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Summer Pizza and Pesto!

August 24th, 2011

I love the bounty of summertime and basil is one of the tops for me. First of all, I think it is such a beautiful plant. The green of the leaves, the delicious aroma and the possibilities in the kitchen that are endless. It is part of the mint family nd in Greek, basil means “King”. It is high in Vitamin A, beta-carotene, magnesium and potassium. It has anti-inflammatory properties and is used for skin ailments as well as cold, headache, reducing fever and digestive aid. Medicinally, not only the leaves but the seed and oil of the plant are used for treating various ailments.

Basil is fairly easy to grow especially in the garden. It will also do well as a potted plant. Since it likes humidity and lots of sunshine, it is easier to grow in the summer than indoors in the colder months but it can be done and is quite worth the efffort. If you pinch back the plant, it will bush out a bit creating more and longer growth. Use the leaves as they are picked. Keep those stems! When mincing up basil for use in sauces or making pesto, use those stems.

Oooooo, speaking of pesto, what a treat it is to have in the summer! It is so fresh and makes you feel incredibly alive. I swear I get a jolt of energy when I eat the stuff. It is so easy to make and I recommend making a lot, I mean a hge batch so you can store the goodness away for the middle of winter as well.

Pesto!

2 cups basil leaves
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup pine nuts
3 medium sized cloves of garlic
salt to taste

Put all the ingredients in the food processor and pulse until well blended.

Now, the great thing about making pesto is it lends itself to a lot of variation. Instead of pine nuts, you can use walnuts or a comination of the two. I like to use a bit less oil while making the pesto when I am going to be storing it. To do this, make the pesto minus a little oil. Fill an ice cube tray wwith eh pesto. Then, here is the little trick, top the pesto cubes with a little more oil. That helps seal in the color and it will brown less. Once the cubes are frozen, pop them out and store in the freezer in a container until you are ready to use it. The otehr reason I like to use less oil is so I have more flexibility withe the cubes. In winter, it is lovely to pull out a pesto cube, add some coconut milk and serve over veggies.

Let’s not rush things though. After all, it is still summer and we have plenty of sunny basil picking days ahead of us. Pesto is a great way to dress up a plate of veggies or add some fresh basil to your homemade salad dressing. A perfect appetizer or main meal for two is summer pizza. Using your favorite raw bread or cracker recipe, make one large or a couple smaller rounds and dehydrate. My new favorite is a cheezy cracker recipe. It is made with cashew and sunflower seeds as the base. Added in are tomatoes and red pepper. It is the loveliest orange color and really tastes like cheezy crackers. It compliments the color of the pesto superbly. Top your pizza with pesto and fresh sliced tomatoes. Rigth now there are a lot of great Heirloom tomatoes available in your garden or at local farmers markets and stands. The pizza takes only five minutes to make if you have preparred pizza flats stored away and is filling, full flavored and a divine treat!

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a delicate balance

January 16th, 2011

Last year, after reading The China Study by T. Colin Campbell,  I was looking up more information about the relationship of consumption of animal protein with disease and stumbled on a movie on You Tube called A Delicate Balance. I started watching and found it to be really informative and well done. Their assertions are backed up by research studies. I was shocked at some of the statistics, and found some new information on a topic on which I had previously considered myself well-versed.

People can’t make well-informed choices if they don’t have information! This film goes a long way to elucidating the connection between disease and diet.

Definitely worth a watch! I’m not sure how long   you can watch it free online, so take a gander while you can!

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Ready, set, go!

January 12th, 2011

What am I going to eat? Do you ever say this? I feel like I say this a lot unless…..

I plan a day to make lots of goodies. We are quite a mixed bunch in this house. My husband eats whatever I make at home and thoroughly enjoys the variety and surprise of what might adorn the table. My 10 year old has unique tastes that always surprise me and I can never seem to know if he will love it or hate it. he loves spicy and things that frankly, are notso pleasing to me such as sardines! My six year old is in the pickier phase of food choices and says, "I don’t like it" before even trying it. He loves mashed potatoes and noodles with marinara sauce and don’t mess with changin’ it up! On the flip side, same said six year old loves raw mediterranean dolmas, kale salad, kale chips with lots of nutritional yeast on them and salad. Go figure! Then there is me. I have horrible self control when I bring junk food in the house or sweets. So, I have a plan!!

