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Fun and easy to make - and equally fun and easy to eat. They do get a tad messy but I trust you can handle this. All that’s in these burgers and fries is a whack load of vegetables and spices. Goes like this: throw stuff in the food processor, rub things with your hands, toss something in the dehydrator and you’ll have a gourmet raw food meal in no time! (Okay, I may have simplified that process a little.) But seriously - it’s pretty much that easy. Look at the colors of this food.

It’s alive. I’m alive. Let’s boogy. I was looking for jicama but went with what was at the store and they turned out great! If you're new to raw food - go with jicama first.

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YAM BURGERS & DAIKON FRIES WITH KETCHUP By Emily from This Rawsome Vegan Life | Serves 5 or so BURGERS:

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1 yam/sweet potato

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1 red bell pepper

1 teaspoon veg oil (optional but recommended)

4 dates

salt, pepper, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, basil, turmeric,

5 tablespoons ground flax seeds 4 tablespoons nutritional yeast 4 large mushrooms 4 garlic cloves salt, pepper, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, basil, turmeric, paprika (to taste)

paprika (to taste)

KETCHUP: 1-2 tomatoes ½ cup sun dried tomatoes salt (to taste) 3 dates water or lemon juice (as needed)

1    To make the burgers: prep the veggies as needed and cut them into chunks. 2    Then pulse all the ingredients in your food processor until everything becomes a thick, wet-ish mixture, but don’t pulse too long. You want pieces of the food still visible and you don’t want it to be too wet. Adjust according to taste. 3    Then form into patties 4    For raw: dehydrate for 3-4 hours, or use your oven at it’s lowest temperature. You could eat them right away if you like, but they won’t hold their shape too well. 5    For non-raw: bake gently for 20min on 180C (G Team suggestion) 6    To make the fries: peel the daikon and slice into fries. Rub in the oil and spices. 7    For raw: Dehydrate for 3 hours or in your oven at it’s lowest temperature, (or you could eat them right away if you like). 8    For non-raw: bake gently for 20min on 180C (G Team suggestion)

TO MAKE THE KETCHUP: 9    Blend all ingredients in your food processor or blender until smooth, adding liquid as needed. 10    Adjust according to taste.

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11    Serve the burgers, fries and ketchup with lettuce, tomatoes, marinated mushrooms, onions, sprouts, avocado, and anything else you like. Enjoy!

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HMMmmmm.... HUMMUS! EASY ROASTED RED PEPPER HUMMUS By Cortney from The Daily Pea | Serves 8 2 garlic cloves 2 cups organic cooked chickpeas ¹/³ cup organic tahini 2 tablespoons organic lemon juice ¼ cup water ¾ cup roasted organic red peppers, cut into small pieces 1 tablespoon fresh organic basil, chopped (or ¼ teaspoon dried) ⅛ teaspoon sea salt

1    Place garlic, chickpeas, tahini and lemon juice in a food processor and purée while gradually adding the water to reach a smooth consistency. 2    Add the roasted red peppers, basil and salt, then purée again until smooth. (It takes a minute for the hummus to turn that beautiful orange color from the peppers). 3    Makes around 3 cups. Transfer to a serving bowl, cover and chill for at least an hour to allow flavors to blend.

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Ooh baby. Custard. Amazing hot over freshly cooked cakes, or cold in a glass. Custard. It even sounds delicious. Custard. CUSTARD

By Sharny & Julius 500 ml coconut milk 2 whole free range/organic eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla bean extract ½ cup coconut flour

1    Heat milk in a saucepan with vanilla and coconut nectar and bring to almost boiling then remove from the heat. 2    Beat the eggs and flour in a stainless steel mixing bowl until combined. Pour the hot milk over the mixture and whisk in well. 3    Pour the whole mixture back into the saucepan and cook over a gentle heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until it thickens and coats the back of the spoon. 4    Remove from the heat quickly and pour back into the mixing bowl.

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7    To warm up a cold custard, place into a bowl and set it over a pan of simmering water. Stir and heat through gently.

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By Laurenda Marie | Serves 2 1 ripe avocado 1 ripe banana ¼ cup cocoa powder ¼ cup coconut palm sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoon coconut milk from box (or other non-dairy milk) top with chocolate shavings and fresh fruit (optional)

1    Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth 2    Chill in fridge an hour before serving. 3    Garnish with chocolate shavings and/or fresh fruit.

