OOOOOoooooOooOooooooo, lushness itself?Mr Monarch and I have headed south to the summery delights of Australia?we arrived down under a week ago as I write this and it has been a YUMMY adventure thus far?we?ve been to the beach almost every day, eaten fresh cherries by the handful and given talks in Sydney to a lovely group of antipodean rawbies ? we?re around for a few months more yet, so we?re excited to see what unfolds here in the sun? :)

In this issue of the RawReform Newsletter you shall indeed find info on:

*Golden Chopsticks Award
*Raw Summit 2
*Raw Success ? Winner Announced
*NewsTarget Article
*A Squirrel?s Perspective on Humans
*New Recommended Products
*WIN UliManaMana Chocolates
*Media Round-up
*Email Gremlins
*Raw Banana Bread Recipe

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Golden Chopsticks Award

I was absolutely DELIGHTED last month to receive the ?Golden Chopstix? Award at the 3rd annual Raw Spirit Festival in Sedona, Arizona. The awards are stated as being for ?Up-and-Coming Raw Food Leaders?. Although I was not able to be present physically at the festival, due to current visa complications, I was ?virtually there? for a large portion of the event, via Skype video conferencing with Mr Monarch ? which was SO much fun. He accepted the award for me, as you can see in this video I just posted to YouTube:

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Raw Summit 2

Sergei Boutenko, Ani Phyo, Joel Fuhrman, Robert O. Young, Rev. Michael Beckwith, Brain and Anna Maria Clement, Rod Rotondi, Annie Jubb, Tim Van Orden, Karen Knowler, Mike Nash?

Looks like a yummy selection?to read more about it and to sign up to hear the talks for FREE, click HERE. The Summit will work in the same way as last time ? you can sign up and listen for free to each talk for 24 hours from the time it is first broadcast. You can also sign up for more ?deluxe? packages, which give you access to the calls as you like. ENJOY ;)
(BTW, if you didn?t hear the FIRST Raw Summit calls, or would like to hear them again, you can still get access to them through THIS LINK.)

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Raw Success ? Winner Announced

As announced last month, Mr Monarch?s new book, ?Raw Success? is OUT NOW :) It was launched at the Raw Spirit Fest in Arizona and sold around 500 copies in the first week alone? We?re excited that this ground-breaking info is getting out there? Raw Success contains details of ?The Blood Gas Theory? (among other things) ? which is something Dr. Fred Bisci ?handed down? to Matt and seems to be rarely spoken of/understood in raw food circles, yet is KEY for understanding how detox works. As detox is an enormous part of what being raw is all about for most modern humans ? releasing decades and decades of old waste ? it?s easy to appreciate the value of this book ?You can see Raw Success and order your copy HERE... ENJOY and do email Matt at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to let him know your thoughts if you read it? ;)
Last month we also had a RawReform giveaway contest to win a FREE copy of Raw Success. To be in with a chance of winning, we asked you to send in YOUR top three tips for success with a raw lifestyle. Y?all sent in some WONDERFUL ideas ? thanks so much. A selection of the entries have been posted to the RawReform Giveaways Page HERE: http://www.rawreform.com/content/view/274/138/

The WINNER however, picked at random, was XC with the following guidance:

1.  Variety - include at least one new raw recipe a week - that way you don't get stuck in a rut.

2. Share your wonderful creations with others - this is affirming for you and allows you to share in your enthusiasm of the wonders and benefits of this lifestyle.

3.  Looking and feeling better than ever are the greatest motivators to staying raw, and one of the ways I find so helpful is to: Have a green smoothie at least once a day, and vary the combo variations.  You will be a powerhouse of energy and vitality!  Even kids cannot resist a good combo of yummy fruits and leafy greens all whipped up in a delish concoction.
XC

Thanks so much XC and everyone else who entered this contest, for sharing your tips. You can check out many of the other entries HERE and the complimentary copy of Raw Success is on its way to XC now ;)

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RawReform on NewsTarget

On October the 15th, NewsTarget published one of my weight loss articles as their lead in a whole email blast about raw foods. If you?re not familiar with the work of NewsTarget and its founder, Mike Adams, I?d highly recommend checking it out. They send out email shots most days with cutting-edge alternative health info. It?s an extremely popular email service, with over 100,000 subscribers I believe? On October the 15th, raw foods got highlighted in a big email blast to that whole list?WOW...imagine if ALL those people shimmied a little further into the light of raw foods, what an impact that would have... :) You can see my article on the NewsTarget site HERE: http://www.newstarget.com/022123.html

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Top 15 Reasons Why Squirrels (and other animals) Must Think We?re Nuts...

I?m SO excited to share with you an article I recently came across? I think this is one of the most wonderful things I?ve read in recent years ? I love it. The title is ?Top 15 Reasons Why Squirrels (and other animals) Must Think We?re Nuts? and it?s by an ?eco? writer called Gavin Hudson. This article is SO in alignment with the way I see the world?and it?s well-written, funny and intelligent?wonderful. I loved it so much that I asked the writer if I could add it to the RawReform site?he agreed and so?well, I?ll let you just go and read it for yourself ? it?s HERE:  http://www.rawreform.com/content/view/344/127/

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New Recommended Products

The RawReform Store has been awash with gourmet new raw food goodies of late?I?ve been blogging about many of them ? here are a few of my favourites:

Flax Crackers:

I am TOTALLY loving our new Mineral-Rich Flax Crackers. They?re so thick that you can easily use them as a pizza base and feature the most delicious combination of pumpkin, sesame and flax seeds with dulse ? it?s extraordinary ? I can?t actually really work out in fact HOW they managed to end up tasting so great, as the ingredients are really simple?just the technique and the love in the product I guess ;)


Alive Hummus:

The dry-mix hummus packs from Matter of Flax are a fantastic niche product. They contain a dry blend of different ground seeds, herbs, spices and so on, which you can then simply add water to, to make into a sauce, dip, soup-base or whatever you like. Their flavours are so beautifully balanced ? you can feel the love that?s gone into developing these ?raw fast foods? ;) My favourite is the Sundried Tomato hummus pack.


