About Me
- Jo
- Wine Country, Ca, United States
- By day I am a Business owner, Mother and wife, house cleaner, taxi driver and laundress, obtaining physical health through raw food nutrition; this being my personal challenge. Actually I love cooking and learning new things, I am an on & off raw Foodist to help me with my Systemic Lupus; however I do eat raw fish and sometimes raw dairy. I guess I would consider myself a "raw pescatarian" aside from the occasional raw goats milk / cheese once in a blue moon.
Thursday, September 16
Sunday, September 12
ok so I didn't think this would send like this from my cell, but whatever. THIS is the BOMB Sushi style veggie roll.... Once upon a time I saw this recipe for "rice" with... ew... Cauliflower! Thought it was really odd! I couldn't imagine it ever being good, so I never tried it until now. I had all the ingredients for a roll, and I winged the few ingredients (cauliflower, salt, pepper, olive oil and some toasted sesame oil- not raw but so what) and it turned out REALLY GOOD! I just spread it on some nori sheets and filled it with tomato, avocado, carrot, and stuffed some spring greens in there for good measure. ha. Killer!! Love it and will definitely make it again! Keep in mind the mixture should be used asap and toss the leftovers- it does not keep well and will turn a nasty smell in your fridge if you store it longer than a day! The website where you can get some raw food items like Nori sheets and Soy sauce are www.rawfood.com
I'm doing super well, threw on a pair of tight jeans today that aren't tight anymore, still abound with energy and focus and clarity and I'm ready for more!
I'm doing super well, threw on a pair of tight jeans today that aren't tight anymore, still abound with energy and focus and clarity and I'm ready for more!
Saturday, September 11
Saturday
Still doing amazingly well, I feel fantastic, my breathing is clear, and my energy level is *PERFECT*. I know by experience I'm gonna have a sucky day sometime, whether it be due to lack of something in my diet or whatever else. Anyways, so far so great!
Tony bought me an Ipod touch yesterday, and I'm STOKED- It can do everything an iphone does except it's not a phone. I still have yet to find a blogger app, but I can do it over the internet on the ipod anyway. I found a raw food app as well, can't wait to dive in!
I've received my shipment of food from www.rawfood.com and I tried most things already; One of four raw granola type cereals, the green superfood powder (for smoothies), raw nuts (much better than storebought) and a couple things I've bought before; Cacao powder and Goji berries. I'll post the pic later and share some of the beneficials of the items, cuz I'm sure you're dying to know. Just kidding. It's actually helpful for me to write stuff like that down tho, for memory retention. But omg.. there's so much to learn.
Off I go to work, and to Traders for fruits and stuff.
Tony bought me an Ipod touch yesterday, and I'm STOKED- It can do everything an iphone does except it's not a phone. I still have yet to find a blogger app, but I can do it over the internet on the ipod anyway. I found a raw food app as well, can't wait to dive in!
I've received my shipment of food from www.rawfood.com and I tried most things already; One of four raw granola type cereals, the green superfood powder (for smoothies), raw nuts (much better than storebought) and a couple things I've bought before; Cacao powder and Goji berries. I'll post the pic later and share some of the beneficials of the items, cuz I'm sure you're dying to know. Just kidding. It's actually helpful for me to write stuff like that down tho, for memory retention. But omg.. there's so much to learn.
Off I go to work, and to Traders for fruits and stuff.
Friday, September 10
Three days
I've been raw three days now. I don't know why it's seemed so simple actually. Usually it's stressful. I'm sure something will come up. Ha.
Today I truly felt like my brain was / is clear- It's funny, I've felt this exact same thing every time I've been raw, not sure when it hits me that I'm not in a fog (which of course you never realize til it's cleared) but it's typically for me early on. Other people who go raw for a first time usually get headaches and stuff, but hey, if you go raw a hundred percent right off the bat, you're probably gonna throw your body for a loop! Yikes. Even going off drugs throws the body off, so it's not so much like something BAD is happening- It's just a process.
Anyway, I ate overnight-soaked oats (thanks, Nature's First Touch in Templeton! http://www.ntnah.com/
Drained, added blueberries & raspberries, and some almond milk. It was simply very good!
Lunch was a package of raw crackers I bought at the health food store, I was picking at them while going through everything else I got at the store, and dang they're addictive. One odd thing I got there, is raw cow's milk. Hmm I'm not totally sure if that will work for me, but what the hay, it's just a quart. Typically I'm finding issues with allergies of dairy, but just SOME dairy; not all. I'm curious if raw makes any difference at all. They say the homoginization and pasturization process wreaks havoc on the human body. Most will poo-poo the idea but others, which I've read, give a scientific breakdown which really is an eye opener. I won't bother to share here; that's not my purpose. So later, I ate the NRG soup that I've made several times in the past, had that for lunch yesterday and then had the rest tonite with a dinner of greens and my yummy poppyseed dressing. I'm full, I'm happy, I feel great! Last time I went raw I was like STARVING for meat or bread or something. I'm not this time, not so far anyway. I did have some raw fish yesterday and today, maybe that's why.
