Recently I purchased Doug Graham's book The 80/10/10 Diet. Have any of you tried this? This book came at the perfect time for me. I've been wanting to simplify what I eat, ie no more nut, dried fruit, carob and coconut concoctions, I find them very hard to digest and they zap my energy, and this book really gave me the motivation to get away from that. I still have raisins, dates and honey in my cupboard, but when they're gone, I'm not planning to buy anymore, we'll see how that goes :-) I do love the banana and date smoothies though so dates might have to stay, at least for awhile.
I've been following his meal plans as far as the amount of carbs, protein and fat go, especially keeping the fat to 10% was a real eye-opener, and eating more mono meals. I don't start my day with a mono fruit meal as he suggests, its just not enough to get me through to lunch, so I have a nice thick green smoothie for breakfast and about four hours later a mono fruit meal. For dinner I have fruit first and then a salad. I also adjust the amount of calories I eat in a day according to how active I am.
I've been 100% raw for a few months now, 80 - 90% raw for seven years, and I still crave cooked foods every day, just a couple of specific ones, and some days its all I can do not to give in to it, and to be honest, occassionaly I do. Does this addiction ever go away?? I'm sure a big part of this for me is that I work in a grocery store so am surrounded by the sights and smells of all the foods I used to eat. One more year to retirement, yeh!!
And then some days I wonder if eating this much fruit is good for me. There's a lot of conflicting information out there and everybody seems to think their way is the best way, how does a person know who's right?
I guess this is all part of the transition. I've come a long way and I'm very proud of sticking with it and continually seeking and striving for what works best for me. Food is such a big part of our daily lives and its not easy being different but I definitely think I'm worth it.
Time to call it a day.
Yvonne
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
7 Day Detox
As you can see, I'm not much of a blogger. I'm going to try to improve!
Bob and I are on the fourth day of a 7 day detox and feeling great! We started with a 24 hour water and lemon juice fast Thursday evening at 6:00 until Friday evening at 6:00.
We were going to start eating fruit at that point but we decided to continue with the liquids so we had blended watermelon for my Friday evening meal. Saturday we had more watermelon juice, some orange and pineapple juice and a tomato and cucumber juice.
Then we did another 24 hour water fast, this time no lemon juice. We had planned to go to a raw food potluck on Sunday but, even though we were feeling pretty good, we decided to stay home and take it easy. All in all the day went pretty well but by 6:00 p.m. we were definitely ready for our mono meal of fruit, I had three mangoes and Bob had a big bowl of cut up watermelon. It feels so good to give your digestive system a rest.
The rest of the week is raw fruit and vegetables, no fat or salt. I'm going to try to eat as many mono meals as possible, something I find hard to do, and green smoothies with lots of greens.
I'm doing this detox with around 700 other "raw divas" on a website called www.therawdivas.com and Bob, being the wonderful husband he is, is doing it with me.
Check it out, I'm sure you'll find it interesting.
Time to call it a day.
Yvonne
Bob and I are on the fourth day of a 7 day detox and feeling great! We started with a 24 hour water and lemon juice fast Thursday evening at 6:00 until Friday evening at 6:00.
We were going to start eating fruit at that point but we decided to continue with the liquids so we had blended watermelon for my Friday evening meal. Saturday we had more watermelon juice, some orange and pineapple juice and a tomato and cucumber juice.
Then we did another 24 hour water fast, this time no lemon juice. We had planned to go to a raw food potluck on Sunday but, even though we were feeling pretty good, we decided to stay home and take it easy. All in all the day went pretty well but by 6:00 p.m. we were definitely ready for our mono meal of fruit, I had three mangoes and Bob had a big bowl of cut up watermelon. It feels so good to give your digestive system a rest.
The rest of the week is raw fruit and vegetables, no fat or salt. I'm going to try to eat as many mono meals as possible, something I find hard to do, and green smoothies with lots of greens.
I'm doing this detox with around 700 other "raw divas" on a website called www.therawdivas.com and Bob, being the wonderful husband he is, is doing it with me.
Check it out, I'm sure you'll find it interesting.
Time to call it a day.
