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Uncooked Gourmet Culinary Arts Workshop
August 27 - 31, 2008
Workshop Leader Crystal Bruneau
Beginning 2:00 pm on Wednesday, August 27th, ending at 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 31st
Price $500.00 (all inclusive) Payment instructions are at the bottom of this page.

This five day uncooked culinary arts workshop is based on acknowledging that we are free to nourish and love our bodies. By uncooked we mean eating living foods served in a gourmet way.

Learn to prepare foods that nourish our body best. Say yes to treating our bodies with tender loving care and discover what feels good. Because we are all uniquely perfect, this workshop will not focus on what is right or wrong, but simply give tools to create meals that are healthy, give energy, enzymes, beautiful skin, gorgeous hair and bring every cell in the body alive. After you have learned the easy and fun food preparation techniques that will do this for your body yet deliver amazingly delicious food, it is up to you to choose what makes you feel good.

During this 5 day workshop we will learn:

• the basics of preparing raw foods
• the benefits of raw foods
• about juicing and cleansing
• and have fun laughing, playing, with plenty of resting.
  You may find yourself feeling refreshed and amazing.

Daily Schedule:

Day 1
2:00 pm Lunch, introductions, orientation,
3:00-5:00 pm culinary arts class
5:30-6:30 pm Dinner
6:30-7:30 talk about benefits of raw living foods
Early Night!

Day 2-4
6:00 am Yoga
8:00 am Breakfast, fruit, juices, smoothies
10-12 Raw food preparation class
12:30-1:30 lunch
1:30- 4:00 Beach time (free time)
4:00-6:00 Raw food preparation class
6:00 -7:30 dinner and Sunset time
7:30-9:30 Meditation on Loving What is

Sample Menus (all are Raw living food). Although we will prepare many more then listed here, this simply provides examples of some of the meals we will be preparing. Who ever thought raw food was boring???

• Appetizers
  Raw Sushi Rolls
  Crusted cashew Cheese
  Open faced cheese and tomato tart
• Soups
  Curried Coconut Soup
  Thai Tom Yum Soup
  Red Bell Pepper Cascadilla Soup
• Salads
  Seaweed Salad with Ginger Miso Dressing
  Mediterranean cheese Salad with Dragon Crackers
  Raw Caesar salad with Tamarind Caesar dressing
  Herb Salad with Creamy avocado Dressing
• Mains
  Pad Thai spring rolls with spicy almond Sauce
  Pizza with marinated sun dried tomato and macadamia white Sauce
  Corn and Broccoli Quiche
• Desserts
  Mango and Coconut Cream Pie
  Chocolate Mousse Pie
  Mocha Cake with red Raspberry Frosting
• Juices, Smoothies, and Teas
  Traditional Chai
  Macadamia nut Chocolate Mocha
  Mango Lasse
  Pina Colada
  Almond Milk

Testimonial
"Crystal Bruneau is a talented and heartful chef, her pure Heart and Buddha nature enlivens her surroundings and permeates her amazing food! She is a natural born teacher, silent, joyful, kind and a talented gourmet artist. I highly recomend her! "
Pamela Wilson

About Crystal Bruneau

Since struggling with food addictions, allergies, and sensitivities my whole life, I become very interested in which foods actually allowed me to feel good in my body. I became interested in Raw live foods, and after reading a lot of information about live enzymes and the benefits of raw live foods I decided to try a raw foods diet.

I noticed almost immediately that my addictions diminished, I no longer felt deprived, no longer had allergies, or food sensitivities, I could eat delicious food, and feel energetic and alive. Yahoo! Although learning how to eat nutritious foods, and finding foods that work for my body was and is a huge life improvement I found that the need to nourish and find what is good for me runs much deeper then nutrition. I have found and am finding that the most important thing is loving my body and everything that I am. I am in the evergoing process of loving what is here now. Not what I may be one day or how I might feel one day. How do I nourish and love myself now. This is my gift to everyone.To support the unraveling of how we learn to love and nourish ourselves now, just as we are.

Crystal Bruneau is the former owner of Trees Lounge Raw Foods Restaurant and currently owns Conscious Catering. She teaches raw food classes, caters to small and large groups, and does private party and restaurant consulting.

• Crystal Bruneau can be contacted at crystalbruneau@gmail.com
  
  
• Cost for the workshop $500 (includes food and accommodation.)