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!