Welcome to the green smoothie and
raw food headquarters.

This is the official site of Victoria, Sergei, and Valya Boutenko, otherwise known as The Raw Family. In 1994, we experienced an intense decline in health. Faced with our numerous health problems, (juvenile diabetes, obesity, hyper thyroid, chronic fatigue, arrhythmia, arthritis, asthma, and allergies) we began researching nutrition.

After switching over to a healthful way of eating we were able to fully reverse our symptoms and regain vibrant health. Since that time our family has been dedicated to helping people around the globe learn about natural healing and nutrition by writing books, making films, and presenting health lectures. Continue reading…

Green Smoothie Retreat

There is still space, join our amazing green smoothie retreats! As always we will prepare and serve you four times a day freshly made, delicious green smoothies prepared from the best organic ingredients. All of our smoothies are accompanied with detailed recipes. In the course of a week we will share with you all our secrets and tips on how to make the most nutritious and delicious green smoothies. Retreat in Sweden (June 2nd to June 8th, 2013 at Mundekulla, Sweden) Retreat in Canada (Ocean Resort August 4th to August 10th 2013 in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada)

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Green Smoothies on your iPhone If you have an iPhone, you can have instant access to countless green smoothie recipes. Along with nutritional data, I have included the nutritional highlights of what foods are beneficial for particular health condition. Easy to use nutritional highlights enable you to maintain optimal caloric intake along with maximum nutritional value. The convenience of this program has pushed it to the the top of the 100 most popular apps. Also available for your computer Go to http://www.greensmoothiesblog.com/recipes to use the NEW web based version of the highly rated Green Smoothie iPhone App

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Wild Edibles iPhone App

I am so proud to announce that my iPhone wild edible app is finally out! I spent almost the entirety of last winter compiling valuable information on wild edibles. This app not only helps the user learn new edible plants, but it also offers nutritional highlights for every plant, provides you with a recipe for each plant, gives you tips on how to gather / eat each plant, and much more…

Go to http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wild-edibles/id430951647?mt=8 to download the Wild Edibles iPhone iPhone App

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Our Books

Our Apps

Welcome Continued

We are here to inspire you to take your health into your own hands. On this site you will find an abundance of free information and research about acquiring naturally radiant health. We invite you to browse our extensive newsletter archives and follow our raw food journey as we discovered the healing power of greens and introduced green smoothies to the world. Greens are the most nutritionally dense food available on the planet. They are loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, proteins, and phytonutrients. What better way to consume them than in a delicious green smoothie? The fresh ripe fruits dominate the flavor of the greens and the absence of any fats maximize the absorption of the nutrients. These two factors make the green smoothie the most epic nutritious concoction the world has seen to date. Adding even one cup of green smoothie a day to one’s existing diet can dramatically improve anyone’s health. And the best part is, nearly everyone already has what they need to make a green smoothie sitting around in their kitchen right now!

For even more information and research into greens and raw foods we invite you to browse our Green Smoothies Blog, watch our educational video clips, check out our green smoothie recipes, listen to our free teleconferences, learn from inspiring  testimonials and visit our store where you will find all of our books and DVD’s.

With green love, the Boutenko family

Learn more about Victoria, Sergei and Valya here