Author: Rachel Scott

See what a harmless little Facebook post can spawn? Rachel Anne Scott Avocadoes, tomatoes, chickpeas….who said being vegan wasn’t fun? Carina Roter Wait until you get hooked on RAW. More fun in the summer but you will feel amazing! Tyler Wright there’s a party in your mouth and everyone’s sprouting Stephanie Belding Woo hoo!!!! Wait […]

Ah, what to feed a vegan? Alan and I headed over to the home of some friends that we know for chow and movies. Ash is a great friend of ours who is an outgoing nurse with a thick head of strawberry blond hair who is unfazed by the vegan challenge. As we were traveling […]

Previous Eating Experiments I’m one of those people that likes to have a book to latch onto for dietary inspiration.  I read all the testimonials inside about people changing their lives and I feel unstoppable:  “This is the answer!  This is the key to being healthy!” I tell myself exuberantly. This feeling generally lasts a […]

Okay, so when SPUD sent me YAMS in my pre-fab juice box, I was seriously skeptical. Yams? Yes.  Yams. Juicing a yam seemed like about as good an idea as juicing a potato, which is to say, not at all.  Would juice even come out of these tubrous little guys?  I had my doubts.  But […]

Last weekend, my teacher Gil Hedley spoke about how the models we use to describe our experience will dictate what we are actually able to see. For example, St. Francis of Assisi “was ever so unsparing towards himself that at the last he felt constrained to ask pardon of “Brother Ass”, as he called his […]

So, does juicing really taste better than drinking the packaged juices at the store? To answer this question, I decided to do a simple taste test. I haven’t gone into the store and bought “kale-cucumber-tomato” juice before, but I’ve certainly had my share of store-bought orange juice.  So it seemed to me that a great […]

Red.  Daring.  Slightly immoral.  It’s the …Scarlet Lady!  I had red chard in my fridge just begging to be used so I went for it and used it a theme.  Today was all about being red, red red. The result: While I didn’t turn suddenly scandalous (more’s the pity), I did enjoy the sweeter side […]

Yay, SPUD!  Yesterday I got my delivery of yummy produce straight to my doorstep.  It was like Christmas when I came home, only without the sugar crash. This morning I was so inspired by all the beautiful green veggies in my bin that I decided to make something positively verdant. The Green Monster 1/2 cucumber […]

So I return from Mexico and to my beloved juicer, excited to rev up the Hurom to start off another great day. However, I’ve been in Mexico for a week, so you can imagine the state of the contents of my fridge. Basically, all that’s available is the tough stuff.  You know, the veggies that […]

First day in Maya Tulum for the YYoga retreat  – AHHHHHH. After a brutish day of travel yesterday and gobbling down a meal of guacamole and tortilla chips last night (granted, they were yummy), I craved something green this morning.  The resort offers a selection of smoothies and juices, so I opted for the most […]

On the recommendation of a friend (thanks Christina!), I tried the following concoction: 2 carrots 1 grapefruit (use rhubarb if in season) ginger makes about 6 oz. She said this would wake me up as well as any coffee, so I gave it a whirl. This juice makes a beautiful coral color because of the […]

Today I made a juice that resembles brontosaurus upchuck. Lovena had warned me: when you mix red and green things together, you’re going to get something brown and fairly ugly.  If you want pretty juices, stay in the same color palette.  But I’ve been loving the tomato and green combo, so my juices aren’t going […]

The incredible Vitamix. Intro to Raw Food Last night I went to in introduction to Raw Food course by Indigo Foods in Vancouver.  Lovena, the delightfully accented Ukrainian proprietor, kindly let me use my Ethical Deal coupon that was a year out of date.  I’d randomly bought it when I was an omnivore and now […]

These could totally suck. I decided to take this week’s mastication by products, cuisinart them together with some dates, cocoa, and tahini paste, roll them into balls with coconut and stick them in the freezer. Now, while the Juicer and I seem to be on civil terms, the Cuisinart is my nemesis.  This is the […]

Trader Joe’s. I live in Vancouver, Canada, and there is a section of the population that makes a pilgrimage down to Bellingham, Washington on a monthly basis to visit the Trader Joe’s and stock up.  Ah, Trader Joe’s!  Where food is cheap and plentiful! Making the passage is best when one has a Nexus card.  […]

I decided to make vegan lasagna. Well, actually, I made a lasagna that is half vegan and half with cheese for Alan.  In lieu of cheese on my side, I used nutritional yeast. To understand the import of this dinner, you must understand that I don’t really cook.  Sure, I steam.  Sure, I could sauté […]

I gave up fish just in time. I was reading a book called “The World is Blue.”  This remarkable account details in stark and horrifying glory the devastation that humans have inflicted upon our watery environment over the last hundred years.  It’s brutal. Groupers and bluefin tuna are nearly gone, dredging for shrimp wrecks havoc […]

Coming Home Alan greeted me with a stockpile of vegan groceries at home.  Quinoa, fortified soy milk, mixed greens, and a delicious toasted sandwich of spelt bread with avocado, mustard, vegannaise, and rock salt.  And to top it all off, a vegan brownie.  Delicious.  He’d decided to be a supportive trooper after all.   At least […]

Ugly Juice – about 8 oz. 2 carrots sliver ginger 1 lemon 3 leaves curly kale This is a seriously ugly juice, people.  We’re talking swampwater surprise.  Especially with the foamy bit on top when it first gets made.  Ew.  That said, it tastes anything but dank.  The lemon and the ginger zing it up […]