recently a little bird reminded me not to draw conclusions about eating raw until I'm really in the habit of eating 3 raw meals a day (am not, yet). Ate somewhat substantially at roughly breakfast, lunch and dinner times today. Felt like such a luxury. (Actually, it is a luxury!)
I know that doesn't mean diddly to you. I just needed to say it.
Also need to say I didn't go to Starbucks today!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Getting some ironing done
So I soaked a cup or so of brown lentils for about 24 hours in water at room temperature and drained them this morning. I tasted them and they're sweet, soft, just slightly crisp (but no "al dente" feeling, just watery-crisp, like lettuce or something). I don't want to sprout them! I just want to use them like cooked lentils, and revel in how foods can also "cook" in water, with no energy/electricity/gas expended!
I can't find much online yet about eating a legume at this stage (before a sprout appears but after soaking), or I'd give you a link, I'm sorry. But try it and let me know what you think!
(One neat thing about sprouted lentils is they're a good source of iron and aren't missing any amino acids...apparently when you cook them they lose two of those.)
I can't find much online yet about eating a legume at this stage (before a sprout appears but after soaking), or I'd give you a link, I'm sorry. But try it and let me know what you think!
(One neat thing about sprouted lentils is they're a good source of iron and aren't missing any amino acids...apparently when you cook them they lose two of those.)
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of 1 1/2 big collard leaves + bunch of parsley + 1 apple + the top of a watermelon + leftover green tea + water + lil lemon + lil ginger, really, really good
handful mixed raw nuts
cup hot green tea
some dark chocolate
1 apple
burgers of 1/4 cup ground mixed raw nuts + 1/4 cup soaked lentils + lil chopped green bell pepper + 1 celery stalk chopped + some fajita seasoning + dashes olive oil and salt, topped with chopped tomato and avocado and scooped with romaine lettuce, totally good
juice 2 oranges and 1 grapefruit, wonderful
few bites of leftover kelp noodles w/olive oil, garlic, salt + olives
glass sweet Thai coconut water, very, very good
half a raw coconut cream pie (meat 1 sweet Thai coconut + maybe 1/2 inch cut widthwise from a tub-tofu-cube + lil nutmilk + handful shredded dried coconut + few macadamia nuts + spoonful light molasses-maple syrup-honey mishung blendered and dumped onto piecrust of nutgrounds from a recent nutmilk production with a dash of salt). I won't use molasses with coconut again, somehow it's not that great. And next time will add some avocado to the mixture. I bet that would be super creamy and rich.
handful mixed raw nuts
cup hot green tea
some dark chocolate
1 apple
burgers of 1/4 cup ground mixed raw nuts + 1/4 cup soaked lentils + lil chopped green bell pepper + 1 celery stalk chopped + some fajita seasoning + dashes olive oil and salt, topped with chopped tomato and avocado and scooped with romaine lettuce, totally good
juice 2 oranges and 1 grapefruit, wonderful
few bites of leftover kelp noodles w/olive oil, garlic, salt + olives
glass sweet Thai coconut water, very, very good
half a raw coconut cream pie (meat 1 sweet Thai coconut + maybe 1/2 inch cut widthwise from a tub-tofu-cube + lil nutmilk + handful shredded dried coconut + few macadamia nuts + spoonful light molasses-maple syrup-honey mishung blendered and dumped onto piecrust of nutgrounds from a recent nutmilk production with a dash of salt). I won't use molasses with coconut again, somehow it's not that great. And next time will add some avocado to the mixture. I bet that would be super creamy and rich.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
juice of 2 oranges and 3 small grapefruits and 3 inches cucumber and a lil water, really good!
kelp noodles + leftover nutmus heated + sprinkles of salt and nutritional yeast. Yes I know the heated part isn't kosher. Possibly not the yeast either. But it lead to a good discovery: nutmus could work really, really well as a fake melted cheese
kelp noodles + leftover nutmus heated + sprinkles of salt and nutritional yeast. Yes I know the heated part isn't kosher. Possibly not the yeast either. But it lead to a good discovery: nutmus could work really, really well as a fake melted cheese
In my defense,
we saw some mild progress yesterday (a volunteering-at-the-hospital day).
There *was* a Starbucks slip. But it was only half the slip it'd been the last volunteering-at-the-hospital day (& didn't involve anything glutenous [a word?]).
There was also none of last week's post-volunteering slippage.
So, we got that going for us.
There *was* a Starbucks slip. But it was only half the slip it'd been the last volunteering-at-the-hospital day (& didn't involve anything glutenous [a word?]).
There was also none of last week's post-volunteering slippage.
So, we got that going for us.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of nutmilk + 1/2 box blueberries + 1 banana + peanut butter left in the blender after making pb+banana pudding for Chato's frozen bone deals
salad of 1 apple + 1 guava + handful spinach chopped + handful alfalfa sprouts + handful soaked garbanzos chopped, awesome!
Starbucks slip (I think you know what I mean)
some dark chocolate
juice of 2 oranges and 2 small grapefruits
nutmus (nut grounds + chopped onion + grated garlic + olive oil + salt + lil lemon + 7 olives chopped + splash olive brine) and romaine leaves, lil too fresh-garlicky, but eating it anyway
salad of 1 apple + 1 guava + handful spinach chopped + handful alfalfa sprouts + handful soaked garbanzos chopped, awesome!
Starbucks slip (I think you know what I mean)
some dark chocolate
juice of 2 oranges and 2 small grapefruits
nutmus (nut grounds + chopped onion + grated garlic + olive oil + salt + lil lemon + 7 olives chopped + splash olive brine) and romaine leaves, lil too fresh-garlicky, but eating it anyway
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Thinking about
Ok. So I soaked a couple cups of garbanzo beans in water about 24 hours, and they puffed up and got chewable and a little sweet. This is the first step in sprouting them. But whenever I've sprouted them in the past, they taste less sweet than they do at this point, just after the soak.
So we're just going to eat them this way. F not tasting as good as fing possible, are you down. They're in the fridge now. The point is that this morning we were waiting for Chato's raw meat patties to thaw, which was going to take at least an hour, and he was hungry. So I thought, let's start experimenting with the raw vegan thing, now. Let's blender some soaked garbanzos and turnip greens and see if he eats them.
He fing totally ate them?!?!?
Then when the patties were ready, I grated about 1/4 carrot, then blendered another 1/4 with a little water, and mashed it up into the meat.
He totally ate that, too.
I have a very good feeling about this.
So we're just going to eat them this way. F not tasting as good as fing possible, are you down. They're in the fridge now. The point is that this morning we were waiting for Chato's raw meat patties to thaw, which was going to take at least an hour, and he was hungry. So I thought, let's start experimenting with the raw vegan thing, now. Let's blender some soaked garbanzos and turnip greens and see if he eats them.
He fing totally ate them?!?!?
Then when the patties were ready, I grated about 1/4 carrot, then blendered another 1/4 with a little water, and mashed it up into the meat.
He totally ate that, too.
I have a very good feeling about this.
Today's Foodstuffs
juice of 3 oranges + 1 grapefruit + some leftover green tea
"cereal" of soaked buckwheat groats + smashed blueberries + nutmilk, fing awesome
"cereal" of soaked buckwheat groats + smashed blueberries + nutmilk, fing awesome
Monday, January 23, 2012
Thinking about
I just noticed a couple of good things about my slips and eating raw in general.
1. The slips are really unimaginative. They're basically for fat, sugar, salt and a sense of human participation (this might be the most compelling pull), all of which can be satisfied on raw. Might that speak well of the flavorfulness of eating this way? (Chato's beloved teacher says she can't eat raw because it isn't flavorful.) I mean, I'm not craving an exotic, rarely-experienced taste forbidden by raw -- or even craving meat, for gosh sakes. Flavors that can be included are, pretty much, any spice (except, like, the bacon fat spice or something).
2. Oh, I guess that was all.
1. The slips are really unimaginative. They're basically for fat, sugar, salt and a sense of human participation (this might be the most compelling pull), all of which can be satisfied on raw. Might that speak well of the flavorfulness of eating this way? (Chato's beloved teacher says she can't eat raw because it isn't flavorful.) I mean, I'm not craving an exotic, rarely-experienced taste forbidden by raw -- or even craving meat, for gosh sakes. Flavors that can be included are, pretty much, any spice (except, like, the bacon fat spice or something).
