I'm slacking again

Sorry, slacking is what I'm doing when it comes to the blog.

I have been craving sweets like no tomorrow. Being a baker and having baked goods around does not help this craving.

To sooth this craving this morning I made a strawberry cream pie:

I made the crust from almonds and dates (food processor)
Cream is coconut oil, water, vanilla bean and cashews
topping: frozen strawberries and agave

I have decide that this counts as breakfast and dessert....

I'll take a picture of it soon (depending how long it lasts)

Raw Chili

the Raw Chili was a hit! So freaking good!

In bowl I added:

2 c shredded carrots

1/2 large red onion

1c chopped almonds

in a food processor I chopped

2 red bell peppers

2 Portabella mushrooms

4 stalks celery

In the Blendtech:

3 large tomatoes

5t chili powder

4t cumin

4 cloves garlic

1T Oregano

2T Onion powder

2T apple cider Vinegar

nutritional yeast to taste

NOTE: this is very liquidy... but it will be ok!

I let this sit overnight in the fridge. I then added the nut meat posted yesterday and onions on top! YUM!

In the Raw

I bought a 14 cup food processor this weekend and last night it made it's way out of the box. I think it was pretty excited to join the crowded counter top to create some raw nut "meat" and chili. YUM!

1 C Raw Almonds

1 C Raw Walnuts

3 large tomatoes that I dehydrated earlier that day

1 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp cayenne

4 tbsp cold pressed olive oil

This tasted great right out of the food processor. I have it in the refrigerator now and plan to top the chili with this mixture. If it all turns out I'll share the chili recipe tomorrow!

Keep on Keepin' On

I've passed the one week point, SUCCESS! Yay.

Yesterday I just played around with some stuff. I put mushrooms, tahini, garlic, mixed greens, braggs and tomatoes in the blender (I later learned the food processor would have been a better choice) and went to town.

Below is yesterday's Lunch = Portabella Mushroom stuffed with the stuff I blended, sprouts and sauerkraut on the side. Not to bad!

Then a light snack before bed and all favorite gone raw = Celery and Almond butter.

Good Morning Dehydrator

This morning my beautiful friend offered to do my bakery deliveries this morning leaving me a bit more time to get my rawness together. What a Goddess she is!

Anyway, I broke out the dehydrator. I have owned this dehydrator for a few years. It was purchased to help prep someone for the Appalachian Trail. I wasn't really in charge of the dehydrator, I made food and she did the technical work of whatever else was needed. Alas, this morning I got out the step stool and brought it down.

Here you see Butternut Squash, Yellow Squash, Garlic, Sea Salt chips in the beginning phase. The dehydrator will hopefully work it's magic and these will be AMAZING!

Side note - a lot of people are asking me about this raw diet and such. I truly am making it up as I go. I am usually a heavy researcher... this time I'm just doing. I do have cookbooks coming in the mail though!

Day 2

I have made it through 24 hours of raw... here is what I know
-I have lived on a diet of sugar for way too long
-It is hard to break up with caffeine
-Old habits really are hard to break
-I miss sugar

Yesterday was full of nuts, raw bars, salad, fruit etc. Then I discovered that I had some raw chocolate syrup... raw cocoa with raw agave... this was a piece of heaven to me.

My funniest moment was while making cinnamon rolls. I'm doing my thing as is my habit. When I was ready to let the dough rise I started to clean up a bit and out of habit put some dough in my mouth. I instantly realized what I did (oh creature of habit) and spit it out. I thought "this is not raw". I laughed at myself and moved on.

I made my first dressing... just made it up:
2 small zucchini
1 avocado
1 clove garlic
cashews
water

I later added lemon to it when I realized the avocado was making the dressing turn brown. I'm not sure it helped. I also added some sea salt for taste. Over all it was pretty good.

I am experiencing some symptoms of withdrawal from the sugar, carbs and caffeine, but I'm pushing through.

I'll start taking pictures of my food to make this a bit more interesting.