Chef Melissa Mango
Pineapple-cilantro kabobs! meat-free Back yard Raw-BQ recipe series
June 23rd, 2008
“Meat-less Kabobs?!!” Billie bob hollered
“I can’t NOT eat meat at a friggen’ BBQ!” I hear many of my clients squeal.
Yep, turn off those expensive grills, and get out your cutting boards! A great tasting kabob is all in the sauce!
I think we are all adults here, so I think it’s safe to say I won’t hurt anyone’s feelers by telling you exactly how it is and what our food choices have become. Just because someone did the dirty work for you, by conveniently wrapping the meat, or slid it between two slices of bun, meat is still murder folks.
The sooner we all figure that out and move onto “greener pastures” the better. There is something we can do for our health, the planet and for the animals and that is stop relying on other animals for food and start grazing! Read the rest of this entry »
Jica-No-potato salad: Back yard RawBQ series!
June 10th, 2008
FOOD THAT RAWKS! ” Jica-No-potato salad. part of the Back yard RawBQ recipe series.Awwww…the smell of a back yard BBQ and the sound of kiddies splashin’ in the pool. Summer is a time for families to gather and enjoy great Pic nic home cooked-style food. Trouble is most food we celebrate as “comforting” is the farthest thing from healthy and vital! Before you load up your styrophome plate up with dead animal parts and colon cloggin’ bread rolls, choose a cleaner, greener way to eat. Did I just say that?!! Read the rest of this entry »
LemonAide- Sugar free and divine!
May 30th, 2008
FOOD THAT RAWKS”: LemonAide! Part of the back yard RawBQ recipe series.
As more beach balls and flippers fill the aisles of your favorite grocery store, and more health food markets boast about having the best summer, super food quencher, I invite you to seriously think twice before you buy a powdered drink off the shelf. Making your own replenishing, thirst quencher from scratch will not only reward the party you host but benefit the health of all who partake of your healing, refreshing nectar.More…
Flourless, delicious raw bread! Market fresh sandwich.
May 23rd, 2008
FOOD THAT RAWKS : Market fresh sandwich. Wheat, dairy and yeast free.
Dear Melissa: Where have you been? Good gawd I have missed your delicious posts! I was waiting for some yummie recipes..and you left us hangin’? What are you up to these days…can we have some recipes please?
Juda, Portland
Hey Juda! Thanks for throwing me a rope! I have been very busy these days helping other people open raw food cafes across the US map! I have also been appearing on some TV show with some of my yummie food. Take a look here www.Gliving.tv Enjoy! this weeks market fresh sandwich! Melissa “mango” Read the rest of this entry »
FOOD THAT RAWKS! A Healthier Bloody Mary!
March 31st, 2008
The “Healthier” Bloody Mary 1 serving
1 1/2 oz Potato vodka or other Organic or home made Vodka..
3 oz Vine ripe tomato juice ( apx 6 tomatoes juiced in home juicer or blended in blender for chunkier texture)
1/2 oz lemon juice
Trocomere (seasoning) to taste
Wheat free Tamari to taste apx 1 TB
black pepper to taste
1 tsp freshly grated horseradish root
2 tsp ancho chili powder
1 tsp crushed red pepper
Fill your shaker with ice, pour in vodka, all seasonings and tomato juice. Cover shaker, skake shake shake. Pour into clean glass. Garnish with 1 celery stalk with leaves attached, lemon wedge, 2 Adams olive Ranch Black olives.
Drink can be a wonderful Virgin cocktail!
Recipes are created by Melissa Davison “Mango”, Owner and Chef of Terra Bella Café and The Terra Bella Dessert Company. For Gourmet Raw Catering, demos or Personal Chef Services contact Melissa@TerraBellacafe.com or see menu online at TerraBellaCafe.com
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“FOOD THAT RAWKS!” Healing colds and flus
March 17th, 2008
During the tail end of the cold season, many people are fighting off colds even those who are eating healthy foods. Often clients ask me “what can I drink to help with this cold?!”
I see too often people assuming that a spendy bottle of fruit juice in the health isle will help with their symptoms. The truth is when the body is throwing you all the sure signs to let it heal, one has to truly let the body do it’s work. The body can heal and repair it self best by relieving some stress of digestion with proper nutrition. This calls for fresh juices! I recommend mostly green for the fighting of colds. Green juices are very healing, alkalizing and nutritious! Keep away from any bottles, pasturized juices no matter what the lable says. It’s a waste of money and offers nothing for your body. Read the rest of this entry »
FOODS THAT RAWK! Warming with raw foods.
February 18th, 2008
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FOOD THAT RAWKS! Soups in the winter or on the go are such a treat…..even if they are served chilled OR as I see it “in the raw”. If you open to the idea of enjoying raw soups which are enzyme and nutrient rich when left uncooked, then here is a few tips for creating heat without the fire. Read the rest of this entry » Tahini Orange dressing. New Year! New you edition!January 22nd, 2008
In 2008 I made an agreement with myself to eat more salads, do more Yoga and spend more time reading. If you’re like me when it comes to eating more raw foods especially during the winter, I could go weeks easily avoiding a good green salad. As good as it is for me, I woudl also dodge a kick ass Yoga class. A nice dressing will get me to eat any pile of greens much like a cute partner to encourage me to sit in the first row of Yoga class.This dressing is simple to make, stores easily in the fridge and can travel well if you decide to take it with you when dinning out. If you do not arm yourself with yummie dressing, you will be at the mercy of the provider on a night out. Who knows what quality of olive or other goods a restaurant carries these days if you are living in a not-so-hip to raw foods part of town. This year, take the time to make a nice dressing for yourself and get it for that hour of Yoga! You will thank me later. Read the rest of this entry » Pumpkin Pie! Rawkin’ Holiday EditionNovember 28th, 2007
Your Holiday meal is no where complete without Pie! Our Raw-Vegan Pumpkin Pies are sweet slices of heaven at Terra Bella Café! Getting ready-to thaw pies sure are convenient, yet nutritionally do a thing for us. Doesn’t it make you squeal that you can make your own pie and it’s like medicine for your body and soul. Your momma sure is gunna love you for this one! Because these pies are essentially made of fresh fruits, veggies and nuts…why not have them for breakfast! Read the rest of this entry » No-Turkey Loaf. Rawkin’ Holiday editionNovember 21st, 2007
Once again, I have promised my mother I wouldn’t rant and rave too much about my opinions on Turkey dinner options so I will keep this brief my friends. =)I invite others to take a good look into what they choose to give thanks with especially in times gratitude. I respect the “tradition” around ThanksGiving dinner and I am also looking for other ways to celebrate that doesn’t harm animals raised in factory farms, pumped with chemicals and poisons that humans ingest at the table. Instead of roasting a turkey or ham and instantly feeling the sedating effects of chemical injection, I encourage you all to try a animal free veggie loaf to give thanks over. I am not talking about a Tofurkey, or the Read the rest of this entry » |
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