WHAT IF: We could truly be healthy? We could actually lose that weight? We could feel energized? We could finally get off that medication? We could really curb our addictions to food, sugar and other chemical substances? We could cure ourselves of dis-ease? We could actually apply what we already know about diet and nutrition and see results? We stopped having our important organs removed....because they are not working properly? We stopped having our stomachs stapled... to lose weight? Doctors did only well-care check-ups? Hospitals became Wellness Centers? Pharmaceutical companies went out of business? Healthier foods were more accessible? If this ponders any thoughts in your mind, then get with the program. We are a product of what we create. Coming this Jun 1st - 21st, The Yabba Pot features 21 DAY RAW FOOD CHALLENGE, an extensive program bringing you the information you need to be truly ALIVE!! Baltimore, we live in a city that has the worlds number #1 Hospitals. Yet, we live in a city that is possibly one of the worlds most sickest as well. Rampant with Drug Addiction (legal and illegal), Obesity, Cancer, Sugar Diabetes, High Blood Pressure and more. We are what we comsume! It is time to take the information that is so readily accessible and apply it to our own lives. Join the forum that makes a difference. First of all, everyone is required to register for the challenge. Registration basically commits you to the process. It is imperative that you show and prove your dedication to the challenge by participating in ALL of the events that we have scheduled. We have included in this packet: 12 Steps to Raw Food (by Victoria Boutenko), Why Raw Food? And what you should be eating (by Alissa Cohen), The Schedule of Events, The Meal Plan and some Menu Choices, Program Fees, and the Registration Form. If you register by the 21st you will receive the Early Bird Discount (see Program Fees). All that is required of you is to try your best to stick to eating raw foods for 21 days. We suggest you bringing a friends, partner or spouse to do the challenge with you. We are anticipating about 100 participants this season. Summer time is a very easy and rejuvenating time to cleanse your system. So don’t sit on this! Consider this a gift to yourself. You will love yourself for it. Don’t let money be an obstacle for you. The price of health is infinite and we will definitely need help in the kitchen, so let me know where you can fit it.......... You may qualify for a Yabba Scholarship! Raw Food is the Truth, yall! And you know what time it is. If you are receiving this by email you can register online at: http://rawfoodchallenge8.eventbrite.com. If you have any additional questions or comments, I prefer if you email me.theyabbapot@earthlink.net But if you want to hear my voice, call me at 443-939-0133. Love Love!! Skai This challenge is considered a "Retreat in the City". Participants will join others in challenging themselves to eating a 100% Live Food Diet for 21 Days while learning about: Friday, June 1st (6 – 8 pm) – Raw Food Challenge Kick-Off Dinner Buffet • Catered by Chef Skai and Empress Catering - Guest Speaker - Dr Baruch ($25) • Please Bring o a copy of the Challenge Packet for yourself and a copy for someone who may need one o a log so that we can record our experiences during the feast/fast; and o $25 to cover the cost of a scrumptious Yabba Pot raw meal including fruit drink and dessert. • Dr Baruch - has been featured on the Michael Baisden show (www,michaelbaisden.com) numerous times in the recent past few weeks. What is so phenomenal about this is that information that has been so “Underground” about holistic health and healing is now being catapulted into the Mainstream. Please be inspired by Dr Baruch’s dedication to healing our people from the health related issues caused by poor diet, stress, lack of exercise and educational awareness on controlling ones health, Dr. Baruch has developed a new seminar entitled “Eat the Cure”, where he begins to show us how we can eat our way to absolute health. Through cleansing our minds from the stereotypical illusions of the “Soul Food Diet” and “Standard American Diet”, he shows us by taking a proactive view on what we allow to enter our bodies minds and souls we can cure ourselves from virtually every aliment known to man. (www.drbaruch.com) Sunday, June 3rd – • Farmer’s Markets Field Trip in Baltimore (8 am – 10 am) o Group will be guided by Vaneta as to what’s and how’s of buying at the Farmer’s Market • Raw Potluck (5 – 8pm) o Adam Kandel’s House – 5601 Fair Oaks Ave, Baltimore, MD 21214 610-908-7856 o For those of you who don't know, Adam is an active & inspiring member of our community. He started B-More Sprout Co. and still sells fresh sprouts and wheatgrass at the Sunday Farmers Market, along with organic Falafel and raw vegan cookies. Adam also works at Yabba Pot putting his loving nature into all the wonderful food there. In addition he is a musician who writes songs, plays guitar, sings, and plays percussion. You can see him perform on Friday June 1st with The Healing Ensemble at 8pm @ Midtown Yoga 107 East Preston Street, MD21202, 410-234-8967 o The potluck on June 3rd promises to be one of the best ever because it will coincide with Skai's raw vegan challenge. Many new people will be in attendance, and the food will be off the hook!! • Please bring o A Raw Food Dish that serves approx 10 people, Organic ingredients would be considered customary, however please not when Organics are not used o A Note Card with the Name and