Kristen Suzanne is a former competitive bodybuilder and Associate Chef and Instructor in Raw Gourmet Foods, certified by the world-famous Living Light Culinary Arts Institute in Fort Bragg, California.

Kristen is based in Scottsdale, AZ, and offers the following services:

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Author of Raw food recipe and lifestyle ebooks

Media spokesperson and Raw food advocate

Public and private demonstrations and lectures

Public and private classes

Personalized Raw food consultation and Raw lifestyle coaching

Raw recipe and menu development for restaurants and chefs

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Raw Food Resources & Links

Must-Read Books

My EASY Raw Recipe eBooks - You're going to love these recipes!

The China Study - This is the earth-shattering book by Columbia University researcher Colin Campbell. If you eat meat or dairy after reading this, you're in the same category as people who ride fast on motorcycles without wearing a helmet. On ice. Drunk. While doing Sudoku. Seriously, if you want to know the meticulously scientific, scary truth about meat's causal linkage to cancer, heart disease, and numerous other killers, this is the most important book to read on this list. The chapters on how doctors, hospitals, FDA and the meat/dairy industries have responded to this will get your blood boiling.

Food Revolution - By John Robbins. This is the new follow-up to Robbin's ground-breaking classic, "Diet for a New America." For those of you who don't know, Robbins was heir to the Baskin Robbins fortune and gave it up when he came to realize that consuming dairy kills people.


Foods - Organic, Bulk, or Other

Organic Raw Chocolate Powder - This stuff is a-freakin'-mazing. The best Raw chocolate powder for all of your chocolate needs. It will change your life.

Raw Cacao Nibs - Throw in your DVD of Apocalypto, dress up like a Mayan Princess, and grind your own chocolate in the original fashion using a stone mortar. (Ok, truth be told, I do it in 1/1000 the time with a coffee bean grinder wearing jeans and a t-shirt, but it's fun to pretend!)

Vitamineral Green 16 oz. - My all time FAVORITE green powder. This is a must have in every kitchen cupboard. I include a tablespoon of this amazing nutrition in my life every day. By far, this is the most effective green powder on the market that I've tried.

Fruits of the Earth 360 grams - Get ready for some extra sassy smoothies, or just use this to create the most delicious and nutritious water you've ever had! It's a phenomenal potent combination of nature's most nutritive fruits from around the world. Your smoothies (or just plain water) will never be the same.

Himalayan Crystal Sea Salt - 84 minerals, in the ratios found not only in the ocean, but... guess where? Our cellular fluid. (All life came from the sea originally.) This salt was laid down in what would become the Himalaya mountains, a few million years before we started dumping toxic sludge into the oceans. And it's even pretty. Pink!

Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods & Oils - Hemp is commonly referred to as a "superfood" because of its amazing nutritional value. Its amino acid profile dominates with the 8 essential amino acids (10 if you're elderly or a baby), making it a vegetarian source of "complete" protein! Manitoba Harvest is my absolute favorite source for hemp products. I use their hemp seeds, powder and oil to make many delicious raw vegan recipes all the time.

Navitas Naturals - My all-time favorite place to get a variety of delicious superfoods. This is where I go when buying raw chocolate (powder, nibs & butter), maca powder, goji berries, mesquite powder, camu powder, lucuma powder and more. Their products are terrifically fresh, powerful, and the place I trust for the best quality.

Chia Seeds 1 lb (Chemical Free)- The Chia Seed is an amazing food. I use them in my shakes almost every day because they're so nutritious and they make my shakes and smoothies deliciously thick and filling.

Living Tree Community - By far this is the BEST olive oil available. The flavor is so fresh. And, by the way, this is where you get black tahini (used in some of the recipes in my ebooks).

Mountain Rose Herbs - Exceptional quality certified organic products with a strict emphasis on sustainable agriculture. I adore all their organic herbs, spices, extracts, essential oils and herbal teas.

Wilderness Family Naturals - Incomparable Raw organic centrifuged coconut oil and low-temperature dehydrated coconut flakes. This is the ONLY place where I buy my coconut oil and dehydrated coconut flakes. The flavor and quality are unsurpassed.