I have days of mass food prep for raw foods so when I feel not much like making raw foods for me and still cook for the family, I don’t have to. Here is what I do. Figure out what I am in the mood for and peruse my recipes and cupboards. Next, I lay out all those recipes and start the process. I start soaking anything that needs it and look over what order I need to make things in. If anything is for the dehydrator, I make sure I have enough going in that will fill it. Moore bang for your buck doing it this way. This is all done in the afternoon or early evening.

Fast forward to the next day. Everything is soaked and the recipes are out and I am in the kitchen ready to rumble. The recipes I am making today are Mediterranean dolmas out of Ani Phio’s book that are just fantastic. I make them all at once calling in Gatlin, the six year old to do the rolling. When I first started making these, he didn’t like them. After the I don’t know how many times later, and having participated in making them several times, he started to try them again and now loves them. Having them all rolled, I keep them in the fridge and it is quick to grab one for a snack, send with hubby to work or pack up and bring for us for lunch.

Next in the line up is the classic Cashew Mayo. Everyone in the house loves this dip and it is quick, easy and filling to serve for lunch with cut up veggies, smear on a romaine leaf topped with tomato and any other toppings around like shredded carrot, eggplant bacon or some seaweed. It is a perfect appetizer for hungry bellies while dinner cooks or a good pack and go when heading out for a playdate.

One of my favorites and more on the heartier side are some burgers. The base is walnuts and they have a little spice from a jalapeno thrown in. These will go in the dehydrator and then can be a substantial lunch or accompany an evening meal. The kids aren’t fans but Dan and I are.

A new recipe to me are rosemary flax crackers from a recipe put out by Carmella at the Sunny Raw Kitchen. Those will help to fill the dehydrator trays and be the crunchy item on the menu for the week. I may get ambitious and make some Walnut Hemp crackers but time will determine that.

Rounding it all out are Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups. I got the recipe from Renegade Health but am going to make some changes and switch out the peanut butter for almond butter. The whole family loves these! They stay in the freezer and are perfect when we have a hankerin’ for chocolate.

So, there you have it. Lots of choices for me this week that are nice and varried and qwill keep me smiling!

So, go soak your nuts!!

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Sweet Rainbow Kale Salad

January 10th, 2011

MMmmmmm Mmmmmmm! I just can’t get enough of the stuff!!

I do love kale and have one recipe in particular that is my favorite kale salad recipe ever. This recipe is a well known one to any friends or family I know. I passed the recipe on to all that asked and I know they have said it is asked for in their families and circles of friends as well.

Hold on though, wait a minute, can it be true? Oh, sweet Rainbow Kale it is!! I have a new favorite that I just can’t get enough of. The first time I made it, I measured everything and was very pleased with the salad. Next time around I didn’t even need to measure because it is such a simple and quick salad to throw together. That is a high scorer in my book as well!

The recipe comes out of The 30 Minute Vegan cookbookby Mark Reinfeld and Jenifer Murray. Hats off to them both on a great book. It is true to it’s name and if a recipe requires more time for things like soaking ahead of time, it is clearly marked. It is not a raw book, but a lot of the recipes are live food recipes and marked right at the top as such. Also, in the variations sections directly under some of the recipes is a way to make the recipe a raw version. I love this!!

Rainbow Kale Salad
serves 4

6 cups lightly packed kale, stems removed
1/4 cup diced red pepper
1/4 cup diced yellow pepper
1/2 cup grated carrot
1/2 cup thinly sliced red cabbage

Dressing
2 TBS olive oil
1 TBS freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 clove garlic, pressed or minced
1 tsp pure maple syrup (not raw)
1 tsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp cayenne

cut or tear the kale into bite sized pieces.
mix all salad ingredients in a large bowl.
whisk all the dressing ingredients together in a separate bowl.
Pour dressing over the salad and massage with your hands into the salad making sure it is evenly distributed.
Serve immediately or chill 10 minutes before serving.

