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if i offered him half of my nana, he'd eat the whole thing... and use his stand-by excuse.
if avos weren't so wicked good...!
i have often wondered what life would be like if it were just me & Ian... if i hadn't told hubby (at the time, "just" friend) i wouldn't have the boys but life would still be mine and tolerable. and i prob wouldn't feel stuck. Ibs and i could camp all over the country instead of talking about how fun it'd be. hmmm. whatever... strange. now i may be thinking too clearly.
kasie~ when i was starting out on the gs, i was given the advice to blend the greens and water first, then add the fruits and blend again. and any halfway decent blender will do- i get incredibly smoothe concoctions out of my $60 oster! Green For Life by Victoria Boutenko and Insant Raw Sensations by Frederic Patenaude have excellent gs recipes. at the beginning, however, you may find it necessary to use more nanas than they call for (oooo, nothing's wrong w/more nanas, eh, Neet? lol) and use frozen nanas- they make the best gs! have fun & think of me when yr enjoying yr gs (as we're out of nanas and greens- no worries... it's grocery day!!!)
ah, yes- stateside or statebound, it all depends on what side yr on politically... i would love to go to a potluck put on by a master rawfoodsman- i will have to do with the few local ones there are until the wee-est is a bit older and can do without me. i agree that mono meals are incredible(!) and i consume those as much as i can until hubby gets home... then i have to "prepare" something that looks "real" to him. he is still stuck w/in the frame that a meal has to be a)grains, b)cooked, c)tons of dirty dishes/pain in the ass to prepare. i used to sit down to lunch with a bunch of broccoli and a small dish of olive oil until he told me he wanted me to eat "real" food in front of the boys. meanwhile, in the mornings when he's at work or asleep, the boys enjoy fruit smoothies and fruit by the handful! in fact, just the other day, my oldest requested his cheese sandwich "raw". i told him that bread is a cooked food, even though it isn't warm but that his cheese was made with raw milk and that i could add any veggies he wanted to his sandwich or plate. he declined the veggies offer but understands the difference between his sandwiches and my sandwiches being mainly the "lack" of bread. speaking of smoothies... i should get to it before the locals revolt!
had entirely too many avos last night... ugh. and weighed myself yesterday- 154 :angry: what a load o' dung! now my concern is getting larger... perhaps i should take a test to put my mind at ease or figure something out... crazy hard to concentrate today.
the one that cinched it for me was water, mango, nana & baby spinach. an incredibly beautiful green color and an incredibly smoothe-sweet taste! i agree w/MM- it is difficult to meet a gs you can't like!
hey, Joss, at least you tried! lol to be honest all of my almond mylk lately has become either a chai concoction or an amazing mylk shake... nothing wrong with either
Neet- thanky i used to loathe cantaloupes. now? can't get enough of them- but they still need to be all blended. just too yummo. i open the fridge and i hear "spppsss, down here! hey! doesn't cantaloupe milk sound delicious right now??? hey!" the call is on par w/the cooked calling prior to my fast demon melon... oh, he'll get his tomorrow (((((maniacal laughter)))))
hey, DR- i find it difficult to disassociate myself from the cooked... mostly because the family eats cooked including recipes i developed (vegan versions of chidhood faves which i now need to raw-ify). and probably because it is so embedded in our culture... btw, yr pic makes me miss my bike so much! my hubby rode his from northern texas to mid-kansas when we were in the af. we keep talking about getting a trailer for his bike for the boys...
had pasta and "meat"balls for supper last night. fam had wheat pasta w/tofuballs (that turned out very nice looking- so proud of hubby's new found culinary skills!). i had zucchini angel hair (got to use my spiralizer- very nifty!) with walnut pate balls (not bad but not great...) and an awesome spicy, olivey sauce. all that chai talk with Miss G has turned me into a junky. also had her lovely strawberry chia pudding this morning- wicked good! made the boys a strawberry/nana smoothie for breakfast- awesome! i had a hard time not downing it myself... Ian had 2 helpings. then i made them nana sandwiches for their morning snack (nana cut in half lengthwise, with almond butter, raisins and shredded coconut.) Ryan didn't eat his raisins (he rarely does) but he gobbled the rest of it. am going to try to make some not-pb cookies today. not sure if i have enough almond butter... or almonds for that matter... hmmm. i'll figure something out. i'm in the mood for sweets. hubby made a lime pudding the other day from one of my raw books. he says, "this is ridiculous. god, you guys are a bunch of freaks!" me: "what?" him: "this is raw key lime mousse and it tastes more like key lime than regular!" me: "i know. it's awesome!" and he made another batch! LOL it is so fun to watch him get excited over raw things...
thanks, Gurl now, all we have to do is gather enough like-minds & $$ and buy a small country w/numerous temp zones so we can grow all the foods we love naturally and....
awesome list full of positive reinforcement!!! i noticed that my depression was magnified when i was slipping around on cooked foods. i couldn't tolerate the noise my kiddos make (imagine a busy airport/base with every jet doing a burn... then amplify it by, oh, 200% or so- that's life w/my 4 crazy boys! lol) and hubby didn't have to work nearly so hard at annoying the nonsense out of me (tee hee). almost like pms. something that encourages me to stay raw is the addictive affect grains & dairy have on me. i have an addictive personality and have a history of addiction so eating food that gives me the same feeling as my "old friends" is food i think i should stay away from. oddly enough, both cooked grains and dairy products affect the brain the same way opiates do- but science sees that and ignores it! hmmm... recognizing yr personal intentions regarding a raw diet/lifestyle is such a wonderful way to get back in touch with yrself... great job!
kasie~ there are also threads about fruit smoothies in the drinks section. my mornings are usually big on smoothies. even my boys enjoy them almost daily! good cheer on yr journey!
