Hangin’ at Catch a Healthy Habit Cafe!

     Whilst In Connecticut I had to check out CT’s hot-spot for raw-foodies… Catch a Healthy Habit Cafe!  Me and my sis (who’s gettin’ all into raw food!) went there for Steve “The Sproutman” Meyerowitz’s workshop on sprouting. Learned a lot of great stuff, got hear about the how’s, why’s, and importance of sprouting, and got to taste some awesome radish, broccoli and lentil sprouts! My sister enjoyed it so much that she picked up a couple of his hemp sprout bags (unbeknownst to me at the time, one was to be an early Christmas gift for me! Thanks sis :0) ).  After the workshop I ran into Glen Colello, owner, operator, health counselor and all around cool mofo!  He recognized me from my videos and we got to talkin’ about my experiences with raw-living. ~

     After talkin’ a bit more Glen invited me to get in on a raw chocolate workshop he was presenting at the Cafe later in the week.  Schweeeeeet!!  I had a chance to co-create some awesome cacao laden treats including, cinnamon pecan rolls with a inner spiral of cacao sauce, ice cream, and some raw chocolate hearts.  Between the fun of it all, sharing some raw-food info and my story with the attendants, chillin’ with Glen and sampling some cacao alchemy, I was buzzin’!  Great times!

Glen explaining the use and cleansing powers of the cassia pod

     After the workshop Glen asked if I had any good, quick and easy chocolate recipes up my sleeve and it just so happened that I had whipped one up several days prior to the workshop.. My sister had stocked up her kitchen with all sorts of raw goodies for me to tinker with and I was enjoying some Artisana tahini when I was inspired to try making a raw version of Nutella (that yummy but, not-raw, hazelnut spread).  My sis loved it and we experimented dipping all sorts of stuff in it and found it to be really great spread on banana slices and topped off with pecans!  Glen and I gathered the ingredients and did another video to share the recipe!~

     I had a great time chilling at the Cafe, which has a comfortable and fun energy to it.  I’m so happy to see such a cool place thriving in my ol’ hometown of West Haven.  Glen and friends host a ton of workshops, get togethers, parties and potlucks at the cafe and I’m realllly lookin’ forward to our move and being able to stop in more often!  If you’re in the area go check it out!  And in the meantime check out their website and see what cool goings on are in the works!

Rawdawg and G-man!