Quick and Easy Healthy Lunch Suggestions: Raw Food on the Run

Written by Ritamarie Loscalzo on November 10, 2009 – -

It’s tough to get quick meals on the run when your goal is to eat healthfully.. in ways that improve your energy and keep your brain clear. If you live in or around Austin Texas, you’re in for a treat. On Friday, November 13, 2009, I’ll be hosting a class called “Lunch & Learn” . Join Dr. Ritamarie Losclazo and visiting certified raw foods chef and instructor Tonya Cole Lightfoot for a fun and delicious lunchtime.

We’ll teach you to make a delicious gourmet lunch using only fresh organic, gluten free, dairy free un-cooked plant foods. Then we’ll serve you the full course meal.

Register early and receive $10 off the already discounted tuition. Pay only $37 for a full course meal, a recipe guide, instruction and demonstration, and lots of tips and tricks for making meals in a hurry.

Register by Wednesday November 11 and you’ll also receive a free copy of Dr. Ritamarie’s e-book “Quick and easy Lunch and Dinner ideas for Healthy Meals on the Run”

I sure hope you cna join us for “Lunch & Learn”.

Love, Health and Joy,

Dr. Ritamarie

http://www.DrRitamarie.com

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Quick and Easy Heathy Meals: Raw and Living Foods, Gluten Free Daiy Free Power Breakfast Ideas

Written by Ritamarie Loscalzo on September 16, 2009 – -

One of the bigget myths I encounter related to eating healthfully is that it takes a lot of time.  In reality, it’s actually pretty quick to put together a satisfying and delicious meal made of fresh, whole living food .  You can do it in a matter of minutes.

If you’re looking for quick and easy breakfast ideas, my new book “Power Breakfast Ideas:  Start Your Day with the Energizing Magic of Fresh, Whole Living Foods” is loaded with ideas.  From Green beginnings to quick and energizing chia pudding the recipes are all gluten free, dairy free, sugar free and filled with whole raw living food goodness.  And the photos are gorgeous.  It feels good to eat foods that not only taste great, but look beautiful as well.

Here’s a video of my friends Kevin and Ann Marie Gianni of Renegadehealth.com making my favorite recipe of all, Apple Ginger Medley:

Apple Ginger Medley from Dr. Ritamarie’s Power Breakfast Ideas Book

Here’s the recipe

Apple Ginger Breakfast Medley

This recipe is very satiating. I feel full for many hours after eating it.

Ingredients

• 1 – 2 apples, finely diced
• ¼ cup almonds, soaked and chopped
• ¼ inch piece of ginger, minced
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Toppings: (Your choice) cacao nibs, goji berries, coconut flakes, raisins, hemp seeds, etc.

Optional Sauce:

• 1 tablespoon coconut cream
• ½ tablespoon flax oil
• 1-2 pitted medjool dates, soaked for a few minutes in 1/4 cup water to soften
• 1 teaspoon raw cacao powder (optional – for chocolate sauce)

Directions:

• Make the topping by blending coconut cream concentrate, flax oil, dates and chocolate (if desired) until smooth and creamy. Add a small amount of date soaking water if needed to make it pourable.
• Place all ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine.

Preparation tips

Apples, ginger and almonds can be chopped in a food processor or using a food chopper tool. I use one from Pampered Chef.

Love, Health and Joy,

Dr. Ritamarie

http://www.PowerBreakfastIdeas.com

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A Living Foods Feasting Weekend

Written by Ritamarie Loscalzo on August 3, 2009 – -

This weekend has seemed like an eating and socialization orgy.  What a nice break !  Friday night was date night with my husband, Scott.  It was supposed to be an evening out with out of town friends, Tonya and Cody of http://www.JourneyofHealth.net, but they were delayed in their travel plans, so Scott and I took the opportunity to have an evening out anyway.

We went for dinner at Daily Juice Cafe and had a delicious meal.  Scott had Caesar salad and a coconut barbecue wrap and I had an enchilada and a not egg salad wrap.  We each had a green smoothie, too.  The food was delicious.