Ingredients of your dish o At many raw food potlucks, it is normal for folks to bring their own non-disposable plates and utensils to cut back on filling up the landfills. Feel free to bring your own (although we will have some on hand…just in case) Wed, June 6th -“Raw Pizza Happy Hour” (6 – 8pm) Kephre Anu ($10) • After work come over to The Yabba Pot and feast on some delicioso Raw Pizza by Chef Khephre who will also be talking to us briefly about how to make Raw Food Fun! • Khepre will also be selling whole Live! Pizzas, so bring extra $$ because you will want to take more home • The Yabba Pot will also offer Wheatgrass Shots and Red Hot juice blends! Sun, June 10th – • Farmer’s Markets Meet-Up (9am – 11am) o Meet at Adam’s Stand • Field Trip to Pennsylvania – “Loving Life Café” (Leaving at 1:30 pm) ($20 - $35)109 Carlisle St., New Oxford, PA 17350 717-476-LOVE (5683) o We usually caravan from the Yabba Pot or meet there. Check out their website for menu items www.lovinglifecafe.com o The amount is based on whatever you order Wed, June 13th (6 – 8 pm) Smoothies & Reflections Happy Hour ($10) • Kurt Tyson – will guide us through our reflections of our journey with being raw. Kurt Tyson was featured in a short film, “Raw for 30 Days”. Check out the trailer on the website: www.rawfor30days.com • Join Us for yummy smoothies of various types – green smoothies, berry smoothies and Skai’s favorite - ginger apple smoothies Sun, June 17th – Field Trip to New York – “Bonobos” • Live Food Fine Dining at its best • All-inclusive day • More info to follow Tuesday, June 19th – (6:30 – 8 pm) Divine Foods ($10) • Dr. Mahneel Ben Kiel of The Afrikan Hebrew Isrealites of Jerusalem and owner of Tree of Life in Lexington Market will inspire us with information regarding the connection between Live Foods and Spirituality. • Chef Skai will be serving a POWER SALAD with her SECRET SEXY SAUCE. • If its hot enough – some Watermelon Cooler! Thursday, June 21st (6:30 – 9pm) Raw and Alive Food Potluck Gala Ending Event • Andrew and Liz Mack will once again open there home to a new spin on the closing of our Challenge • Please bring o A Raw Food Dish that serves approx 10 people, Organic ingredients would be considered customary, however please not when Organics are not used o A Note Card with the Name and Ingredients of your dish o At many raw food potlucks, it is normal for folks to bring their own non-disposable plates and utensils to cut back on filling up the landfills. Feel free to bring your own (although we will have some on hand…just in case) • The Yabba Pot is available to make your dish – Please call ahead! • Certificates of Completion • Dr Baruch brings the TRUTH once again! _____________________________________________ 12 Steps to Raw Food by Victoria Boutenko 1. I admit that I have lost control to my addiction and my eating is becoming unmanageable 2. I believe that live vegan food is the most natural diet for a human being 3. I shall gain necessary skills, learn basic raw recipes and obtain equipment to prepare live food 4. I shall live in harmony with people who eat cooked food 5. I shall stay away from temptations 6. I shall create a support group 7. I shall find alternative activities or hobbies 8. I shall let my higher self lead my life 9. I shall make a searching and fearless inventory of the real reasons of seeking comfort and pleasure from cooked food 10. I shall let my intuition help me 11. through clarity I will gain happiness 12. I shall provide support to other raw foodists WHY RAW FOOD? By Alissa Cohen What we eat deeply and radically affects the way we think, feel, and behave. WE are what we eat and we eat what we are. Food affects every aspect of our being. Food is the physical foundation of our body. If the foundation is unstable, all that is built upon it will be unstable. Everything you physically are was once the air you breathed, the water you drank, and the food you ate. The colloidal mineral structure of your body is built out of the foods you have eaten. If there is an alteration in the food, then it is reflected in the look and function of the body. Improve your food choices and you dramatically improve the foundation upon which your body is built. Cooking food over temperatures of 112 destroys all enzymes. This is a problem because life itself depends on enzymes. We need enzymes for every living bodily function: walking, talking, and breathing. As we age, our bodies’ natural source of enzymes becomes depleted. We need to replenish this source through the foods we eat. If we do not do this – if we continue to cook away the enzymes in our food – then we eventually begin to use our own natural enzymes reserves. Meanwhile the cooking process makes it more difficult for our bodies to break up and digest the food we eat. The food begins to become stored in our bodies as toxins, leading to all sorts of disease. