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A DOSE OF LOVE FOR MAGIC & FLOW

As some of you know, I've declared 2010 my year of infinite LOVE. And I'm not just talking about romantic love, although there's plenty of that in my life, but love as a state of mind!

Choosing to live in the mindset of love is like flowing downstream along the current of Life, rather than struggling up against it, as Abraham-Hicks would say. This is the best way I can think to describe what this feels like.

I find that the more I step into love, and act out of love, the more synchronicity shows up in my life! It's as though I no longer have to force things in my life to fall into place, they seem to just conveniently happen. I can't explain it, things just flow! Now who wouldn't want that?

Luckily, none of it is a mystery. It's actually rather simple! Here's what I've come to understand about love. There is only one energy field, with love on one end of the continuum and fear on the other... but it's all the same energy field, just expressed in different frequencies. Love, of course, being expressed at a higher vibration.

Love is an infinite expansion of light energy, while fear is light energy contracted. And we know this to be true... notice how love makes us feel light and free, while fear leaves us feeling tense, as though everything inside of us is contracting.

So when you open your heart to love, you shift and transform fear into the frequency of love and expansion... which just so happens to be of a similar frequency of magic and flow! So the more we align with the vibration of love, the more we align with synchronicity.

But the secret to flow is not just in a loving state of mind. A clean, natural diet must accompany your new found love. Why? Because you need a clean body, free of toxicity and stagnation, for love to flow through freely. Together in sink these unlock a world of magic!

So as you love your body with beautiful nourishing foods, give your heart and mind an extra dose of love, and watch the magic unfold! Play and have fun with it, and treat yourself to a beautiful, loving Valentine's Day! ♥

CHEESY KALE CHIPS ANYONE?

I have a confession to make. I've got a serious addiction to these Quite Cheesey Kale Chips. You guys know what I'm talking about! And like any addict who needs her daily fix, I decided I desperately needed to find a way to recreate these super awesome kale chips.

So I took my obsession to my raw kitchen! I wanted to play around, give this recipe some Mila love and see what I came up with. The result, ridiculously good, super cheesy crunchy mouth-watering kale chips! I've gotten such a response from people asking for my recipe, I couldn't resist sharing it ♥

Super Cheesy Kale Chips

4 cups purple kale, torn into bite-size pieces (stems removed)

1 cup cashews (soaked 1 hour)
1 red bell pepper 
2 Tbsp lemon juice (about 1 large lemon)
1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
1 clove garlic
1 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp Himalayan salt
Pinch cayenne

Blend all ingredients, except for the kale, in a high speed blender until smooth. In a separate bowl drench your kale in the "cheese" sauce and mix well to incorporate. Spread the kale evenly on a teflex sheet and dehydrate on 115 degrees for 16-20 hours, or until dry and crunchy. I like to fluff them up about half way through to make sure they get evenly dehydrated.

A DAY IN THE RAW - SOCAL

Heading up the California coast, we stopped by 118 Degrees in Costa Mesa for a refreshing light breakfast. I fell in love with their raw coconut crepes... amazing!

Next up was Santa Monica for a beautiful raw lunch at Juliano's Planet Raw. They have the most amazing freshly brewed herb/honey kombucha... beyond words!

And our final destination was Au Lac for a fabulous raw dinner by Chef Ito! While awaiting our appetizers, who do I spot walking into the restaurant? A few familiar faces including Dhrumil of Give it to me Raw, Lori Painter, and Courtney Pool. I couldn't believe it!

After some good laughs, Dhru kindly invited us to join them for dinner... an absolute highlight of the day! It's amazing how much synchronicity I see in my life when I open my heart and stay in the flow ♥