I got online and purchased from www.rawfood.com some raw organic chocolate, dried greens for smoothies (hope it's good!) and quite a few other food items. I'll share those later when they arrive.
Time for bed!
Today I truly felt like my brain was / is clear- It's funny, I've felt this exact same thing every time I've been raw, not sure when it hits me that I'm not in a fog (which of course you never realize til it's cleared) but it's typically for me early on. Other people who go raw for a first time usually get headaches and stuff, but hey, if you go raw a hundred percent right off the bat, you're probably gonna throw your body for a loop! Yikes. Even going off drugs throws the body off, so it's not so much like something BAD is happening- It's just a process.
Anyway, I ate overnight-soaked oats (thanks, Nature's First Touch in Templeton! http://www.ntnah.com/
Drained, added blueberries & raspberries, and some almond milk. It was simply very good!
Lunch was a package of raw crackers I bought at the health food store, I was picking at them while going through everything else I got at the store, and dang they're addictive. One odd thing I got there, is raw cow's milk. Hmm I'm not totally sure if that will work for me, but what the hay, it's just a quart. Typically I'm finding issues with allergies of dairy, but just SOME dairy; not all. I'm curious if raw makes any difference at all. They say the homoginization and pasturization process wreaks havoc on the human body. Most will poo-poo the idea but others, which I've read, give a scientific breakdown which really is an eye opener. I won't bother to share here; that's not my purpose. So later, I ate the NRG soup that I've made several times in the past, had that for lunch yesterday and then had the rest tonite with a dinner of greens and my yummy poppyseed dressing. I'm full, I'm happy, I feel great! Last time I went raw I was like STARVING for meat or bread or something. I'm not this time, not so far anyway. I did have some raw fish yesterday and today, maybe that's why.
I got online and purchased from www.rawfood.com some raw organic chocolate, dried greens for smoothies (hope it's good!) and quite a few other food items. I'll share those later when they arrive.
Time for bed!
Thursday, September 9
Wednesday, September 8
I'm back again. Sheesh!
Well look who's around the neighborhood AGAIN. As I sit here with my floofy salad in front of the computer, I realize I'm probably gonna say the same damn stuff I said before: I gotta go raw again, it's been so long, this is why, bla bla bla, Who the hell cares.
Oh and sorry if you don't like my occasional cursing on here. It's how I roll sometimes, especially here. If you don't like it, you can take a hike. :-)
So today, I was driving and the thought hit me that I need to go raw. Now keep in mind that I've thought that a bajillion times before, but this time I am about to hit a wall health-wise. How can it be good for you to continue to have health issues, some minor and seemingly fixable (did I mention the allergy I have to God only knows which affects my nasal passages or whatever) I'm not going into that one any more so don't ask. So anyway, HOW LONG can your body just continue to DEAL and DEAL and DEAL and DEAL with issues before it just gets exhausted with "fixing" or "dealing" or "trying" (as our bodies do; they are constantly in repair mode but never catch up) and that is the moment of realization that we have GOT to throw our bodies a freaking bone! GAH. We eat such crap, most people not realizing so- and I just like the idea of giving mine a chance to "reboot" if you will. When I went raw for the first time way back when I got Lupus, I swear it was what my body needed (one year I was sucessfully 100% raw) to, if you will, breathe in and take in fresh clean pure everything. It's like I took the strain of dealing with the daily crap I put in my body (and mind you, i was a "healthy eater" in today's terms) off my body's shoulders and it became new again.... I never had those kinds of lupus issues again, not like when I was first diagnosed. I feel things now and again, and it's typically when I am not eating as "clean" as I was.
OK I'm talking too much.
Today I did pretty well, I suppose 75% raw. I read today that we shouldn't eat raw food and cooked food together, as it apparently creates too much acid in the stomach. Have all raw in the morning (fruit is perfect- natural sugar jolt) and anything raw in the afternoon, and if you want cooked, make it an evening meal. Hmm. somehow makes sense to me. But what if I want a salad with my cooked stuff? No matter to me cuz i'd rather be all raw, but I'll keep it in mind anyway.
Today I had my good 'ol Almond milk (made it last night, yay!) blended with half a banana, big 'ol handful of baby spinach leaves, a handful of blueberries (frozen might be a great idea to keep the drink cold- maybe bananas too?) and, humm... is that it? Jeez. usually I put raw chocolate in there. How on earth did I space on the chocolate? How funny. Anyway, it made two drinks and I downed 'em both and went to work.
