Y'know, it's going so good.

And I think I've noticed that my mood is changing too.

I don't feel all stressed out, negative, grumpy and crappy that much anymore. It's like something within me has relaxed, and although sometimes I still have the usual stressful reactions, it's easier to ...

step back and see it from a
*different*
point of view.

Let life just slacken a bit and not get
*caught*
in the fear.

It's easier to see things in a different perspective
*AND*
not be so hard on myself.
I'm
*NOT*
the one to blame for everything.
It's
*OK*
to do things MY way.

I'm actually OK.
I don't have to justify everything.
It's all good.

Suddenly over the past two days this has hit home.
I think I'm experiencing a shift somewhere...

 

I made a really interesting discovery with this delightful and delicious dish ...

I made it up, and froze it in little placcy boxes to put through the mixer later on.

But of course I forgot about it all until I found myself looking at a cantaloupe for breakfast and thinking ... hmmm ... let's make a smoothie with my cantaloupe.

But was that not enough? No! I opened my freezer to find some ice-blocks and instead found my little blobls of ice-cream delight. So I put two and two together and came up with heaven exploding in my cantaloupe smoothie breakfast.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing that comes from a factory compares with this! It was creamy in a such an awesome non-dairy way and I felt fabulous afterwards!

Thank you so much for sharing this recipe - it was such a serendipitous surprise and it made my day.

Now I also know that I won't be craving commercial ice-cream anymore, but this wonderful concotion.

Seriously - I've NEVER had commercial ice-cream that's this good or made me feel wonderful afterwards instead of making me feel nauseous and food-reactive.

THANK YOU!!!!
 

yeppy doodle - the corn with avo is superb; 

I soaked my chia seeds in tangello & lemon juice this morning, and whizzed it all up with cos from my garden, left-over nana (from littley's breakfast!), pineapple, strawbies and raspberries.

YUMMO!!!

I'm finding the lettuce less intrusive in my GS than spinach; the taste is lighter and in a strange way more spicey, like a gentle blend of something exotic. Who'd have thought? I always associated lettuce with salad, not fruit! Wow it's good.

I ordered more dried olives yesterday. I'm becoming addicted to them. They are the best olives I've ever had and s**t all over anything soaked in oil or vinegar. (Sorry to be rude, but I'm so seriously in love with these olives!!!!)

I made a 'macaroni cheeze' for lunch yesterday - I've got a spiral slicer and spiraled up a zuchinni with flax oil, salt, dried olives and nutritional yeast. It actually had the texture of the 'real' version, but a universe better, because I didn't feel like total crap after eating it; in fact I felt really good.

Babies are calling.


xxxx's Niqi

Hi No Frontiers - do you know the Nick Cave version of 'Here Comes the Sun'?

I reckon this song as George wrote it (and others have played it as well) is possibly the most perfect piece of music I've ever heard.

I'm feeling - at the moment though -

'Into my Arms' by Nick Cave;
I'm spending the school holidays with my kids and really appreciating it, for some reason!

xxx's Niqi

Hi Sweetpea - please don't be scared or put-off by the neti pot. It doesn't hurt, in fact it feels really wonderful and cleansing. I've used it for years and it's pretty amazing; it also helps with breathing, it's so calming.
You don't get any choking, you don't feel pain, it doesn't hurt your head.

In fact, it's very gentle.

I'm raving, but the neti pot has made so much difference to me, personally.

If you do neti and follow it with the yoga position of downward facing dog, your sinuses with definately love you forever!

I hope this helps!

xxx's Niqi

yummy yummy yummy 

I've been eating the chia seeds straight and my golly they are yum! I will try in oj and see.

Am typimg one handed with little miss muffet on my lap. will write more later. she's yelling at me because i called her 'little'.

My big daughter is on my lap critiquing my work!!!! 

xxxx's niqi

am feeling really strong today. left over brocolli & cauliflower couscous for dinner tonight and raw corn on the cob.

I'm no scientist, but I have been playing with food and my body for years and years. I can't even begin to see how processed food can nourish anybody's body. It's not just the food as processed mush, but the processes themselves (which is never explained - just HOW much bleach does a factory use to make sure its chicken fillets stay pink on the shelves? That's not listed on any ingredient charts ...). How do they clean the veggies that go into baby food? Anyone know? I don't. And let's not get into the discussion about MELAMINE!!!!

Even by the most simplistic reasoning (mine! LOLOL!) I don't see that processed food - which is almost everything these days - can nourish a body.

I'm pretty sure I've been undernourished for years, and I've always physically FELT off.

Letting raw take me over bit by  bit has really made me feel what I should have been feeling years ago. And that's not counting my food intolerances.

Nourishment - we see the pictures of malnourished children in 3rd world countries, but what about how malnourished WE are? And the pressure to be stick thin, we eat less and less and malnourish ourselves even further.

