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Second…There is a new way that you can buy raw food products from me but with a huge discount!

Here are some pictures of my Raw Thanksgiving. I’m not great at remembering  to take pictures, but I tried while I was in FL.

I’m not sure that’s such a bad thing. I feel like it takes me out of the moment of actually enjoying what’s happening when I have to stop and step out of it and “remember” to take a picture for later. Id rather enjoy what I’m doing at that time and be “in the moment of it” while its happening, not later!

Ok, so that’s my excuse. Here is most of the food except for the amazing raw chocolates my mother made and some other yummy tid bits.



Papaya Encrusted Salmon Steak from Raw Food for Everyone. This is probably one of my all time favorite raw food dishes and its so easy to make.

Butternut Squash Ravioli from Raw Food for Everyone

This is the Butternut Squash stuffing. You can see that I couldn’t wait to eat it by the finger marks in it. This was SO good!

This is similar to the recipe for rice with the Nori rolls in RFFE but i think she just used parsnips and pine nuts.

This was an almond type bread with a salsa like the one in RFFE. We ate this first for an appetizer. OMG, so good!!!

Watermelon Soup from Living on Live Food. My mother lives on this. She makes it all the time and since it was an 80 degree day for Thanksgiving, it seemed appropriate!

Blueberry Cheesecake from RRFE. This was so creamy but not heavy. We ate this as we ran out the door to catch our plane home. I kept going back for more!

After spending Wednesday morning with one of my best friends who I haven’t seen for almost 2 years and then running off with my sister Stacie to her friends are gallery (Her place is beautiful  http://www.tiacrystal.com ) we went  to 4^th Generation in Boca. It’s a raw food deli and small supermarket. Great Place! I forgot to take pictures of the wraps but we had a raw hummus and falafel wrap and a raw mock tuna wrap, they were SO good! I did however remember to take a picture of the macaroons we devoured. You can see they are almost gone!

We then met up with Dennis and then later my parents for dinner. My sister and I decided, after our parents were gone and Dennis was asleep, to go to this Kava Bar that was about 2 minutes from us.

This was such a cool place! This is Stacie, drinking the kava at the bar. We had 3 coconut shells worth. I felt really relaxed and pretty happy after those!

If you click on these you can see them better. It was dark in there so the pix aren’t  great. This is also our new friend Erin, the Kava Barista, she was so cute and sweet and showed us “the kava ropes”. I’m addicted!

Sunrise the next morning from our patio and then home that night!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Its was really nice to be able to spend it with my family, its been years!

Don’t forget, Free Shipping at AlissaCohen.com on EVERYTHING in the store until Monday night!!!!!

Just a quick blog to tell you that I have turned on my comments so you can now post comments to my blogs!

Many of you write to me after my blog post in response to something I write or write to me on Facebook. (BTW, I never answer my face book messages, so please make sure you send your questions to Alissa@alissacohen.com) Now you can post your responses here. Yeah!!

I’m feeling weirdly euphoric this week! Maybe it’s all the extra yoga and de-stressing I’m doing.

So I’m becoming a yoga fanatic again since it’s the only thing that feels good for my foot. Hot yoga, I have a new love with hot vinyasa flow. I’ve been driving way too far though to do it so I’ve convinced Taylor and Philippe to open a Prana Yoga near me. Actually 3 doors up from me! Already scouted out the place, spoken to the landlord and had them come and look at it. YEAH! I just have to be creating, even if it’s for someone else!  And since they are just like me, it looks like it’s already in the works!  I’ll keep you posted and maybe I’ll even be teaching there and you can all come and take a class with me! Although I think I just want to take classes, not teach, but who knows, teaching is in my blood so we’ll see! At the very least, you can come and take class with me! You’ll love it, I promise!!!

Lots of interviews and promo for my new book. There’s a cool thread on my rawfoodtalk.com board about the book with pictures and recipes that people are making.  Check it out here http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=62303

I’ve been taking my therapeutic Enzymes again and making the Burdock-Shilajit Latte that I posted about in my last bog and feel awesome. I’ve always loved those enzymes and I swear that Shilajit has magical healing powers!

I’ve got two new projects I’m kicking around but I think I need to play for a while before I dive in! One is another book… am I ready to sit down and do that?? hm, I don’t know…Tomorrow is the winter farmers market around here and then a huge art show close by. Sunday is play time over a friend’s house. There will be a bunch of non raw people there so I’m making my stuffed pesto mushrooms, ice cream and other goodies to get them hooked!