Sun Organic Farm - Save money by buying organic nuts, and dried fruits in bulk.

Mumm's Sprouting Seeds - Everything you could ever want to know or get for sprouting.


Raw Kitchen Essential Tools

There is a short, simple, and finite list of items that, once you own them, will make an absolutely great, complete Raw kitchen. It's easier than you'd think: a powerful blender, a good food processor, 2-3 excellent knives, and a few more odds and ends.

MAC Knife - The number one tool you need in your Raw food kitchen is an excellent, sharp knife, because you'll do a lot of chopping. You might as well make it FUN while you're at it, eh? This is the one I love and use.

Knife Sharpener - It's very important to keep your knife sharp because a dull knife has been known to be more dangerous than a sharp knife. This is the one I use with my MAC knife.

Kyocera Ceramic Knife 5.5-in - Ceramic knives are a beautiful addition to your Raw food kitchen. Extremely sharp, perfect for fruits, greens, and herbs and rarely needing sharpening (can go months to years without sharpening). I love this!

Blendtec Blender - The best high-powered blender on the market. Yes, I like Vita-mix, but I LOVE my Blendtec so much more. It's easy to get the food out, simple to clean, efficient, fits neatly on my counter under my cupboard, and basically Rocks My World! It will for yours, too!

KitchenAid 12-Cup Food Processor - This is perfect for making desserts, pates, nut butters, and so much more.

Turning Vegetable Slicer - Required for making most vegetable pastas quickly and easily.

Spiral Slicer (Saladacco) - Less expensive version of the turning vegetable slicer. If you're on a budget, start with this one. When you can, get the turning vegetable slicer, too. They make different noodles.

Kyocera V-Slicer - This is a hand-held mandolin (vegetable slicer) that is great for making veggie chips, rawvioli noodes and more. It's easy to use and great for travel.

Matfer Mandoline 2000s - A bigger and better mandoline than the V-slicer because it helps ensure even slices as well as a variety of different cuts you can do. This is the very same one in my Raw kitchen. I love it!

Green Star GS-2000 Juicer FREE SHIPPING to 48 States - This Bad Boy isn't cheap, but it's life-changing. Nothing — and I mean nothing — beats juicing. Wanna go hardcore? This is it! Like the vegan version of being a vampire, you feel absolutely super-human when you drink down pure "plant blood." For a notch down on the intensity (and cost) scale, pick up a great blender and start with daily smoothies. (If you've not had green juice, try some at your local health food store before deciding which gear to invest in.) Juices and smoothies both go great with my Raw recipe ebook, "EASY Raw Smoothies, Juices, Elixirs & Drinks."

Excalibur Dehydrator - Dehydrating your Raw food is a great addition to your Raw lifestyle because it adds tremendous variety to your diet as well as shelf life to some of your food. Now you can have crunchy foods, warm foods, marinated foods with a texture reminiscent of cooked food, and foods that can last a long time in your refrigerator or freezer. Learn everything you need to about using this magnificent piece of kitchen equipment, along with some of the best dehydrating recipes ever, with my ebook, EASY Raw Food Dehydrating (available Fall 2007).

Tribest FreshLife Sprouter - Take your health to the next level by consuming uber healthy, nutrient packed sprouts. With this effortless system, sprouting has never been so easy!

AeroGrow AeroGarden Garden - Have you ever wanted your own little garden, but didn't think you had a green thumb? This amazing piece of equipment helps you grow your own lettuce, herbs, tomatoes, and more right in your kitchen. It's straightforward, uncomplicated and requires very little effort on your part. Warning: This operates using a bright light part of the time, so don't put it anywhere that you're trying to keep dark.

International Basil Seed Kit - My favorite seed kit for my AeroGrow AeroGarden is the International Basil, much more than the lettuce or mixed herbs. The basil seems to grow the heartiest.

Tribest Personal Travel Blender - Want a fresh green smoothie on your next trip? Need a great, but small blender for your office? This is hands down the best tool for travel or work. You have to get one of these! Powerful, easy to clean, and portable. What more could you ask for?

