Hello my fruity ones!
I am writing because my former roomate has reminded me I have not written in several months. I returned to work back in July, and I am really at a good place! My son is back in day care about five days a week --- and seem to be liking things alot.
Anyways, I have been able to easily fit the raw diet into my daily life. I have went without coffee for discrete periods. However, for the moment I enjoy arriving to work, and stopping by the little coffee shop at the hospital. It is a small business after all! Over the last week or so I have been juicing 6 large naval oranges, and drinking the juice with the pulp for breakfast. I do this over the course of the morning. Lunch is 6 very ripe pears. Pears can be difficult for some people to digest. If this is you --- just peel the fruit first, because it is likely the pectin in the skin. Dinner has varied, but it could be a salad, with some more fruit or some other raw dish.
Yesterday, I looked up some additional recipes online. I found a few good recipes on the 'choose to be raw' blog. I then adapted them based on what I had in my kitchen! These recipes are crowd pleasers, even non - raw, non vegans would like them.
Spanish Rice:
1/2 cauliflower
1/2 cucumber
1/2 red pepper
Juice of 1/2 lime
1 to 2 tsps braggs liquid aminos
1 TBSP nutritional yeast (sold at the health food stores)
1/2 tsp of cumin
1/2 tsp of coriander
Pulse all of this in the food processor.
Topping:
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1/4 cup cashews (soaked for 1 hour)
1 tsp of "Mexican seasoning" (bought this at Whole Foods in the spice aisle)
Pulse all of this in the food processor.
I chopped up romaine lettuce (5 outer leaves), tomato and onions and put the "rice" on top, and lastly the cheese. This recipe was very easy, and pretty.
Just wanted to let you know, nutritional yeast, is not considered raw. However, many raw chefs use it to flavor recipes. It tends to taste a lot like cheese. It is a great source of B vitamins and protein. It contains about 7 grams of protein in two tablespoons. I would recommend using the "cheese" sparingly as you want to stick to the 80 10 10 standard. I would say this makes enough for 1 to 2 servings with a little extra "cheese."
It has been interesting to see people's reaction when I tell them about what I eat. I like it, because it gives me a chance to brag about vegetarianism/veganism. I am at the point where I don't want to go back to a cooked lifestyle because I feel so good where I'm at. I have become quite passionate about it. I have even found a friend at work with similar ideas. Until next time ... PEACE AND LOVE
