stuff seems so overwhelming, where did you begin?
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9. idm crack | September 22, 2014 at 12:03 pm

Hello there! This post couldn’t be written any better!
Reading through this post reminds me of my
good old room mate! He always kept chatting about this.
I will forward this post to him. Fairly certain he will have a good read.

Thanks for sharing!
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