Yvonne
Monday, April 23, 2007
Raw Food Sites
These are a few of my favourite raw food sites:
www.rawfamily.com - Botenko Family
www.thegardendiet.com - Storm and Jingee
www.paulnison.com - Paul Nison
www.foodnsport.com - Doug Graham
www.howtogoraw.com - Roger Heaske
www.fredericpatenaude.com
Also, here are a few local raw foodists:
Rosemary Radford, Cambridge - www.rawteacher.com/rosieradford
Cynthia Wikkerink MH, Waterloo - www.divinelyraw.ca
April Star, Waterdown - www.eatingrawfoods.com
These are just a few of the many raw food sites. Just put in "raw food" and do a Google search for others.
Hope this is helpful.
Yvonne
www.rawfamily.com - Botenko Family
www.thegardendiet.com - Storm and Jingee
www.paulnison.com - Paul Nison
www.foodnsport.com - Doug Graham
www.howtogoraw.com - Roger Heaske
www.fredericpatenaude.com
Also, here are a few local raw foodists:
Rosemary Radford, Cambridge - www.rawteacher.com/rosieradford
Cynthia Wikkerink MH, Waterloo - www.divinelyraw.ca
April Star, Waterdown - www.eatingrawfoods.com
These are just a few of the many raw food sites. Just put in "raw food" and do a Google search for others.
Hope this is helpful.
Yvonne
Yam & Apple Pie Recipe
I took this pie to a pot luck this weekend and it was a hit so here's the recipe.
I've made this pie numerous times, sometimes without the apple, but I prefer the taste with a couple of apples added.
Basic Crust Recipe
1 1/2 to 2 cups nuts, almonds, pecans or walnuts or combination. If I use almonds, I soak them overnight and then dehydrate them for about 30 minutes.
6 -8 medjool dates
Dash vanilla
Dash cinnamon
Water if needed.
Process the nuts in a food processor until evenly ground. Add the dates, vanilla and cinnamon and process until a ball forms, add water if necessary. Press mixture into a 8 or 9 inch pie plate and if not using immediately you can dehydrate it for 1 hour or leave it in the sun for 1 - 2 hours.
Filling
6 - 8 pitted chopped dates, soaked 20 minutes
1/4 raisins soaked 20 minutes (reserve soak water)
1/2 cup cashews or pine nuts soaked 5 - 10 minutes
6 small yams, peeled and cut into chunks
2 apples cored and cut into chunks
1 tsp vanilla
Juice of half a lemon
1 tsp or more cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp psyllium (optional)
Process the yams and apples in a food processor until finely chopped then transfer to a heavy duty blender and process adding the other ingredients until very smooth adding the raisin and date soak water as necessary. There should be at least 4 cups of the mixture. The psyllium works as a thickner, making it somewhat easier to serve, so its optional.
Pour the filling into the crust and refrigerate. It will be ready to serve within 1 hour. Serve with frosting if desired. This is the one I used:
1 cup of cashews soaked overnight
5 pitted dated soaked overnight, reserve soak water
1/2 tsp vanilla (optional)
Blend the nuts, gradually adding the dates and soak water and blend until smooth and creamy.
As an alternative, the filling and topping can be served without the crust as a pudding.
Enjoy!
Yvonne
I've made this pie numerous times, sometimes without the apple, but I prefer the taste with a couple of apples added.
Basic Crust Recipe
1 1/2 to 2 cups nuts, almonds, pecans or walnuts or combination. If I use almonds, I soak them overnight and then dehydrate them for about 30 minutes.
6 -8 medjool dates
Dash vanilla
Dash cinnamon
Water if needed.
Process the nuts in a food processor until evenly ground. Add the dates, vanilla and cinnamon and process until a ball forms, add water if necessary. Press mixture into a 8 or 9 inch pie plate and if not using immediately you can dehydrate it for 1 hour or leave it in the sun for 1 - 2 hours.
Filling
6 - 8 pitted chopped dates, soaked 20 minutes
1/4 raisins soaked 20 minutes (reserve soak water)
1/2 cup cashews or pine nuts soaked 5 - 10 minutes
6 small yams, peeled and cut into chunks
2 apples cored and cut into chunks
1 tsp vanilla
Juice of half a lemon
1 tsp or more cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp psyllium (optional)
Process the yams and apples in a food processor until finely chopped then transfer to a heavy duty blender and process adding the other ingredients until very smooth adding the raisin and date soak water as necessary. There should be at least 4 cups of the mixture. The psyllium works as a thickner, making it somewhat easier to serve, so its optional.
