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

[holistica]

I'm in, since March 23rd. 100% raw and going strong! Might fast a day this weekend. I'm so happy to be back on 100% raw. I feel amazing!

[seRAWnity]

Hey Everyone! Been super busy and my raw menu hasn't changed much, I made a great chinese dish the other night but sticking to smoothies and salads, the weather is warm here today so it makes me want to eat fresh and not eat as much!!!

Got outside and played with the kiddos, it was nice to soak up some sun and we all bought hula hoops, I forgot how fun that was!!

I've attached some pics of my favorite raw dishes of late

~Have a great day!

[meowimacat]

Your food looks so yummy seRAW!! What is in the Chinese one?? I want to eat the picture it looks so good!

Today I had a banana and raisins for breakfast. Lunch was spinach and mango juice, then for dinner I made aubergine bacon which was deeeeelicious, I had this with a little salad and red onion. Yum yum!
Tomorrow we are going on a road trip to London! I've packed a lunchbox full of goodies, going to make up some nori for my lunch. I don't think my boyfriend will want to go to any raw friendly restaurants so I have packed plenty of snacks to keep me going!
Have a fab weekend everyone

[speltrong]

Nice pics!

Today, I had a green smoothie for breakfast (two types of kale, banana, pineapple), and for lunch I had a banana with a touch of pecan butter and a raw cracker. For dinner.. I'm thinking it's either going to be cauliflower couscous (not real couscous, obviously)... or maybe bok choy paneer (not real paneer obviously). Oh, I also have some tomato/jalapeno/onion/flax/sunflower seed crackers in the dehydrator. Will post a pic or two a bit later if I have time. Hope everyone else is doing well today!

[seRAWnity]

Your food looks so yummy seRAW!! What is in the Chinese one?? I want to eat the picture it looks so good!
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Hey Meow! The chinese dish is zucchini and squash run through a spiralizer to turn it into noodles, the rest are marinated veggies in a chinese sauce (soy, ginger, agave, and garlic), for veggies I had broccoli, carrots, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, sweet onion, and pea pods. I warmed the sauce, not hot but just slightly warm to the touch and had the veggies at room temp. I also started marinating the onions earlier to help soften them up some and they weren't as strong.

[speltrong]

I made cauliflower couscous tonight for dinner.. it's bizarre how much it looked like couscous, but it tasted much better. :-) Here's a pic for your viewing pleasure:

[Lady Green Jeans]

Wow, the food pics all look soooo good.

Wanted to break out of the salad habit for a little while to keep things appealing. Made pineapple cucumber gazpacho last night and had it for lunch today. Enjoyed every spoonful. Could have been spicier but still wonderful.

Breakfast was an avo and dinner was the gazpacho and some nacho with cucumber for dipping.

Hope everyone had a great raw day. Been feeling amazing.

[changeisgood]

Hi all,
All the food dishes in the pics look great ! I love cauliflower couscous, there's a cauliflower in my fridge waiting to happen!
Blueberry smoothies this AM. I sed water and added spirulina in addition to collard greens. simple but not in the mood for something heavy. Oh, before that I had my quart of salt (celtic) water. Did the trick !
lunch was a couple of oranges and crackers.
dinner was a few medjool dates, sweet potato chips with cinnamin and apple slices with raw tahini. oh how I love apples, they just don't like me (bloating, uch!). but I couldn't resist and wanted something sweet.
I have two kiwis I'll have before bedtime (stabilizes my blood sugar)
Pretty simple. With Janie (our kitty) being ill, and very busy at work I've been burnt out - so not feeling like being elaborate.
I have mushrooms and onions in the dehydrator and will make more sweet potato chips
enjoy your weekend.

[Clara Verde]

Just checking in, all going well. Still planning to make time for multimeal foodprep. Have enjoyed green smoothies & salads & brownies. Also hade sea spaghetti w. sprouts, leafy greens & miso dressing.

A stressrelated emotional wave in the afternoon was met by leaving all the to-do's for a while & going for a lovely nature walk. I brought a bag for picking up litter & felt the resonance of inner & outer detox. Sometimes detox reminds me to take time for the things I need.

[bayoubreeze]

I am still struggling when I go out to eat, but I am happy that I get back in the game quickly the next day. I see that I can loose a few pounds a week but when my hubby comes home I gain it back. I need a way to mentally separate my thoughts from what he eats. I will be glad when fresh kale and greens besides Romain are available in my area. Rural living IL. Had a great bike ride this morning with hubby. My little gps said 9.26 miles. First one of the year. Wonderful temp and low wind. Looking forward to this year being a record year for me. For breakfast I had a smoothy. Romain,Celery,Cucumber,Carrot,Cantaloupe. It was thick and I ate it with a spoon. So good. Looking forward to a hearty lunch. But undecided. I know I haven't lost a lot of weight but I feel better and can see the benefits of eating raw.

HW 213
SW 205
CW 204
GW 140

[speltrong]

Today has been great! Started the day with a smoothie that had mixed braising greens (kale, chard, etc), kiwi, banana and dates.

For lunch, we hiked 700 feet up a local hill and had lunch at the top: kiwi, another kiwi, and a few cashews.

I also pulled our crackers out of the dehydrator today, they are made of sunflower seeds, flax seeds, sundried tomatoes, onion, jalapeno, ciilantro and a little sea salt. Here is a pic:

[Lady Green Jeans]

Clara Verde--job well done on handling the stress. Love nature walks. Where do you get your sea spaghetti?
speltrong--nice looking crackers. I have to finish up my pizza crusts before I venture again to crackerland.

Was not real hungry today:

B-handful of macs and about a cup of mini carrots
L-jalapeno cilantro hummus with a bunch of baby carrots to use as dippers
S-sm avo
D-not sure yet. Have dance tonight so want something a little filling. Have been wanting to make the celeraic soup with green apples so that might be dinner.

Went to the bigger farmers' market today. It is a half hour drive but hit Costco and the bigger HFS while I was down that way. $20 at the market got me collards, kale, meyer lemons, chard, six fuerte avocados, a cherimoya, fava beans, radishes, sundried Greek olives and some shallots.
Costco had nice organic spinach and red raspberries--ony bought one container of berries but could eat them all at one meal. HFS finally got in the mango kombucha so bought several and a strawberry one to try along with some more nutritional yeast and the raw hummus. I am set for food for awhile so now I just need to get creative.

Hope you all had a great raw day!

[changeisgood]

Hi everyone,
this is a quick post - grapefruit for breakfast and some sweet potato chips.
lunch half an avocado with a salad and the dehydrated mushrooms and onion, sweet but strong.
dinner will be zucchini speghetti with cherry tomatoes into a sauce
and my special treat I made a tahini coconut cake with carob frosting. I'll try and take a picture. Already started test tasting. Cross between halva and macaroon.
More chips in the dehydrator
hubby home - gotta go

[Steven]

Ive forgotten to post the past few days. But here goes, today:
1 tsp spirulina w/ water
Smoothie - whole large pineapple, 1 tbsp chia seed
Collard wrap - from LOLF
Pear
2 apple w/ raw macadamia nut butter
2 banana
Almond, raisin, and coconut flake mixture
GS - pear, avocado, lemon, strawberry, collard, bok choy, bee pollen

[earthyeater]

What an awesome thread!

I hadn't really been keeping track of my daily food. I know generally what I've been doing (smoothies and salads).

My plan to to post my food daily beginning tomorrow.

I'm excited. It feels like if I take my time and don't get too caught up in "going raw," I'll be fine. Meaning, just eat simple meals and try not to obsess. I have a tendency to obsess.