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Since 2002, Ellen Livingston has been living a raw vegan lifestyle
She graduated with a master…s degree in counseling, specializing in art therapy
In her pursuit for overall wellbeing, Ellen practices and teaches yoga, being certified
as a registered yoga instructor with the Yoga Alliance
As a raw food educator, she received training on raw nutritional science from internationally
renowned raw food teachers, Dr. Doug Graham and Professor Rozalind Gruben
Graham Ellen is dedicated to sharing her knowledge
of a healthier and happier lifestyle with her community
Today, Ellen will demonstrate to Supreme Master Television viewers some raw recipes that are
delicious and nutritious Hi, thanks for joining me on Vegetarianism:
The Noble Way of Living I…m Ellen Livingston
I…m a raw food educator and a yoga teacher There is plenty of scientific evidence out
there to show us that a vegan diet is the healthiest way for humans to eat; best for
our health, best for the health of our fellow animal beings, and best for the health of
our planet Today, I…d like to take it a step further
with you and explore with you the potential of a raw vegan diet
So by vegan, I mean a plant-based diet A diet that doesn…t include any animal products
whatsoever, so no meats, no animal milks, no dairy foods, yogurt, cheese all those kinds
of things, and even not honey Now what…s different about a raw vegan diet
is just as it sounds 좻 we don…t cook the food
So nature provides food to us in its perfect, fresh, raw state, the way we were intended
to eat it And it gives us all the nutrition we need
in the perfect package with all the water that it…s supposed to come with and all
the nutrients acting together just the way it was planned
Our body is self-healing It…s a self healing organism; it knows how
to regulate, maintain, repair, heal itself, and it will use its energy to heal everything
that it can, if it has a chance Why does it not always have a chance?
Because 4 or 5 times a day we keep putting food into the body that…s so hard for it
to digest that it takes all of its energy, and it therefore, doesn…t have energy to
clean up the tumor that was developing over here and the other problems that were developing
over here So it…s quite remarkable organism we…ve
been gifted with, and if we take care of it, there is no reason for us to experience any
degenerative disease at all Let…s start with a smoothie
Everybody knows what a smoothie is Those are pretty popular, pretty easy to make,
pretty nice for kids to make, my kids all make 2 or 3 of them every day for themselves
You can make them out of a whole variety of different fruits
So be creative, I would suggest keeping smoothies down to 2 or maximum 3 fruits at a time
So I…m going to show you a favorite green smoothie
And I…m going to choose bananas, and mangoes These are the little Ataulfo mango or Champagne
mangoes, and this is a bigger Haden mango; they…re all good, they…re all a little
bit different Bananas should be at least this brown to be
ripe in general, and they should be soft inside And the third ingredient for this smoothie,
the green, is going to be green spinach, baby spinach
And we…ll need a little bit of water So I have a Vita-Mix blender over here
So I…m going to peel a few bananas It doesn…t really much matter the proportion,
how many bananas you put to how many mangoes, it…s all going to taste so good that one
person will like it better with a little more mango, or one person will like it better with
a little more banana So the mango has a seed that goes in it lengthwise,
and what I…m doing here is just cutting the cheeks of the mango off, and then I can
see the seed there I…m just going to peel the extra skin off
there And then, well, my kids like to just eat this,
they call this the mango bone, and they just nibble it off of here
If you want to put it in a smoothie, you can just cut off the extra fruit so that you don…t
waste much And then with what…s left here, I can take
a spoon and just scoop it right out of the skin
It…s real easy, and put it in the blender And I think for those 2 bananas, I…m going
to do about half and half mangos and bananas I…m peeling the skin off
These little Champagne mangos have a silkier, creamier taste in general, than most of the
big ones, so a lot of people like them They…re kind of like the texture of an avocado
And you could, in a pinch, if you didn…t have ripe fresh mangos, you can use frozen
mangos in this smoothie You can get organic frozen mangos at most
health food stores Okay
Then I…m going to add just a little bit of water and start blending this up before
I add the greens How much water you add, again, is a personal
decision about how thick you like your smoothies There, I blended up the fruit
Now I can add some greens Just a big handful, enough to make a nice,
beautiful, bright green color Spinach is great, because when it blends,
it makes that real bright color, which is pretty to serve
And that looks good! That…s our green smoothie; that…s all
there is to it, 2 minutes And I…m going to pour it into a nice tall
glass And then, I love to have fun when I…m creating
raw foods for, even just for myself, and especially when I…m presenting them to other people
as well, to have fun creating a little bit of art with it
And we…ve got such beautiful colors, and these raw foods speak to people on such a
deep level, and so we can make it look really special by using a glass straw, instead of
a plastic one, it…s really nice You can get these on a lot of different websites
And I might even put a beautiful, edible flower in the side
And there it is! We have a green smoothie!