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF RAW FOODS? Raw Foods and Juicing effortlessly drops unwanted pounds, boosts your immune system, enhances your relationships, lengthen life, brings you closer to the spiritual realms, allows you to think more creatively, clears emotional blockages, improves your performance in business, and creates a healthier, happier life for you and those around you. People who continuously eat a raw and living foods diet heal themselves of: Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, Acne, Migraines, Back, Neck and Joint Pain, Asthma, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Hypoglycemia, Colitis and Diverticulitis, Candida, Arthritis, Serious Allergies, Depression, Anxiety and Mood Swings, Heartburn, Gas and Bloating, Skin Diseases, Obesity, Menopausal Symptoms, Chronic Fatigue, Cancers and other ailments and diseases….just by eating differently. To remain young, one must change Alexander Chasea EQUIPMENT YOU WILL NEED Depending on your budget and what you already have, I would not recommend anyone running out and buying all these gadgets because after 21 days of usage they may (hopefully not) sit on the kitchen counter collecting dust. If however your pocket allows it and you are committed to making real changes in your life starting today than invest in the more inexpensive versions of the following: They usually all work fine. I would upgrade to the more expensive brands once your life requires them. A Blender, Food Processor, and a Juicer. Really, the most important tool you will need are some high quality knives. WHAT ARE YOU ALLOWED TO EAT ON THE RAW FOOD CHALLENGE? Raw and living food consists of uncooked fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and sprouted grains. These foods are not processed, heated, cooked or altered in any way. They are nothing more than whole foods in their natural state. You can eat any raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, or seeds. If you sprout grains and beans, you can eat those too. Here is a partial listing of what we are allowed to eat within the next 21 days. You will see that this list is filled with so much variety you will never get bored: Fresh Fruit and Fruit Juices: Apples, apricots, avocados, bananas, blackberries, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherimoyas, cherries, coconuts, cucumbers, dates, durian, figs, grapefruit, grapes, kiwis, lemons, limes, mangoes, melons, nectarines, oranges, papayas, peaches, pears, persimmon, pineapples, plums, sapotes, strawberries, tomatoes, tropical fruits, zucchini. These are all fresh, ripe, raw and hopefully organic. No fruits that come in a can or jar: they are not raw. Fresh Vegetables and Vegetable Juices: Beets, Bok Choy, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery root, celery, chives, collards, corn, dandelion, eggplant, endive, escarole, fennel, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuces, mushrooms, mustard greens, okra, olives, onions, parsley, parsnips, peas, peppers, radishes, sorrel, spinach, sprouts, squash, swiss chard, turnips, watercress. These must also be fresh, ripe, raw, and hopefully organic. Do not eat any vegetables that come in a can or a jar: they are not raw. Nuts and Seeds: Raw and Unsalted Only! Almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, filberts, flaxseeds, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts. Sprouts: Barley, buckwheat, chickpeas, lentils, mung, quinoa, rye, wheat Dried Fruits: No Sugar or Sulfates Apples, apricots, bananas, dates, figs, pears, prunes, raisins Seaweed: Raw not toasted Dulse, Hijiki, Kelp, Nori, Wakame Other Foods: Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, apple cider vinegar, raw honey, raw carob powder, Braggs Liquid Aminos, nama shoyu, sea salt, spices and herbs, raw tahini, raw almond butter and other raw nut butters RAW FOOD CHALLENGE MEAL PLAN The Yabba Pot wants to make it easier for the Raw Food Challenge participants to successfully complete 21 Days of Raw Food Living. We have created this Meal Plan so that one can essentially call in and pick up your meals. You can pick up to three meals per day and refrigerate them for no more than two days. This system provides almost a 20% savings on the 20 meal plan at $150 and 35 meal plan at $250. Each meal consists of a combination platter of three Yabba Pot selections of your choice, all packaged TO-GO. The Meal Plan is only for the Named Participant and one guest. Non-refundable. Non-transferable. Meal Plan expires in 60 days. Name ___________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Phone: __________________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________________ 20 Meal Plan __________ 35 Meal Plan _________ Expires ___________ Meal Plan Menu Choices This list contains items that we will be making on a daily basis. We will most definitely have Live Kale Salad everyday and we will choose 5 – 7 more items on this list. Our goal is to “mix it up” a bit, so you don’t get bored with the selections. And if there is a particular recipe that you would like us to try, please bring it in. We will do out best to accommodate your special requests. Live Kale Salad Royal Seaweed Salad Carrot Tuna Thai Stir Live Marinated Mushrooms Broccoli Jazz Green Earth Salad Curry Spinach Salad Live! Curry Okra Avocado Salad Nut Meat Loaf Apple Crumble Raw Hummus Zucchini Pasta and Marinara Jerk Cabbage AND MORE!! 21 Days of Wellness and The Raw Food Challenge Program Fees Does not include trips to Pennsylvania and New York and the Two Happy Hours. Program A - $275 Registration - $25 Meal Plan - $250 – 35 meal plan Program B - $175 Registration - $25 Meal Plan - $150 – 20 meal plan Program C Basic Registration - $25 Program E (Early Bird) - Register by 5/26/07 Early Bird Special - $250 Registration - Waived 35 Meal Plan - Included

The Yabba Pot
2431 St Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Friday, June 1, 2007 at 7:00 PM - Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 7:00 PM (PT)

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The Yabba Pot

Baltimore's Premiere Vegan Hot Spot dedicated to promoting the benefits of Natural Living and the Vegan Lifestyle