2. Oh, I guess that was all.
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of juice 4 oranges + the end of the celery + 2 inches cucumber + lil spinach + whole mess of water, really good!
2 sweet lil yellow squashes mandolined into noodles, topped with the winenoilngarlicnsaltnlemonjuice-marinated buckwheat groats ("fake feta") of Jan. 20 + 5 chopped olives + handful chopped parsleys + some olive oil, tuddly gud
Foodstuffs continued...
nutburgers of 1/2 cup mixed raw nuts ground + couple inches cucumber chopped fine + maybe 1/8 a green bell pepper chopped fine + couple dashes salt + couple dashes fajita seasoning + couple dashes olive oil = dumped on plate and clumped into 2 "burgers" + topped with 1/2 an avocado in pieces + some superphat bbq sauce + romaine lettuce as buns, incredibly satisfying and delicious!
2 sweet lil yellow squashes mandolined into noodles, topped with the winenoilngarlicnsaltnlemonjuice-marinated buckwheat groats ("fake feta") of Jan. 20 + 5 chopped olives + handful chopped parsleys + some olive oil, tuddly gud
said noodle mash
(What do you think of noodles? I really, really, really love them, though when they're made of dough make me sleepy. Am still kind of reeling about how we can form them from nutritional foods! Having a hard time finding info on the history of the mandoline slicer, but it just feels ancient, to me. Please let me know if you know anything about it.)Foodstuffs continued...
nutburgers of 1/2 cup mixed raw nuts ground + couple inches cucumber chopped fine + maybe 1/8 a green bell pepper chopped fine + couple dashes salt + couple dashes fajita seasoning + couple dashes olive oil = dumped on plate and clumped into 2 "burgers" + topped with 1/2 an avocado in pieces + some superphat bbq sauce + romaine lettuce as buns, incredibly satisfying and delicious!
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs / Sunday, Crappy Sunday
smoothie of juice 5 oranges + 2 celery stalks + lil cucumber + whole mess of water, wonderful!
2 bananas
couple handfuls mixed raw nuts
SLIPS MENTIONED IN POST BELOW -- the whole salted caramel mocha deal which you know so well by now + a chocolate croisant. PLEASE READ THE POST BELOW.
more raw nuts
2 bags plain potato chips + 1 cup coke
handful crappy popcorn
I'm in school to become a hospital chaplain. Recently finished training to be a volunteer visitor at a local hospital, and today was my first day visiting patients alone, rather than "shadowing" someone else. Am scheduled every Sunday afternoon for the duration.
I did a little volunteer-visiting at a different hospital a few years ago, and remember it as something I really wanted to do, but that I felt pretty shy and awkward about, too (in addition to being an energy sponge). I expected this time around to be the same, and, just before going in this afternoon (just after, too, come to think), found myself downing...crapola! I think to make me feel...bolstered? Energetically protected? Alert? Something like those.
The day actually went beautifully. It felt so much more natural than I'd expected. Each person I spent time with was open, kind, generous and tolerant of my weird need to listen to them. (Guess I'm also still an energy sponge, though, had to take a shower when I got home.)
I can't just dismiss this crap-eating compulsion around visiting patients. It's there for some reason, and I don't think banning it will help in the long run. I sense it might be better to let it live for now, praying about it and trying to understand it, and see what happens.
By the same logic I could end up eventually eating crap every workday as a chaplain, though, and we can't have that. In the interest of longterm sustainability, as they say, I've decided that for the time being, on Sundays I can eat some crap 1) if I want to, 2) if I do it with prayer and attention, 3) if most of what I eat that day is raw, and 4) if I have an end-date in mind for eating crap on days I go to the hospital. That end date will be Dec. 31, 2012. I'm going to try to eat much better during the rest of the week from now on, too. Volunteer Sundays are a free day for now, though, and you'll know it by the photo above.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of the end of the watermelon + LOT of spinach + handful parsley + 1/2 apple + lil lemon + lil ginger + whole mess of chilled green tea, superwonderful
the end of the soaked buckwheat groats (not the winemarination, just plain) + handful crashed blueberries + nutmilk + dab of heaven (= new mischung of light molasses + maple syrup + honey), so good
[News flash: Chato wants me to mention he doesn't like blueberries and I'm just going to have to deal.
Whatever.]
some magical banana bread that had only positive effects
1/2 cup coffee with some rice milk
AND THEN I WAS VERY, VERY BAD
triple decaf nonfat grande salted caramel mocha with whipped cream
BUT EVEN WORSE
1 vanilla almond biscotti, which totally wasn't worth the tiredness I'm feeling now.
can we call it a teachable moment?
Friday, January 20, 2012
Also thinking about
maybe having Chato go raw vegan. Can dogs digest sprouted lentils or soaked buckwheat groats? I don't know if you've seen it, but there's a terrible photo going around Facebook of the ground animal paste that becomes Chicken McNuggets. It looks like pink frosting. It's too evil to post here.
The problem is that while Chato gets a relatively "clean" raw meat deal, it's probably not even one full step away from pink pre-Chicken McNugget evilosity. Both are ground animal paste, Chato's just hasn't gone the extra steps of ammonia, bleaching and frying.
I don't like that! It's also true that the raw meat deal is expensive. I can afford it right now, but sometimes, in the past, expensiveness has been a clue to a thing's not-rightness, for me.
Does anyone out there know anything about easing a dog into a raw-vegan way of eating? Daily nutritional needs like daily protein and fat would be superhelpful. And if I find anything out I'll post it here.
The problem is that while Chato gets a relatively "clean" raw meat deal, it's probably not even one full step away from pink pre-Chicken McNugget evilosity. Both are ground animal paste, Chato's just hasn't gone the extra steps of ammonia, bleaching and frying.
I don't like that! It's also true that the raw meat deal is expensive. I can afford it right now, but sometimes, in the past, expensiveness has been a clue to a thing's not-rightness, for me.
Does anyone out there know anything about easing a dog into a raw-vegan way of eating? Daily nutritional needs like daily protein and fat would be superhelpful. And if I find anything out I'll post it here.
It turns out
that buckwheat groats marinated in cheap wine + olive oil + salt + little lemon juice + chopped onion + grated garlic is fing awesome. It will totally work as a new fake feta, for me, anyway. Tried it in both $2 cabernet sauvignon and $2 sauvignon blanc and think I like the cabernet one just a hair better. Wowzers.
(Don't know if wine -- or should I say, this wine -- can be considered raw...probably not. We're ok with that.)
(Don't know if wine -- or should I say, this wine -- can be considered raw...probably not. We're ok with that.)
Thinking about
1. Nutrional ways to heal teeth. Apparently one woman healed her son's cavity with ghee and fermented cod liver oil (fermented?)! I guess together this pair is unstoppable (maybe something like grapefruit and cucumber?) Please let me know if you know any suppliers of "grassfed" butter and/or pleasant ways to take cod liver oil!
The article didn't used to say exactly how much she gave her son of the oils, but now it does, toward the middle.
2. I don't know about you, but I'm just not a huge fan of chewing! Drinking is so much more fun. Am thinking lately, though, that Nature might have me use the blender a little less, and teeth a little more.
3. How soaked buckwheat groats, in the right marinade, might make a fabuloso crumbled cheese (feta?) substitute...maybe wine, olive oil and salt or something? Will try soon.
The article didn't used to say exactly how much she gave her son of the oils, but now it does, toward the middle.
2. I don't know about you, but I'm just not a huge fan of chewing! Drinking is so much more fun. Am thinking lately, though, that Nature might have me use the blender a little less, and teeth a little more.
3. How soaked buckwheat groats, in the right marinade, might make a fabuloso crumbled cheese (feta?) substitute...maybe wine, olive oil and salt or something? Will try soon.
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of juice of 4 oranges + good handful fresh cilantro + 1/2 avocado + 2 inches cucumber + bunch of chilled green tea, really, really, really good!
clover tea with lil nutmilk and dab of beloved new mixture of light molasses + maple syrup + the end of the honey jar, so good!
soaked buckwheat groats + nutmilk + dab of aforementioned sweetness, wonderful!
turnip greens pesto + kelp noodles
the end of the turnip greens pesto + 1 romaine lettuce leaf + 1 carrot + 1 little yellow squash as scoopers, really good
juice of 1 grapefruit and 2 oranges, wonderful
clover tea with lil nutmilk and dab of beloved new mixture of light molasses + maple syrup + the end of the honey jar, so good!
soaked buckwheat groats + nutmilk + dab of aforementioned sweetness, wonderful!
turnip greens pesto + kelp noodles
the end of the turnip greens pesto + 1 romaine lettuce leaf + 1 carrot + 1 little yellow squash as scoopers, really good
juice of 1 grapefruit and 2 oranges, wonderful
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of watermelon + spinach + parlsey + lil lemon + lil ginger + 1/2 apple + tea + water, good!