One thing I love about this recipe is simply the name. Especially for a healthy way to approaching food preparation and getting kids involved. We are trying to accomplish a rainbow. So, you can really play with your food and ingredients here and substitute all sorts of rainbow colors in this salad.

I will be honest and the salad never gets the chill time in this house. It goes into the big bowl to serve and gobbled up soon afterward. If any is leftover, it will last a day or two in the fridge.

This is a lip smackin’ sweet and light kale salad that is easy to make even at the last minute and adds beautiful color to your day. Enjoy!

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New Year’s Detox Deal

December 28th, 2010

Whoooooooo Weeeeeee! Are you still spinning from all the holiday excitement?

How was everybody’s holidays? Were they filled with taste bursting raw stuffing topped with raw cranberry relish, lots of big green salads and some warm spiced almond milk to go with your raw holiday dessert or did it tip the scale on the side of lots of breads, cakes, candies, hams, oh my!

Have no fear, the Raw Divas got your back! They are doing their 21 Day Detox Diet
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How nice would it be to loose the extra pounds gained over the holidays and gain health while you’re at it? All without having to scour your recipes and do all the menu planning. Like I said, they have you covered!

The 21 Day Detox Diet is full of tasty green smoothie recipes, menu plans and information to get you motivated and on thee right track.

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Happy New Year!

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Free Thanksgiving Ebook

November 21st, 2010

This is amazing!!

Heidi and Justin over at Raw Food Right Now sent a most gracious email with an offering you will truly be Thankful for this Thanksgiving!

I love that Heidi and Justin are truly real people trying to survive eating raw in a not so raw food society. They always have great tips and have the most delish recipes. Definately check out their site.

Now on to the good stuff. Here is the email I recieved and morning free to share!! Thank you Heidi and Justin!!

Please make sure to mention Crunchybits when you email Heidi to get your FREE Thanksgiving book. I already recieved mine and can’t wait to make the Cranberry Relish recipe. Christmas holds no worries either with their Christmas Ebook. I am most excited about drinking the ‘egg’nog and making sugar cookies for Santa with the kids and OOooo, don’t forget the chocolate coins which was always the best to get when I woke on Christmas Morning!!

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Raw Food Right Now
Thanksgiving 2010 Issue

Inside This Issue:
How to Get Your Own F’ree Raw Thanksgiving ebook!

Get More Holiday Recipes with Our RFRN Christmas eBook!

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Hellooo from snowy Minnesota! Justin and I are all curled up near the modern “fireplace” …our computers. :-)

We had over 12 inches of snow…and more is on the way! We are looking forward to having some nice hot tea and warming soups this winter in addition to all our raw favorites.

I just can’t believe how fast this year has been – it will already be Thanksgiving in one week! Amazing!

Justin and I are working hard on a few upcoming “secret raw food projects”. I have been sworn to secrecy so I can’t say anything specific…but all I can say right now is be on the lookout in your inbox – I’ll email you with the news because we are going to tell you first!!!

I hope that no matter where you are right now in the world that as the end of the year…the end of a decade rolls near…that you are able to find time to take care of yourself!
XOXO,
~ Heidi & JS

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How to Get Your Own F’REE Copy of Our Insanely Popular Raw Thanksgiving eBook!

As much as we love all of our international friends reading this right now (from 37 countries!!!), our American holiday of Thanksgiving is upon us.

We love you Canadians too – hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving this year!

You may be a long time raw foodie, or this may be your first Thanksgiving raw.

But did you know that Justin and I wrote our first book, “Raw Thanksgiving ebook” over 4 years ago?!

We originally offered the ebook for f’ree in November 2006…and the response was so huge I couldn’t leave my computer for a week!!

Nowadays the ebook “Raw Thanksgiving Recipes” sells year-round for 12 dollars. Hundreds of people have purchased our Thanksgiving ebook, and we are thankful for their support to help keep RawFoodRightNow.com alive.