Gopal?s Powersticks:

These ?old school? raw snacks have been around for years on the raw scene. Simple, tasty, inexpensive, these mini-nori rolls make a great snack or side dish. We have the Curry, Italian and Mexican varieties.

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WIN UliManaMana Chocolates

MMmmmMMMmMmm  :) We recently added the whole line of Ulimanamana raw chocolates to the RawReform Store and they?re proving to be bestsellers already?and not without due reason?they are, quite simply, the best raw chocolates on the market that we?ve tasted. Made with MUCH love by a fabulous team in Asheville, NC, these little rich balls of dark chocolate ecstasy are raw decadence defined?and this month we have 3 CANISTERS of them to package off to one very lucky winner?WOW?

To be in with a chance of sinking your gnashers into these chocolate-y bliss orbs, just answer the following question:

Send your answer to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and the winner will be picked at random and announced next month. Enjoy :)

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RawReform Media Roundup

The RawReform Media Coverage page has just been updated. Here are some of the most recent interviews I?ve given:

Revvellations:
In early October, my radio interview with long-term health seeker and raw foodie Revvell Revati went up online. Revvell interviews many different speakers about health, success and realising our potential. She seems a lovely being, sharing useful, illuminating info with the world via internet radio and this was a fun interview to do? ;) You can listen to the interview for free here: http://www.bigmediausa.com/archive.asp?aid=10513

Co-op Radio Interview:
There was something quite delicious about this interview for Vancouver Co-op radio. The host is a lovely, gentle, insightful woman named Allart?this interview differed to so many others in that we went deeeeeeep into the emotional aspects of my raw food journey ? almost to the exclusion of all else ;) It was wonderful to share so much, especially with a fellow raw foodie and WOMAN who clearly is very passionate about health and healing for the masses?beautiful?you can listen to the interview for free HERE:
http://www.animalvoices.org/dynamichealth/dh-2007-10-10.mp3

Pear Magazine:
The second half of my interview in online raw mag Pear Magazine is out now. The magazine is currently celebrating its second birthday and also includes articles by a teen raw columnist, plus interviews with Karen Knowler and Heidi and Justin from Raw Food, Right Now. Hurray :) You can order your copy via Storm and Jinjee's site, HERE... http://www.thegardendiet.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/aff.cgi?a=51

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Email Gremlins

I am so sorry to say that directly after sending the RawReform Newsletter last month, the email gremlins monkeyed the whole RawReform email system, for an entire WEEK. So, if you sent messages and never heard a response from us, we?re not ignoring you ;) Apologies for any inconvenience. Everything is completely back to full functionality as I write now, so please feel free to send messages again. We are particularly keen to hear again from anyone in New Zealand if you?d sent us suggestions for places to speak/hold retreats down there from next February onwards ? please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and let us know your thoughts ;)

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Raw Banana Bread Recipe

When Mr Monarch went raw, one of the main things he missed was the yummy banana bread his mum used to make him. He made it his mission to re-create the taste, RAW. The result is a spectacularly simple recipe, which I shared this month on the RawReform Blog to MUCH interest and unexpected excitement?it seems people out there are hankering for raw bread ;) So I decided to share the recipe here too?ENJOY :)

Banana-Nut Bread
2 cups vegetable juice pulp (preferably at least half of it carrot pulp)
8 tbsp ground flax or chia
3⁄4 cup chopped walnuts
3⁄4 cup raisins
5 bananas

Mix together the veggie juice pulp and bananas in a food processor. Add in the ground flax or chia and let the food processor run until the seeds are completely mixed in.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl with the walnuts and raisins and mix them in thoroughly by hand. Shape into a loaf. For major yumminess, top with ?Cream Cheese? (see below).

Cream Cheese
Flesh of three avocadoes
9 dates
juice of 1 or 2 lemons
big handful of dulse

Blend the ingredients in a blender. Serve on top of banana-nut bread, or just eat on its own ;)

That?s it ? super-easy, a good way to recycle juicing pulp and VERY yummy ? well, we like it anyway?;)
You may like to experiment with dehydrating the ?bread? before eating?we?ve never done that ? we just shape it into smthg and eat it immediately ? I?m sure it would be great dehydrated too though?also, Mr Monarch recommended that I tell you that he actually prefers the version I recently made using the ingredients we had on hand ? I used chopped brazil nuts and diced prunes instead of walnuts and raisins and I also added in some lucuma powder for shortbready yumminess? ;)

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WELL?that seems like PLENTY of sharing for now?Newsletter Number 30 - wow - how did we ever get so far along this magical path...??? ;) ...sending blessings and joyous abundance for YOUR raw journey, wherever you may be?ENJOY :)

One love,
Angela. xxx

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