Heather Pace and Philip McCluskey stopped by my house a few weeks ago and we recorded this great video on how to make a raw apple pie.  Heather is a raw chef who specializes in raw deserts.  I just finally got around to uploading it for you!

This recipe is one of the easiest raw desert recipes to make.  It also tastes amazing!  Enjoy and let us know you think by leaving your comments below! 

Apple Raspberry Pie Recipe

Crust:
2 cups pecans
1 cup walnuts
¾ cup pitted and packed, medjool dates

1. In a food processor, combine all ingredients until they become crumbly. Press half of the mixture into a 9” pie plate.

Filling:
2 cups raspberries

6 medium sized apples, separated
½ cup pitted and packed, medjool dates
¼ cup raisins
2 tsp cinnamon

1. Sprinkle the raspberries over the pie crust.
2. Peel and core all apples.
3. In a food processor, puree 2 of the apples, and remaining ingredients, until smooth. Pour this mixture into a bowl.
4. Chop the other 4 apples into large chunks and then process into small chunks in a food processor, making sure NOT to puree it into applesauce! Add to the puree.
5. Spread this filling into the pie crust.
6. Top with the remaining pie crust, sprinkling it over the tip like crumble.

If you’ interested in getting Heather’s new eBook “Just Desserts” read below.

In a nutshell, here’s what you will find in “Just Desserts”:

-A list of ingredients and equipment frequently used in raw dessert making

-A detailed table of contents for easy navigation

-Helpful hints and tips

-Gorgeous mouth-watering photos for nearly every recipe

-A text-only version for easy printing

Chocolate Hemp Ravioli

Strawberry Lime Mousse Cake

Peppermint Chocolate Squares

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Lemon Raspberry Tarte

Chocolate Orange Cake

A little over a week ago I announced that we were talking to a celebrity about having him come on board with us to get the message of our film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” out to the public.  I thought I’d let you know who he is since he announced it on the green carpet of the “Avatar Home Tree Event” on Earth Day! 

So the celebrity who’s going to be joining our team is four time NBA champion, talk show host and vegan John Salley.  He’s going to be coming on board as one of the new executive producers of the film.  John will be actively working to get the message of the film out when he does TV and radio appearances.

John was recently on the Dr. Oz show, “The Doctors” show, the Rachel Ray show and the Brian McKnight show.  He was also the host of “The Best Damn Sports Show” for six years.  He’s also been in movies such as “Bad Boys”, “Bad Boys II”, “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “Mr. 3000″… just to name a few.  Needless to say he is going to be an amazing addition to our team working to get this film out.

I met with John when he was in New York City a couple weeks ago and I saw right away that he is an amazing guy with a lot of passion.  He really wants to help people get healthy!  His own father had diabetes and he watched as a child as he suffered with the disease.

One of the producers of the film, Michael Bedar, gave him a copy of the film about a month ago and as John told me when I met him “It instantly got his attention.”  He told me he watched it as soon as he got back to his hotel room that night and that his first reaction was that he loved it and knew he had to be a part of getting it out to the public.

So I’m happy to announce that John will be joining the “Simply Raw” team!  I’m posting several videos about John and his TV and movie appearances in case you don’t know him and everything he has done in his amazing career both on and off the court.

If you have any comments for John please feel free to write them below as I’m sure he’d love to read them! 

-Alex Ortner

Promotional Clip for P90X with John Salley

(This clip gives some great background on John’s Career)

Bonus Clip from the film “Food, Inc.” with John Salley

Promotional Clip for PETA on Vegetarianism

John Salley on Rachel Ray

John Salley At Star Wars Convention

(I put this up to show you how funny John is!)

John Salley with Congresswoman Kilpatrick Talking About a Vegan Diet in Schools

I sat down with raw food expert David Wolfe yesterday here in my home in Newtown, CT to answer your questions from the blog! 

David is one of the most knowledgeable raw food experts in the world and somebody that I always turn to for advise.

The interview was 45 minutes long so I had to break it down into 5 videos. 

Enjoy!

Alex Ortner

Part 1 of 5

Part 2 of 5

Part 3 of 5

Part 4 of 5

Part 5 of 5

My friend Frank Giglio was in town with David Wolfe today (David did an AMAZING talk last night at Catch a Healthy Habit in Fairfield, CT) so we decided to do some smoothies demos to show you.  Frank is an amazing chef over with over 15 years of experience.  Enjoy the amazing videos below and make sure to leave your comments and questions for Frank below.

I’ll also be sitting down with David Wolfe tonight to have him answer questions from the last few days.  If you have a question for David you can also post that below.

Hope you’re having a wonderful day!

-Alex Ortner

Cold Smoothie – Part 1 of 2

Cold Smoothie – Part 2 of 2

Cold Smoothie Recipe:
2 cups pure water, coconut water, or nut milk
1 frozen pack Sambozen Acai(1 cup frozen org berries will work great too)
1/4 cup cacao beans
1 Tablespoons melted coconut oil
2-3 Tablespoons coconut butter
1 teaspoon medicinal mushrooms
1t-1T maca root(start w/ 1t if you are new to maca)
1/2 teaspoon spirulina
Sweetener to taste

Hot Smoothie

Warm Medicinal Mushroom Chocolate Elixir:
3 cups medicinal mushroom tea(chaga used here)
1 Tablespoon melted coconut oil
2-3 Tablespoons coconut butter
1t-1T maca root(start w/ 1t if you are new to maca)
2 Tablespoons cacao powder
1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder
3 capsules medicinal mushrooms(I used Agarikon from Fungi.com <http://Fungi.com> )
Sweetener to taste

I took some time to sit down and answer a few of the questions that were asked in Sunday’s post.  A lot of the questions were about Diabetes and so I’m going to work on getting Dr. Cousens on the phone this week and if not next week to answer those questions.