Pour the filling into the crust and refrigerate. It will be ready to serve within 1 hour. Serve with frosting if desired. This is the one I used:
1 cup of cashews soaked overnight
5 pitted dated soaked overnight, reserve soak water
1/2 tsp vanilla (optional)
Blend the nuts, gradually adding the dates and soak water and blend until smooth and creamy.
As an alternative, the filling and topping can be served without the crust as a pudding.
Enjoy!
Yvonne
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Raw Food Meals in Costa Rica
It's been a busy day and evening and I have an early morning tomorrow, so this is going to be fairly short.
I can't believe how cold and windy it is, certainly not Costa Rican weather!
Anyway, I was going to give you some idea what its like to be a raw foodist in Costa Rica. The fruit is amazing and so inexpensive. I absolutely love papaya, and Bob and I would eat at least one a day. Sometimes we would just cut it up and eat it for a meal or add it to our green smoothies. The other thing I did, was freeze cut-up bananas and papaya, and then blend it to make an ice cream. We took our K-Tec with us and I'm so glad we did. The ice cream was usually our treat in the evening, while playing Scrabble, after our salad which we ate after our sunset walk on the beach. The sun always sets at 5:45 p.m. in Costa Rica, so most nights we were in bed by 8:00 or 9:00 and up around 6:00 am.
Variations of this ice cream were banana and mango and banana and sopote. Sopote is a very unusual fruit that has a carmel flavor and made the most delicious ice cream. Unfortunately, the season was just ending so we only had it a few times.
A typical day started with a walk on the beach around 6:30 and after our walk we had an orange-pineapple blended drink. Then around 10:00 am we'd have our green smoothie/pudding and in the afternoon we'd have fruit for a snack or if we were home I'd make a watermelon or cantelope drink. Some days we would just eat a whole watermelon for lunch or a snack. Watermelon is very filling! Some days we would go to the organic juice bar and have a juice, usually carrot and apple.
Our salads consisted of organic greens that we purchased from an organic farmer that came right to Dominical every Friday. We got most of our fruits and vegetables from him and could even order it ahead of time to make sure we had enough for the week. The tomatoes were amazing, as were the cucumbers and avocadoes. The only thing that was really not up to par was the organic celery, which is a little disappointing because we normally eat quite a bit of celery for the sodium to balance out the potassium in all the bananas we eat. Not sure what I'll do about that when we live there.
I'm getting hungry just thinking about all this great food, and so much for being short. Time to put my head to the pillow.
Until next time.
Yvonne
I can't believe how cold and windy it is, certainly not Costa Rican weather!
Anyway, I was going to give you some idea what its like to be a raw foodist in Costa Rica. The fruit is amazing and so inexpensive. I absolutely love papaya, and Bob and I would eat at least one a day. Sometimes we would just cut it up and eat it for a meal or add it to our green smoothies. The other thing I did, was freeze cut-up bananas and papaya, and then blend it to make an ice cream. We took our K-Tec with us and I'm so glad we did. The ice cream was usually our treat in the evening, while playing Scrabble, after our salad which we ate after our sunset walk on the beach. The sun always sets at 5:45 p.m. in Costa Rica, so most nights we were in bed by 8:00 or 9:00 and up around 6:00 am.
Variations of this ice cream were banana and mango and banana and sopote. Sopote is a very unusual fruit that has a carmel flavor and made the most delicious ice cream. Unfortunately, the season was just ending so we only had it a few times.
A typical day started with a walk on the beach around 6:30 and after our walk we had an orange-pineapple blended drink. Then around 10:00 am we'd have our green smoothie/pudding and in the afternoon we'd have fruit for a snack or if we were home I'd make a watermelon or cantelope drink. Some days we would just eat a whole watermelon for lunch or a snack. Watermelon is very filling! Some days we would go to the organic juice bar and have a juice, usually carrot and apple.
Our salads consisted of organic greens that we purchased from an organic farmer that came right to Dominical every Friday. We got most of our fruits and vegetables from him and could even order it ahead of time to make sure we had enough for the week. The tomatoes were amazing, as were the cucumbers and avocadoes. The only thing that was really not up to par was the organic celery, which is a little disappointing because we normally eat quite a bit of celery for the sodium to balance out the potassium in all the bananas we eat. Not sure what I'll do about that when we live there.