2 different cups hot green tea, one with lil halfnhalf
1 Starbucks nut bar
apple + handful nuts (walnuts, pumpkin seeds)
SLIP of triple nonfat decaf grande salted caramel mocha with whipped cream, yes
banana smoothie of 2 bananas and bunch of nutmilk, wonderful
turnip greens pesto + kelp noodles part...is it 2? maybe 3? wonderful!
little dark chocolate
little crenshaw melon
2 different cups hot green tea, one with lil halfnhalf
1 Starbucks nut bar
apple + handful nuts (walnuts, pumpkin seeds)
SLIP of triple nonfat decaf grande salted caramel mocha with whipped cream, yes
banana smoothie of 2 bananas and bunch of nutmilk, wonderful
turnip greens pesto + kelp noodles part...is it 2? maybe 3? wonderful!
little dark chocolate
little crenshaw melon
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
about a cup of soaked buckwheat groats + nutmilk + dab of nonraw but incredibly delicious blend 1/2 light molasses + 1/2 maple syrup
watermelon
turnip greens pesto on kelp noodles + chopped mushrooms + chopped olives + cheesy tasting nutritional yeast, pretty good
a homegrown guava, good!
more of the turnip greens pesto-mushrooms-kelp noodles deal, it seems to be getting better with time
more tea
some dark chocolate
a cookie at class tonight which I didn't even particularly want and wasn't even that great. WTF?!?!?!
watermelon
turnip greens pesto on kelp noodles + chopped mushrooms + chopped olives + cheesy tasting nutritional yeast, pretty good
a homegrown guava, good!
more of the turnip greens pesto-mushrooms-kelp noodles deal, it seems to be getting better with time
more tea
some dark chocolate
a cookie at class tonight which I didn't even particularly want and wasn't even that great. WTF?!?!?!
Thinking About
A raw version of this recipe for turnip green pesto (I have all the ingredients!?!) And...might you happen to know how long homegrown turnip greens can stay good in the fridge? My landlord gave me a really inordinate amount maybe 3 months ago, even most of which I haven't been able to use. But they appear to still rage fresh today, kept in a closed plastic bag in the fridge (?) Your thoughts would be appreciated!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of bunch of spinach + handful parsley + 1/2 apple + a LOT of watermelon + lil lemon + lil ginger + mess of leftover tea + some water, pretty good!
hot green tea
slip / progress of Earl Grey tea + sugar + lil half'n'half + Starbucks nut bar. Please note these weren't the triple decaf nonfat salted caramel mocha with whipped cream and/or chocolate croissant they could have been.
handful raw nuts
spicy shoyu mushroom wings part deux
iced green tea
some dark chocolate, yes
1/2 apple
banana shake of couple cups nutmilk + 2 bananas
nutmus of probably 1 cup nutgrounds from making nutmilk + probably 1/4 cup olive & walnut oils mixed + 1 green onion chopped + 1 clove garlic grated + few dashes salt + 1 lemon squeeze, blenderized and eaten with romaine lettuce as pita bread, superrich and delicious.
hot green tea
slip / progress of Earl Grey tea + sugar + lil half'n'half + Starbucks nut bar. Please note these weren't the triple decaf nonfat salted caramel mocha with whipped cream and/or chocolate croissant they could have been.
handful raw nuts
spicy shoyu mushroom wings part deux
iced green tea
some dark chocolate, yes
1/2 apple
banana shake of couple cups nutmilk + 2 bananas
nutmus of probably 1 cup nutgrounds from making nutmilk + probably 1/4 cup olive & walnut oils mixed + 1 green onion chopped + 1 clove garlic grated + few dashes salt + 1 lemon squeeze, blenderized and eaten with romaine lettuce as pita bread, superrich and delicious.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Thinking About
1. A raw "cream" I heard of lately made of 1/2 cup raw nuts (recipe says cashews, but maybe any will do...come to think we do have some macadamias around, hm...) + 1/2 young coconut + 2 Big Dates + dash salt. Gotta buy the dates. Will keep you posted.
2. How the mixed nut supply ran out the other day (about 2 gallons' worth). The last time I filled it, maybe 6 months ago, the nuts cost probably $35 altogether. Yesterday I bought cheap raw nuts for it, though (duh!) for about $20 altogether (sunflower and punkin seeds, and raw peanuts...those were probably $10, but then I got almonds too...) Anyway, I was just thinking, this is my "meat" supply for the next season-to-6-months. I just think it's so wonderful that it's cheap, stays fresh for so long, promotes physical health and doesn't kill animals.
3. I haven't craved meat so far, this year, at all. (Have craved chocolate, but not meat...and have craved meat when eating cooked vegetarian in the past, just not eating raw vegetarian.)
2. How the mixed nut supply ran out the other day (about 2 gallons' worth). The last time I filled it, maybe 6 months ago, the nuts cost probably $35 altogether. Yesterday I bought cheap raw nuts for it, though (duh!) for about $20 altogether (sunflower and punkin seeds, and raw peanuts...those were probably $10, but then I got almonds too...) Anyway, I was just thinking, this is my "meat" supply for the next season-to-6-months. I just think it's so wonderful that it's cheap, stays fresh for so long, promotes physical health and doesn't kill animals.
3. I haven't craved meat so far, this year, at all. (Have craved chocolate, but not meat...and have craved meat when eating cooked vegetarian in the past, just not eating raw vegetarian.)
Today's Foodstuffs
juice of 2 grapefruits + 2 inches cucumber + yesterdat's green tea + lil water, RADIANT!
shoyu mushroom wings'n'red bell pepper tolly good
burgers of 1/2 cup ground raw nuts + 1 celery stalk finely chopped + 1/4 cup green bell pepper finely chopped + 1 green onion finely chopped + lil salt + some fajita seasoning + couple dashes walnut oil all mishungaed together, dumped on a plate, and clumped into 2 clumps. drizzled w/bbq sauce and topped w/avacado parts. eaten with help of super duper romaine lettuce scoopers!
shoyu mushroom wings'n'red bell pepper tolly good
burgers of 1/2 cup ground raw nuts + 1 celery stalk finely chopped + 1/4 cup green bell pepper finely chopped + 1 green onion finely chopped + lil salt + some fajita seasoning + couple dashes walnut oil all mishungaed together, dumped on a plate, and clumped into 2 clumps. drizzled w/bbq sauce and topped w/avacado parts. eaten with help of super duper romaine lettuce scoopers!
Grapefruit and cucumber should get married
this is true. Just made a wonderful drink of juice 2 fat grapefruits + couple inches cucumber. I had a feeling the silent, subtle, always optimistic cucumber would have a salutary effect on Mr. Bitter Guy, and was totally right!
It'd be really, really great if this judgment could carry over to humans at some point here.
It'd be really, really great if this judgment could carry over to humans at some point here.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
juice of 5 oranges + 2 celery stalks + leftover tea + water, good!
1 apple + shmears peanut butter + chopped parsley, wonderful!
1 avocado + dash salt, divine
a banana which I'm sure is gonna be great
cup green tea
the end of a bag of gummi bears from August 2009, that did need to be rid of from the refrigerator. They were as good as they probably were the day of their birth(s?). I don't really like gummi candy but needed something sweet and that's what we had.
some Crenshaw melon
bunch of salsa + guacamole + a few tortilla chips (corn chips -- though not straight potato chips -- are a definite slip for my body, no way around calling these chips a slip today)
I really probably should think about getting more of Jinjee's "work ethic" idea going here. Even I'm getting tired of seeing so many slips.
1 apple + shmears peanut butter + chopped parsley, wonderful!
1 avocado + dash salt, divine
a banana which I'm sure is gonna be great
cup green tea
the end of a bag of gummi bears from August 2009, that did need to be rid of from the refrigerator. They were as good as they probably were the day of their birth(s?). I don't really like gummi candy but needed something sweet and that's what we had.
some Crenshaw melon
bunch of salsa + guacamole + a few tortilla chips (corn chips -- though not straight potato chips -- are a definite slip for my body, no way around calling these chips a slip today)
I really probably should think about getting more of Jinjee's "work ethic" idea going here. Even I'm getting tired of seeing so many slips.
