Since introducing a bit of bread into my diet six months ago I have been constantly battling with candida again, which once it flares up is incredibly difficult to get rid of. I have since removed the bread from my diet again, but once our bodies are harbouring a yeast infection it doesn’t just go [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/80-10-10_vs_rainbow_green/
A storm has been brewing for a while in the raw food movement and that is the question of fruit vs fat. Yes, we all love fruit. We’re hardwired for sweetness. Its moist, hydrating, tasty, aroma-filled and beautifully coloured. It appeals to all our senses. But fruit comes with a surprise package called sugar and [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/why-a-high-fruit-raw-food-diet-requires-exercise/
I found this medical journal abstract today, and I thought it was very interesting. It explains the effect that almonds and walnuts have in improving the symptoms of PCOS. The people in the study ate about 50g of their allocated nut each day. Walnuts lowered cholesterol and increased insulin response by 26%! (Insulin response is [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/scientific-study-showing-almonds-and-walnuts-can-help-pcos/
On the weekend I decided to work out what raw foods give the most bang for the buck in terms of nutritional value for fixed calories and price. I thought it was more interesting than by weight as we normally look at it (certainly for anyone who wants to lose weight and save money). So [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/nutritional-data-revealed-and-the-winner-is/
I went out for a Thai dinner last week and I was blown away by the entree. It was iceberg lettuce leaves on a plate, some tamarind sauce and then an arrangement of raw apple, raw ginger, coconut, raw chillies and some nuts. It was great!! It wasn’t 100% raw, but it was the closest [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/the-power-of-simple-food/
Enoki mushrooms are available both in plentiful supply and quite cheaply at Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Markets so today I thought I would give them a try. Added to my salad I found them to be pleasantly mild and also very pretty. I think these little mushrooms will become a staple! So I looked online to [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/gourmet-raw-vegetarian-ingredients-enoki-mushroom/
My new kitchen is GREAT!! I’m working right near the Queen Vic markets so today I went out for lunch and bought a huge bunch of kale. Then with excitement at my find I bought some raw cashews and nutritional yeast and decided to make some kale chips at home. Here is a recipe from [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/a-happy-rant-about-raw-greens-and-kale-chips/
I just wrote a bunch of posts on my favourite raw food forum at Raw Pleasure .com .au and realised that I probably have something that I need to share since I wrote something very similar in at least two separate posts! Well I might as well share it on my own blog too, and [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/a-successful-low-fat-mostly-raw-food-diet/
Here’s an idea that popped into my head during the week. I’m going to give it a go when I have my kitchen equipment back. My juicer / living food processor (Oscar Vital Max 900) includes a blank plate with different attachments for maxing different sizes of pasta. One of them makes a fat pasta [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/raw-snack-sticks/
Today I had lunch at Le Cru, a gourmet raw food cafe in Albert Park, Melbourne. It was a cold day today, and I was shivering as I made my way to the shop, but I was excited because I have never tasted raw gourmet prepared by a chef. I tend to eat very simply, [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/lunch-at-le-cru/
