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The garden is a continual season of new life and rejuvenation. It is a sanctuary where serenity exists between the plethora of fauna and flora who share its pleasures. Getting back to the garden inspires awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment, while inherently reaping the rewards of nature's precious gifts of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Build your garden today, eat alive and fresh foods tomorrow!
Au Naturaw is committed to providing you with raw food recipes that use all sprouted grains, organic vegetables, nuts and seeds. These live grains significantly increase valuable enzyme rich nutrients which aid in digestion and promote vitality. Using organic produce ensures environmentally sound methods which encourages biodiversity and produces healthier food. Finally, we use cooking temperatures that do not exceed 118 degrees, resulting in delicious food that is bursting with phytonutrients and vitamins.
Our love for the foods we eat and prepare for you comes straight from our own kitchen. We promote the Raw Food Lifestyle because it is a conscientious diet that nourishes the body, stimulates the mind and awakens the soul. Its medicinal properties heal illnesses and restores quality of life. The raw food movement supports local farmers and promotes sustainablity with pesticide free produce. When you eat raw foods, you are an active participant in ensuring the well-being of our Mother Earth and a cleaner and healthier environment for future generations.
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Our Travels... Washington's Olympic National Forest
The rhodo's, a nickname spoken by the locals for the rhododendrons, appear in every part of the Pacific Northwest's landscape. As we adventured into the Olympic National Forest we were graciously hosted by the pastel pink bouquets of rhododendron trees, lined up like loved ones greeting us as they waved their petals in gestures of welcome along the mountainsides of the sub-alpine forests. Their delicate, yet dominate presence in this living and dynamically species-dependent environment was serenely invigorating. To be a part of such an ecologically complex system, where the preservation of life is interdependent, is a privilege and perfect pastime. Our human presence need not be a nuisance, but rather a welcoming addition to a vast array of multi-colored fauna and flora. Magical or Toxic?
On our search for edible foliage, not necessarily for the hallucinogenic properties, we discovered a plethora of mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest's fungi filled forests. My amazement of these life forms --diverse in their color, shape, nutrition and toxicity--is evident in the slide show of photos I captured on our expedition through the sub-alpine forests. As we trudged many miles on the mossy, green paths of Washington's backyard trails, defying the blisters of our booted feet and the cravings of our grumbling stomachs, we carefully selected from the smorgasboard array of mushrooms elegantly served on carved platters of wood and mossy fern. (article in the works)
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