Next week we are off to Florida for thanksgiving to see my parents and raw sister. I’m so excited to be spending the holiday with them. My sister is making all kinds of stuff from my new book, the papaya steak, stuffing, etc… we’re just going to hang out at the beach for a few days and then pig out on yummy raw food for thanksgiving. It’s been so many years since I’ve spent Thanksgiving with my parents. We are usually away on the holidays. I’m really looking forward to spending it with them and my sister. I also get to see one of my best friends, Elaine, while I’m in Fl.

On my way into my infrared sauna and then off to play for a while with my enchanting friend Susan.

Oh and to top off the day….Imagine my excitement and joy when I found these little babies waiting for me just 5 minutes away!



Yep, the Asian store near me has had durians all this time and I haven’t even known it.  I bought two yesterday and they are all defrosted and ready to be devoured today. Ah, all is right in the world .

My best friend just deleted herself from my mailing list.

Hm, what could that mean? That we are forever done being friends? That maybe she was on twice and was just deleting one so she wouldn’t get a double email? I don’t know. All I know is that the mind never really knows the mind of another.

My “friend” and I have been friends for 25 years. I thought we would grow old together. She knew me better than anyone. Even my husband. We spoke everyday and if we missed a day, there was a void. The connection we had stretched through many years of love, grief, pain, joy, misunderstandings, celebrations and everything that one encounters in a 25 year span of living.

We bumbled through our twenties together, figured out our thirties together and were peacefully rolling through our forties together. Or so I thought. Changes in her life made me feel  she was further away from me. When we spoke, I sometimes felt like she was on a different wavelength. The understanding that we seemed to share for so many years was replaced with misunderstanding and seeing things completely different. I felt like she was getting crystallized. I often felt like I was speaking with an authority figure and someone with whom personal growth was no longer important. I wondered where my magical, searcher for truth, non conformist friend went. I never said anything, just tried to accept where she was at and that maybe she needed to be in this place. Unfortunately, she could not do the same. She found fault with many of the things I did and said and turned into someone extremely critical.

Believing  that many years as friends deserved some consideration to at least try, I called and tried to work things out. Feeling hurt and that I should not be the one to reach out, I did anyway as I knew she wouldn’t.  My last call was not returned.

It’s taking a lot of soul searching and admitting to myself that this is not a relationship that has served me for some time now. It’s sad that you know someone for that long and then you don’t. That’s always been an odd thing for me.

It’s interesting that in the last 6 months I’ve had  a lot of new people come into my life that are beginning to mean a lot to me.  There are a few people in particular who are becoming so much an integral part of my life. We “get each other” on so many levels. The fun, the joy, the conscious creation, the physical and the spiritual. I’ve been spending more time with people who are living in the truth of their life and moving forward everyday towards creating a beautiful, magical conscious life. It feels good and it inspires me to live every moment of my life in the awareness of possibilities.

One of these people who are becoming very special to me quoted me in her supermom blog this week (I’m the dear friend in her blog post )

So as I try to move past the pain of losing a long time friend, I’m just watching the shift happen and being open to what direction the energy is guiding me to.  I’m trying to process the sadness and feel what this really means and why I’ve created letting go of someone very special to me and why it actually feels right.

I couldn’t imagine trying to get through this without the clarity of raw, lots of yoga, meditation and the innate knowing that everything always works out for my highest good. Maybe it is because I have that belief that things always work out, that they do. Or, maybe it is because things always work out that I have that belief. One in the same, I know.

Be well my old friend, you have taught me much and for that and so much more, I will always be grateful.

Slacking off on the blogging a little! I’m doing an interview with Martha Stewart Radio on Sirus today and hooked on raw with Rhio tomorrow  and one or two everyday for another two weeks. Lots and lots of interviews lately, tons of radio, to promote the new book. Some great reviews so far on Raw Food for Everyone! Here’s one form a foodie blogger who was at my book signing last week.

I’m adding a whole new section on my site next week with exciting new products so watch for that. Meanwhile there are some amazing gift ideas such as the new sticky yoga mats from Jade. These are SUPER sticky. I’m using them in hot yoga and you totally stick to the mat still. They are eco friendly and an amazing company!

Also this super sleek bamboo sushi tray, the silicon molds and the Envitote are all favorites!

Don’t forget, I’m still running a special through November 26th.

When you order anything from my store during the next month, you will receive a 25% coupon good for your next purchase!