I'm getting hungry just thinking about all this great food, and so much for being short. Time to put my head to the pillow.
Until next time.
Yvonne
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Professional Dreamer
I wanted to tell you yesterday about what I experienced last week, but I ran out of time.
When we got back from Costa Rica, somehow in my inbox was an email giving me the opportunity to listen to teleseminars all week that related to the Law of Attraction. Over the last couple of years I have been exposed to this concept over and over again and ever since viewing The Secret, it has just become more and more a part of my life. I listened to numerous teleseminars during the week and the ones that really stood out for me were Ghalil's calls about her "6 Simple Steps that turn Dreams into Reality". In her calls, she talked about the six steps and how to go beyond the basics of the Law of Attraction and how to implement it on a daily basis. It was Ghalil who organized the Professional Dreamer Week to be a world-wide celebration on how to turn dreams into reality while also raising funds for charity.
The principles she talked about are outlined in her beautifully written book "Professional Dreamer". I purchased this book a couple of days ago and am very excited about using the steps to turn my dreams and wishes into reality by using the powerful energy of my thoughts. I guess one of the things she said that really stood out for me was that we are manifesting all the time, this isn't something we have to learn to do. The only thing is, most of the time we are manifesting what we don't want because we are focusing our energy on that. So, what we need to do is focus on what we do want and that is what will manifest. Isn't that exciting!
Her website is www.professionaldreamer.com
Hope this has given you some inspiration. Tomorrow I'll tell you about our wonderful raw meals while in Costa Rica.
Sending you love, peace and joy.
Yvonne
When we got back from Costa Rica, somehow in my inbox was an email giving me the opportunity to listen to teleseminars all week that related to the Law of Attraction. Over the last couple of years I have been exposed to this concept over and over again and ever since viewing The Secret, it has just become more and more a part of my life. I listened to numerous teleseminars during the week and the ones that really stood out for me were Ghalil's calls about her "6 Simple Steps that turn Dreams into Reality". In her calls, she talked about the six steps and how to go beyond the basics of the Law of Attraction and how to implement it on a daily basis. It was Ghalil who organized the Professional Dreamer Week to be a world-wide celebration on how to turn dreams into reality while also raising funds for charity.
The principles she talked about are outlined in her beautifully written book "Professional Dreamer". I purchased this book a couple of days ago and am very excited about using the steps to turn my dreams and wishes into reality by using the powerful energy of my thoughts. I guess one of the things she said that really stood out for me was that we are manifesting all the time, this isn't something we have to learn to do. The only thing is, most of the time we are manifesting what we don't want because we are focusing our energy on that. So, what we need to do is focus on what we do want and that is what will manifest. Isn't that exciting!
Her website is www.professionaldreamer.com
Hope this has given you some inspiration. Tomorrow I'll tell you about our wonderful raw meals while in Costa Rica.
Sending you love, peace and joy.
Yvonne
Monday, April 2, 2007
Costa Rica and More!
It's been awhile since I've posted here but the past few weeks have been very busy and very wonderful!
We just got back from four weeks in Costa Rica and it was an amazing trip. We've been to Costa Rica many times and if you read our bio you know we're planning to retire there. If anyone is interested in going to Costa Rica and if we can be of any help, please do not hesitate to contact us. We spent the first week housesitting for friends in Quepos, a small town next to the national park, Manuel Antonio. From there we drove south about 40 km to Dominical where we had reserved a cabin right on the beach for two weeks. Now this cabin was right on the beach, the ocean was our front yard! We had a wonderful time there, going for our early morning walk on the beach, going back to the cabin to rebound, yes, we took our rebounder with us, and then having our delicious green smoothie/pudding. The fruit is so wonderful there and so inexpensive, we ate like a King and Queen!
We met so many wonderful people in this area, everyone was so friendly and helpful. We've been looking for a retirement property in Costa Rica for a couple of years now and, once again on this trip, much of our time was spent with realtors looking at all sorts of possibilities. Nothing really seemed right until we were shown a piece of property called "Little Orchard". It just seemed so right for us so we decided to put in an offer. Everything fell into place so perfectly and barring any unforeseen issues, we will be the proud owners very soon. We are very excited and are planning to move there in October 2008 if all goes as planned.
