Organic Avenue: Recipes for Life, Made with LOVE*

by Denise Mari

Overview

Replicate the go-to cleanse for Hollywood A-listers at home with this beautifully designed, lavishly illustrated, and inspiring lifestyle book by Denise Mari, founder of Organic Avenue, the hugely popular juice cleansing and raw vegan lifestyle company.

Denise Mari, founder of Organic Avenue, went from peddling her fresh juices from a backpack in the Lower East Side of New York to opening a booming business and brand. Her delicious, sustainable, and compassionate food has become a favorite of stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, and Meg Ryan. Now, through this stunning book, her fabulous juice cleanse programs and nutritious, mouthwatering food will be available to readers who care about being healthy inside and out. Enjoy the juices, elixirs, soups, smoothies, salads, entrees, snacks, and desserts—all using pure, nutrient-rich, organic, and raw ingredients—that have transformed Organic Avenue into one of today's hottest brands.

But Organic Avenue isn't just about eating. It's about living. Mari tells the moving story behind her brand's healthy philosophy and shares its ideals—sustainability, compassion, dedication to uncompromising quality, and holistic living—offering suggestions everyone can use to detoxify their bodies and transform their lifestyles to become happier, healthier, thinner and more energized, focused, balanced, and inspired.

Illustrated with dozens of gorgeous, full-color photos and beautifully crafted Organic Avenue includes adaptable cleanse programs for bright eyes and glowing skin, weight loss, improved stamina, positive thinking, inner calmness, and mental clarity. Feel good and live well with DIY access to Organic Avenue's never-before-published recipes and philosophy for living.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062202215
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/22/2014
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Denise Mari founded Organic Avenue in 2002. She holds a master's degree in education and continues to pursue progressive health education in the fields of hydrotherapy, live- and dry-blood cell analysis, holistic healing, plant-based nutrition, and fasting and cleansing utilizing the raw- and living-food lifestyle. Denise pracices Vipassana meditation and Dharma Mittra yoga. She has traveled extensively in search of truth, love, and well-being. Most recently she launched a wellness-focused bed-and-breakfast in Westhampton Beach, New York, where she continues to share her knowledge and provide a place for people to get away and get clear. Her blog, with recipes and support for transitioning, maintaining, and thriving via the LOVE* lifestyle, can be found at www.DeniseMari.com. For daily tips and inspiration follow her on Twitter @denisemariLOVE.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii

Preface: Why Love*? The Organic Avenue Experience xvii

Introduction: Denise Mari and the Spark That Ignited Organic Avenue xxi

Part I What is Love*? 1

L = Live (Liv) 7

O = Organic 16

V = Vegan 21

E = Experience 31

Part II

The Love* Cleanse: Cleansing the Organic Avenue Way 39

What is Cleansing? 41

Readying Your Kitchen for Cleansing: Essential Equipment 53

the Ingredients of Love*: Stocking Your Fridge and Pantry 59

The Organic Avenue Love*Cleanses: Love*Easy, Love*Fast, Love*Deep, and Go Green 63

Releasing the unLove*ing, aka Toxins, During Your Cleanse 85

The Love*Cleanse FAQ 91

Transitioning Back After Your Cleanse: Maintaining What You've Attained 102

Part III The Love* Potions: DIY Booster Shots, Vegetables and Fruit Juices, Tonics, Smoothies, and Mylks 107

Booster Shots 109

Vegetable Juices 115

Fruit Juices 137

Tonics 153

Smoothies 161

Mylks 183

Part IV The Food of Love* 193

Salads and Dressings 194

Cheeses, Dips, and Spreads 215

Soups 231

Entrées 239

Nut and Seed Snacks 269

Sweet Treats 277

Part V Bringing the Love* Home: Final Musings on the Live, Organic, Vegan, Experience 301

Resources: Finding the Love* All Around You 307

Food and Equipment Sources 317

Acknowledgments 321

Credits 325

Index 326

Editorial Reviews

Organic Avenue has made the vegan lifestyle more accessible, and it is one of the few food and juice companies I trust. I love the convenience of waking up and having my fridge filled with juice and raw food. With this book, Denise shares her vision with the whole country. — Russell Simmons

An inspiring cookbook to help us live a more compassionate, sustainable, and healthy lifestyle. — Deepak Chopra, bestselling author and holistic health guru

Organic Avenue has had a profound impact on my relationship with food and the environment. This book will make the gap smaller between wanting to do good for yourself and your family and being able to do so. I recommend it highly. — Senator Cory Booker

Denise Mari pioneered the live-food, juice, and cleanse movement in New York City. Organic Avenue is a great handbook for both gourmet and practical applications. — Dr. Oz Garcia, celebrity nutritionist

Ever wish there was an Organic Avenue everyplace you traveled? Well, this great book by Denise Mari is a step in the right direction! — Owen Wilson, actor

Denise and Organic Avenue make delicious raw food that is ready to go instantly and is helpful every time. — Woody Harrelson, actor

Denise Mari is an inspiration. With this book, anyone embarking on a journey to well-being can have Denise as their guide. — Joe Cross, director of Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead and founder and CEO of Reboot with Joe

From the Publisher

Denise and Organic Avenue make delicious raw food that is ready to go instantly and is helpful every time.

Woody Harrelson

Denise Mari pioneered the live-food, juice, and cleanse movement in New York City. Organic Avenue is a great handbook for both gourmet and practical applications.

Dr. Oz Garcia

Organic Avenue has made the vegan lifestyle more accessible, and it is one of the few food and juice companies I trust. I love the convenience of waking up and having my fridge filled with juice and raw food. With this book, Denise shares her vision with the whole country.

Russell Simmons

Ever wish there was an Organic Avenue everyplace you traveled? Well, this great book by Denise Mari is a step in the right direction!

Owen Wilson

Denise Mari is an inspiration. With this book, anyone embarking on a journey to well-being can have Denise as their guide.

Joe Cross

An inspiring cookbook to help us live a more compassionate, sustainable, and healthy lifestyle.

Deepak Chopra

Organic Avenue has had a profound impact on my relationship with food and the environment. This book will make the gap smaller between wanting to do good for yourself and your family and being able to do so. I recommend it highly.

Senator Cory Booker