The only thing that is excluded are my living on live food books and DVDs and appliance over $200.00.

It’s my way of thanking you for shopping at alissacohen.com! Remember, your purchases support animal rights and help us to donate more for our furry friends.

I’m so excited! My new book, Raw Food for Everyone is hitting the shelves today. yeah!!!

You can also still order it here and it will be delivered to your doorstep or on your Kindle.

Let me know what you think! Oh and if you like it, (and only if you like it, which i know you will, LOL!) post a rave review on Amazon so others know to buy it!

Also, make sure you come see me in Boston!

I am doing a talk and book signing on:

November 4th from 7-9pm.

The location is:

Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446-2908

Great news!

Through my partnership with opensky, the people that help me sell products, I am running a special from October 26 through November 26th.

When you order anything from my store during the next month, you will receive a 25% coupon good for your next purchase!

The only thing that is excluded are my living on live food books and DVDs and appliance over $200.00.

Its my way of thanking you for shopping at alissacohen.com! and don’t forget, your purchases support animal rights and help us to donate more for our furry friends.

Also –  3 days until the new book comes out. Can you believe it!!!! So exciting…. Don’t forget to order it now in hardcover or on your kindle so you have it on October 28th!

Ah what a week! I’ve been redesigning the raw teachers site, working on new products to put in the store and getting ready for my new book to hit the shelves on October 28^th!  (btw/ for those of you who asked if it will be on kindle, it is!!! If you order Raw Food for Everyone now, it will be on your kindle on October  28^th! And if you pre-order it will be on your doorstep on October 28^th!)

Been having a lot of fun lately also, hardly at home so haven’t been writing much on my blog. Just got home from a dinner party at a friend’s house, brought some raw ice cream from my new book and everyone went crazy, raw and cooked eaters alike!

Don’t forget, the Ormus Greens are still 10.00 off until the 26^th! We have sold a ton and already had some great feedback! I’ll be introducing some fantastic specials this week also, some great discounts.

I was at Prana Restaurant in Newton with my sister in raw, Taylor, Thursday. So much fun meeting  some of you spur of the moment who were eating there! Meant to take more pictures of the food but we always get too busy talking and I lose touch with anything else. We ate lunch, took Prana Yoga next door (which by the way is the BEST yoga I’ve ever done!) went to her house to change and take care of nursing her 6 month old twins (her, not me ), took her other two children back to the restaurant to eat dinner and then hung out the rest of the night until 1:30 am processing, talking, laughing and living in the high energy of rawness. I finally made it home at 3:30 am! Very late for me, but so much fun. Talk about someone who has tons of energy! She has 5 kids under the age of 12, runs 4 yoga studios and a restaurant and a million things in between. I’ve met my match, lol! Dennis told me she is so much like me. Ya, except I have 2 dogs not 5 kids!

Still doing yoga everyday and feeling great! Love my new yoga mats in my store. Also adding more workout stuff soon.

Off to write a couple of articles and set up my schedule for the week. Busy busy but balanced. So happy I’m  starting to achieve this (balance) again.

Have you tried Ormus Supergreens? If not, now is the perfect time to try them out!

Im offering $10.00 off until the 26th!

Was 55.00. Now 45.00!

Because of the peppermint and Stevia, this mix is delicious mixed with just water! It tastes like a sweet tea!

If you don’t like the taste of green drinks, you’ll love this one!

I’ve been taking this before and after my yoga classes and I feel more alive and full of energy!

If there is one item that you definitely want in your raw food kitchen, this is it! You can order it here!

Made from the purest probiotic greens grown on high altitude volcanic rich soil

• Raw vegan superfood protein, the ultimate anti-aging protein designed for athletes, body builders, and health enthusiasts who want to lose fat, build muscle mass and be extremely healthy and fit. Grown organically in a pristine ancient sea bed located in a volcanic region of Utah and Arizona. The soil is loaded with platinum, gold, silver and ormus trace minerals that give the greens a magnetic property.
• Ormus Supergreens are grown and produced in the US.
• These Supergreens are grown in a pristine ancient sea bed in a volcanic region of Utah and Arizona. The soil is loaded with platinum, gold, silver, and ORMUS trace minerals giving the greens a magnetic property which increases the vibration and frequency of those who consume it.
• Certified 100% organic, Non-GMO, & Gluten Free.
• A patented cold-drying process which protects the heat-sensitive bioactive constituents and phyto-nutrients, thereby making a superior raw green super food drink that is both alive and bio-available.
• Produced using an eco-friendly process having a low carbon footprint and is thereby much easier on the environment. Additionally, the special bag guarantees the highest level of freshness obtainable.