Keep in mind the f’ree ebook promotion expired over four years ago…but we have decided to offer one final special for the Thanksgiving ebook…

…we are offering YOU your own very f’ree copy of the book!

HOW TO GET YOUR F’REE RAW THANKSGIVING EBOOK

All you have to do…. is email us a quick nice little note to me before 11/25/2010 to:

rawfoodrightnow@gmail.com

Make sure to introduce yourself and ask nicely for the Thanksgiving book!

It’s that simple!

Keep in mind that we haven’t set up some crazy delivery system for doing this… so when you email me I will be emailing you personally!

Please be patient if I don’t email you immediately…but I promise if you email me I’ll send you the book for f’ree within 24-48 hours.

I’m so excited for you to try my Goji Berry Cranberry Sauce! And the Raw Stuffing — mmm!!

FYI my most popular recipe EVER is inside the Raw Thanksgiving ebook – for Raw Devilled “Egg-less” Egg Spread!

Get Your Copy Today – Email Heidi now!!

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And if you want extra holiday recipes…our second book, Raw Christmas, is going on sale today for one week only!

Normally we sell copies of this gem for $15 each, but we’ve slashed the price all the way down to less than 10 dollars…you can get 14 more holiday recipes for only 9.97!!

Just look at all the Yummy Christmas recipes:

Spiced Apple Cider
Instant Egg Nog
Christmas Wreath Salad
Red Berry Vinaigrette
Flax seed Crackers
Mango Cranberry Chutney
Macadamia White Cheddar Cheese Ball
Meaty Nut Loaf.
Marinara Sauce
Dark Chocolate Coins
Rich Chocolate Fudge
Creamy Rice Pudding
Raspberry Jam
Sugar Cookies

Just think: Two books filled with holiday recipes for 9.97 is a great deal – especially because hundreds of raw foodies know these recipes actually work!

You can see pictures of all the recipes on the official Christmas ebook web page:

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Grab your copy today and get ready for all the upcoming holiday parties!!

Buy Raw Christmas Right Now!!

And if you already have the books or don’t need them this year and still want to support us, feel free to send over a “donation” by buying a copy. We appreciate it!

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Heidi’s Famous Caramel Apple Dip

You may already have my secret recipe for Raw Carmel Apple Dip…but I have been getting many requests for it from people claiming they can’t find their copy of the recipe.
Raw Carmel Apple Dip is one of the recipes included in the Raw Thanksgiving ebook that I am sending out for F’ree – this week only!!! so if you haven’t already gotten a copy of the Thanksgiving ebook…email Heidi now!!
Raw Carmel Apple Dip
Makes 4-6 servings

Ingredients:

2 cups Medjool dates, chopped and soaked for one hour in a mixture of water with the juice of one small lemon (drain the dates, and leave the soaking water aside)
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
juice of one half small lemon
1 teaspoon salt

Blend in a high powered blender, and using the plunger tool, keep moving the mixture as the blender might struggle a bit. Blend until creamy. Serve the dip with apples or pears.

Tips:

1. The dates get a much better “bite” of flavor when soaked in the water/lemon juice mixture
2. Maple syrup gives a better caramel flavor than agave nectar. Or, if you are opposed to maple syrup, you can choose to use the clear agave nectar (the ONLY kind to use) instead.
3. the vanilla extract helps give the mixture the color and the flavor of caramel. Without the vanilla extract the dip has a much lighter brown color and the date flavor comes through.

Good news! If you store the dip in an airtight container, this caramel apple dip will last for approximately three days.

If you want more awesome recipes like this for the Holiday season, make sure to check out our Raw Christmas ebook!

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What is Raw Food Right Now?

Raw Food Right Now is a raw food company dedicated to helping you go raw in your world. We are here to help you learn about raw food and make the raw food diet work for you.

Raw Food Right Now is the creation of Heidi and JS Ohlander; a happy loving couple who went raw together back in 2004. Since that time they have studied every aspect of raw food, and are here to share their extensive knowledge with others.

