For more on the fruit sushi recipe, click here. I recently stumbled upon an ultra-cool website: gliving.tv. It’s all about living a green life, and includes smart, eco-friendly fashion choices, sustainable home upgrades (composting toilets, anyone?), green cars, green (and not so green) celebrities, music reviews, hard news stories and more. I’m most interested in [...]

I got my juicer at Bed Bath and Beyond. When it comes to food, I’m prone to giving up things: meat, soda, dairy, cooking…About six months to a year ago, I also gave up juice. For one thing, it’s generally pasteurized, which is a no-no in raw food land. For another, it’s pretty high in [...]

Since Lindsay is into green smoothies (I’m waiting to make them until I get my new Vita Mix blender!) and I’m into Sarma Melngailis, I thought I’d share Sarma’s green smoothie recipe. Sarma is a vegan raw foodist. She is also president of OneLuckyDuck, which sells raw ingredients and supplements, and owner of Pure Food [...]

I’m in the midst of reading a book titled The Ultimate Tea Diet, by Mark “Dr. Tea” Ukra. I’m not that far in, but essentially Ukra is a tea expert, and the book is about the benefits of tea (actual tea, not herbal tisanes). He talks about how tea can both boost your metabolism and [...]

I have a problem with flax. I know it’s good for me, and provides some of the essential Omega-3s, but I can’t find a method for taking it. When I buy the capsules, they languish in the cabinet with the rest of the vitamins I forget to take. Oil? It migrates to the back of [...]

Several years ago, my husband and I switched from regular margarine to Smart Balance (although we do occasionally use butter in some things). We like Smart Balance because it has a nice buttery taste, but is free from hydrogenated oils (i.e. trans fats) and you can purchase a light version, one with extra Omega-3s, one [...]