Raw Chef Dan

The New Raw Fod Bake Sale is here

Yes I am now doing a "Bake Sale" once a month. Come by and pic up some tasty goodies to take home to the family for the holidays. For details Click Here

Lighten your loaf

New discovery: Nut loafs are tasty but way too heavy, especially for those trying to cut down on the nut. Too much nuts are not such a great thing, they can bog you down, make you feel heavy / over-stuffed and as any dense protein, acid forming. But its thanks giving; how can we have Thanks Giving without a tasty Nutloaf.
Well I have the answer for you; YES I do!
Put half the nut or even less and fill the remainder with chopped pumpkin or a hard squash like Butternut, Acorn or Turban squash. Roots work well too like, Yam, Sweet Potato, Sunchoaks… These gems also add an amazing flavor to the loaf and really lighten the load. Once you blend the nuts and squash or roots in the food processor add a bunch of chopped veggies to further lighten thing up; chopped celery, Bell Pepper, Onion all work great. They dehydrate much quicker this way as well cutting down on fermentation issues. Top with some gravy and a side of whipped cauliflower and you have a tasty dinner on your plate half the density of a regular loaf. Good luck, have fun and happy Thanks Giving!

Pesticide Cocktails Cause 99% Mortality Rate in Frogs

Pesticides More Dangerous Than Thought

A new study in the journal Oecologia indicates that when pesticides mix in the environment, they form "chemical cocktails" that are more toxic than previously estimated. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh discovered that when 10 of the world's most commonly used pesticides combine, as they regularly do in the environment, the chemicals caused an astounding 99 percent mortality in leopard frogs. According to the study abstract, "Wetland communities can be dramatically impacted by low concentrations of pesticides (both separate and combined) and these results offer important insights for the conservation of wetland communities." Abstract  The ubiquity of anthropogenic chemicals in nature poses a challenge to understanding how ecological communities are impacted by them. While we are rapidly gaining an understanding of how individual contaminants affect communities, communities are exposed to suites of contaminants yet investigations of the effects of diverse contaminant mixtures in aquatic communities are rare. I examined how a single application of five insecticides (malathion, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and endosulfan) and five herbicides (glyphosate, atrazine, acetochlor, metolachlor, and 2,4-D) at low concentrations (2–16 p.p.b.) affected aquatic communities composed of zooplankton, phytoplankton, periphyton, and larval amphibians (gray tree frogs, Hyla versicolor, and leopard frogs, Rana pipiens). Using outdoor mesocosms, I examined each pesticide alone, a mix of insecticides, a mix of herbicides, and a mix of all ten pesticides. Individual pesticides had a wide range of direct and indirect effects on all trophic groups. For some taxa (i.e., zooplankton and algae), the impact of pesticide mixtures could largely be predicted from the impacts of individual pesticides; for other taxa (i.e., amphibians) it could not. For amphibians, there was an apparent direct toxic effect of endosulfan that caused 84% mortality of leopard frogs and an indirect effect induced by diazinon that caused 24% mortality of leopard frogs. When pesticides were combined, the mix of herbicides had no negative effects on the survival and metamorphosis of amphibians, but the mix of insecticides and the mix of all ten pesticides eliminated 99% of leopard frogs. Interestingly, these mixtures did not cause mortality in the gray tree frogs and, as a result, the gray tree frogs grew nearly twice as large due to reduced competition with leopard frogs. In short, wetland communities can be dramatically impacted by low concentrations of pesticides (both separate and combined) and these results offer important insights for the conservation of wetland communities.
source: OCA http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_15608.cfm

Renovations paid off --- new space -- new classes

So now that I have the new loft together the classes and dinners are in full swing.
This is what it looks like now.
This is The Center For Conscious Living on 10th St. next door to Live Live and Quintessence Restaurant. Seat 14 people comfortably --- 15 to 16 tight.
Contact me for use of this space for your raw food
events, classes or lectures. chefdan@rawchefdan.com

Top View of Kitchen Aria

Student seating aria from presenter's view

Presenters aria from student's view

Full Class of 14 people from thanks Giving raw prep class

Thanks Giving Dinner Class Sunday the 16th.
Pumpkin Pie, Apple Cherry Pie, Cesar Salad, Creamy Asparagus Soup,
Candied Yams, Stuffing, Mashed Cauliflower with rosemary and black pepper,
Cherry Glazed Pumpkin Walnut Loaf, Cranberry Relish, Mimi Muffin and Gravy.
YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who is Vegetarian ---

World Diabetes Day --- Sham / Shame

Dear Friend of Gabriel Cousens, MD, and the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center,

Today is World Diabetes Day.  On this day over 700 monuments around the world including the Empire State Building in New York and the London Eye in England are being lit up with blue lights.

Millions of people are gathering together for activities in Argentina, Slovenia, Italy, France and hundreds of other countries around the world.

However, what you won't see at these events is information about reversing diabetes naturally through raw and living foods. 

The closest that the World Diabetes Day website comes is to mention that it is important to "eat a healthy diet", with no explanation of what this means.  Instead they talk about managing diabetes through drugs (not a surprise since they list 12 drug companies on their home page as sponsors).