Offset Spatula - Definitely one of my best friends in the kitchen. This little guy makes spreading cakes, mousse, cheese, etc. super easy. Get a couple of them.

Offset Spatula 6-inch - Another must-have buddy for the kitchen, only this size is perfect for spreading granola, crackers, and bread before dehydrating.

Spring Form Pans, Set of 2 - Ideal for making Raw cakes, pies and even lasagna.

The Scoopers! - If you've been to any of my classes, you know that "these" are my best friends in the kitchen (after my mom, of course!). They make scooping out avocado and coconut meat, from young Thai coconuts, effortless (as well as many other applications such as kiwi fruit, melons, tomatoes, etc.). They are truly amazing and make fantastic gifts. Get a couple of sets while you're here.

Wide-Mouth Glass Mason Jar 1 Qt., Case of 12 - I store everything I can in glass jars to keep my food the healthiest possible. (Plastic containers can leach chemicals into your food to which I say, "No thanks!") These are perfect for storing Raw soups, smoothies, juices, nuts, seeds, granola, crackers and more. In fact, I use them for my drinking glasses. Yep, I drink my fresh organic smoothies right out of them.

Wide Mouth Glass Mason Jar 1 Pt., Case of 12 - For the same reasons above, make sure you use glass mason jars to store your food. This size is perfect for single servings of your Raw food. For the ultimate in freshness and storage of your Raw food, make sure you get a FoodSaver with the mason jar attachment tool. Your life will be easier when you do. I promise!

FoodSaver V2440 Advanced Design - Truly one of the best additions to my Raw food kitchen ever. With a FoodSaver you can add shelf life to your Raw goodies, saving you time, and helping reduce waste. After you buy your FoodSaver through Amazon here, hop over to FoodSaver's website and buy the "mason jar attachment" so you can use it with your glass mason jars.

Kitchen Food Scale - This is my favorite scale. Easy to keep clean and use.


Fitness Equipment Must-Haves

Needak Half Fold Platinum Edition - $245 includes shipping - One of the BEST ways to easily get into shape, get your lymph system circulating and have FUN while you're doing it.

Lex Loop Exercise Bands - Perfect for quick workouts that don't require a gym membership.

Get Your Jump Rope - Get fit super fast by jumping rope.


Non-Food Organics

Terressentials - Organic body care for smart people - Hand-crafted, USDA Certified Organic which means these products are truly 100% Natural. I'm so glad I found them...these products have changed my life!

Raw Gaia - Beautiful, living skin care products created from cold-pressed, organic and vegan ingredients, infused with essential oils and floral waters of the finest quality. I love their Sun-dried Green Clay Face Pack.

Awakening Organics - Incredible organic kids' Clothing


Raw Fitness

Raw Runner - The name kinda says it all.

Tonya Kay - Raw food athlete and professional dancer


Restaurants

Mandala Tearoom - 100% organic vegan restaurant in Scottsdale, AZ, where I am the Raw guest chef on special occasion.

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Raw & Health-Related Travel

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Friends of the Cause

Go Veg! - Are you eating a plant-based diet yet? Visit GoVeg.com to learn more.

American Vegan Society

Vegetarian Women

Veganica

The Hemp Shop - Europe's leading hemp retailer with the largest selection of hemp and hemp blended products. From Foods to Clothing, Body Care to Paper, Luggage to Fabrics if it's made from the world's greatest Eco plant, come to The Hemp Shop, the UK's oldest Hemp company.

Ecoforest

AZ Vegan - Calendar and information source for vegans in Arizona.

Live-Food.com - Lively pictures and videos, live food locations, resources and more...

Wellness Coaching

Women's Radio

Ohio Raw Vegan Food Delivery

Foraging with the "Wildman" - Learn about medicinal herbs, greens, fruits, nuts, seeds, and mushrooms. Read excerpts from his books and find out what happened after he was arrested by NYC park rangers for eating a dandelion in Central Park!

Healthy Vegetarian

Gentle World - A non-profit group educating the public on the benefits of a plant-based diet and sustainable living.

Real Raw Food

Catch A Healthy Habit

Art of Vibrant Health

L.O.V.E. Raw

Raw Food and Natural Hygiene