Another thing that really impressed us about this area were the people we met. There is a real community of like-minded people there. We met a number of organic farmers, a couple of raw-foodists, we spent a day hiking up a mountain to "The Cave", a very special spiritual place under a waterfall, where we spent the day just enjoying the energy and the new friends we met there. It was quite a hike, about two kms, but definitely worth it. It's very close to where we'll be living so I can see us making that hike quite regularly. We were huffing and puffing and had to stop quite often to catch our breath, and our guide, a teenage boy, wasn't even breathing hard!
The last week we spent three nights at a place called "Pacific Edge", just a lovely place with a fabulous view overlooking the ocean and beach for many miles. At this point we had everything done as far as acquiring the property, so we could just kicked back and relaxed. We were there three days and then headed to San Jose for the last three nights. We spent quite a bit of time in downtown San Jose, something we had never done in the past, and really enjoyed it. It's a very busy, congested city and I wouldn't go out of my way to spend a lot of time there but it is interesting and as long as you aren't in a hurry its fun. While in San Jose, we visited Casa Canada (Canada House) and everyone there was very helpful. If you are ever thinking of buying property in Costa Rica or moving there, I highly recommend using their services.
Well, this is getting pretty long so I think I'll leave it at that for today. I'll tell you tomorrow about what kept me so busy last week.
Sending you love, joy and peace.
Yvonne
We just got back from four weeks in Costa Rica and it was an amazing trip. We've been to Costa Rica many times and if you read our bio you know we're planning to retire there. If anyone is interested in going to Costa Rica and if we can be of any help, please do not hesitate to contact us. We spent the first week housesitting for friends in Quepos, a small town next to the national park, Manuel Antonio. From there we drove south about 40 km to Dominical where we had reserved a cabin right on the beach for two weeks. Now this cabin was right on the beach, the ocean was our front yard! We had a wonderful time there, going for our early morning walk on the beach, going back to the cabin to rebound, yes, we took our rebounder with us, and then having our delicious green smoothie/pudding. The fruit is so wonderful there and so inexpensive, we ate like a King and Queen!
We met so many wonderful people in this area, everyone was so friendly and helpful. We've been looking for a retirement property in Costa Rica for a couple of years now and, once again on this trip, much of our time was spent with realtors looking at all sorts of possibilities. Nothing really seemed right until we were shown a piece of property called "Little Orchard". It just seemed so right for us so we decided to put in an offer. Everything fell into place so perfectly and barring any unforeseen issues, we will be the proud owners very soon. We are very excited and are planning to move there in October 2008 if all goes as planned.
Another thing that really impressed us about this area were the people we met. There is a real community of like-minded people there. We met a number of organic farmers, a couple of raw-foodists, we spent a day hiking up a mountain to "The Cave", a very special spiritual place under a waterfall, where we spent the day just enjoying the energy and the new friends we met there. It was quite a hike, about two kms, but definitely worth it. It's very close to where we'll be living so I can see us making that hike quite regularly. We were huffing and puffing and had to stop quite often to catch our breath, and our guide, a teenage boy, wasn't even breathing hard!
The last week we spent three nights at a place called "Pacific Edge", just a lovely place with a fabulous view overlooking the ocean and beach for many miles. At this point we had everything done as far as acquiring the property, so we could just kicked back and relaxed. We were there three days and then headed to San Jose for the last three nights. We spent quite a bit of time in downtown San Jose, something we had never done in the past, and really enjoyed it. It's a very busy, congested city and I wouldn't go out of my way to spend a lot of time there but it is interesting and as long as you aren't in a hurry its fun. While in San Jose, we visited Casa Canada (Canada House) and everyone there was very helpful. If you are ever thinking of buying property in Costa Rica or moving there, I highly recommend using their services.
Well, this is getting pretty long so I think I'll leave it at that for today. I'll tell you tomorrow about what kept me so busy last week.
Sending you love, joy and peace.
Yvonne
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Rebounding
I've been rebounding for well over a year now and love how it makes me feel! For those of you who aren't familiar with a rebounder, it looks like a mini trampoline.
The reason I started rebounding was because I have arthritis in the joints of my big toes and power walking, which is what I used to do, became too painful. Rebounding is not hard on the joints and you can definitely get your heart rate up, especially if you use weights. I've been following a program outlined in the book "Harry and Sarah Sneider's OLYMPIC TRAINER". By using weights, I get my strength training in at the same time as the cardiovascular, great timesaver! Their website is www.drfit.net
One of the many benefits of rebounding is that it really gets the lymph moving which helps to get rid of toxins and also, one of the most beneficial things for me, is that it enhances my digestion and elimination processes.
