Stephanie Tourles is a licenced holistic esthetician in both Maine and Massachusetts with over 20 years experience. Trained in western-style herbalism and Ayurveda, she specializes in the use of herbs as they pertain to skin, hair, nail, foot and "comfort/health" care and regularly creates herbal cosmetics and treatments for her clients, family and friends.

She is also a certified aromatherapist, with extensive training in the nutritional sciences, and is the author of several books on natural body care, holistic health, nutrition, and wellness. Stephanie resides in Orland, Maine with her husband and pets, and spends her rare spare time hiking, organic gardening, and practicing yoga.

Stephanie's goals are to educate and inspire each reader (of her books and articles) and every client/student to get back to the basics of healthy living - enabling their body, mind, and spirit to flourish through the proper use of nutrition, exercise, herbs, chemical - free body care products, essential oils, and relaxation/energizing techniques that will bring balance and vitality into their lives and enhance their natural well-being.

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Easy, awesome recipes with normal ingredients
User Review - C. Reeve - Amazon.com -
I'm very impressed with Raw Energy. I've been looking for ways to add more raw food to my diet, but not necessarily at dinner. And I don't have time, nor the organization, for raw food cookbooks that make you start an entree 3-5 days ahead of time to sprout, soak and dehydrate the creation. This book focuses on snacks.

I like that most recipes use ingredients I already have around the house. There are a few with more exotic ingredients like spirulina powder, but these are easy to skip over if you don't wish to buy the ingredient. Each recipe is fairly simple and straight forward. Most use a blender or food processor, a few use a dehydrator (but if you're into raw food, you probably already have these anyhow). There are lots of recipes that omit frequently allergic ingredients such as dairy, egg or gluten so I can make snacks for my friend with food allergies.

I just made Cashew Maple Oatmeal Squares and they taste just like an out-of-the-oven oatmeal cookie, but cold. There's also recipes for breakfast cereals, "milk"shakes and smoothies, dips, trail mixes and lots of desserts. This book is going to be getting a lot of use at my house.