In the spring, we have beautiful cherry blossoms all over Japan, which is called sakura. This beautiful scenery of Japan is just breathtaking!  I picked up some sakura petals and dehydrated them with a maple syrup. It was not easy to find cherry in this season, but I got them for my ice-cream. I made two different presentation of my ice-cream and could not select one, so I will show you both. Continue reading →

 I like Mimi Kirk very much! She was nominated as a sexiest vegetarian over 50 at age 70! She looks really amazing for her age. Her raw food recipes videos helped me a lot, when I just started my raw food life. I was so inspired by her, so ordered her book ”Live Raw” with very nice recipes. On the first step of transition to raw food I wanted sweets, I had a lot of nuts every day.  I made a cheesecake from her book and invited my friends. So it was my first raw food cake and everybody loved it! Original recipe with blackberries, but I could not find them in Tokyo, so replaced with bluberries. You can use any kind of berries for this recipe. This cake is perfect for hot summer time, because required to be frozen.  And be careful, this is a big size cake for big family or party! Dont eat it alone, too much fat from nuts and coconut oil is not good for your health!  You can keep it frozen for some months as well. Continue reading →