Perilla, there is a radio journalist on npr or pri named Lakshmi Singh. i first heard it while listening to her reports & have loved it since thanky for the kind words regarding the fast. i think nutri fasts are really the way to go for people who are in a rut or questioning themselves. especially for me, coming back to my former self, it is better for me to start this way than to continue to ignore the issue i was having! you know, it can be so difficult to be your own biggest fan... i think womyn can be incredibly hard on ourselves (& each other, unfortunately!). we are supposed to be the calming, nurturing influence in life. how often do we find ourselves doing for everyone around us, going w/o for ourselves! just as an example, i honestly could not tell you the last time i took a shower... i'm pretty sure it was in may() but can't get any more specific. hey, there's 2 good things about eating raw foods- 1) my body is not "smelly" since it doesn't have to constantly detox & 2) my body temp is more stable so i don't sweat like i used to. UNfortunately, the current temp is rather chilly to me- LOL.
recently, upon cutting open a cantaloupe to make my cantaloupe mylk, i noticed that the seeds were grouped in the shape of a heart. it made me wonder if this was done purposefully- if the great creatrix chose this way to say "this is what i've done for you because i love you!" there are messages in many, probably all, of the things we eat. at least, the things that are natural for us to eat. cut an apple in half, width-wise, and you are greeted by a seed star. pick blueberries to find the star at the end of the stem. Valya Boutenko did a gorgeous rendition of a watermelon w/a slice out of it- the slice makes a heart shape. that wasn't simply her imagination. i have also seen the heart. perhaps it is easier for me to understand what our plants & animal friends have to say because my faith is based and nurtured by the Earth. i think we would be more respectful of our home rock if we, as a whole, ingested more plantlife and consumed less. during my nutritional fast, i found myself wanting to have clean surroundings: not to the point of sterility... i suppose i should say less cluttered. the amount of stuff that we have is amazing. of course, along with the daydreaming of a life less cluttered came illusions where i wasn't the only raw member of the fam and we got rid of the stove and microwave oven LOL.
last night we had burritos for supper. i had guac in romaine w/a wee bit of cashew sour cream. they had theirs with whole wheat tortillas, spanish rice w/red & yellow bell peppers, guac & cashew sour cream. so, roughly half of their meal was raw hubby and i are so gaga over that guac! ugh... one day it will come to blows! lol.
the produce has dwindled rather quickly. fruit-wise we have 1/2 pineapple, 2 or 3 bunches of nanas, a watermelon, 1/2 a cantaloupe, a few lemons, 6 limes, a kiwi, and a few oranges. plus fr strawberries, fr blueberries & (oh no, we're out of fr nanas...) the boys just finished off the last of the pears. it is strange to see how they're tastes change each week. lately, apples have been the main attraction.
thanks, kindly, Brett & Joss! 200ml would probably be enough for me for a week- just using a bit in my daily juices or straight w/a chaser... i'm thinking of getting the fr cubes until i can get my tray(s) up and going. does keeping the grass in the dark affect it's potency in any way? or it's taste? i have to let my plants have sunlight... i feel like i'm keeping them from a birthright if i don't... pretty silly, i guess!
crops grown here in soco included tobacco (ok- not really a loss, per se. historically, this area, as well as further south into va, was used for tobacco. now, these farms are, for the most part, replaced by more housing.), grains (wheat, corn, livestock feed), & varying produce (tomatoes & squashes & such). many farms were simply swallowed up by developers who built right next door and, essentially, raised the property taxes until the farm was forced to fold. the new farm mentality in this area includes a lot of farmettes, many of which practice organic or non-certified sustainable methods. you can usually get the produce from the newer farms through subscription at a wonderful price (as an example, the cost of one of our trips to the grocery store=a seasonal subscription. this would save us an amazing amount of $$$ but hubby is still to be sold on it...) it is so sad to drive down a "country" road lined with "public hearing/development" signs. hubby & i feel like becoming vigilantes & hiding them all... or becoming rich enough to buy up all the land & make it parks/sanctuaries. of course, the conventional farming has really taken it's toll out on our Bay, which was once the other way of life here. i mean, farming the land and the waterways was all soco had. people didn't commute to the cities like they do now. hell, people didn't "go" anywhere. they were content with things spread out. travelling to annapolis (roughly 20mi away) was considered a day trip! i'll stop here before i bore ya to death, if i haven't already! sorry, i get worked up about certain things & watching a way of life get wiped out by greed is one of them...
omigosh, yes! made the spice w/1/2 tsp ginger, " nutmeg, " cardamom, " allspice, 1/4tsp cinnamon, 1/8tsp blk pepper. whirled a tsp of this combo with a c of almond mylk (made w/dates & vanilla) & a fr nana until smooth & dreamy... came out delish!!! plan on making another batch of mylk today to try the combo at a warmer temp (i'm thinking room temp mylk and nana...) also made a nice gs w/the spice using water, baby spin, fr nanas & dates.
as a fellow chai lover, i am wondering if you've come up w/anything... what about sun-steeping? or blending the spices in while yr blending the milk? oh, lawdy, child- if you figure this out... now, if i figure this out i'm sticking it straight in the blender with some fr nanas.... woo-hoo! i'm outtie like an 8-track....
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demon melon... oh, he'll get his tomorrow (((((maniacal laughter)))))
) but can't get any more specific. hey, there's 2 good things about eating raw foods- 1) my body is not "smelly" since it doesn't have to constantly detox & 2) my body temp is more stable so i don't sweat like i used to. UNfortunately, the current temp is rather chilly to me- LOL.
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