Their popular blog, rawfoodrightnow.blogspot.com is revered as one of the best raw food blogs on the Internet. It’s frequent content is full of raw food news, articles, tips, tricks, recipes and inspiration on how to make raw food quick and easy and fun.

Raw Food Right Now means eating food that feels right to you, feels right for your body, and makes you feel good. Raw Food Right Now means making raw food preparation as quick and easy as possible so you can eat raw food and get on with the other important things in your life. And Raw Food Right Now means the latest news and information to keep you up to date in the raw food world!

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That’s it for this issue!
Talk to you soon!

~ Heidi and JS

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Mike Adams Health Ranger FREE

November 10th, 2010

 

If I were to ask you to eat a raw food diet, would
you consider that to be a radical diet? (I think most
people would!)

Or would you consider eating pesticides, herbicides,
hormones, and other manufactured chemicals found
in everyday foods to be radical?

It’s a pretty interesting question to ask…

Alex Ortner, producer of the film “Simply Raw” sat down
with Mike Adams, one of the world’s leading consumer
advocates on health and well-being, to discuss this topic.

The interview is another eye-opening interview in
the 100% fr*ee Simply Raw Video Series that has
been released over the last week.

Just like all the videos in this Series, this video is a
down to earth interview that must be seen by anyone
who cares about their health…

If you want real solutions to real health problems
then I highly suggest you see this video:

http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?Clk=3996750

I hope you watch!

To your health,

Sabrina Granniss

P.S. – Unfortunately a whole lot of false information from
the food and drug industry has been put out to the
public to keep them ignorant to the truths discussed
in this video.

They’ve put billions of dollars into keeping us ignorant
with advertisements that say ridiculous things like
“high fructose corn syrup is fine in moderation.”

Now I know that you’re smarter than to believe their
nonsense…especially if you’ve been watching the Simply
Raw Video Series over the last week.

This 100% fr*ee video series has been getting amazing
reviews for it’s eye opening information (over 2,000
comments in just 7 days…)

Make sure to check it out:

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David Wolfe video FREE

November 7th, 2010

If you’ve been following the amazing Simply Raw
Video Series you probably know by now that we
in America and the rest of the world need to make
some serious changes in how we approach health…

And you’ve probably realized through this 100% fr*ee
video series how important health is for your energy,
vitality and overall success in whatever endeavor
you undertake.

After all, it’s hard to run a successful business,
have a great relationship with your spouse or
even feel fully stable emotionally when you’re drained
of energy from having a body that doesn’t deliver
the energy you ask of it…

I think this video series has been an eye opener
for many people about the society we’re living in that
is getting sicker and sicker.

Fortunately there are solutions and they’re available
for you right now. The question is…are you willing
to listen?

If you are then I suggest you take a look at video #3
in this fr*ee series with raw food expert David Wolfe
which has just been released!

http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?Clk=3989789

In this video Alex Ortner, one of the executive producers
of the film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days”,
sits down for a casual interview with David to not only
get his take on whats going on with the health of the world
but also to get some practical, immediate steps that
any person can take to get healthy.

To watch this video and the two other videos that have been
released right now just click on the link below:

http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?Clk=3989789

I think that this video series that is being released by the
Raw for Thirty team is amazing and that every person
should watch them.

Plus, I know about the secret surprise that’s coming as
we get closer to World Diabetes Day on November 14th
and I want to make sure that you know about it. :)

Alex and his team are passionate about helping to not
only improve your health but also to working together
to create a more health conscious world where disease
is no longer the norm.

I hope you check out the videos. They really are amazing…

http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?Clk=3989789

To your health!

P.S. – I promise you that watching these videos will inspire
you and educate you on how to lead a better life where you
have an endless level of vitality and energy.

This information is powerful…and it can change your life…

http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?Clk=3989789

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Did Your Doctor Tell You This???

November 4th, 2010

What I’m about to share with you is information
that you’re doctor has probably never told you.

He’s never told you this because quite frankly,
he probably doesn’t even know it himself.

Most doctors tend to be pretty clueless about
how to get people healthy in the first place let
alone how to keep them healthy.

But there are some doctors that do…

And the video that you’ll see in a minute is
from one of the world’s leading medical doctors.