Ingredients:

Oat Grass – We use oat grass in our formula because it picks up the highest amounts of Noble Elements and ormus from the soil. Oat grass is used traditionally to help build sexual stamina. Oat grass (Avena Sativa) has a relaxing and stimulating action that nourishes and strengthens the nervous system.Barley and Wheat Grass- Barley and wheat grass are both loaded with high trace minerals, calcium, iron, all essential amino acids, vitamin C, the flavonoids, and a number of enzymes and minerals. They also contain superoxide dismutase (SOD), a powerful antioxidant enzyme that protects the cells against toxic free radicals.   All the cereal grasses pick up ormus from the soil.

Alfalfa – Alfalfa is a plant which sends its roots down twenty to thirty feet into the ground and brings up the minerals that are not available on the surface. For this reason, the Arabic word Alfalfa means “father of plants.” Alfalfa is rich in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that play a vital role in the strength and growth of our bones and in the maintenance of a healthy body. It contains protein and vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin E, and vitamin K. It also contains calcium, potassium, carotene, iron, and zinc.

Yucca – Yucca are desert plants that are part of the Agave family. We wild craft our own wild Yucca plants in the high desert in a way that promotes growth for the other plants. Yucca extracts may have anti-arthritic and anti-inflammatory effects including anti-fungal and anti- protozoal activities. Yucca is also a rich source of phenolics, including resveratrol and a number of other stilbenes (yuccaols A, B, C, D and E). Yucca extracts and its phenolics are also anti-oxidants and free-radical scavengers.

Parsley – Parsley is perhaps one of the most commonly used but therapeutically under-rated of herbs. Parsley is very high in bio available vitamin C and is a good source of manganese, calcium and potassium. It also contains flavonoids that act as antioxidants. Parsley is also rich in vitamin A, well-known for its effects on vision, plus can mitigate risks of atherosclerosis and diabetes. Parsley cleanses the blood, dissolves sticky deposits in veins, maintains elasticity of blood vessels, facilitates removal of moderately sized kidney and gallstones, treats deafness and ear infections, and benefits the sexual system. Parsley helps with bad breath and is one of the most important herbs for providing vitamins to the body. It’s like an immune-enhancing multi-vitamin and mineral complex in green plant form.

Spinach – Spinach is a rich source of protein, minerals, vitamins, pigments and phytonutrients. Health benefits of spinach are due to presence of vitamins, pigments, phytonutrients and minerals like potassium, manganese, zinc, magnesium, iron and calcium. Spinach is a source of vitamins like folate, niacin, vitamin A, B6, C and traces of the rest of the vitamins. Other important elements, including thiamine and riboflavin, that are used in various reactions in our body are also found in spinach. Spinach is rich in pigments like beta carotene, lutein and xanthene and chlorophyllin etc.

Probiotic Culture – We use a “live active culture” process with part of our cereal greens. This is different from other companies who just mix Probiotics into their greens. Traditional Probiotic foods include: yogurt, kefir, miso, and sauerkrauts and are very good for the body and digestive tract. Science has learned that cultured foods are easy to digest and create life-enhancing nutrients.

Peppermint makes our greens easy to drink and very palatable. Peppermint is also an age-old herbal medicine that has been used to treat a wide range of abdominal woes, from flatulence to stomach cancer to gallbladder disease. Several studies have shown that peppermint seems to be fairly effective at relieving irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a collection of symptoms that includes abdominal cramping and pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. Peppermint also has anti-parasitic properties and has been used in folk remedies to get rid of parasites.

Whole Leaf Stevia – We use the whole leaf stevia herb which has been used for centuries in South America to aid diabetics and hypoglycemics. Research has shown that a whole leaf stevia herb has a regulating effect on the pancreas and helps stabilize blood sugar levels. Herbal stevia is therefore useful to people with diabetes, hypoglycemia, and Candidiasis. Other traditional uses of herbal stevia are to lower elevated blood pressure (hypertension), as a digestive aid that also reduces gas and stomach acidity, and for obesity. The herb acts as general tonic which increases energy levels and mental acuity. The stevia herb has also been shown to inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria that cause gum disease and tooth decay, making it an excellent addition for the teeth and gums.

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