My journey into th organic-raw superfood cuisine-superfoods-detox

 

Organic food

It started with my job in the health food store.

1994. De Weegschaal Amsterdam, owned by mr. Bert Baanders wh was looking for a manager. I found the add in the newspaper. 

He hired me and the monday I started. I took over after he fired almost everyone ecept one girl. Suzanne. We became good friends. The first rule I told her was that we would hav a break at 11 for coffee or tea with any thing we liked from the shop in any quantity as well. That a nice rule she replied. 

 

In the shop I learned that organice food is a medicine. I learned so much from Bert who was no at the premisses however I could call him any time for a question. Mostly questions from clients what to eat for thi or that health concern-condition.

 

Raw Super food cuisine

Then many years later being pregnant from Li I decided I would give easy birth and give the child the best food. 

Then when she was 2 I went to Thailanad to the detox center 

I was juicing many vegetables, and herbs.

Diane Store

One day I met Diane Store*. She had a raw super food stall at the Noorder marked and she sold weatgrass juice. I asked her what kind of baby food to give. She replied: oh thats easy just put avocado and fruits in the blender. I never had blendd and avocado? Was that not only for salads??

However she raw food chocolate and lime pie so delicious i got hooked.

 

The raw food lifestyle happened to be easy, fast, delicious and super healthy and energising. 

This was also the time of the Chocolate Club** A nice Super food collective where they organised events.

 

I had just came back from the journy in Thailand were I visited the Health Oasis Spa in Koh Samui. After this I decided that one day I would open the best spa in the world. After coming home I have been researching obsessively on this subject for many (24) years.

A journey that gave me in a way freedom to myself because I have learned the holistic view of the many roots of diseases. 

 

I was that time creating also a bonbon, the Gigi bonbon, 100 gram Superfood bonbon, sugar free, delicious, sweetened with different experiments. Honey, xilitl, agave, mesquite.

At one event I met David Wolfe. He was so friendly to try my Gigi superfood bonbon and gave it a big yes.

I loved the energy of David ´Avocado´ Wolfe. I wanted to kow how this feels all these superfoods inside the body. This was my ´go´ for the superfood experience that is still going on and will always continue.

 

There were periods I had no the acces to superfoods however htere is always a way. Many of the superfoods grow wild you look and find the ones that are for you are there.

 

So we can always have superfoods. 

Years after I studied and applied raw food cuisine. I bought a dehydrator, I made crackers, I bought a food processor I made every thing, all recipes I could find and created my own recipe book/data base. All techniques of the rawfood cuisine ... I have been there and it was and still is an incredible journey. 

 

To make things that looks so impressive like a smoothie bowl and in fact it is soo  super easy. The 10000 of bowls that are possible the creativity the tastes, the energy its amazing and it ounds like and addand i wish I could advertise it. 

 

Alchemist Garden Amsterdam

Here I set up the kitchen the rawfood kitchen.

It was nice to work with Alec Bosboom together. We had no funds, I remember him saying: here is 5 euro go and make some rawfood, ha ha and me returning with a cabbage and some vegetables. He was testing my creations and we had great fun. 

After this year I left the company to continue further work on my database work: the cleansing. I was not available that time for food I was into liquid diet and cleansing. I was a huge challenge because at the same time bringing up children who are into another lifestyle with schools and such. I learned here that the cleansing lifestyle needs a dedicated space and time.

 

With a lot of patience and gratitude I accepted that this time was not the the time.

 

And the time for it came years later. When living off the grid and acces to mountain water, a nice collection of superfoods around me, and no interuptions.

 

This is the only way or go to a centre in Thailand like the https://healthoasisresort.com/ where they are all there for you and have the knowledge of whats going on during detoxification.  

 

And I will, via the Holistic Oasis Office, Raw food will get nice platform

 

Superfoods

 

There was that time I got into contact with rawfood also a hype. The superfood hype. And for many it was not a hype. It lasted.

For me for sure. 

My definition of superfoods is simple. 

Every plant based food that is human friendly and not made by man (hybrids) is a superfood

The list is endless. And I got that time totally absorbed. I used to buy a bag of superfood I had never heared of and started to investigate. Made a page as what I called a ´label´ and classified the names, the origen, the local use, the effects, the helath bnefits the botanical aspects.and at the same time use the product. I would tke it as a shot: put one or more teaspoons in a jar added water and haked, then it was ready to drink.Later I started to mix superfoods. I found that most superfoods are supportive and are often synnergists. This menas: one and one is four. They make together a stronger effect. 

 

I started to select also. Superfoods that can go into foods like berry powders into smoothies or in a shot only like bitter ones such as: ashawagandha, astragalus etc. 

I always so happy when I find a new one like recently in an Aftican shop I found Baobab leaves