When Tonya and Cody arrived on Saturday afternoon, I  took them to Borboletas Living Gourmet for lunch. The food was delicious and they were thoroughly impressed, since they have no living foods restaurants in Calgary. Tonya and Cody’s 8 month old Daughter Abby enjoyed the food as much as we did, and Grandma Jean was excited that Borboleta’s served coffee and chocolate pie.

Since Tonya was on day 62 of a 92 day juice cleanse, we went to Daily Juice Barton Springs afterwards for a green juice then we went to check out a new store called Natural Grocers. There we stocked up on produce at amazing prices.  What an exciting find.

We topped off the day with a living and raw foods potluck at my home.  We had a huge turnout…in the neighborhood of 70 people.  It’s exciting that so many people are discovering Living Foods and desiring to learn more.

The weekend was topped off with another trip to Daily Juice Cafe with Tonya and Cody, where we met our friends the Osborne’s.  Mom Karen and daughter Lauren were celebrating their birthdays and we had another amazing meal.

Below are some photos of our food.

salad

Austin is a great place to live if you enjoy eating treating yourself to gourmet living foods and fresh whole foods that nourish and satisfy!  Here’s a rundown of our wonderful restaurants that have plentiful Raw and Living Foods Selections.  If you have any to add, please comment below.

1- Daily Juice Cafe  – Full menu raw living cuisine with an international flair (mainly Mexican and Thai)

2-Borboleta’s Gourmet Living Foods Cafe – Dine in or take out gourmet living cuisine.  Also serves alcohol and coffee

3- Coming Soon – Beet’s Cafe  – Full service raw and living foods cafe with sit down service

4- Whole Foods Downtown Raw Foods Cafe

5- Cheer-up Charlies Roadside Stand : Serves raw vegan and cooked vegan sandwiches, drinks and desserts

6- Casa De Luz macrobiotic, vegan, gluten free with huge salads and sea vegetable salads

7- Daily Juice Original Juice Bars and Snack Shops - 2 locations : juices, smoothies and take out items from the cafe

8- Fresh Choice Huge salad bar with lots of raw vegetables.  Also serves meat and standard American fare.

Have fun!

Love, Health and Joy,

Dr. Ritamarie

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Overcoming Chronic Fatigue and Low Energy With the Amazing Power of Green Raw Foods

Written by Ritamarie Loscalzo on June 11, 2009 – -

Great NEWS! I’m teaming up with Chef Alicia Ojeda to teach an all day class on greens.  We’ll not only share, demonstrate and allow you to taste delicious foods and feel the energy jolting effects of eating this way, we’ll also share our expertise in the area of green nutrition.  We’ll empower you to choose green foods at every meal and LOVE it. AVAILABLE OVER THE WEB The Live class will be held in Austin Texas AND we’ll be live broadcasting it across the Internet.  Our new technology will make this our best web class yet. If you can’t make the live class or even the live broadcast because of schedule conflicts, you’ll be able to get access to the recordings in an easy to use format. http://www.DrRitamarie.com/GreenClass Here are the details: The live class will be held in Austin, Texas on Sunday June 14 from 12:30 until 6:30 PM The class will be broadcast, in streaming video quality, live as it happens.  This means that you can ask questions and interact with us via an instant messenger type panel. The webcast will be recorded and be available by the day after the class, as a recorded streaming video.  You will be provided with instructions for accessing the recording, so if you miss the class or parts of it, you can watch it right away.  You can also watch it in segments.  In fact we recommend watching in segments and making the recipes right after you watch them. In addition we will be videotaping the class and the digital, unedited recordings will be made available shortly afterwards at no additional charge to both live attendees AND web participants. You can’t go wrong. You can attend, taste, enjoy, participate in the hands on sprouting segment AND have recordings to refer back to over and over. So — bottom line.  Even if you can’t make the class times and dates, you can get access to the recording right away if you sign up for the web class. For more details on the recipes we’ll be teaching and the results you can expect from the attending the class, go to http://www.DrRitamarie.com/GreenClass We’re looking forward to a life-changing event and would love you to be part of it. Love, Health and Joy, Dr. Ritamarie P.S.  Registration closes for the live, in person class at midnight  Friday, June 12. http://www.DrRitamarie.com/GreenClass .

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