More another time.
Yvonne
The reason I started rebounding was because I have arthritis in the joints of my big toes and power walking, which is what I used to do, became too painful. Rebounding is not hard on the joints and you can definitely get your heart rate up, especially if you use weights. I've been following a program outlined in the book "Harry and Sarah Sneider's OLYMPIC TRAINER". By using weights, I get my strength training in at the same time as the cardiovascular, great timesaver! Their website is www.drfit.net
One of the many benefits of rebounding is that it really gets the lymph moving which helps to get rid of toxins and also, one of the most beneficial things for me, is that it enhances my digestion and elimination processes.
More another time.
Yvonne
Friday, January 19, 2007
My Raw Food Day
The following is what I ate today, and this was a pretty typical day.
I started off with a teaspoon of Green Kamut in a cup of magnetized water, the Green Kamut and the Magnetic Cup are available on my website. I don't take Green Kamut every day and actually had stopped for quite a few months, but when I don't have a good variety of greens on hand, such as dandelion, mustard and kale I like to supplement with Green Kamut. Next was ten minutes on the rebounder, exercise isn't my favourite thing, but I faithfully rebound every day.
Then is was time to make a big Green Smoothie - six small bananas, one apple, a cup of blueberries, two stalks of celery, romaine lettuce and a handful of leafy greens and a tablespoon of Maca. I ate half for breakfast, in a bowl with another cut up banana and sprinkled with ground flax, sesame and pumpkin seeds, and took the rest to work for lunch.
When I got home, about 3:00 pm, I ate ten, yes that's right ten, small mandarin organic oranges. They were so good I just couldn't get enough. Then about 5:00 pm I had a handful of macadamian nuts while I prepared my blended salad - one tomato, a couple of pieces of soaked sun-dried tomatoes, some cucumber, two small carrots, two stalks of celery, leafy greens to fill the blender, apple cider vinegar to taste and a little raw agave. I would have added 1/4 of an avocado but I didn't have a ripe one. I've just started eating these blended salads in place of a salad some evenings and I really enjoy them. I then took our dog, Dali, for a walk. She's a Border Collie and loves to run and seemed to especially enjoy it today in the fluffy freshly-fallen snow.
When I got back from our walk, I felt like I wanted something more to eat, some days I'm more hungry than others, so I blended up two bananas and some strawberries and thoroughly enjoyed my dessert!
Thanks for stopping by.
Until next time.
Yvonne
I started off with a teaspoon of Green Kamut in a cup of magnetized water, the Green Kamut and the Magnetic Cup are available on my website. I don't take Green Kamut every day and actually had stopped for quite a few months, but when I don't have a good variety of greens on hand, such as dandelion, mustard and kale I like to supplement with Green Kamut. Next was ten minutes on the rebounder, exercise isn't my favourite thing, but I faithfully rebound every day.
Then is was time to make a big Green Smoothie - six small bananas, one apple, a cup of blueberries, two stalks of celery, romaine lettuce and a handful of leafy greens and a tablespoon of Maca. I ate half for breakfast, in a bowl with another cut up banana and sprinkled with ground flax, sesame and pumpkin seeds, and took the rest to work for lunch.
When I got home, about 3:00 pm, I ate ten, yes that's right ten, small mandarin organic oranges. They were so good I just couldn't get enough. Then about 5:00 pm I had a handful of macadamian nuts while I prepared my blended salad - one tomato, a couple of pieces of soaked sun-dried tomatoes, some cucumber, two small carrots, two stalks of celery, leafy greens to fill the blender, apple cider vinegar to taste and a little raw agave. I would have added 1/4 of an avocado but I didn't have a ripe one. I've just started eating these blended salads in place of a salad some evenings and I really enjoy them. I then took our dog, Dali, for a walk. She's a Border Collie and loves to run and seemed to especially enjoy it today in the fluffy freshly-fallen snow.
When I got back from our walk, I felt like I wanted something more to eat, some days I'm more hungry than others, so I blended up two bananas and some strawberries and thoroughly enjoyed my dessert!
Thanks for stopping by.
Until next time.
