Top RAW Food Potluck with Guest Speaker, Rhonda Beyreis, in Scottsdale!

Join us at Natural Grocers in Scottsdale on Saturday, February 7, starting at 5:30 pm for this month's Top Raw Potluck with special guest speaker, Vegan chef and survivalist Rhonda Beyreis, who will speak on preparing for the future! Come and experience the grandeur, the spectacle, the wonder of the world's most succulent and tantalizing foods. You'll discover new and creative dishes, consisting of savory and satisfying flavors, from foodstuffs found only in Nature. Get Real. Have Fun. Enjoy Life. And Living Foods! Hosted by Mary. (NOTE: This is a potluck, so please bring a RAW Vegan dish [to feed 8-10 people] and bring your own plate, utensils, and drinking cup [and take them with you afterwards].)

Rhonda Beyreis is a graduate of the Living Light Culinary Institute, making her a bona fide Vegan Chef extraordinaire. She’s also a survivalist, and she hosts Off Grid Living retreats on her 680-acre sustainable property where she teaches gardening, solar technology, firearm safety, natural remedies, food preservation and off-grid living. Rhonda believes we all should be independent from government for our survival in these trying and uncertain times. We invite you to escape your routine to glean from Rhonda’s hands-on, real-life experience living off the grid (and learn to prepare for the days ahead) as she presents:

The Demise of The City
• Crisis
• Famine
• Water
• Family Drills
• Escape Routes
• Looters
• Equipment

This is a potluck, so please bring a Vegan RAW food dish (veggies/nuts, herbs/spices, salt, olive oil are generally acceptable ingredients for dishes), or a salad (fruits, veggies, nuts, spices), or a fruit/veggie platter for eight (or more) people, fully prepared and READY TO EAT. Don't know what to bring? There are literally 4.63 gazillion recipes on the Internet. Type in: "Raw Food Recipes" in a search engine and see what happens!

You can check out photos from some past events to get an idea of the types of things people bring:
https://www.meetup.com/AzRAWfood/photos/29617485/
https://www.meetup.com/AzRAWfood/photos/29509312/

This event starts at 5:30pm with food at 5:45pm. Please be on time so your dish can be featured in the line on attendees first pass through it.

HOUSE RULES at Natural Grocers: No items with gluten whatsoever are allowed, there's no soliciting or selling of anything at the store (which are the exclusive realm of the venue hosting the event). And to cut down on costs/waste, please bring your own plate, utensils, and drinking cup (and take them with you afterwards). Also, if you could list the ingredients of your dish, that would be helpful to people with allergy issues. Finally, we must have cleaned and vacated the potluck room (just inside the front door to the left) by 8pm. Please cooperate in that regard.

Also, be advised that this is a RAW-Vegan potluck. For those persons unfamiliar with "raw," that generally means no foodstuffs that have been heavily processed/heated/cooked. In other words, "raw" typically entails foodstuffs as Nature intended (e.g., fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, sprouts) which have all their nutrients intact, and not cooked out of existence, nor processed into oblivion. Most manufactured/canned/bottled/packaged foods, such as popcorn, chips, Veganaise, etc. are typically not "raw"; though, cold-pressed olive oil, raw coconut aminos, raw agave, spices, and salt are generally-acceptable exceptions to the non-packaging precept. For those persons not familiar with the term "vegan," that generally means free from animal products and their derivatives. This includes all dairy products, honey, and whey.

If, on the off chance that someone new attends this event, and is unfamiliar with the RAW-Vegan parameter of the event, please be in keeping with the longstanding tradition of the leadership and members of AZ Raw Food to be accepting/understanding (in the moment) of all people, their current level of awareness, and their own individual paths in life. This means that if there is a particular potluck item that is not entirely "raw" and not entirely "vegan," do your part (in a calm and loving way) to help make sure that this item is clearly labeled as such, and let the participants at the event decide for themselves whether or not to indulge in it.