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IS IT something WE SAID? The vanishing of the

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icture this, one morning you wake up, stretch out and get ready for another day. You open your front door and look out on to the street. Something is wrong. It is empty. There is not a single other soul around. No buzz of traffic, no deep humming of life, no throbbing car engines. Nothing. You make your way to work through the silence and enter your office. You are alone, except for the shuffling of a few elderly co-workers. Overnight the entire population of your city has just simply disappeared. It sounds like the opening scene of a post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie. But if you happen to be a honeybee this is exactly what is happening in your world right now. Seemingly all of sudden, almost all adult worker bees have abandoned the hive, leaving stores of honey and larvae behind. Oddly, there are no dead bees to be found, no piles of corpses to be studied. Its called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and its consequences make the plot lines of a Hollywood blockbuster seem like a walk in the park.

There is no other insect in the history of human kind that has garnered as much awe, mythologising and worship as the bee. The Ancient Greeks, Celts, Mayans and countless other cultures all created a folklore based around the bee. From the Egyptian Bee Kings to Napoleon, the bee has represented immortality and resurrection and has long been a symbol of regal dominance. Political theorists from Plato to Marx have employed the concept of the hive as a model for society. Linguistically the bee is exalted as a symbol of perseverance and hard work (as busy as a bee) and the divine. To Virgil, honey was the gift of heaven; to the ancient Jews the word bee indicated the insect’s mission to give the “Divine word, Truth”. Ancient Irish folklore commands that bees be treated as one of the family and be kept informed of all news, particularly births, deaths and marriages. To stop “telling the bees” is to invoke their wrath and cause them to cease producing honey. Even in today’s image obsessed culture, the bee and the hive is a symbol of wisdom, work and strong ethics. But something is missing. The bee is no longer revered and respected as before. The wisdom of the hive is being ignored and the bees of the world are not happy. It is hard to understand the importance of bees when our lives are tucked away into neat little routines. Most of us no longer get to connect with the natural world in any significant way and thoughts of the cycle of plants are minimised by the convenience of the supermarket. The closest we come to the work of bees is spreading honey on our morning toast. But were it not for the humble, hard working bee we would all be starving.

Of the 100 crop species responsible for providing 90% of food worldwide for both humans and livestock, 71 are dependent on bee pollination. A task that is valued at $200 billion globally. That’s a lot of bees being very busy. Worryingly, 10 million beehives have been abandoned in the last six years. The magnitude of what could happen if the incidence of CCD continues to increase is unthinkable; food insecurity leading to widespread epidemics, low birth rates and conflict are just a handful of problems the world may face with the demise of the bee. As individuals these big picture problems can be overwhelming. We feel the big decisions and changes need to come from the top. However, we are far from powerless and can take simple steps to limit our own impact.

SAVING THE BEES ONE STEP AT A TIME Every dollar you spend is a vote - make it count. Planting bee friendly species, avoiding modified foods, choosing organic wherever possible and talking to others about your choices is just one simple way you can become an ambassador for the humble bee.

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My name is Luis R. Davila. I was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico but raised in the Bronx for most of my life. Growing up there was very tough. At the time, it all seemed so normal, but now I realize that for most of my upbringing I was learning to survive and defend myself. The Bronx in 1984 was derelict with stolen, stripped cars, abandoned buildings destroyed by fires, gangs and many stray dogs and cats. At school I had to deal with being bullied on a daily basis and home life was wrought with a step-dad struggling with drug addiction and a caring mother who compromised her dreams to keep a roof over our heads, food in our bellies and clothes on our backs. Sounds typical, I guess, but the details of my upbringing kept us on a razor sharp edge.

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Break dance, graffiti, and the art of rapping became my great escape. I loved music; Michael Jackson, Run DMC and Madonna became my heroes. I would lose myself imagining that someday I would be as ‘happy’ as they were. My interests in the performing arts lead me to participate in afterschool programs that separated me from the bullies and home life for a few hours a day. I learned ways to express myself without being called names. Eventually, my love for dance became noticed by a drama teacher in junior high school who recommended me to the Fieldston School of Performing Arts where I earned my first summer dance scholarship. Unfortunately, this was short lived.

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