Later at work I was playing with raw stuff and invented a taco of sorts; (are you still reading all this? You guys are nuts) So the taco shell was a Romaine leaf, and inside I put some of our Ahi Poki (ahi diced, chives diced, salt, olive oil and toasted sesame oil) and some onions, cilantro, fresh salsa, I should have put Avocado! oh yum. It was good. Not like OMG fantastic but it hit the spot and was tasty and refreshing. I'd recommend it fo sho!
So now here I sit, happy I did fairly well today and am eating a salad with random stuff (I am finding that fun for some reason- The lovely "Kitchen sink salad" doesn't that just sound charming. So to top it off, I found some time ago a raw POPPYSEED DRESSING that I was excited to make- and dang if it's not frickin GOOD! CHEA! Nice! Here's how to make it; it's SUPER easy.
TOSS IN THE BLENDER:
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup flax seed oil or olive oil
1/2 cup water
juice of one lemon wedge
2 T agave or a good squirt according to sweet preferences
Salt
2T poppyseeds-ADD LAST or you'll have gray dressing LOL
Amend this according to your taste; Adding less liquid at first will allow you to custom make the thickness for your liking. Taste and adjust! YUM!
Oh and sorry if you don't like my occasional cursing on here. It's how I roll sometimes, especially here. If you don't like it, you can take a hike. :-)
So today, I was driving and the thought hit me that I need to go raw. Now keep in mind that I've thought that a bajillion times before, but this time I am about to hit a wall health-wise. How can it be good for you to continue to have health issues, some minor and seemingly fixable (did I mention the allergy I have to God only knows which affects my nasal passages or whatever) I'm not going into that one any more so don't ask. So anyway, HOW LONG can your body just continue to DEAL and DEAL and DEAL and DEAL with issues before it just gets exhausted with "fixing" or "dealing" or "trying" (as our bodies do; they are constantly in repair mode but never catch up) and that is the moment of realization that we have GOT to throw our bodies a freaking bone! GAH. We eat such crap, most people not realizing so- and I just like the idea of giving mine a chance to "reboot" if you will. When I went raw for the first time way back when I got Lupus, I swear it was what my body needed (one year I was sucessfully 100% raw) to, if you will, breathe in and take in fresh clean pure everything. It's like I took the strain of dealing with the daily crap I put in my body (and mind you, i was a "healthy eater" in today's terms) off my body's shoulders and it became new again.... I never had those kinds of lupus issues again, not like when I was first diagnosed. I feel things now and again, and it's typically when I am not eating as "clean" as I was.
OK I'm talking too much.
Today I did pretty well, I suppose 75% raw. I read today that we shouldn't eat raw food and cooked food together, as it apparently creates too much acid in the stomach. Have all raw in the morning (fruit is perfect- natural sugar jolt) and anything raw in the afternoon, and if you want cooked, make it an evening meal. Hmm. somehow makes sense to me. But what if I want a salad with my cooked stuff? No matter to me cuz i'd rather be all raw, but I'll keep it in mind anyway.
Today I had my good 'ol Almond milk (made it last night, yay!) blended with half a banana, big 'ol handful of baby spinach leaves, a handful of blueberries (frozen might be a great idea to keep the drink cold- maybe bananas too?) and, humm... is that it? Jeez. usually I put raw chocolate in there. How on earth did I space on the chocolate? How funny. Anyway, it made two drinks and I downed 'em both and went to work.
Later at work I was playing with raw stuff and invented a taco of sorts; (are you still reading all this? You guys are nuts) So the taco shell was a Romaine leaf, and inside I put some of our Ahi Poki (ahi diced, chives diced, salt, olive oil and toasted sesame oil) and some onions, cilantro, fresh salsa, I should have put Avocado! oh yum. It was good. Not like OMG fantastic but it hit the spot and was tasty and refreshing. I'd recommend it fo sho!
So now here I sit, happy I did fairly well today and am eating a salad with random stuff (I am finding that fun for some reason- The lovely "Kitchen sink salad" doesn't that just sound charming. So to top it off, I found some time ago a raw POPPYSEED DRESSING that I was excited to make- and dang if it's not frickin GOOD! CHEA! Nice! Here's how to make it; it's SUPER easy.
TOSS IN THE BLENDER:
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup flax seed oil or olive oil
1/2 cup water
juice of one lemon wedge
2 T agave or a good squirt according to sweet preferences
Salt
2T poppyseeds-ADD LAST or you'll have gray dressing LOL
Amend this according to your taste; Adding less liquid at first will allow you to custom make the thickness for your liking. Taste and adjust! YUM!
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