We also had a lot of questions from yesterday’s post!  I’ll work to get those answered in the coming days as well.  I may have a special guest stopping by my house tomorrow and I’ll see if I can get him to answer some of the questions as well.  He’s somebody who has been one of my teachers for years and I know you’ll recognize him. 

Until then, here are some of your questions answered from Sunday’s post.  I was going to post this yesterday but thought it was too many videos for one day.  I didn’t want to overload you! So when I refer to the “video above” I’m referring to the video from yesterday’s post. 

If you have additional questions on any raw food and health topic please feel free to ask them below.  Hopefully I’ll get this expert to answer all the questions for you! 

One of the questions that I get all the time is how do you stay raw.  So I wanted to show you EXACTLY what myself and my wife do every morning to get going with our raw food for the day…

I put together a candid video for you that I literally filmed right after my morning workout. You’ll see that I’m still in my exercise clothing!

But I wanted you to see what I do every day and show you the simple smoothies and juices that we typically make in the mornings.

You’ll see the video below.

I hope you enjoy the video.  Make sure to leave me your feedback! 

Part 1:

Part 2:

Today is April 25th, 2010, the second annual Reversing Diabetes Action Day.    This is a day where many of us in the raw and living foods community come together to spread accurate information about how to reverse diabetes naturally.

When we formed this day last year it was because we were tired of being excluded from World Diabetes Day
by the drug company funded organizers of the event.

We decided that if they weren’t going to allow accurate information into their event that we’d form our own!

So here’s some of what we’ll be doing this week:

1 – For starters we’re going to be giving away the film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” and the
companion “Raw for Life” Encyclopedia for 50% OFF the regular price!   Plus we’re also giving away another
$110.85 in additional bonuses.

You can check that out here:

http://www.rawfor30days.com/2010Action

2 – We’re going to be bringing you several great  interviews with leading raw food experts. But before I
get on the phone with these experts I want to know  exactly what you want to have discussed in these
interviews.

Leave me your comments, questions and opinions on what you’d like to learn more about, where you’re
struggling and what you find hard or easy with trying to eat a raw food diet.

You can leave all of your comments below.

Lastly, if you want to help us get this information out then please share these interviews during the week, tell others about the 50% OFF sale, or lend them your copy if you already have one (We love it when people share their film!).

I hope you enjoy your Sunday! 

Thanks for your continued support,

Alex Ortner

P.S. – If you haven’t yet picked up a copy of Simply Raw please take advantage of our 50% OFF sale this week.

We’re not able to have the price this cheap all the time because of regular expenses and operating costs but we love being able to get as many copies out there as we can and we know that this will help! 

http://www.rawfor30days.com/2010Action

Leave us your comments, questions and opinions on what you’d like to learn more about, where you’re struggling and what you find hard or easy with trying to eat a raw food diet below and we’ll get your questions answered this week!

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A Video Message from Alex Ortner, Executive Producer of “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days”…

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Actor Woody Harrelson and Morgan Spurlock, Director of film “Super Size Me” talk about eating Raw.

Michael Beckwith from “The Secret”, Dr. Gabriel Cousens and David Wolfe talk about eating Raw

THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2009 ON OUR BLOG AT http://www.RDNmovement.com

Dr. Fred Bisci is one of the featured experts in the film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days.” In this candid interview we discuss:

-Why you don’t have to be 100% raw to be super healthy.

-The importance of eating less food to live a longer life (with a great story about his 104 year old neighbor)

-Why what you leave out of your diet is more important that what you put in

-And much more…

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Here is Fred’s Site ==> http://www.FredBisci4health.com

3 Days Left…

50% OFF Sale on documentary Film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” and the Companion “Raw for Life” 2 disc DVD set!

Click Here to See the Full Details and the $188.22 in Bonuses you Get When You Pick up a Copy Today

THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2009 ON OUR BLOG AT http://www.RDNmovement.com

This video rocks! Make sure to leave your comments for Sergie so that he knows what you think of his video!

Here are Sergei’s own words about his beating diabetes:

“I was nine years old when I was diagnosed with Diabetes. Doctors told my parents and me that I had to go on insulin immediately. My parents refused and instead began searching for alternative treatments. After trying numerous diets that did not work, in 1994 I tried raw food as well as vigorous exercising. I noticed a difference almost immediately. Within a few months of changing my diet and sticking to my exercise, my blood sugar was consistently lower and my symptoms were slowly but surely growing more faint. A few months after that, I sold my glucose monitor machine to my math teacher for $5.00 because I was tired of pricking my finger and having a normal reading each time. I feel extremely lucky to have been given another chance at being healthy. I know that the active lifestyle that I live today would not have been possible to live had I had diabetes. I am very grateful to my parents for not being afraid to try something out of the ordinary and for not being afraid of what others will think of them. It is because of them that I have my health today.”

50% OFF Sale on documentary Film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” and the Companion “Raw for Life” 2 disc DVD set!

Click Here to See the Full Details and the $188.22 in Bonuses you Get When You Pick up a Copy Today