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I was in Los Angeles and had the pleasure of staying with good friends Malaena and Rama at the Tarzana Oneness Center. The center runs classes in living food nutrition and preparation (tarzanaoneness.com). On this relaxed Sunday, we prepared green smoothies, sesame-almond-yogurt and raw hummus! Actually, Malaena did most of the preparation and I took notes and got it on film. Here is the hummus recipe:

Raw Hummus:
1 cup sesame almond coconut yogurt
1 cup soaked sesame seeds
1 tsp. cumin
1/4 tsp. cayenne
1 tsp. celtic sea sale (or miracle salt)
3 cloves garlic
1 lemon, juiced

Blend all ingredients in blender, Blend-Tec, or Vita-Mix and enjoy!

Email me at ariel@womengoraw.com for info on Miracle Salt, a highly alkalinizing salt.

Here is the recipe for the yogurt:

Sesame-Almond Yogurt:
2 cups almonds, soaked
1 cup sesame seeds, soaked
1 coconut – water and flesh
1/2 tsp. Natural Choice Products Probiotics – available at the link below:

http://live-food-doctor.ncpweb.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?prodid=148&cid

Blend in blender, Blend-Tec or Vita-Mix. Pour into a bowl, cover and let it sit out for 4-6 hours. Then, store in the fridge for about 12 hours. At this point, you should have a cultured yogurt. Keeps about 5 or so days. You can use a small amount of this yogurt as a starter for your next yogurt. The NCP probiotics are very powerful to take on their own for digestive health or to use in your yogurt as a starter culture.

It is vitally important to include cultured foods in your raw food diet! Cultured foods include the all powerful, immune supportive and health promoting good bacteria. We have more bacteria in our digestive system than we have cells in our body. If you are eating a raw food diet and you do not include cultured foods, I believe that your digestion can still be a bit off, you could feel deficient or have food cravings, and you might even have difficulty losing weight. Try including this yogurt and I believe you will feel better.

I also want to note that there are people eating a raw food diet who are often consuming a high volume of nuts. Again, they may have bloating or feel deficient or feel that they are not getting enough nutrition in some way. I want to recommend that you swtich your consumption of nuts for fat to the consumption of these yogurts for a week or so and see how you feel (you will be getting the fat from the nuts and coconut in the yogurt.

Malaena Mullen is a massage therapist, a doula, a live food teacher and a Oneness Blessing Facilitator. Pretty amazing multi-talented woman! She eats a 100% raw food diet. Her mentor was Lou Corona, and she was so moved by his presence and his message that she went raw shortly after meeting him. She conducts ongoing live food classes at the Tarzana Oneness Center. (She also runs a weekly blessing ceremony called deeksha every Thursday, and is available for doula services). I think that all that Malaena does in just one week is a great testament to the power of a raw food diet! Thank you, Malaena!!!