The insanity behind this all is mindboggling!

xxx's Niqi

Thank you! 

It's quite an insight to see that it CAN be done. Now I'm over the first hurdle of letting go, it only can get easier.

I have a question - I know that chia seeds have a lot of protein in them. I eat them straight sprinkled on my fruit. Does anyone do anything different with them?

Has anyone tried mesquite? I see on the forum shop that it too has quite a high protein content, and was wondering what it tastes like and what experiences you have had with them?

It's one of my things - protein! But I can tell the difference when I don't get enough in me. I get  anemic symptoms, exhaustion and shortness of breath. At the moment I am adding a vegan pea protein powder to my green smoothies, and although it's doing the trick, I wonder about the rawness of it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Niqi

Well I did it.

I managed to survive my mother's Sunday dinner without eating ONE single bit of cheese.

YAY TO ME!!!!!

Just read the article.

ARE THEY INSANE? 

EVERY pregnant woman has her ups and downs! THAT'S PREGNANCY!!!!!!

Of course, *appearance of soapbox* let's  not forget that WOMEN AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE FEELINGS, JUST TO BE PRETTY!!!!! WHO IS STILL SELLING US THIS RUBBISH?

ANY emotion that a woman has - it seems - needs to be DRUGGED OUT OF EXISTENCE!

Sorry for all the yelling.

This is criminal.
This is insanity.

Niqi

*more grumblies* 

I had a quick flick through the website that actually sells this stuff.

Kudos to them as they donate money to 'women's charities', although not sure which.

But what REALLY churns my burn is the assumption that this quite trite and useless fluff is 'girly'.

(*getting on my soapbox now*)

I'm a girl and I HATE the pink/satin/sequins/zebra stripe/lacey/feathery stuff unless I'm poking fun at it!

Girly is SO MUCH MORE than this!

(*I'll shut up now...*)

Niqi

The website says they are not for walking on but for 'laughter inducing fun.'

Eh??? 

Do we  need to make our girl babies figures of fun?
What is there to make our boy babies this hilarious?
Since when is being born a female funny, anyway?

Or are we just a baby step away from good old fashioned foot binding?

*gnashing of teeth*

Niqi

Oooh - I couldn't even BEGIN to come at 12 cups of coffee! 

My max is 3, and that leaves me feeling blurk. So I am delighted to pronounce that I can now get by on 1!!!!  Weaning is a great thing.

Otherwise, I am having a delightful time - believe it or not my energy is returning. For the past few months I have been so tired I couldn't drag myself to do anything.

Yesterday and today I actually managed to get off by tired butt and EXERCISE!!!! 

I was walking by baby to the shops, thinking 'what can I do for the next 40 minutes before I have to pick big girl up from school' and I suddenly thought, 'go for a walk!!!'

So I did, and I feel fabulous.

Today I managed half an hour of tap dancing whilst littley was asleep. (Not inside - that is not conducive to sleeping babies!! LOLOL!)

I think something has shifted.

Baby steps. One day at a time, this is HOW I do it. (Thanks Jen!)

Will it last? Let's see. I won't diss myself at this stage!!!!


 

I am really enjoying my green smoothies for breakfast again. And going out and picking dinner straight from the garden. I made Storm & Jinjee's nut loaf for cravings, it's lasted me three days and is DELICIOUS.

I made a 'gravy' to go with it out of shiitakes, the soaking juice, thyme from my garden and mixed through with tahini cheeze to make it thick and salty.

YUM YUM YUM YUM.

xxx' Niqi

Saturday - because you have Sunday to look forward to, not Monday!!! 

walking through dewy grass in barefeet

or

walking on sand in bare feet?


xxx's Niqi

Well all things considered, yesterday went well. I didn't have ONE of my menu planned meals, but ate raw anyway.

B/F: banana, strawberry, raspberry & Parsely smoothie.
am tea: macadamias and laver
Lunch: fresh flax food, (zucchini, flax oil & dill) & broccoli leaves with sunflower pate & tahini cheeze
afternoon tea: banana, coconut & raw cacao smoothie. (goddess help me, I needed the chocolate!)
dinner: parsely pleasure salad & baked veg (we had to finish leftovers!!!!)

I managed only 2 coffees yesterday, and am concentrating on having onyl one today. Which I have had.

So far today I am focussing on:
B/F: same as yesterday
am tea: broccoli leaves with sunflower pate & tahini cheeze, blood orange juice
lunch: nori rolls with avocado, tomato and spring onion
pm tea: probably same as yesterday
dinner: Storm & Jinjee's nut loaf, their 'mashed potatoes' and more left over parsely salad.

I know, I know, I'm obsessing, but I find this helps.
I also find it helps if (like yesterday) I plan raw, but eat different to plan, as long as it IS raw.

My man is trying the nut loaf today. We shall see!!!

Cheers, Niqi