David Wolfe, Super foods and super cool people!!

DW, myself, Glen Dog, Lisa, AJ and Frankie

 This past Tuesday hangin’ at Catch was amazing! I spent the day working (if you can call putting together awesome raw-eats, taste testing them and kickin’ it with some of the nicest peeps ever “work”) I’ll refer to it as “hanging out”! The crew consisting of Glen, Lisa, Violet, AJ Wentorth, Frank Gigglio and myself, were goin’ full throttle getting the place geared up and stocked up with an amazing supply of delicious and ridiculously healthy eats! Wolfe and his crew we’re hanging out and gettin’ their stuff in order and there was a buzz in the air of positive energy! 

The day began with an Elements for Life dinner with David for people interested in joining the Elements crew. Frankie G blended up an amazing concoction, containing everything from raw cacao, to cayenne pepper to nutmeg! It was one potent elixir and a heck of a way to kick off the amazing spread Lisa, Violet and AJ put togther! Burgers on onion bread with a mango/cayenne sauce , salad with ceaser dressing, and for desert a chocolate gnocche on an awesome crust drizzled with  goji berry/strawberry sauce! WOWSAS! After serving up the dinner guests Lisa had reserved a bunch of goodies for the crew and I. The eats were amazing, and in honor of the event  all were infused with various superfoods!

After the dinner I got a chance to chat with David and hooked him up with one of our smoothie jar bags as a thanks for all the inspiration and knowledge he’s shared through his lectures and books. His passion for this stuff can get anyone excited about eating raw! You’ve never found yourself craving a handful of pumpkin seeds as much as you will after hearing him describe their health benefits! It’s a trip listening to him!

Before the talk and during the intermission the crew and I were whipping up all sorts of goodies for the crowd. AJ and I were tag teaming the smoothie dept and having a ball joking about the “torment” of having to taste our creations before serving them *lol* Oh the agony of  another cacao smoothie shot. *haha* I’ve never been more sarcastic.  :0P There was singin’, blender boogieing and jokes galore much to the delight of the many awesome people who came together for the event! An amazing time!!

Rockin' the smoothie bar!

 Now I know a lot of people are doggin’ David Wolfe about everything from cacao to superfoods. Calling him a modern snake oil hocker or worse. But, my vibe about him has always been that  his passion is eating the best foods ever and relying on what nature produces to sustain oneself in the best health. And not even so much in the pre-packaged exotic stuff but, to look in one’s own backyard, forest, and garden for the best foods ever! His passion for gardening shined through during the last part of his talk. He and his gardening friends do it all and more when it comes to growing organically, from biodynamic preparations to playing music for the plants, 31 different rock powders and encouraging a natural balance among the garden life. This stuck with me being a passionate organic gardening nerd myself! He even talked quite a bit about guerrilla gardening and sowing Goji berries everywhere including Disney World! LOL

  Setting up a healthy kitchen was also a good portion of his talk. His philosophy was to get all the stuff outta your cabinets and check it out. What do you have to work with? Get all the good stuff out in the open, and make your kitchen into your healthy laboratory where you whip up your own delicious creations! This struck a chord with me BIG time, because I’m all about having a pimped out kitchen that inspires me to hang for a bit and throw together my fave raw-eats!! It’s a tip I may or may not have brought up before so I did a piece about it for my Raw-Fu video this past Friday.

 Another point he brought up was that when you delve into this healthy way of eating and people notice your results they’re gonna want to start comin’ to your place for eats! He says this works well because you can have them clean the juicer! lol I myself share my eats and know how with all my friends and family who take an interest in it.I love not only the positive reactions to my raw-creations but, takin’ good care of the people I love!

  One last brief vid here of Glen checking out Wolfes’ talk . My fave part is where DW describes how no matter what you’re craving we have the technology to make a delicious raw-equivalent! It’s one of the things that inspired me sooo much about raw-foods , that you can have the healthiest foods ever and have them taste great!!