Category Archives: Raw Foods

How to peel and eat a pomegranate

So! You bought a pomegranate. You were feeling brave. Maybe you were one of those kids who ate worm cookies in school (like my husband, true story), and now you’re like, “Hell, it’s JUST A FRUIT! I can do this.” And then you get one home and you’re frozen with fear, and you have no…

Strange but tasty raw-food corn crackers

Raw foods are something I’ve been getting into over the last year or so. I’m a big fan of raw food blogs (like The Sunny Raw Kitchen), and fascinated by stories of personal transformation through raw foods (like Angela Stokes). It might seem strange that someone like me, so personally hostile to all things vegetable,…

Tweaking the Kale Smoothie

A lot of people taste the smoothies I make and think they taste too “green”. I can handle the flavor because I’ve gotten used to it over time. But there are ways to tweak it: Make sure your fruit is very ripe. Maybe even overripe. You can toss some pretty funky bananas into those things,…

Kale smoothies FTW

I know what you’re thinking. Believe me, I do. If someone told me ten years ago that I’d someday be enjoying smoothies made from kale, I’d have told them they were a couple bulbs short of a box. But here it is, in all its considerable glory: Hollie’s Favorite Kale Smoothie 3 C cold water…