Café Gratitude/ Eat Healthier Foods--Think Healthier Thoughts

Described by actor Woody Harrelson a “a culinary experience with a spiritual lift” Café Gratitude is a raw eating experience born out of the inspirations of Terces Engelhart and her husband Matthew.  At each of the four California Café Gratitude locations, every menu item is an affirmation: Declare “I am Rapture,” and you will be served strawberry shortcake, “I Am Worthy” a juice blend of apple, celery, kale, ginger and beets, I Am Thankful, their coconut curry soup, and so it goes.

More than a fresh, organic place to get a bite, partaking at Café Gratitude asks its patrons and their employees to watch their thoughts. “What thoughts do you engage in that keep you feeling less than?” And then, make an effort to discipline the mind to choose thoughts that empower and inspire. As for raw cuisine,  and any nutritional doctrine, Terces Engelhart invites people to try living nutrition for themselves, and experience how they feel after they eat it, and let that be the the judge.

A new book by Terces Engelhart,  I Am Grateful, Recipes and Lifestyles of Cafe Gratitude (North Atlantic Books), is a collection of customer favorites: smoothies, side dishes, nut cheeses, main courses, deserts and more. Most are very simple to make, and since they are raw, they are filled with health providing enzymes, nutrients and minerals. An ingredient list is helpful that summarizes common foods used in these raw recipes. At home our kids love the marinated kale salad and the walnut and pumkin seed based sun burgers are a tasty meat alternative. I am grateful!