Last night's RAW tacos were fantastic! I soaked quinoa in taco seasoning and had that be the "meat" in the tacos; then topped with lettuce, tomatoes and guacamole. Today started the same as yesterday, fruit juice and a banana. For lunch, I had a quinoa taco salad with the leftovers from last night. Tonight we are having my famous zucchini lasagna. Physically, I'm out of energy and feeling hungry. I also remembered that last time, day 2 was the hardest too. On a positive note, I have already lost 1.5 lbs!! Only 18 to go :-)
Happy Valentine's Day. Today we started our two week RAW food diet. Had a giant glass of fresh fruit juice and a banana. I'm still hungry! We'll have a big salad for lunch and RAW tacos for dinner. The shells for the tacos take about 8 hours to dehydrate, and they are "cooking" right now. Smells yummy! Other than feeling hungry right now, which I will fix with an apple after I'm done writing this post, I feel good. This evening we'll take a walk (if it stops raining) and I'll be doing 100 crunches every other night. I think that's about all for now. Off to get that apple!
It has been a long while since I've posted. Mostly because the holidays and it's yummy baked goods makes living RAW not appealing at all. But now, as I take a long hard look at how I physically feel and look, I realize it is time to kick my butt back into eating healthy again. I want and crave the alert, energetic and sexy body that I once had. So as a gift of LOVE to ourselves, Travis and I are committing to two weeks, starting on Valentine's Day. Now, I have to motivate myself to make a menu plan so I know what to get at the farmer's market tomorrow. Here we go, again.....
Today I started making the RAW taco shells. They smell soooo good. It's a lot easier then I thought it would be too. Just cut the kernels off the cob, Blend it up with a yellow or red pepper (or both, like I did), a tablespoon of ground flax seed, and a tablespoon of chili powder. Blend up in the VitMix and then spread out to dehydrate for 3 to 4 hours (flipping half way through). Then just top with your favorite taco toppings. I soaked quinoa in taco seasoning, and cut lettuce, tomatoes, and avocados. I can't wait do dive into these tacos tonight!!!
Since we started eating mostly vegan, I have lost 5 lbs. Feels so good to be eating healthy! Woo Hoo!!
Tonight I made a vegan Eggplant Parmesan. And yes, the kid's loved it. Blake and Travis had seconds! (which is a first)
I breaded the eggplant with veginaze (non dairy mayo) and bread crumbs and baked for 12 minutes (flipping half way through) then bought a gluten free marinara sauce (in a jar) and a vegan mozzarella cheese (it was made from rice)
So yummy!!
I'm so proud of the new menu items I've been coming up with. We have definitely turned a corner with our eating habits. I love how I feel now after eating a meal. No longer heavy and full. Satisfied!
Okay, so last week did not go as well as I'd planned. :-( I ended up getting a loose cap on my tooth. It then inflamed my gums. so eating anything with spice or citric acid burned. All I wanted was ice cream. As you can probably guess from the picture...I had ice cream sandwiches from Trader Joe's. NOT RAW AT ALL! Then we went to visit some relatives for Labor Day weekend. They are "meat and potatoes" kind of people. We stuck to being vegetarian, but not RAW again. We had grilled veggies. Which were very delicious! Now this week, I am going to Cooking Club. Which is a "Mom's Night Out" potluck-type gathering. I know for sure there will not be a lot of RAW selections. But I am confident I can stay vegetarian. So basically, I let life control what I eat, rather then being in charge myself. Travis and I have decided to re-evaluate (yet again) and see why the RAW diet is important to us. Health was the biggest contributor. We chose to have our life be all vegan (eek, I'm going to miss eggs) and two to three days a week have RAW foods. So...Here we go, yet again.....
Today we started our 14 day detox with RAW foods. Last night I got started: dehydrating the crust for the chocolate mousse pie; soaking almonds; and starting mung bean sprouts. This morning starting out good. Travis made us fresh fruit smoothies. We had a HUGE salad for lunch. And for snacks we had apple slices and peanut butter. I also rode my exercise bike for 20 minutes. Then tonight as I was getting ready to make dinner, zucchini spaghetti just did not appeal. We both caved and ate the leftover vegan lasagna with the kids. Erk! As I sat down to begin this blog, Travis came to me and we both took a moment to re-evaluate, acknowledge our weakness and start ourselves back up again. After I finish writing, we'll take the dog and kids for a walk, hopefully burning off some of the pasta. And once the kiddos are asleep, we'll be diving into the RAW chocolate mousse pie! I can't wait!!! * you can find the recipe in the link: Raw Foods. on the right.
Last night's RAW tacos were fantastic! I soaked quinoa in taco seasoning and had that be the "meat" in the tacos; then topped with lettuce, tomatoes and guacamole. 