And I wish you could taste it here on this show, but you…ll have to make it yourself
at home and we…ll give you the recipe Please stay tuned to Supreme Master Television
Vegetarianism: The Noble Way of Living will be right back
after these brief messages with raw food educator Ellen Livingston and her recipe for Cool Papaya-Lime
Soup
I mentioned earlier that one of the wonderful benefits of eating a raw food diet is an increased
sense of energy, and sense of well-being, and energy for healing, energy for doing all
the things you want to do Another one of the favorite benefits for many
people is easy weight loss And the wonderful thing about it is it…s
weight loss while not feeling deprived We…re not on a low calorie plan in any way
So you…re eating as much as you care for, of the right kinds of foods, and you…ll
lose weight This, if you haven…t seen one, is a papaya
Papayas come in lots of different shapes and sizes
This is a fairly large papaya from Mexico, and you…ll know it…s ripe when it…s
soft to the touch, so it…s kind of squishy like an avocado, and it generally turns mostly
yellow or orange If it…s bright green and hard, it…s definitely
not ripe Let…s see, I…m going to start by cutting
the ends off because I…m going to blend this papaya
And you should get a beautiful, rich, orange color inside if it…s ripe just like that
And then, I can carefully shave the peel out Make sure you go in just enough so that you
get off the little bit of a bitter taste that…s right against the inner skin
So just take it all the way down Papaya is truly a beautiful fruit
Wait until you see what I find when I cut it open
It has a distinctive taste that some people just rave about and love
It…s actually very much like a melon, very juicy with lots of seed in the middle
When I was in Costa Rica, they called it a tree melon
So I…m cutting it right down the edges, it…s very slippery, so you have to be careful
here, and you can see the beautiful seeds inside
So I…m just going to scoop them out I…ll probably just need half of the papaya
Depends on how much you want to make, so I…m just going to cut it up
It should be nice and soft to cut and when you eat it, when you taste it, it…s almost
melt-in-your-mouth kind of softness Again, I…m going to use the blender
I…m going to start this blending I…m going to make a papaya lime soup
So I…m going to cut open a lime; it…s a nice flavor with papaya
Lime also works very nicely with mango I…m just going to squeeze it in to taste,
so you put in as much as you like the taste of
I think for that half a papaya, probably a half of a lime is going to be about right
And limes, by the way, should be turning yellow and a little bit soft when you buy them
So we just blend only as much as we need to And I…m choosing to serve this as a soup
And then, of course, I…m going to decorate it just a little bit because I…ve got all
these beautiful, natural colors Sometimes I use a fresh sprig of dill on this
Today, I…m going to use a little bit of mint from my garden
So just a few beautiful mint leaves placed in the middle or wherever you like
And I have a few edible, marigolds are eatable And there we have a gorgeous soup
Okay So now you…ve learned a simple green smoothie
I would call this a Cool Papaya Soup or a very refreshing light summer papaya soup
You could serve it chilled or at room temperature People often wonder, often ask me
Is it okay to eat this much fruit? But Once you learn a few simple, basic principles,
it…s the safest food on the planet and there is no better food for us than fresh, ripe,
raw fruit The raw smoothie and soup sure looks delicious!
Please join us again on Friday, October 1st for the second part of our show featuring
raw food educator Ellen Livingston Now please stay tuned to Supreme Master Television
for Between Master and Disciples May your days be filled with light and love.