I liked Jinjee's motivational message this morning, for us raw-year-people. It said something like, you probably have a decent work ethic. What if you applied it to exercise?
I'm not superexercising right now, but could try having more of a "work ethic" with eating raw and see what happened. Will ponder and keep you posted. (I mean I wouldn't want to do anything rash...)
I'm not superexercising right now, but could try having more of a "work ethic" with eating raw and see what happened. Will ponder and keep you posted. (I mean I wouldn't want to do anything rash...)
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
juice of 5 oranges + 2 celery stalks + 1 inch cucumber + leftover tea + water, blended, good!
1 apple + handful punkin seeds
cup green tea
french onion soup with very little cheese or bread -- sort of a slip, but wouldn't even have been sort of one, for my body, had there been absolutely no dairy or gluten involved. I was at a day-long class, and we all went to lunch together, and Panera just smelled so good...I broke. I really need to think about restaurants, ahead of time, though, here. There's got to be something just perfect to order, so I feel warm, nourished, satisfied, and like a participant, and also true to nutrition. A hot tea and clean veggie soup might be it -- and, like, a side of olives, or something, rather than bread. Not exactly raw, but still nutritious.
DEFINITE SLIP of triple-shot decaf grande nonfat salted caramel mocha with whipped cream. Found myself falling asleep toward the end of the class, around 3:45, and think the sugar in this might've been the reason.
another apple + handful punkin seeds
gazpacho of 1 tomato + handful chopped green bell pepper + handful mixed raw nuts + lemon slice + an avocado chopped up + 1 green onion chopped + few dashes olive oil + couple dashes salt + dab honey + some water + dried chipotle, all blendered, WONDERFUL!
1 apple + handful punkin seeds
cup green tea
french onion soup with very little cheese or bread -- sort of a slip, but wouldn't even have been sort of one, for my body, had there been absolutely no dairy or gluten involved. I was at a day-long class, and we all went to lunch together, and Panera just smelled so good...I broke. I really need to think about restaurants, ahead of time, though, here. There's got to be something just perfect to order, so I feel warm, nourished, satisfied, and like a participant, and also true to nutrition. A hot tea and clean veggie soup might be it -- and, like, a side of olives, or something, rather than bread. Not exactly raw, but still nutritious.
DEFINITE SLIP of triple-shot decaf grande nonfat salted caramel mocha with whipped cream. Found myself falling asleep toward the end of the class, around 3:45, and think the sugar in this might've been the reason.
another apple + handful punkin seeds
gazpacho of 1 tomato + handful chopped green bell pepper + handful mixed raw nuts + lemon slice + an avocado chopped up + 1 green onion chopped + few dashes olive oil + couple dashes salt + dab honey + some water + dried chipotle, all blendered, WONDERFUL!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
I'm sorry, can I get a pass today? Not for cheats, but somehow barely ate anything today and don't want to encourage that kind of behavior, and/or give the impression that that's what eating raw is about for me, and/or that it's my weight loss strategy.
I'd appreciate it. I'll be gone all day Saturday but will post that day's eatings when I get home.
Love,
Maggie
I'd appreciate it. I'll be gone all day Saturday but will post that day's eatings when I get home.
Love,
Maggie
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Re: said donut holes
They weren't irresistable. I was a little hungry, though, and embarrassed to pull my peanut butter jar with the rusty top, sloshing buckwheat and nutmilk, from my purse (see below).
I was afraid of being made fun of.
No...it isn't even that good. I was afraid of being thought weird/grody.
Now. At this point I sooooo want to triumphantly tell you, "Fing crap! No more of that! This is the '90s, and I'm over it! Never again will I be too embarrassed to pull out my wet weird food in an audience of strangers!"
But gosh...is it so wrong to feel confusedly, childishly ashamed, sometimes?
These days I'm thinking it's not the end of the world.
Hope you can handle that.
I was afraid of being made fun of.
No...it isn't even that good. I was afraid of being thought weird/grody.
Now. At this point I sooooo want to triumphantly tell you, "Fing crap! No more of that! This is the '90s, and I'm over it! Never again will I be too embarrassed to pull out my wet weird food in an audience of strangers!"
But gosh...is it so wrong to feel confusedly, childishly ashamed, sometimes?
These days I'm thinking it's not the end of the world.
Hope you can handle that.
About this morning's drink
It might not sound good, and it might not be good, but I stumbled onto the salty-sweet-perky taste of celery and orange together a few months ago and really enjoy it. It's also pretty hearty, for me, anyway, especially, it seems like, when a couple greens are in there too. I read somewhere once that raw greens have a lot of protein, and it seems plausible. My body does seem to feel satisfied by them in a similar way to when I eat meat. Plus just by looking, most kale and collards these days could be sewn into purses, youknowimsaying.
By the way, what are your thoughts on cucumber? I kind of get this vibe it might actually be good for your skin, despite everyone who says it is. Since it seems so comfortable sitting around a drink anonymously I tend to throw it in a lot -- what about you?
By the way, what are your thoughts on cucumber? I kind of get this vibe it might actually be good for your skin, despite everyone who says it is. Since it seems so comfortable sitting around a drink anonymously I tend to throw it in a lot -- what about you?
Today's Foodstuffs
Except, not...though your employees are delightful.
smoothie of juice of 5 oranges + 2 stalks celery + 2 inches cucumber + handful parsley + mess of leftover tea = REALLY GOOD!
cup clover tea + dab honey, wonderful
2 not-great donut holes from a package a classmate had brought for the class.
1 cup soaked buckwheat groats + 2 cups nutmilk + tsp or so honey + dash vanilla extract (unnecessary) + dash punkin pie spice, lovely
2 Thai tea bobas after a hot afternoon of driving around in LA. Well, they seemed like a good idea at the time. The flavor was refreshing, and at the second place we stopped (photo above) Chato even got some extra-special lovingup from the employees and their relatives. But this boba, this boba fucking knocked me fucking out! Almost fell asleep driving home a couple times, yuck!
I guess this is my one issue with eating raw: my system becomes pretty intolerant of anything that doesn't vibe right with raw (rashy lips, tongue bumps, ridiculous fatigue, etc.). Have you experienced anything like that? And then foods I'd expect to irritate, my body has no problem with, like meat and dark chocolate (partly why I don't wholeheartedly call chocolate a slip).
Ok. Then had kelp noodle mushroom garlic spaghetti part 2, really, really, really good!
Then I finally opened a Christmas gift from a very kind coworker at my last job, which involved milk chocolate Ghiradelli (sp?) squares with toasted rice. I did not in fact throw them away. I in fact probably ate 7 squares.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of bunch of kale + handful parsley + 1/2 pear + juice of 4 oranges + 2 inches cucumber + cup leftover tea + water, good!
the rest of the INCREDIBLE coconut cream...let's call it pudding. Oh my gosh, this was soooo delicious, and filling/hearty. With the smoothie and a handful of nuts through the morning, I wasn't hungry untiil around 2 pm.
treinte (sp?) green iced tea no sweetener
handful raw nuts mixed
INCREDIBLE dish of raw kelp noodes -- rinse the packetful, then let it soak in a bowl of warm water, while you blender 1/2 cup raw nuts + juice of 1/2 lemon + few dashes paprika, salt and fajita seasoning. I cheated and heated some chopped onion and garlic in olive oil on the stove and also added this to the blender mixture. When it was all mashed up I drained the noodles, scooped the blendermash onto them, and chopped up my last 3 olives very fine. Massaged the creamcheesy stuff into the noodles with my hands, then chopped up a big mushroom pretty finely and added that in. A few splashes of the olive brine got into the mix, too. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS AND HEARTY DISH! A+!
the rest of the INCREDIBLE coconut cream...let's call it pudding. Oh my gosh, this was soooo delicious, and filling/hearty. With the smoothie and a handful of nuts through the morning, I wasn't hungry untiil around 2 pm.
treinte (sp?) green iced tea no sweetener
handful raw nuts mixed
INCREDIBLE dish of raw kelp noodes -- rinse the packetful, then let it soak in a bowl of warm water, while you blender 1/2 cup raw nuts + juice of 1/2 lemon + few dashes paprika, salt and fajita seasoning. I cheated and heated some chopped onion and garlic in olive oil on the stove and also added this to the blender mixture. When it was all mashed up I drained the noodles, scooped the blendermash onto them, and chopped up my last 3 olives very fine. Massaged the creamcheesy stuff into the noodles with my hands, then chopped up a big mushroom pretty finely and added that in. A few splashes of the olive brine got into the mix, too. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS AND HEARTY DISH! A+!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Also thinking about
Hm. I just improvised making a raw coconut "cream" pie, with crust of nut grains from nutmilk making a couple night ago + dash salt, and filling of meat from 1 sweet Thai coconut + probably 2 cups shredded coconut + maybe 1 1/2 cups nutmilk + teaspoon vanilla extract + probably 3 tbsp honey + 2 tbsp kudzu thickener in warm water, all blended in the blender, now setting in fridge. Hm! Can't wait to try it!
