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Looking to ramp up your daily intake of fruits and veggies? Looking to cleanse your body? Juicing feeds us with high concentrations of antioxidants, antimicrobials, chlorophyll, and many other wonderous nutrients. Owning a juicer is a wonderful tool for saturating your body with nutrients. I recommend that you invest in… read more »
To preserve the quality of a knife and our fingertips, we need to start off with some proper storage ideas. I will be sharing many different ways that you can store your “investments.” It will be up to you to decide which works best, with consideration of your family and kitchen space.
01/01/16 We are currently only selling Monkey Brittle locally. We removed our on-line sales. *** Last month we celebrated the one year anniversary of Oldfather Farms® Gourmet Raw Food Manufacturing Company. Shew that is a mouthful (some pun intended). When we first launched the company, it was my hope to take… read more »
I started my journey towards raw, plant-based foods back in 2007. I let go of my SAD (Standard American Diet) ways and started off by becoming a vegetarian (ate fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, and eggs). After about a year of that, I went vegan (avoided all animal protein) for another year.… read more »
The Magic Bullet can chop, mix, blend, whip, grind, and more. It includes a wide array of dishwasher-safe attachments which makes clean up as easy as it gets. I highly recommend owning a Magic Bullet or the equivalent.
A mandoline isn’t mandatory… well shoot, none of these items listed here today are mandatory… but they will help get the job done safely and quickly and who isn’t for that?
I am always asked about ways to save time in the kitchen. Organizing your pantry is just one way to reduce the amount of time it takes in finding ingredients. Using glass containers that either stack or line up on the shelves will speed things up as well. It allows your eyes to give everything a quick glance over, taking inventory of what you have on hand. There are times where I use plastic cambros, which I will talk about down below.
Most unflavored kombucha drinks have roughly 2-6 grams of sugar per 8-ounce glass.Do you know how much is in your home brewed kombucha?
Here is just a quick summary of the equipment that I use and/or recommend. We all know that starting off with the best quality ingredients makes all the difference in the outcome of a recipe.. the same goes with having the right equipment.
Dspite the seemingly never-ending shucking involved, fava beans have a buttery goodness that you don’t find in other beans, making the toilsome undertaking a true treasure hunt.
raw / vegan / gluten-free It’s time to take your taste buds on a trip to the savory stratosphere with these amazing Italian flavors. To give them that earthy pizza flavor, I used a blend of Italian seasoning, oregano, garlic and chili powder, red pepper flakes, and sun-dried tomatoes. This… read more »
My creative space is a place where my imagination comes to life, where I spend hours on end as my hands work tirelessly pouring my heart and soul into every recipe and creation. This kitchen organically unfolded as my husband and I formed a manufacturing business for raw foods.
Today, I’m sharing my latest daily bread recipe with you. It’s a hearty multigrain sandwich bread, filled and topped with a lovely, crunchy, toasted seed crust. I didn’t go crazy on the amount of seeds that I used; I already had some soaked and dehydrated pumpkin and sunflower seeds, and… read more »
Today, I wanted to share with you my sacred space…my Studio Kitchen. This space continues to evolve with my interests and passions. When we moved into this house, this space was a two-car garage. Within a few years, we transformed it into a commercial kitchen for our food manufacturing business.… read more »
Here is a brief list of staples for your pantry that can be quite useful to have on hand. You don’t need to start off with or even stock all of them, but hopefully, this will give you some good ideas.
You may need to look in a few places, depending on what your town has to offer; try your local grocery store, health food store, co-op, and online. Price compare and look for the best quality that you can afford! A whole food diet plan is really as simple as keeping on top of your kitchen stock so that there is always something to eat that is full of the best nutrition ever!
No matter where you live, artificial snowballs will make for a fun and whimsical addition to your Christmas decor and can even be displayed beyond the holidays. A few days ago I got to spend the day with a special girlfriend of mine, Leesa. It is always a real treat for… read more »
I started my journey of kombucha making, with the continuous brew method. The whole knee-knocking process was new to me, so whether I decided to learn to batch brew or continuous brew… it was all the same me. After some research, I decided on continuous brew for various reasons. For… read more »
When you are creating in the kitchen, every dish we make is inspired by flavor. When we truly understand the essence of our ingredients, and what comprises their function and taste, the more successful our dishes will be. Pairing for Success Knowing how to pair spices along with fresh, whole foods… read more »
Heading to the grocery store will help you save time, money, reduce stress, and helps with meal planning. Never underestimate the power of being prepared and organized!
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ This recipe will add a different splash of color to your Sunday morning brunch menu. Rather than the standard yellow yokes that are usually piped into egg whites, I decided to mix things up and use guacamole. Avocados, much like bananas, mature on the tree but… read more »
GLUTEN-FREE | VEGAN | PLANT-BASED RECIPES AND TECHNIQUES Since 2008, I have been creating raw recipes and techniques to help people all over the world learn how to create and enjoy a whole-food lifestyle. And now by popular demand, I have added vegan gluten-free cooked recipes too. AmieSue.com/Nouveauraw site was created… read more »
CNN, New York Times, The Daily News, Oprah and Google News have released a front page story… Read all about it – Nouveauraw.com now has a PRINT BUTTON feature!!! Ok, so maybe it’s not really an above-the-fold headline or national news but to me it’s pretty darn exciting! haha Bless… read more »
When it comes to creativity, I find that just about anything can become an “art medium.” For instance, the recipes I develop are edible pieces of art, flat pieces of fabric become three-dimensional objects, when I dabble with paint, I can literally transform a space–and now, I have houseplants to… read more »
Young Thai Coconuts have become an important and popular ingredient in the raw food world. They can be intimating for some people and just flat hard to find for others. The other day I bought a case of coconuts from Whole Foods. They were on sale, 2 for $5 which… read more »
This year I was nominated for The Best of Raw Awards, if you want to go and vote for me, please do. Even if you don’t vote for me, be sure to check out the other raw sites that were nominated. I am sure that you will find some great… read more »