Fell Off Raw a Couple of Days

But back on track this morning.

Friday night I ate Italian.. yesterday a huge burger and onion rings... ice cream for dessert.

I know in the past when I would eat something I didn't consider health inducing I would berate myself for being so human.  LOL!  Stupid human.

I'm no longer going that route. I'm actually pretty happy with my transition so far.  I've eaten many, many Raw meals and have made a few raw recipes I'll have to post about soon.

I need to do a better job of journaling here.  I've been hanging out in Instagram.  My account is Cary2.0 and I'm in love with all the Raw foodists on Instagram!
It's very inspirational and I have already found 3-4 recipe ideas I'm making soon!

I got right back on track this AM with a huge bowl of pink grapefruit and mango for breakfast.  later today I'm making Raw onion wraps for the first time. 

I'm trying to create something similar to the ones Leafy Greens in St. Pete makes (my favorite Raw Foods restaurant).  I'll post about them here if they turn out great.

Here is a pix of my favorite sandwich at Leafy Greens using the onion wrap. It's SO GOOD:

Check out my Chili Mango I'm putting in my dehydrator right now! I've been buying dried chili mango from our local Caribbean market for years. It's one of my very favorite snacks! I'm sure its not dried at low temperatures so I decided to recreate it myself. YUM! I'm using chili powder on them.

High Fat Raw

Well yesterday was an educational day.  I've been eating low fat raw and some low fat cooked until now and doing progressively better little by little every day.

Yesterday for lunch I decided against my usual salad and made guacamole.   I used all raw ingredients and had my raw SouthWest crackers as dippers.  

I REALLY loved it obviously but 20 minutes later I wanted to go to sleep!  A real eye opener as to how much energy digesting concentrated fatty foods takes!

I would like to save my concentrated foods for dinner because I was blown away by how quickly I killed my energy for the day.  I was having an amazing day, working in the yard and feeling fantastic and BAM I wanted to sleep!!!

Going from high energy to ready to crash was so evident.  This was a great learning experience for me!!!!.

OMG Coconut Cream

Well I REALLY overdid it yesterday with the Artisana Coconut Cream (ordered on Amazon). Can I just say yum!

That's some amazing, raw creamy goodness! I want to make up some type of walnut raisin raw bread to have it with... drool!

I had actually had Coconut Cream before and I knew it was dangerous but I am at a stage with my transition to Raw that I REALLY need heavier, more dense and fatty sometimes at night.

I do FINE all day on fruits and green juices and salads but after about 5PM it's time for something heavier. I hope that as I continue on that I will ease up on that need. I have read that it happens.

FOOD: Well I have a few recipes in the works. I am making a bok choy salad with a raw orange dressing... we will see if it's worth writing about.

Above is my dinner from a few days ago.

My SW Crackers http://highrawweightloss.blogspot.com/2010/08/so-much-to-learn.html (raw dehydrated) with tomato, avocado, vidalia onion, capers and a drizzle of balsamic. This right now is my very FAV. meal! It's amazing.

I made Summer Rolls last night and they are one of my all time favorites.

I love getting lots of raw veggies and herbs (I use basil, mint and cilantro) but I over-do the peanut butter sauce all the time.

I LOVE it and well it is the only fat in the meal *grin*. I have made it with almond butter and although it's good.. it's just not the same. I am also aware that most PB is cooked (I used the organic, natural but it's cooked)..

You can find Raw PB online but I don't use it often enough to justify an order for it, besides I know that Peanuts are not the best nut (actually a bean) for us.

Will be continuing to make these a couple times a month though!

More to come!

Spring Fever~

Well hello!

It is SO gorgeous here right now. I live in central FL and the weather at this time of year is perfection.


My quest for continuing High Raw continues. I ate all Raw yesterday and then had popcorn and a cooked vegan dinner. Lots of fruit in the house so today will be good. Need to get more greens in though. Tonight I am making sauteed carrots and fennel in coconut oil and a chicken breast for DH. I will not be eating chicken. While I am doing High Raw.. not 100%, I am not eating meat or most dairy. I have occasionally had honey and used ghee on my sweet potatoes at night and don't plan on giving either of them up. Not eating dairy or wheat has already made a huge difference in my sinus yuck I've dealt with forever so yeah!!

Kiwi!

I was excited to see Kiwi in the grocery store this morning! I've been waiting. It's one of my very favorite fruits. These are zingy little bastards. Maybe the tiniest bit under ripe but OMG YUM!!! I had 6 of them for lunch today.