Wild Rawgust: Get Your ROARING Basics Covered

Our Kitchen Essentials:

• Seaweeds (an ode to ‘wild’ and minerals)
• Cold-pressed oils (flax, hemp, olive oil, coconut oil)
• Olives (raw, unpasteurised, sun-dried)
•  Seeds (Pumpkin seeds, Sunflower seeds, Hulled hemp seeds, etc)
• Nuts (Pine Nuts, Almonds, Macadamia, Brazil nuts, Cashews, etc)
• Raw Cacao (butter, powder, liquor, bean – everything)
• Medicinal berries (Vit C rich: Incan berry, Goji berry, rosehip, seabuckthorn, Camu Camu, acerola cherry, etc)
• Our favourite superfoods: (mesquite (white carob), maca (hormonal health), spirulina (protein), chlorella (chlorophyll), barley grass powder.
• Sweeteners (Whole: dried mulberries, dates, dried figs, dried apricots); Liquid (Maple syrup, coconut nectar, raw high-quality agave); Powdered (coconut palm sugar, xylitol); Raw Honey – wild, artisan and consciously produced
• Herby greens (coriander, parsley, spring onions, sage)
• Dark leafy greens  (broccoli, dandelion, nettle, kale, spinach, spring greens)
• Staple vegetables (Sweet potato, squash, courgette, romano pepper, cauliflower, etc)
• Tropical & sunny climate favourite fruit (Coconut, watermelon, Alphonso mangos, papaya, durian, pomegranate)
• Essential Condiments and Spices (Miso, Tamari, Smoked paprika, Unprocessed sea salt, Deactivated nutritional yeast, onion powder, turmeric, ginger, chili, sundried tomatoes.

Equipment We Use:

• The overlooked power of hands: we make most recipes with our hands!!
• Mortar & pestle: we make dips and sauces there too!!
• Juicer + blender
• Dehydrating or oven
• Ceramic Knifes
• Measuring spoons
• Chinois & milk bags
• Spiralisers & peelers

Main Food Groups for the Summer Season:

•  Berries (Strawberries, blueberries, cherries, raspberries, gooseberries, mulberries)
• Veggies (Cucumbers, tomatoes, artichokes, red peppers, cauliflower, broccoli, baby squash, kohlrabi, fennel)
• Greens (Kale, spring onion, leek, coriander, parsley, rocket, bok choi, cabbage)
•  Salads
• Fruit (figs, peaches, nectarines, oranges, apples, pears, just use your imagination!) 
• Globally in season (watermelon, coconut, durian, papaya, mango)

Food and Energetic Tendencies to Bear in Mind in Summer:

•  Enjoy plentiful of sunshine
• Get playtime in the kitchen and outside
•  Make food-sharing and picnics a must
• Go foraging
• Spend at least 30 mins surrounded by nature every day
• Regular – ideally daily excise
• Practice getting up early and greeting the day
• Increase your water intake to at least 3l
• Be expressive, be you
• Get some downtime, it is summer!