April 2011 - 30 Day Challenge Thread - Join anytime in April

[speltrong]

Still going strong... I really think I can stay raw forever! It's funny to me that I assumed it would be so difficult when we started at the beginning of this month. I feel great & have not had any problems with cravings. Yay! :-)

Lady Green Jeans, I have eggplant bacon in the dehydrator right now.. I'm so curious to see what it looks like in the morning. I haven't posted any pics lately because I've run into several recipes that the hubby and I just didn't like very much. But we have stayed 100% raw, and I'm hoping the eggplant bacon will turn the bad recipe trend around!

Hope everyone is doing well!

[speltrong]

Went to the farmer's market again today and finished stocking up on fresh veggies for the week, yum! And then we came home and made an AEBLT (avocado, eggplant-bacon, lettuce, tomato) sandwich for lunch, with a side of kale chips. So good! Here's the pic:

[speltrong]

This board has been quiet lately.. hope you are all sticking with it! Today I made Alissa's falafel and tsatziki sauce, and then piled it on top of a bed of chopped butter lettuce and tomato, and then wrapped all of it in a ginormous rainbow collard leaf. Here's a pic:

[speltrong]

and for dinner: sushi! except I didn't like the taste of parsnips in the "rice", so I used carrot instead which gave it an orangey color. Next time I will use white carrot. Here's the pic:

[Lady Green Jeans]

It sure has been quiet. Not much going on but garden is looking very promising. Lots of little sprouts all over the place.

Today's dining:
B--banana carob smoothie
S--large mango
L-large salad with 1/2 avo, cucumber, tomato, cabbage, carrots and hemp seed
D--small avo with salsa and some cauliflower with curry hummus.

Feels like a winding down with the end of the month just around the corner.
Has been a very good month thus far and feeling awsome.

[holistica]

I joined the April Challenge thread, but I've been 100% raw since March 23rd. The emotional detox is killing me, but my body feels good, and I've released 17 pounds.

How's that for inspiration?

[joyfulyogi]

I'm on Day 14. Had a few bumps over the weekend, but still moving forward!

Speltrong - which bread is that on your AEBLT? I can't find a recipe that I like! I've been wrapping things in cabbage or collard leaves, but I love the thought of a sandwich on 'bread'!

Going to try eggplant bacon.

I realized over the past couple of days that I don't enjoy food that pretends to taste like other food... I'd rather eat a handful of cashews than make a cream of them. I'd rather eat a marinated portabella (in olive oil and salt) rather than eat a 'burger' that has them as an ingredient.

This realization is very helpful to me! Saves me alot of time and $$$!!! ;)

[holistica]

I'm on Day 14. Had a few bumps over the weekend, but still moving forward!

Speltrong - which bread is that on your AEBLT? I can't find a recipe that I like! I've been wrapping things in cabbage or collard leaves, but I love the thought of a sandwich on 'bread'!

Going to try eggplant bacon.

I realized over the past couple of days that I don't enjoy food that pretends to taste like other food... I'd rather eat a handful of cashews than make a cream of them. I'd rather eat a marinated portabella (in olive oil and salt) rather than eat a 'burger' that has them as an ingredient.

This realization is very helpful to me! Saves me alot of time and $$$!!! ;)

I made that realization a long time ago. I only make one or two raw recipes a week, and otherwise, just graze the produce department. :)

[appifanie]

Appifanie: Your pasta looks sooo good. Did you use kelp noodles?

d'oh! sorry! and thanks :) yellow squash + new spiralizer.

[speltrong]

Speltrong - which bread is that on your AEBLT? I can't find a recipe that I like! I've been wrapping things in cabbage or collard leaves, but I love the thought of a sandwich on 'bread'!

Joyfulyogi, the bread is Alissa's italian wrap bread, except for the AEBLT I totally forgot to put in the sundried tomatoes, and I didn't have any flax meal so I sort of ground some up in my food processor (though it didn't work very well). But the end product was delicious, and I actually thought the whole flax seeds added something to it. Seems like it's sort of hard to screw up her bread, and believe me, I'm trying! Ha!

[Lady Green Jeans]

Had a special lunch today--a very nice raw salad with my first edible flowers--orchids. They were different. Kind of tasted like they smell, sweet. I ate two and put the third one in my hair. It was a lovely purple and white.

B--banana smoothie
S--large mango
L--the fancy raw salad
S--pink lady apple
D--a small butter lettuce salad with almonds

Hope you all had a great raw day.

[appifanie]

hey spelt:

1. love the nick!

2. you need a blog. do you have a blog?

[speltrong]

I don't have a blog.. in fact, now that you mentioned it,I just noticed the blog link in the green bar. I will have to check it out! Thanks!

[speltrong]

today we made pizza, yummy! this was soooo good.. used Alissa's pizza crust, except we were out of carrots so I substituted sweet peppers & cauliflower in their place and it worked well. For toppings, I used Alissa's quick cheese topped with shitakes, dehydrated onions, fresh chopped tomatoes and basil. Here's the pic:

[speltrong]

Didn't do anything fancy for dinner tonight.. just a huge green salad with all the leftover veggies we had from the farmer's market, topped with sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes, dill, green onions, and some alfalfa sprouts that I grew. I also whipped up a quick salad dressing out of soaked almonds, fresh ground mustard seed, pepper, salt, a touch of apple cider vinegar, and some onion powder. Totally yummy! No pic tonight, because it didn't look nearly as wonderful as it tasted. :-)

Hope everyone else is doing well.