Yvonne
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
100% Raw - To Be or Not To Be
This is a question I struggled with for quite some time. I've been 80% - 90% raw since July 2000 and during that time had tried to be 100% raw quite a few times and would beat myself up when I "fell off the wagon". Looking back, knowing now it was a process I had to go through, the only thing I would do differently is not be so hard on myself. I realize now that it takes a long time to get over the addiction to cooked food and all the emotional attachments to it. It took quite a few tries, but I can honestly say I no longer have cravings for the final foods I had such a hard time giving up, namely popcorn, pizza and sweets.
Being 100% raw isn't for everyone but its the only thing that works for me. I find that if I'm eating some cooked food, I just want more and one thing leads to another and then I think "why bother?" but having come this far there's no turning back! Now that I'm committed to 100% raw, there isn't any question as to what I'm going to eat, if its not raw, I don't eat it. I'm not saying its always easy, but I think about it less and less. I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to my meals of fresh fruit, green smoothies and salads.
So if you're feeling discouraged, just take a deep breath and think about how well you're doing and the progress you have made, and you'll feel much better.
Until next time.
Yvonne
Being 100% raw isn't for everyone but its the only thing that works for me. I find that if I'm eating some cooked food, I just want more and one thing leads to another and then I think "why bother?" but having come this far there's no turning back! Now that I'm committed to 100% raw, there isn't any question as to what I'm going to eat, if its not raw, I don't eat it. I'm not saying its always easy, but I think about it less and less. I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to my meals of fresh fruit, green smoothies and salads.
So if you're feeling discouraged, just take a deep breath and think about how well you're doing and the progress you have made, and you'll feel much better.
Until next time.
Yvonne
Monday, January 15, 2007
Live Pizza Recipe
My very first blog! I'd planned to start this at the beginning of January but other things took priority, like getting my webpage started, check it out at www.rawfoodrocks.com . It's still under construction but I'm getting there!
If you read my "About Us" page you know about my struggle with giving up pizza. Well, I've done some experimenting and came up with a raw pizza crust that my husband and I love and I'd like to share it with you. I'll add it to my recipe page shortly but here it is:
Crust:
Soak and sprout 1 cup raw buckwheat grouts, soak one day, sprout for two
1/2 cup almond meal (from strained nut milk)
1/2 cup ground flax seed, sesame seed and pumpkin
seed mixture (equal parts) or just ground flax seed
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 tsp salt is desired
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
water if needed
Process the above in a food processor until a doughy consistency.
Makes 4 five inch pizza crusts.
Dehydrate for 4 - 5 hours.
I used this Topping Sauce from "Eating Without Heating"
Blend the following:
1 cup cashews
1/4 cup soaked raisins, I added the soaking water from raisins and tomatoes
1/4 cup soaked sun-dried tomatoes
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Italian seasoning
Pour in a bowl and add 1 tsp dried onion, 1 tsp dry garlic and 2 tbsp nutritional yeast.
Spread on pizza crust and top with marinated mushrooms, onions and tomatoes.
We haven't had cooked pizza for a couple of months now and don't even miss it!
Until next time.
Yvonne
If you read my "About Us" page you know about my struggle with giving up pizza. Well, I've done some experimenting and came up with a raw pizza crust that my husband and I love and I'd like to share it with you. I'll add it to my recipe page shortly but here it is:
Crust:
Soak and sprout 1 cup raw buckwheat grouts, soak one day, sprout for two
1/2 cup almond meal (from strained nut milk)
1/2 cup ground flax seed, sesame seed and pumpkin
seed mixture (equal parts) or just ground flax seed
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 tsp salt is desired
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
water if needed
Process the above in a food processor until a doughy consistency.
Makes 4 five inch pizza crusts.
Dehydrate for 4 - 5 hours.
I used this Topping Sauce from "Eating Without Heating"
Blend the following:
1 cup cashews
1/4 cup soaked raisins, I added the soaking water from raisins and tomatoes
1/4 cup soaked sun-dried tomatoes
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Italian seasoning
Pour in a bowl and add 1 tsp dried onion, 1 tsp dry garlic and 2 tbsp nutritional yeast.
Spread on pizza crust and top with marinated mushrooms, onions and tomatoes.
We haven't had cooked pizza for a couple of months now and don't even miss it!
Until next time.
Yvonne
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