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Raw “No-Chicken” Salad-

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Raw Mock Chicken salad  recipes don’t taste like chicken. Rather, it’s their texture that give these salads their “chickenness.”This recipe gets that chicken-salad-like texture by using raw cashews. It’s a good contender for substitutions… Just make sure you’ve got the ratio of  nuts to vegetables. Do not omit the apple or the cashews, though, because they are integral to the flavor of this recipe. It’s superb with the yellow curry!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups (soaked) cashews

1/4 c.( sprouted) sunflower seeds (soaked one day, sprouted 1- 1 1/2 days – optional)

juice from 1/2 lemon
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 garlic clove
dash of Himalayan rock salt, sea salt

dash pepper

1/4 tsp. thyme
Blend in a food processor until creamy with a few chunks.
Mix by hand or pulse quickly with:

1/2 an apple

1 celery stalk

1 green onion
sprinkle paprika

Instructions:

1. Add 1st 8 ingredients into a high-speed blender or food processor. Process just a few seconds,  until it’s somewhat chunky.
2. Pour into a large bowl. Add chopped celery, apple, onion and paprika.
3. Mix everything together by hand. Pour into egg cups, use as a dip, or fill lettuce leaves or raw crackers Sprinkle with pepper and paprika. Chill.

Yellow Coconut Curry Paste (mix with coconut milk when you need it)

18 months without soap or shampoo: success!

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by Mark Frauenfelder on 1/5/11

This week Sean Bonner reported on his success in staying clean and odorless by showering with water and not using soap or shampoo. Sean was inspired by a blog post I linked to on a site called freetheanimal.com. It’s run by a fellow named Richard Nikoley, who self-experiments with various types of diet, nutrition, exercise, fitness, and health regimens, based on his research in evolutionary biology.

Here’s a little of what Richard has to say about his soap and shampoo free experiment 18 months after starting it:

120940358_4d0204e1c5_o.jpgWhat I’ve found over these 18 months is that I never even thought of the money I was saving. Hell, a decent sized bottle of shampoo and body wash would last me months anyway. Oh, and then there’s the travel size versions. No, what has made this experience oh so satisfying is that I don’t have to worry about any of that anymore — ever. Don’t have to buy it. Don’t have to carry it. Don’t ever run out of it. Don’t have to get it tossed in the dumpster by TSA goons.

So what it boils down to is that this has been such a tremendous experience on the pure grounds of liberation. Now, I can wash up anywhere, anytime there’s a shower, lake, river or stream at hand and feel completely normal about it, not as though it’s the best I can do because I don’t have a big bag of “personal hygiene” products immediately at hand.

A Most Successful Self-Experiment: Over 18 Months Soap and Shampoo Free

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by Madaise. Cr