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Myself c/o Tried.Tasted.Served and SmoothieGirl & CoconutGirl of the new Australian living-food events management team Raw Events Australia are excited to announce my first tour Downunder! I had such a fantastic time on my recent North American Al Fresco Summer Tour that I can’t wait to get on the road again to share some more great recipes and culinary techniques with a whole new group of people. The raw food movement in Australia is certainly a vibrant and growing one, and in Melbourne, Victoria - where my events will take place- there are even a few raw food cafes which have opened in the last year. Melbourne is also regularly voted as Australia’s most vegan/vegetarian friendly city with numerous restaurants, cafes, grocery stores and farmers’ markets contributing to a very supportive, social and fun community vibe. 
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Walking around the communal garden in south of Melbourne on sunday morning was an amazing lucid experience. The garden itself has so much character and vibrant energy... tons of fruit trees, herb gardens, pumpkins, eggplants etc... and not to far from communal Garden is the Organic Farmers Market... where you can just walk around and eat all the testers and enjoy talking to the local farmers who are so passionate about their products and lifestyle choices... a place where I strongly recommend if you are in Melbourne Victoria.
However, for me it was all about apples... organic picnic apples to green apples... just apples and more apples... and here's all you need to know about APPLES
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Winter is almost over for my wonderful northern atmosphere readers... and I understand that for many, the thought of another cold day is becoming unbearable... trust me, even though I have the pleasure of living in Australia at the moment, I do know what's it like to be in that mood... and so I thought of you, and some of my readers favorite hearty soups to remind you that it can be fun and exciting to spend another winter day!
Carrot and Pistachio Soup is a smooth creamy and delicious soup that is healthy and filling. It has a delicate natural buttery nutty flavor with nuts and spices of carrots that you can actually taste. Smoky "Roasted" Red Pepper Garlic Soup a perfect starter for any meal, this red pepper and garlic soup is completely raw and has a smoky flavor, thick creamy texture and has an absolutely delicious taste. Enjoy
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When I was first approached by Lucy Stegley (aka SmoothieGirl) from Raw Events Australia in Melbourne, Victoria about capturing the different essence of what Glo Health Cafe - Health Store is about, I was in two minds about whether I could carry out photographic assignment that wasn’t based on 100% non raw or vegan food let alone in a commercial setting. The thought of organic, some raw food & vegan food and the conscious, wholesome nest in Elsternwick Melbourne brought good positive feelings towards taking Glo Health project photography under my belt. After talking to the owners Kate & Vicky about the areas that they would love me to work on, I took a small stroll to think about how or in what flavour I would capture different areas of Glo Health Café. I decided nothing could beat a mixture of black & white Italian rustic photography with somewhat fairy tale photography. The result, well, have a look at them yourself!!!
 
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For this coming special weekend, I have put together 2 of my readers favorite desserts for your weekend treat. Enjoy
Chocolate Pistachio Kiss Creamy, delicious, irresistible and wickedly rich chocolate dessert. It is prepared with naturally raw and natural cocoa powder and pistachios. You might want to be good by doing some exercises before trying this treat!
French Vanilla & Organic Honey Ice Cream This is a raw vegan version of the classic French Vanilla ice cream but without any dairy products. It has a smooth creamy texture, nutty flavor and a not too sweet melt-in-the-mouth taste. It is sure to please anyone’s taste buds. Try it and you will never miss the dairy-containing French Vanilla ice cream again.
Enjoy
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After two hours of pressing "snooze" on my IPhone, I finally realized I needed to get up, get going and find a nursery at which to buy an organic lemon tree. I wanted to find this for Lucy Stegley (aka SmoothieGirl), who kindly invited me to lunch at her family farm in Mt Martha, Victoria. After geting lost numerous times along the way and having to ask multiple strangers for directions, I finally made it!! Albeit with potted carnations instead of the desired lemon tree, and with one last wrong turn where I got lost once more on her driveway - the farm is so big!!! Ohh well, it could only go up from here! I was really looking forward to meeting Lucy. I didn`t know that much about her, but the moment I got out of the car, I felt I had been at her place before - the smell of the farm, the beautiful white clouds, the barn, the rustic fences and the smiling girl who came to meet me in a cute white apron with cherries on it! So, I'd finally met Lucy and proceeded to have a wonderful day with her.
It went by so fast! I met her vibrant friends, sipped on watermelon juice and had fantastic stimulating conversations. I took myself outside with my camera and I had the pleasure of meeting Lucy`s mother Ann, who zipped in on her pistachio green Vespa piled high with last minute shopping. We introduced ourselves and it wasn`t long before I was chatting with a beautiful, articulate woman with whom every moment seemed filled with joy and compassion. I think I deserved a day like this, a day in which I was surrounded by friends and their family, around a table full of simple, delicious farm food made with love and honesty. I took pictures to capture all the exquisitely prepared dishes.
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When you make this dish, don`t let your past experiences influence you and forget altogether the idea of traditional Creamy "Tortilla Soup" with Cornbread. Be open to a new tasty "raw" version! In fact you know what? When Rebecca from Purely Delicious Magazine asked me to make this dish, I asked myself, why I had never made nor ate Creamy "Tortilla Soup" with Cornbread in my life. So the first
thing I did was to go to a Mexican restaurant to try the authentic recipe, in order to get the idea of what people might expect from the raw version. I found a restaurant in Sydney called Newton’s Cocina which is in Newtown, a very trendy part of Sydney with rustic cafes, great bookstores and kind of weary people who look like they have just stepped out of a 60s movie scene.
The truth of course is that I felt like *&%$#@! after the Creamy "Tortilla Soup" with Cornbread, which by the way was not sold together, you had to order the corn bread separately. Don't get me wrong! The food was well presented, and pricy… tasty for sure, but really, it made me feel pretty unhealthy (like eating an ice cream cone after a 10 day juice fast...yes, I`ve done that!)! In fact, I feel like the raw version of it also made me feel a little heavy… because it became a challenge to make the dish taste as rich as the non-raw version without adding too many rich ingredients. You know, sometimes you want a tasty, heavy and comforting dish especially for when fall and winter settle in. I look at it as a treat and not an everyday meal. Feels good to be naughty sometimes.
So here it is my raw version of Creamy "Tortilla Soup" with Cornbread! Warning: eat in moderation on a cold , cold evening when you feel your heart needs a little warming (yes, comfort food)!
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These tarts are really
simple to make, 'really simple' to eat, so simple that you are allowed to taste
every single ingredient, leaving you as
light as a feather.
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