One of those doctors that does his job… you
know, keeping people healthy so that they stop
having to see him all the time.

His name is Dr. Joel Fuhrman and he’s about to
share with you specific details on what you
can do to ensure that you never get sick again.

http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?Clk=3985276

Dr. Fuhrman is going to share specifics on
topics such as

*The root cause of all illnesses

*The biological explanation for why people have
food addictions

*What macronutrients and micronutrients are
and why you’re likely eating too many
macronutrients and not enough micronutrients.

*How to reverse chronic diseases.

*And a whole lot more…

http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?Clk=3985276

This video is video number two in the 100% fr*ee
Simply Raw Video Series that is being released
by the makers of the film “Simply Raw”.

The first video was released on Monday and
featured Morgan Spurlock from the film “Super
Size Me”.

The video with Morgan has already had over
1,000 comments on the blog since it’s release!

Make sure to watch this video with Dr. Fuhrman
and if you happened to have missed the video
with Morgan Spurlock don’t worry…you’ll get
to see that one also. :)

To your health!

P.S. – Typically when you see a doctor you get
charged an arm and a leg for information that
is probably not helping you all that much. With
this video you get to learn from one of the world’s
top doctors… for fr*ee.

I can’t even imagine how much money watching this
video will save you in future medical visits…

http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?Clk=3985276

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Movie Nights

November 4th, 2010

We love family movie nights! Now, usually the kids get to pick the movie but there are the occasions that I get to pop one on to watch with my hubby. I guess we are doing a good job because the kids seem to be into my crunchy health movies now, too!

The first movie I want to mention is Simply Raw : Reversing Diabetes In 30 Days.The movie follows six people sent to Tree Of Life in Arizona as they learn about and follow a raw vegan diet for 30 days. All the people have diabetes. Most have type 2 diabetes but one of the cast has type 1. There is a twist at the end for one of the people who find out that they actually had type 1 not 2 diabetes which is much harder to get rid of completely.

At The Tree Of Life, Dr. Gabriel Cousens assesses all the people with various medical tests and they are very closely monitored over the 30 days. They learn how to prepare food themselves and learn all about how they can take charge of their life. It is amazing that within the first week some of the people are off meds all together and the others are greatly reduced.

I was very hesitant to see this movie because I don’t have diabetes and neither does anyone in my family. I know some people who do but didn’t think it would have much relevance for me. I was wowed completely by this movie and would watch it again! It is amazing what diet can do. I know this but it is so incredible to see the transition these individuals go through during the 30 days.

I loved that they are real people. They have families like you and I. They know that when they go home they will go back to living in a society that is not incredibly supportive of a fantastically healthy lifestyle and even have a skewed view of what healthy is.

I laughed and cried and fell in love with them all! I highly recommend this film to all!

Second on the screen was Crazy Sexy Cancer with Kris Carr. She is a young lady in her early 20’s who finds out she has a rare cancer with tumors that will never go away. She takes matters into her own hands and decides to find life rather than find how to die. She meets some other crazy sexy people along the way all with different types of cancers and powerful stories that create a message of we will not give in. One is even so fittingly put “Fuck Cancer”. There are benefits put on to help raise money to pay bills from the extremely expensive procedures, tests and meds that Jackie is one who started the Fuck Cancer movement. She is on an astonishing 17 medications most of which are to combat another medication she is on. What is wrong with that picture!!!

Another person she meets is a writer and her sister both of who have cancer. The sister has a young child at home and it shows the realities of how this affects moms in a most devastating way.

The women in the movie all have fabulous stories to share. Kris is on a major mission to fight this disease and win! She goes to all extremes and realms of the natural health world to find solutions. She tries a macro diet, yoga, visualization, chiropractics, juice fasting and ends up at Hippocrates Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. She learns about sprouts and the raw diet and how to incorporate this into her life.

Through all her exploration and video diaries, she does find life and is enriched. She also finds something else very special worth living for….. but you’ll have to see the movie to find that out!

So cut up those veggies and make your favorite dip for movie night!

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