Feb 2013 30 day Challenge - join anytime of the month

[queenbee]

@ Caihong - hope it is detox!!
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Breakfast: strawberry & banana smoothie with Macs
Snack: pecans & kombucha
Lunch: flax crackers with grezzo cheese (we were out of salad)
Snack: leftover smoothie
Dinner: creamy broccoli soup

I didn't drink nearly enough water yesterday. Ugh. Today all I feel like is water and grapefruit....

Cheers!

[CaiHong]

Me to Queenbee.

Day 10. Not hungry at all. Will be cleaning and rearranging my fridge today so that will dictate what I will be eating today. I think salads will be the go and I bought a lot of melons yesterday.
CaiHong

[queenbee]

Today was super crazy so I grabbed what I could get when I had the chance! I am leaving tomorrow morning for a week in the mountains and will most likely be offline until next weekend. BUT - I spent hours today packing everything and planning carefully so that we can stay raw on the trip. I'm even bringing my little blender. I'll post updates when I get a connection to the "outside world."

Today:
Breakfast: Grapefruit, pecans & walnuts
Snack: Flax crackers & grezzo cheese; pistachios & kombucha (not a flavor I liked at all - yuck)
Lunch: Spicy cabbage, avocado & cucumber soup
Snack: Strawberry smoothie with a little coconut butter & cinnamon
Dinner: Broccoli soup

Keep going and I'll look forward to catching up when we get back from the snowy mountains!

[ReneeH]

Blueberry Pie for Breaky! Love RAW!!!!!

[CaiHong]

Have a good trip Queenbee,
Renee is that chocolate in the pudding what gives it that dark rich colour, very shiny. Looks lovely.
Day 11
Yesterday I made a key lime pie.
Coriander,cashewnut chili,lime and garlic pesto
Put 2 watermelons in the hydrator, 3 mangoes a small bunch of raisins along with biscuits made from puréed apple and pear, cinnamon, nutmeg flaxseed,sesame seed and shredded coconut see how they turn out. I ate crackers and hummus as well
Feeling good walked along the beach and tumbled in the surf. have also been doing some spiritual healing which is helping my moods.
No cravings, hunger in check. I am more convinced than ever second time around on this diet that this is the one for me.
After I complete my 30 days I am going to reward myself with top of the range undergarments.
CaiHong

[ReneeH]

Renee is that chocolate in the pudding what gives it that dark rich colour, very shiny. Looks lovely.

Nope! Just the Blueberries making it look dark.

Got a math question for you guys....


What does a FULL house of kids PLUS a FULL plate of Raw Brownies equal?

(Insert Jeopardy music.....)


Answer: an EMPTY plate!!!!!!!!! Man, they even took the CRUMBS!!!!! Nothing to take a photo of!!!!!!

[MysticTree]

I've got flu/cold. Feeling like crap but at work with desk full of fruit and lots of water. Sense of taste is absent at the moment. You know, blueberries are fairly unpleasant when you can't taste them!

[CaiHong]

Must make some raw brownies, never made them before, could you recommend a recipe?
The dried mango black grapes and watermelon are just so delicious, nothing can compare to what you buy.
I have never dried grapes before and the grapes were very so so but drying them made them the best raisins ever, they come in season I am going to make a heap.
Juice was apple ,carrot,orange and these amazing yellow passionfuit from a friends's garden.
Basically snacking today

[Lucy76]

Hello people!
Is it okay if I join you? I've been raw on and and off for about a year and a half, and since the beginning of the year I've been 100% with just a couple of exceptions.

Today so far I've had about 2.5L of juice (grapefruit juice, carrot juice, and celery-orange juice.
I had a really yummy salad made of dandelion, (I found some really nice tender variety at the fruit market) with raisins and cashew cheese.
A few tablespoons of hummus
Two bananas
And for dinner probably a banana and vanilla sunmylk smoothie with a scoop of pea protein.

CailHong, nausea is a sign of detox, but also it could be that they didn't tolerate the fat very well.

[CaiHong]

Hi Lucy
Welcome. Yes the food that I was serving had quite a lot of nuts and was quite rich. We all decided to cut back on the fats. They seem to be OK, although one lady is just sticking to smoothies and fruit juices for the time being.
Hi Mystic
Hope you feel better soon.

[MysticTree]

thank you, I am now on the mend. Sitting at my desk drinking honey, lemon and ginger tea (almost raw!) and eating blueberries :)

[Lucy76]

Thank you CailHong! I think it's great your friend is sticking to juices and smoothies. They're definately my favourite!

Glad you're feeling better MysticTree!

Today I had a spinach and apple juice, and my usual carrot juice (I pretty much have that everyday)

A few dates 6-8

A huuuuge mixed green salad with spring garlic chopped in there.

A raw chocolate bar with coconut creme (yum yum yum)

An x-large smoothie with pea protein, bananas, chia seeds, almond milk and vanilla.

Later on I'm going to have another smoothie and a grapefruit juice, since I have lots of grapefruits that a friend gave me.
Oh and i also drank about four cups of water kefir mixed with orange juice.

I hope I can find some time to make some flax crackers soon. I'm totally craving something crispy. :)

[CaiHong]

Day 13
Yesterday I had a green smoothie. carrot, betroot apple and ginger juice. A shot of wheatgrass 1 pineapple, half a small watermelon, one apple, two bananas.
Four apple, pear, coconut and raison biscuits.
3 shredded jicama patties with apple sauce and a salad, felt hungrier than usual.
Feeling great. My onlyproblem is sleeping. wake up several times during the night. It's 2am in the morning as I write this. (sigh)
Tomorrow I am going to attempt to make brownies replacing the dates with raisins, dates are very expensive here.
CaiHong

[queenbee]

Hey guys!
We are having an awesome time on our snowy mountain vacation. I worked really hard to make a menu my husband & I could manage in a cabin and the ski resort. Here's what we have had so far:

Sunday
B: blueberry smoothie
S: flax crackers & grezzo cheese
L: raw falafel collard wraps
S: raw chocolate
D: big green salad with veggies & avocado
S: more raw chocolate

Monday
B: blueberry smoothie
S: raw Apple pecan "crisp"
L: spicy avocado soup
S: strawberry smoothie
D: big salad and as Sunday
S: nuts

Tuesday
B: avocado & strawberry smoothie & half a grapefruit
S: raw Apple pecan "crisp"
L: spicy avocado soup
S: strawberry smoothie
D: big salad
S: raw maca chocolate & nuts

Today
B: avocado & strawberry smoothie & half a grapefruit
S: raw Apple& walnut & raisin bar (aka-apple bar ... super yum - made these before we left)
L: coconut & avocado miso soup
S: Apple bar
Extra S: flax crackers & grezzo cheese
D: big salad with nuts
S: Apple

Loved reading the posts from everyone!!
Cheers!

[ReneeH]

My mouth is watering you guys!!!!

I'm outta snacks!!!!! :insert SCREAM and HAIR PULLING...:

So, I'm making Banana Chips, Kale Chips, and Corn Chips (LOLF). My house smells SOOOOOO good!!!!! Every time I make Alissa's Corn Chips I'm waiting like a hawk over the dehydrator!!!! LOL!!! They smell incredible!!!! It's TOTAL TORTURE waiting for them to harden!!!!!!



For my Kale Chips, I kept it simple...just EVOO, Sea Salt, and Lemon.

Oh, I also had 3 Bananas, 1 Grapefruit, and nibbled on my-not-yet-dehydrated snacks. Somebody smack my hands!!!!!