Thinking about
having a standing-type entry called "Thinking About," for dishes coming up around the bend.
And anything else I'm thinking about.
Right now I'm thinking about dumping a whole mess of buckwheat groats in a cup of water and soaking them for 20 minutes to an hour. Then drainking them, maybe grinding half of em to see what happens, and then putting the whole lot in a bowl with some punkin pie spice, honey and nutmilk and calling it comfort food.
(Oh my gosh -- just did a search and found this, which sounds even better! Will let you know how it goes!)
And anything else I'm thinking about.
Right now I'm thinking about dumping a whole mess of buckwheat groats in a cup of water and soaking them for 20 minutes to an hour. Then drainking them, maybe grinding half of em to see what happens, and then putting the whole lot in a bowl with some punkin pie spice, honey and nutmilk and calling it comfort food.
(Oh my gosh -- just did a search and found this, which sounds even better! Will let you know how it goes!)
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of 1/2 qt nutmilk + 1 banana + about 2 tbsp peanut butter + 1/2 avocado + a lil leftover tea
1 orange + few handfuls raw mixed nuts
SLIP: yes, 1 triple grande nonfat decaf salted caramel mocha with whipped cream. I must say, though, that it wasn't as good as it used to be, and I didn't finish it.
SLIP: yes, few squares dark nondairy chocolate
shoyu mushroom wings and red bell pepper, part deux
juice and pulp of 5 oranges
venti green iced tea unsweetened
1 Starbucks nutbar
water from inside 1 sweet Thai coconut, about a juiceglass-full
some very, very, very good raw coconut cream pie
1 orange + few handfuls raw mixed nuts
SLIP: yes, 1 triple grande nonfat decaf salted caramel mocha with whipped cream. I must say, though, that it wasn't as good as it used to be, and I didn't finish it.
SLIP: yes, few squares dark nondairy chocolate
shoyu mushroom wings and red bell pepper, part deux
juice and pulp of 5 oranges
venti green iced tea unsweetened
1 Starbucks nutbar
water from inside 1 sweet Thai coconut, about a juiceglass-full
some very, very, very good raw coconut cream pie
Monday, January 9, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
1 pear + handful punkin seeds
smoothie of juice & pulp of 4 orange + 1 mango + bunch of water + little avocado, good -- maybe a little too thick and rich, but good
SLIPS galore: small bag Fritos, cup of Coke, small bag baked "goldfish" (the cheezy kind), 2 fortune cookies (this was at a hospital volunteer meeting I couldn't bring a purse to, and I hadn't had lunch yet. Gonna have to figure something better out when I volunteer at this place, in the future.)
another pear
bunch of raw nuts
smoothie of bunch of spinach and parsley + 1/2 pear + 1 apple + some crenshaw melon + bunch of tea and water + about 1/2 inch ginger + lil honey + I think that's all. Good!
shoyu mushroom wings & red bell pepper
smoothie of juice & pulp of 4 orange + 1 mango + bunch of water + little avocado, good -- maybe a little too thick and rich, but good
SLIPS galore: small bag Fritos, cup of Coke, small bag baked "goldfish" (the cheezy kind), 2 fortune cookies (this was at a hospital volunteer meeting I couldn't bring a purse to, and I hadn't had lunch yet. Gonna have to figure something better out when I volunteer at this place, in the future.)
another pear
bunch of raw nuts
smoothie of bunch of spinach and parsley + 1/2 pear + 1 apple + some crenshaw melon + bunch of tea and water + about 1/2 inch ginger + lil honey + I think that's all. Good!
shoyu mushroom wings & red bell pepper
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of 4 oranges, 2 handfuls cilantro, leftover tea from yesterday, 2 inches cucumber, 1/2 avocado, some water, really good
drink of 1/2 quart nutmilk + 1 banana
few squares of dark chocolate
"nut sushi" of 1/2 cup ground mixed raw nuts + 1 small cauliflower-flower + pat butter in which 1 grated clove was heated = all mashed in blender, then added to mixture in bowl where, waiting, were...
2/3 avocado + 1 big tomato + leaves (not stems) from 1/4 bunch cilantro + maybe 1/4 inch-wide full-length slice anaheim chile, chopped finely and stirred together with few dashes salt and few dashes fish sauce.
Totality then dumped on 2 sheets nori seaweed, rolled up & briskly eaten (more like a burrito than sushi) and GOOD. May try adding a lil lemon juice next time for brightness sake.
1 pear
for dinner, nut sushi part two, minus seaweed and plus romaine lettuce scoopers
few more dark chocolate squares...which I'm not 100% calling a "slip," yet, anyway. I know that needs an explanation, but must keep it for another day, if that's alright.
drink of 1/2 quart nutmilk + 1 banana
few squares of dark chocolate
"nut sushi" of 1/2 cup ground mixed raw nuts + 1 small cauliflower-flower + pat butter in which 1 grated clove was heated = all mashed in blender, then added to mixture in bowl where, waiting, were...
2/3 avocado + 1 big tomato + leaves (not stems) from 1/4 bunch cilantro + maybe 1/4 inch-wide full-length slice anaheim chile, chopped finely and stirred together with few dashes salt and few dashes fish sauce.
Totality then dumped on 2 sheets nori seaweed, rolled up & briskly eaten (more like a burrito than sushi) and GOOD. May try adding a lil lemon juice next time for brightness sake.
1 pear
for dinner, nut sushi part two, minus seaweed and plus romaine lettuce scoopers
few more dark chocolate squares...which I'm not 100% calling a "slip," yet, anyway. I know that needs an explanation, but must keep it for another day, if that's alright.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of 2 kale leaves + most of a package of blueberries + a mess of leftover tea + a couple inches cucumber + a little honey, good!
banana pudding of 1 banana + tablespoon or so of peanut butter (not raw but organic and somehow mild). Chato also says he likes this frozen, in the middle of rubber or bone treats.
tea + little honey, good!
orange
punkin seeds
4 smallish glutenful crackers
nutmus (recipe in "Today's Foodstuffs," January 5) + romaine lettuce leaves to scoop
YES, 1 triple decaf grande nonfat salted carmel mocha with whipped cream, to start the evening's slips, of
maybe 3 cups popcorn
1 can Coke
I think the problem with this day was that I was on a daytrip to Claremont, and didn't think about bringing a sweet raw comfort food (though bringing nutmus, fruit and nuts for lunch helped). More banana pudding would've been good, but that was gone at breakfast.
Onward.
banana pudding of 1 banana + tablespoon or so of peanut butter (not raw but organic and somehow mild). Chato also says he likes this frozen, in the middle of rubber or bone treats.
tea + little honey, good!
orange
punkin seeds
4 smallish glutenful crackers
nutmus (recipe in "Today's Foodstuffs," January 5) + romaine lettuce leaves to scoop
YES, 1 triple decaf grande nonfat salted carmel mocha with whipped cream, to start the evening's slips, of
maybe 3 cups popcorn
1 can Coke
I think the problem with this day was that I was on a daytrip to Claremont, and didn't think about bringing a sweet raw comfort food (though bringing nutmus, fruit and nuts for lunch helped). More banana pudding would've been good, but that was gone at breakfast.
Onward.
Ok, I'm heartened. But also wanted to show this can happen quickly, and with PLENTY of slips! In case this is your first time reading, thank you so much for reading!, and five days ago, the scale read just-over 135. (Am normally about 120 and just want to feel like my old self again more...only, of course, better. )
Friday, January 6, 2012
Today I learned how to open a "sweet Thai coconut." When I got it open and scooped out the dessert inside, oh my gosh! Well, you've probably done that before, but...so scrumptious. I'd never understood drinking coconut water, before today. So delicate. Really heard the missing chord, drinking that.
