When It Rains…

When it rains, it pours cooked food.  The past few days are proof positive that if I want to live a raw lifestyle, I must be 100% raw.  I’m a bit terrified of that because I really really like cream in my coffee and while I’m not sure I even desire to give up coffee, [...]

Wednesday’s Food Plan

Breakfast: 1 Quart Green Smoothie
Snack: Fruit from the Farmer’s Market
Lunch: Grandma’s Potato Ribble- I have no interest whatsoever in saying no to this.
Snack: Carrots with black pepper cashew cheese
Dinner: Salad… or more soup
I think, for me, one of the most important ways to stick on a raw food diet is to eat at [...]

Cooked Confessions

Today’s cooked food: beans and Parmesan cheese in my salad; a small handful of potato chips; a teeny cup of ice cream…. ggrrrrrr….
I’m still proud of myself though because I was very very tempted to eat some of my vegan lentil stew (which I’d intended to make veggie with some cheese, but decided not to). [...]

Tuesday’s Food Plan

Breakfast: 1 quart Green smoothie
Snack: Fruit and a handful of nuts
Lunch: Kale and Cabbage Salad- Italian Country Salad from TJ’s- not totally raw, but still really good and filling
Snack: Baby carrots with spicy almond pate – nope!  I snacked on apple slices instead
Dinner: Vegetable chowder
Snack: Herbal tea before bed

Not Too Bad

Okay, here’s what I actually ate today:
1 Quart Green smoothie (cabbage, kale, 1/2 nectarine, 1/2 banana, pineapple, raspberries, water)
Tomato Salad
Green salad
Coffee w/ cream
Several bites of vegan lentil stew (but not enough to constitute a bowl)
Vegetable chowder slightly heated
6oz raspberries
So, I only had a tiny bit of cooked.  I’m rather proud of that.  I need to [...]

Would It Make a Difference?

 
From Storm and Jinjee’s documentary “Breakthrough”:
“What if we raised children and we never gave them any junk food, any processed food, any food that had been treated with chemicals to kill the insects or any food that had been treated with weed killer to kill the weeds and we raised them in nature; we raised [...]

Monday’s Food Plan

Here’s my plan for tomorrow. Let’s see how well I can stick to it:
Breakfast: 1 quart of Green Smoothie
Snack: Cherry tomatoes drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper
Lunch: Kale and Cabbage salad with Greek Dressing; I actually had a green salad with Parmesan sprinkles and lemon/olive oil dressing
Snack: Some kind of fruit or another [...]

Dinner Tonight

Oooh, I’m excited! I finished Victoria Boutenko’s 12 Steps to Raw Foods. She has a recipe in the back of the book for chowder and I thought I’d try it out. Here’s the recipe for the base with my own touches added in:
Blend 1 cup walnuts with 1 cup water until smooth.
Add:
1 [...]

Step One: Admitting that You Have a Problem

Victoria Boutenko’s “12 Steps” is a bit like AA’s steps in that you have to start out by recognizing that you have a food addiction and then admit to it.  I have no problem with that.
I am addicted to cooked foods.
Here’s how I know:
1. Even though I know that eating 100% raw is the best [...]

Will I Ever Be Raw?

I am totally and completely convinced of the health benefits of raw food. I really want to transition from my cooked vegetarian diet to a 100% raw vegan diet. I’ve tried to do this many times before without too much success. Well, I don’t want to be negative from the start- I’ve [...]