Spread out over two days, the festival was still well attended, and there was enough food for all (at the last festival, most vendors sold out within hours).
A smiling picture of Kent from Truly Organic Foods, and Mandi from Health Nut, having a laugh for the camera. Mandi was selling her nut butters and aged raw vegan nut cheese.
As mentioned in my previous post, I was selling some of my handcrafted raw vegan cake pops. And of course, the infamous Mr. Owl was there:
We also met Mark and Bridgitte from Giddy Yoyo, a superfood, sprouts, and chocolate company based out of Orangeville, Ontario. Their chocolate is unbelievable - such a velvet, cacao experience. I highly recommend checking out their chocolate; there are six different flavours to choose from (my favourites are Mocha and Mint).
The vibrant colours of the Giddy Yoyo collective:
We also had the chance to meet Jennifer Italiano, the lovely beauty behind Live restaurant in Toronto. She was so friendly and chatted with us about raw food and the history of the restaurant. Here are some pictures from their vendor table at the festival:
Raw vegan nanaimo bars, turtles, cookies, kale chips, wraps, and more!
Another vendor was selling organic apples and fresh cider. I just had to sample these adorable fruit tarts, made with different berries and sweetened with stevia:
Our friend Alexi was also on hand with a table that featured information on her cooking classes, as well as samples of her amazing raw food desserts and creations:
A raw festival would not be complete without raw cacao, now would it?
Nzyme was also serving up some amazing raw food. I fell in love with the Spicy Lentil Chili. Not the best picture, but the chili was out of this world delicious; nut-free and made with a vegetable base and topped with sprouted lentils, this was my favourite dish at the festival.
The delightful Marni Wasserman shared space with us (her booth was located directly behind ours), so we had some lovely chats throughout the weekend. Marni gave some great raw uncooking demos, including one on "The Pleasures of Blending" and smoothies:
Happy festival people!
What is now becoming a tradition, we headed to Live for some post-festival food after the first day. I just had to have the Big Salad (as well as a fabulous Green Juice):
Behold, the amazing Sweet Potato Tempeh Cakes:
Another great festival - many thank you's to the organizers and everyone in attendance. See you at the next one in June!
6 comments:
It looked like a wondeful day! I'm sad to have missed it. What a great room to be in surrounded by raw lovers. Your food pictures/descriptions are making me hungry! :)
Aww, thanks Michelle! You would have loved it :)
Yum, sooooo jealous!!! ;)
looked like a great time!
That looks like an amazing event that was sure to brighten the darkness of winter.
Oh man, wish I lived a bit closer!!!
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