The bad part is that unless one of these coconuts says it's organic, apparently it's probably had a bunch of...uh...bad stuff sprayed on it, to keep it fresh on its few-weeks-long journey to your market.
(Oh what the heck...the shell's thick, right?)
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of 2 oranges, 1 banana, 1 inch-round cut of avocado, whole mess of leftover tea from yesterday
about 2 cups nutmilk
handful blueberries
couple squares dark chocolate bar
REALLY REALLY GOOD raw "burgers" of 1/2 cup ground nuts, 1 chopped celery stalk, 1/8 or so of a bell pepper chopped (not 1/8 cup but 1/8 pepper), w/fajita seasoning and couple dashes of salt. Stirred it together, dumped it on a plate and clumped it into two burgery-sized things...put a little bbq sauce on them and ate them with romaine lettuce leaves as buns. Yay romaine lettuce leaves! This is a very, very delicious, SIMPLE, QUICK, hearty raw meal!
MEZZO-MEZZO celery "chowder" of 1/2 bunch celery + 1/2 cup brazil nuts + innards of a sweet Thai coconut (water included) + 1/8 a white onion + some salt + some olive oil + juice of 1/2 lemon. Too rich for me, couldn't finish it all, but good cause I learned how to open a sweet Thai coconut today, and tasted it for the first time. Sooooooo lovely on its own -- a dessert. I don't think I'll use it in savory stuff, but def for sweeties!
about 2 cups nutmilk
handful blueberries
couple squares dark chocolate bar
REALLY REALLY GOOD raw "burgers" of 1/2 cup ground nuts, 1 chopped celery stalk, 1/8 or so of a bell pepper chopped (not 1/8 cup but 1/8 pepper), w/fajita seasoning and couple dashes of salt. Stirred it together, dumped it on a plate and clumped it into two burgery-sized things...put a little bbq sauce on them and ate them with romaine lettuce leaves as buns. Yay romaine lettuce leaves! This is a very, very delicious, SIMPLE, QUICK, hearty raw meal!
MEZZO-MEZZO celery "chowder" of 1/2 bunch celery + 1/2 cup brazil nuts + innards of a sweet Thai coconut (water included) + 1/8 a white onion + some salt + some olive oil + juice of 1/2 lemon. Too rich for me, couldn't finish it all, but good cause I learned how to open a sweet Thai coconut today, and tasted it for the first time. Sooooooo lovely on its own -- a dessert. I don't think I'll use it in savory stuff, but def for sweeties!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Ok. So.
So this is good. We're learning we're very...interested...in...well...protein...fat...and salt.
And that's, okay.
I know I haven't said much about Jinjee's year-long raw challenge plan thingy (the "Raw Empowerment Program") yet. I've been mistakenly daunted by it. Finally had a look around tonight, though, and it's so much simpler than I'd thought. Also big-hearted, exciting and sensible.
Sensible thing #1: She's got different "tracks" you can make meals from, depending on what you're really interested in (losing weight, low-sugar/carbohydrate, "balanced" or high protein).
Big-hearted thing #1: For each track, right upfront she gives you a year's worth of recipes, shopping lists and menu planners, and you can download materials for all four tracks at once. I think the idea might be to get comfortable from one track, with the online "community" and rhythm of meals, and then go exploring as other tracks call.
Another lovely big-spirited aspect of the plan is how often we're scheduled to eat! Breakfast, brunch, lunch, snack, dinner, snack! How civilized. I have been getting hungry sort of soon after each raw-food-intake this week.
Oh, I'm so excited about starting the high protein track tomorrow! (No, I don't have a life -- and that's, okay.) I guess the way it'll work is, breakfast -- any fruit recipe; brunch -- any nutmilk recipe; lunch -- any "veggie" recipe; afternoon snack -- any nuts'n'seaweed recipe; dinner -- any "veggie/nut" or nut recipe; and evening snack -- any green juice recipe, or a piece of whole fruit.
Fing how rich is this life!!?!?!?! I'm the luckiest girl in this whole studio apartment!
And that's, okay.
I know I haven't said much about Jinjee's year-long raw challenge plan thingy (the "Raw Empowerment Program") yet. I've been mistakenly daunted by it. Finally had a look around tonight, though, and it's so much simpler than I'd thought. Also big-hearted, exciting and sensible.
Sensible thing #1: She's got different "tracks" you can make meals from, depending on what you're really interested in (losing weight, low-sugar/carbohydrate, "balanced" or high protein).
Big-hearted thing #1: For each track, right upfront she gives you a year's worth of recipes, shopping lists and menu planners, and you can download materials for all four tracks at once. I think the idea might be to get comfortable from one track, with the online "community" and rhythm of meals, and then go exploring as other tracks call.
Another lovely big-spirited aspect of the plan is how often we're scheduled to eat! Breakfast, brunch, lunch, snack, dinner, snack! How civilized. I have been getting hungry sort of soon after each raw-food-intake this week.
Oh, I'm so excited about starting the high protein track tomorrow! (No, I don't have a life -- and that's, okay.) I guess the way it'll work is, breakfast -- any fruit recipe; brunch -- any nutmilk recipe; lunch -- any "veggie" recipe; afternoon snack -- any nuts'n'seaweed recipe; dinner -- any "veggie/nut" or nut recipe; and evening snack -- any green juice recipe, or a piece of whole fruit.
Fing how rich is this life!!?!?!?! I'm the luckiest girl in this whole studio apartment!
Slips
I don't have time to write about the concept of dietary "slips" just yet, but it's percolating & I'd love to hear thoughts, from anyone reading this, about them...will def write more later, just have to get a certain amount of school and other writing work done today, first.
I love you.
I love you.
Todays' Foodstuffs
1 orange, did the job
I pretty salad of a chopped mango + 2 romaine leaves chopped so small it was almost like they were grated + about 1 1/2 inches cucumber, also chopped that small + a good shake, from the jar, of raw punkin seeds VERY, VERY DELICIOUS!
heading for another cup of clover tea
1 sheet of nori seaweed (the kind they use to wrap sushi in), yum, though not totally sure it's really raw
1 banana
SLIP: 1 cup or so of soy vanilla ice cream + drizzle olive oil + tiny bit of salt. Not raw, but we'll get there! And I do want you to know what a great combination vanilla ice cream + drizzled olive oil + a tiny bit of salt is. Insists you slow down. The idea came from a caller on The Splendid Table (do you feel, as I do, that Lynne Rosetto Kasper is a national treasure?) ...am def on the lookout for a cheap ice cream maker, to start making raw ice cream.
1 smoothie of big kale leaf + 2 small green apples + juice and pulp of 2 oranges + the end of the ginger + 1 1/2 inches or so cucumber + a bunch of water + a little nutmilk, good!
SLIP: 2 chicken wings, small, cold, not very good
SLIP: some Cream of Wheat (with nutmilk, though)
super, super, superduper delicious and satisfying hummusish dip of about 1 cup nutgrounds from making nutmilk + 1 clove garlic + maybe 1/8 inch onion slice + maybe 1/3 cup olive oil + squeeze of lemon juice + couple dashes salt + top part of an avocado. Raw garlic's a little gaggy for me, so I'd soaked the chopped onion and grated garlic clove in olive oil this afternoon, then heated it very low and briefly on the stove, then put it in the blender w/everything else plus a little more oil for fun. This was TOTALLY GOOD. I've heard raw chickpea hummus is tricky to make and usually sucks, would wager we have an exceeding substitution here!
Oh, also the end of a romaine lettuce head, as eating utensils for the...should we call it..."nutmus"?
I do count this as a minor victory, not just to've stumbled onto nutmus today, but also because it averted a popcorn situation.
I think my body must just really, really like a lot of protein, fat and salt. For now I'm going with it, and am gonna try to learn more about how to get more of that, raw.
(And that's, okay!)
I pretty salad of a chopped mango + 2 romaine leaves chopped so small it was almost like they were grated + about 1 1/2 inches cucumber, also chopped that small + a good shake, from the jar, of raw punkin seeds VERY, VERY DELICIOUS!
heading for another cup of clover tea
1 sheet of nori seaweed (the kind they use to wrap sushi in), yum, though not totally sure it's really raw
1 banana
SLIP: 1 cup or so of soy vanilla ice cream + drizzle olive oil + tiny bit of salt. Not raw, but we'll get there! And I do want you to know what a great combination vanilla ice cream + drizzled olive oil + a tiny bit of salt is. Insists you slow down. The idea came from a caller on The Splendid Table (do you feel, as I do, that Lynne Rosetto Kasper is a national treasure?) ...am def on the lookout for a cheap ice cream maker, to start making raw ice cream.
