Raw & Vegan

Happy New Year everyone, 2009 is going to be the best! I have so many plans for what I want to achieve in this new year that it warrants it’s own post, but first I would like to introduce you to my new website!

I have simplified things greatly, changed the color scheme to bright and positive colours that represent my renewed outlook on life, and brought a focus on my new projects.

Living Raw in Perth ‘zine is a self-published 20-page magazine that I will have finished mid-January.  It contains fantastic information regarding shopping in Perth, including in-depth reviews of stores that I have actually visited (and in some cases frequent!) as well as a location guide.  I’m also writing articles on related subjects such as plus-sized eco-clothing - which is so darn hard to find! Living Raw in Perth will be available in print from a range of outlets, and available for purchase online in print and/or electronic format.   If you are in regional WA, I’d love to know about any organic shops or farmers markets to put into the locality guide.  There will also be a section on travelling raw, and Melbourne will be my first subject — so if you know of places to get great raw food or produce in Melbourne, please let me know so I can visit when I’m there in February!

Workshops and Classes is something I am particularly excited about!  Thanks so much to everyone who came to my TAFE class last November, your feedback was invaluable and has given me the kickstart I needed to offer more to the raw food community!  In 2009 I will be offering classes through TAFE, private classes in your own home, and public classes in any venue that’s foodsafe and has a kitchen — so a call out to the country / south-west folks: if you want a raw food workshop or demo in your town, please get in contact!  If you’re near Bunbury or Mandurah please let me know as these are great places to start!  The coolest option is the Girls Night In, which is for girls only, to enjoy decadent raw desserts and chat about life, love, weight and other girly issues!

Resource Library contains books, magazines, and websites that are my favourites and are recommended.  There’s a lot of aussie content here, and I have also put up my extensive library of books (I’ll be updating it regularly as I add more books to the library, but right now there’s only 3 books listed…)

There’s still a few things to tweak and finish writing, but Raw & Vegan is an evolving expression of myself - I’m so glad you’re on this journey with me!  And to say thanks to all the fellow raw foodies online, I want one special person to begin the year with RAW ENERGY!   Yes, it’s the first……….

RAW & VEGAN BOOK GIVEAWAY

Up for grabs is a copy of Leslie Kenton’s

THE RAW ENERGY BIBLE

The Raw Energy Bible is a compilation of the bestselling titles Raw Energy Food Combining Diet, Raw Energy Recipes and Juice High.

This is a brand new book that isn’t 100% raw but contains brilliant raw food recipes and advice.  I bought this for myself but then realised I already had a copy of the New Raw Energy and decided to share rather than horde such similar books!

Sweet! How do I enter?

To enter, leave a text or video comment below in answer to the question:

What are your goals for 2009, and what is your plan to achieve them?

I will assign a number to each comment, and will put them into a random number generator to draw the winner. I will contact the winner by email so please make sure you leave and email address!

Closing: Sunday 11th January at 12 noon Australian WDST

Looking forward to reading your responses, which will no doubt be inspiring!

~Kate