So, in honor of the millions of diabetics around the world who are not being told the full truth about their disease today and the live food lifestyle cure they can choose, myself and over a dozen other live food experts are giving away a whole array of information in support of the documentary film "Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days."

You can check it out here:

http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=682396

This film shows 6 diabetics going through 30 days of eating only raw, living foods.  See the film for yourself before you decide what the best solution is for reversing diabetes.  You can see a trailer for the film here:

http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=682396

Also, if you're not a diabetic and think that diabetes doesn't affect you, then ponder this:

"Diabetes costs the United States alone $174 billion a year.  That's about as much as the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war on terror combined."

The drug companies are working hard to push their drugs.  We could use your help today in letting people know the truth.  If you know any diabetics, then please let them know about the information we're giving away today.  All it takes is one email or one call to change somebody's life forever. 

Read how it changed Lawrence Pintard's life:

"When the doctor told me that my blood sugar was out of whack (384 blood sugar level - normal is 80 to 100) and that I would be on medicine the rest of my life, I told him no way. I didn't know where or what I was going to do to get help, and then I heard Dr. Cousens on Coast to Coast AM radio and found the DVD's of "Simply Raw" and "Raw for Life" and bought them and now my life has changed.

"I have completely changed what I eat and have so much more life and energy now.  My doctor has taken me off of all of my diabetes medications as well as my cholesterol medications.  My blood sugar level is down to the 140 range now and is still going down.  I am telling all my family members, friends, Church brothers and sisters, and truckers (because I am one) when they give me the opportunity.

"Well, I am so thankful to you all you for what you are doing, Thanks!"

Here's the link one last time:

http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=682396

Blessings to your spirit and inner joy!

All of the unified parts bringing you Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

P.S. - All of the efforts that the "Simply Raw" team has made to work to incorporate this information onto World Diabetes Day site and into their organization has been ignored.  They even removed screenings of the film that were posted by others on their site.  Unbelievable!  :)

X-Mass Guift to your self ---- Raw certification course

You know I hadn’t put much thought into the next training till after the new year but it has come to my attention and I have had several request for it that a lot of people are off work and school for the week after Christmas. 

So far I have had several request for courses at this time and I am now considering doing one.
If you would be interested in doing a four day training that Friday 27th – Monday 30^th I could make it happen.

This would work out perfectly for many as well as myself. Other than that I usually do my trainings one on one or in small groups at times that work best for my clients. Please let me know what works best for you. If you can make the Dec dates I will be offering a discount for last minute notice and registry.

Please let me know ASAP if you would like to take advantage of my temporary insanity in throwing in an intense raw certification course right after Christmas. chefdan@rawchefdan.com

Look forward to hearing from you!

Want to learn Raw Food Prep?

                           

Thanks Giving all seats $60pp  SOLD OUT Sun Nov 16th 2pm - 4pm & Make-up Wed 19th 6pm - 8pm  Mini Muffins         Cranberry Relish         Cesar Salad         Cream Asparagus Soup         Mash Potatoes & Gravy         Candied Yams         Turkey or in our case Cherry Glazed  Pumpkin Walnut Loaf & Stuffing         Apple Cherry Pie         Pumpkin Pie  X-Mass Treats all seats $60pp Sun Nov 16th 2pm - 4pm & Make-up Wed 19th 6pm - 8pm Eggnog Caramel Banana Cream Pie Pineapple Coconut Cookies Plum Pudding Danish Pumpkin Bread Chocolate Strawberry Cheese Cake And more       These classes will be small and very up-close. There is limited seating so if you want to get in on these classes you have to book your seat now. All classes are held in the Center For Conscious Living at     261 E.10th St. #1C NY NY Next door to Quintessence and Live Live
To guarantee your seat       Register NOW	Choose Date Sun Nov 16 Wed Nov 19 Sun Dec 14 sun Dec 20

It is time for peace

Sure it looks good on the surface

Yes on the surface maybe things look like there is possible change BUT not to sound like a conspiracy theorist or anything but there is a ton of info, news, and hearsay about a US holocaust. Bush now has a personal army of over 5000 many of non us citizens who will do whatever her says. He has also built hundreds of concentration camps along with FEMA (video here) and labor camps here in the us and on barges in international waters and other secret prisons around the world. There are several locations like the one outside Atlanta were 500,000 plastic coffins are stored, ready and waiting (for what?) well...
The new world order --- reduction of US population by millions. RX 84 is in place to implement marshal law in the US and Bush now has 2 months to use his army to do that. They are collapsing the banks and skyrocketing fuel cost to cause economic distress, food shortages, and social chaos to declare Marshal law here in the US. This could happen at any time. Merry Christmas everyone! Even MTV has done public service announcements to worn people of this coming. 
Believe what you want, I can't say anything is for real but better safe than sorry. Not one Jew or German for that matter thought they would be taken from their home in the middle of the night and executed by their next door neighbor. Every dictator that has overthrown a democracy has used the same 10 steps to a dictatorship from Hitler and Starlin to Mussolini and we are step 8 or maybe even 9 by now. Check out Naomi Wolf. This is not funny, I am scarred!
This could all be BS or it could all be terminated with new agendas but for now it is what it is and I want to avoid it at all cost.