1 smoothie of big kale leaf + 2 small green apples + juice and pulp of 2 oranges + the end of the ginger + 1 1/2 inches or so cucumber + a bunch of water + a little nutmilk, good!
SLIP: 2 chicken wings, small, cold, not very good
SLIP: some Cream of Wheat (with nutmilk, though)
super, super, superduper delicious and satisfying hummusish dip of about 1 cup nutgrounds from making nutmilk + 1 clove garlic + maybe 1/8 inch onion slice + maybe 1/3 cup olive oil + squeeze of lemon juice + couple dashes salt + top part of an avocado. Raw garlic's a little gaggy for me, so I'd soaked the chopped onion and grated garlic clove in olive oil this afternoon, then heated it very low and briefly on the stove, then put it in the blender w/everything else plus a little more oil for fun. This was TOTALLY GOOD. I've heard raw chickpea hummus is tricky to make and usually sucks, would wager we have an exceeding substitution here!
Oh, also the end of a romaine lettuce head, as eating utensils for the...should we call it..."nutmus"?
I do count this as a minor victory, not just to've stumbled onto nutmus today, but also because it averted a popcorn situation.
I think my body must just really, really like a lot of protein, fat and salt. For now I'm going with it, and am gonna try to learn more about how to get more of that, raw.
(And that's, okay!)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
You probably knew this, but I didn't -- that you can eat beets raw? So far I like them grated the best. They can make a really hearty salad-meal that way. One beet per person, some fruit (raspberries and apples are super), a handful of nuts, a little olive oil, dash of salt...maybe a squeeze of lemon...and woila! (Please forgive, I do like words like "per," "dash" and "squeeze"...maybe they remind me of my mom.)
It really is very good.
Today's Foodstuffs
smoothie of maybe 3 kale leaves + juice from 4 oranges + top 1 1/2 inches of an avocado + lil handful cilantro + cup or so of leftover tea from yesterday, wonderful!
sweet potato pie part 2, good!
cup of clover tea w/dab of honey, very good!
dark chocolate w/almonds and sea salt, maybe 5 little squares, good
banana and nutmilk smoothie
grated beet slaw with green apple chunks, chopped nuts, some olive oil and dash of salt, wonderful
1 cup clover tea w/lil honey
2 small chocolate-covered pretzels
the rest of the chocolate bar mentioned above
a packet of non-raw gas station peanuts
I'm telling you all my non-raw "slips" here, though I actually don't think of them in quite that same way myself. That's probably worth a post in itself, the definition of a "slip"...hm...
sweet potato pie part 2, good!
cup of clover tea w/dab of honey, very good!
dark chocolate w/almonds and sea salt, maybe 5 little squares, good
banana and nutmilk smoothie
grated beet slaw with green apple chunks, chopped nuts, some olive oil and dash of salt, wonderful
1 cup clover tea w/lil honey
2 small chocolate-covered pretzels
the rest of the chocolate bar mentioned above
a packet of non-raw gas station peanuts
I'm telling you all my non-raw "slips" here, though I actually don't think of them in quite that same way myself. That's probably worth a post in itself, the definition of a "slip"...hm...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
I'm not pure yet,
but was innocent again, for a second, in the elevator on the way to class this morning. I've felt little moments of innocence at other times when eating raw, before this, too (though each is also more unique than similar, so hard to generalize about).
Well anyway, I thought I should report.
Would love to hear if anyone else out there trying raw eating has encountered this random innocence of which I speak.
Well anyway, I thought I should report.
Would love to hear if anyone else out there trying raw eating has encountered this random innocence of which I speak.
Today's Foodstuffs
2 tangerines + 1 carrot + about 2 cups nutmilk + the top 1 1/2 inches of an avocado + 1 dash vanilla + maybe 1 tsp honey in the blender for a MARVELOUS raw Orange Julius (I don't even like that drink, but this is such a stunning resemblance that I kind of do like it, in this form -- also another of the rare acceptable ways to eat raw carrots)
a cup of echinacea and rosehips tea with a dab of honey and smidge of nutmilk, not great
last 1/2 cup or so of Shoyu Mushroom Wings (recipe below-low), GREAT
last cup or so of Cauliflower Popcorn, not bad!
a regrettable 3-shot grande nonfat decaf salted carmel mocha, extra hot with whipped cream. Regrettable largely because 1) I had to tell you about it, and 2) it wasn't as delicious as usual. It seemed too sweet or something.
an orange shared with Chato
the rest of that chubby, sexy avocado we so enjoyed in the raw Orange Julius, earlier
the last of the quart of nutmilk made 2 nights ago
1 squeaky green apple + 1 patient banana + shmears of peanut butter (not raw -- dry roasted -- but organic and somehow kind) + chopped lettuce on top as decoration.
pie of ground sunflower seeds for crust (salted and roasted, but IDEAL for pie crust, for anyone non-raw reading this who just wants to make a healthier pie crust. Try it, I swear, it is so good. Just the right saltiness, plenty of oil, lovely crumbly texture, etc. And we do feel ok about this today, because these were the last of the non-raw nuts in the fridge. If these had been raw nuts I might've added dashes of salt and olive oil.) + 1 sweet potato + 1 green apple mashed up in blender. TOTALLY GOOD.
For the record, you can eat a lot of varieties of sweet potato raw. I seem to digest the ones that're orange on the inside better than the lighter colored ones so can only recommend those. But they do make a tasty sweet potato pie!
And please note we did NOT eat any of the donut holes offered in class this morning.
a cup of echinacea and rosehips tea with a dab of honey and smidge of nutmilk, not great
last 1/2 cup or so of Shoyu Mushroom Wings (recipe below-low), GREAT
last cup or so of Cauliflower Popcorn, not bad!
a regrettable 3-shot grande nonfat decaf salted carmel mocha, extra hot with whipped cream. Regrettable largely because 1) I had to tell you about it, and 2) it wasn't as delicious as usual. It seemed too sweet or something.
an orange shared with Chato
the rest of that chubby, sexy avocado we so enjoyed in the raw Orange Julius, earlier
the last of the quart of nutmilk made 2 nights ago
1 squeaky green apple + 1 patient banana + shmears of peanut butter (not raw -- dry roasted -- but organic and somehow kind) + chopped lettuce on top as decoration.
pie of ground sunflower seeds for crust (salted and roasted, but IDEAL for pie crust, for anyone non-raw reading this who just wants to make a healthier pie crust. Try it, I swear, it is so good. Just the right saltiness, plenty of oil, lovely crumbly texture, etc. And we do feel ok about this today, because these were the last of the non-raw nuts in the fridge. If these had been raw nuts I might've added dashes of salt and olive oil.) + 1 sweet potato + 1 green apple mashed up in blender. TOTALLY GOOD.
For the record, you can eat a lot of varieties of sweet potato raw. I seem to digest the ones that're orange on the inside better than the lighter colored ones so can only recommend those. But they do make a tasty sweet potato pie!
And please note we did NOT eat any of the donut holes offered in class this morning.
Monday, January 2, 2012
And so the contradictions began / Today's Foodstuffs
Well, Gabrielle said she'd like to hear what I'm eating...and I guess I can see an argument for it...so, though it's a bit cringeful, perhaps we'll list the daily foodstuffs. Until we just can't live with ourselves any longer. (Please do forgive, darling, I'm still in a "Mrs. Miniver" hangover, from last night.)
Not tolly sure how to do this -- let me know if you have any ideas -- but I guess for now I'll make a daily post which is JUST foodstuffs (called "Today's Foodstuffs"), and the list'll grow as I add to it throughout the day.
Today's foodstuffs so far:
1 green apple
a pie of another green apple, a red'n'yellow apple, a grated carrot, an avocado, and leftover groundup nuts from making nutmilk the night before
a venti 4-shot decaf nonfat iced salted carmel mocha with, yes, whipped cream
some shoyu mushroom wings (recipe below)
another tail end of a dark chocolate bar left in the fridge, which did need to be gotten rid of
a smoothie of a couple big leaves of nasty honking kale + a sweet, soft lil handful of cilantro + the tail end of a cucumber + about 1 1/2 cups leftover green tea + the juice of two tangerines and a grapefruit
P.S. PLEASE let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to know/hear/talk about in this whole raw year deal thing we got going here.
Not tolly sure how to do this -- let me know if you have any ideas -- but I guess for now I'll make a daily post which is JUST foodstuffs (called "Today's Foodstuffs"), and the list'll grow as I add to it throughout the day.
Today's foodstuffs so far:
1 green apple
a pie of another green apple, a red'n'yellow apple, a grated carrot, an avocado, and leftover groundup nuts from making nutmilk the night before
a venti 4-shot decaf nonfat iced salted carmel mocha with, yes, whipped cream
some shoyu mushroom wings (recipe below)
another tail end of a dark chocolate bar left in the fridge, which did need to be gotten rid of
a smoothie of a couple big leaves of nasty honking kale + a sweet, soft lil handful of cilantro + the tail end of a cucumber + about 1 1/2 cups leftover green tea + the juice of two tangerines and a grapefruit
and an unfortunate, unspecified quantity of actual popcorn
P.S. PLEASE let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to know/hear/talk about in this whole raw year deal thing we got going here.
And what about you?
What about you, love?
Is there anything you'd like a witness to, as you go through it, this year?
Is there anything you'd like a witness to, as you go through it, this year?
While we're being honest,
Also, making Stuart Smalley smaller today, I noticed something called "AdSense" on Blogger. Apparently it's free to bloggers, and might send me some cashola, effectivo, greenstuff, etc. if anyone's -- reading? -- this. I hope you don't mind if we try it out for a little bit. If it becomes just too annoying I will def terminate and let you know that's what we're doing. And if you have any opinion on it in any direction, please comment.
Comment anyway, okay?
And that's, okay.
This occurred later.
And that's, okay.
I guess I just want you to know I'm aiming for honesty here, among other things...also that if you're on this same what they call path or whatever, for what it's worth I really do think that a nonfat decaf mostly-espresso-and-ice drink is not that bad in the scheme of things. Fuck it. For now we're happy to get 3 raw deals a day. I'm pretty sure nutrition eventually wins, if you stick with it in an inclusive rather than denying vibe. (I do constitutionally have a soft spot for the incremental, though, and know lots of others don't.)
For the record, we're also at this very moment ingesting fing AWESOME, 2nd-deal-of-day, mushroom wings (recipe below!) and red bell pepper (note to self: salty's a great context for red bell pepper).
On second thought,
no one wants to read what someone eats every day!
They don't!
And they're right!
For now I think we'll just quietly pretend that whole posting-the-day's-eating idea never happened, and try to move on from here, if it's alright with you.
They don't!
And they're right!
For now I think we'll just quietly pretend that whole posting-the-day's-eating idea never happened, and try to move on from here, if it's alright with you.
So I'm thinking
we'll post what we eat here. Maybe not the most original year-long-raw-eating-blog idea ever in the history of humankind, but hey.
Hey.
So it'll probably grow throughout the day.
Well, hopefully!
Here's a start.
1 sort of cute green apple, on a walk
1 post-walk pie of crust being the nutstuff left over from making nutmilk last night; filling being a grated carrot (and carrots actually make me Very Angry -- am I right they're WAY too much work for the payoff, except when grated and no longer in a position to waste our precious life force chewing them? But in this, their proper form, they're harmlessly sweet-tasting, and can lend kind of a sense of the "missing chord," or something...maybe it's all the Vitamin A) + an avocado + a sort of cute red'n'yellow apple, blended into a mash + another sort of cute green apple sliced up for interest and texture's sake + a dash of salt + a couple dashes punkin pie spice. Gud.
Hey.
So it'll probably grow throughout the day.
Well, hopefully!
Here's a start.
1 sort of cute green apple, on a walk
1 post-walk pie of crust being the nutstuff left over from making nutmilk last night; filling being a grated carrot (and carrots actually make me Very Angry -- am I right they're WAY too much work for the payoff, except when grated and no longer in a position to waste our precious life force chewing them? But in this, their proper form, they're harmlessly sweet-tasting, and can lend kind of a sense of the "missing chord," or something...maybe it's all the Vitamin A) + an avocado + a sort of cute red'n'yellow apple, blended into a mash + another sort of cute green apple sliced up for interest and texture's sake + a dash of salt + a couple dashes punkin pie spice. Gud.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Really very good
would she choose popcorn, or the raw cauliflower instead One way I sometimes ease into raw eating is with heated sauces. I'll tell myself I can heat the sauce, but not what it goes on. This is how I avoided making popcorn tonight, for munching through the second half of "Mrs. Miniver". Instead, I grated raw cauliflower and topped it with melted butter (yes!), "Movie Theater Butter" salt and a little nutritional yeast. Not bad! Chato was pretty much totally into it.
I've noticed, when I go raw, that it can help me resist temptation and keep to 3 raw deals a day, to make multiple-deal batches of stuff. Like making too much "popcorn" tonight, so there'll be more for tomorrow.
I did it with another dish tonight, which was such fun to discover, I just have to share the recipe. Anything else wouldn't be right.
It's basically my mother's "Shoyu Chicken Wings" marinade, but with mushroom pieces instead of chicken wings.
Shoyu Mushroom Wings
maybe 2/3 cup tamari
maybe 2/3 inch ginger, grated
maybe 1 fat garlic clove, grated
maybe 1 green onion, chopped
probably 1 tbsp cooking oil (olive's fine)
maybe 1/2 tsp honey (raw's best, of course)
couple dry chili peppers if you like a little heat
Mix it all up and dissolve the honey. Chop up a couple portabello mushrooms, or maybe 6 medium sized mushrooms, and stir into the marinade so everyone gets wet. Marinate a couple hours, covered, in the fridge, stirring a couple times so everyone gets a relatively even soak. Do drain before eating. This can be a little salty, so might be good surrounded by something contrasty.
whozzose sessy shoyu mushroom wing and red bell peppers on the corner of this porch?
First Day
Hey there! So this is my first, not 100% successful, day of meeting Jinjee Talifero's all-year-all-raw challenge dealio!
My it's expensive! I did one of her programs a couple years ago, though (when I could afford it), and by a mixture of this and a blessed bit of confusion on Jinjee's part about which Maggie Sullivan I really am -- I don't publish "Natural Awakenings" -- confusion I only learned about after she'd approved my profile submission -- well here I am getting to do the pretty thing for free! Thanks God!
Fresh-squeezed tangerine-grapefruit juice in the morning (only because citrus juicers are cheap), then the somehow grainy (possibly pencil lead) end of a dark-chocolate-almond-sea-salt bar left in my purse.
Well, it had to be rid of. (And brings up a point: how bad is a vice, really, if it doesn't have gluten or dairy?????
What if this is asked in italics????)
Later, a handful of raw though not soaked nuts from fridge (yes, love, I dabbled in raw before we met...but never with such commitment or anticipation).
It's 4 pm and I'm HONGRY!!!!! Not raw's fault but New Year's Day laziness. Am now trying to figure out how not to go to Starbucks. From past dabbles I know I can lose weight ingesting such evil, as long as I get 3 raw deals/meals a day. Never tried it long enough to see what might happen next, though.
This time we shall see! Onward, loves!
My it's expensive! I did one of her programs a couple years ago, though (when I could afford it), and by a mixture of this and a blessed bit of confusion on Jinjee's part about which Maggie Sullivan I really am -- I don't publish "Natural Awakenings" -- confusion I only learned about after she'd approved my profile submission -- well here I am getting to do the pretty thing for free! Thanks God!
Fresh-squeezed tangerine-grapefruit juice in the morning (only because citrus juicers are cheap), then the somehow grainy (possibly pencil lead) end of a dark-chocolate-almond-sea-salt bar left in my purse.
Well, it had to be rid of. (And brings up a point: how bad is a vice, really, if it doesn't have gluten or dairy?????
What if this is asked in italics????)
Later, a handful of raw though not soaked nuts from fridge (yes, love, I dabbled in raw before we met...but never with such commitment or anticipation).
It's 4 pm and I'm HONGRY!!!!! Not raw's fault but New Year's Day laziness. Am now trying to figure out how not to go to Starbucks. From past dabbles I know I can lose weight ingesting such evil, as long as I get 3 raw deals/meals a day. Never tried it long enough to see what might happen next, though.
This time we shall see! Onward, loves!
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