Many years ago, my sister Chloe and I were walking around Scottsdale and happened upon a Raw Cafe. We really had no idea what it was, but a tank top in the window caught my eye. “Rawsome” was emblazoned across the front of the shirt in neon orange writing. I bought the shirt for its humor, with out much thought. At that time, Chloe and I were newly vegetarian, not knowing what amazing culinary path we were to embark on.
I still have the tank top and am wearing it today in honor of day three of our challenge (or day 1)! I was as hungry as an elephant (a wild raw vegan!) this morning and have been eating all day.
Today I am nursing some killer cravings. Each time I have one I do 1 sun salutation (yoga). It seems to nip it in the bud for about 20 minutes at least. Another trick is to drink an entire glass of water. This necessitates constant access to a rest room, but well worth it. Have you noticed using the bathroom more? One of the reasons is that all of the fruit and vegetables you are consuming have all of there natural water content. You have also reduced the amount of sodium intake, so your body does not have to hang on to as much H2O.
I follow Gena Hamshaw on the Choosing Raw blog. She is fantastic and has TREMENDOUS nut cheese recipes here.
These are the recipes I prepared for my hungry self, all before noon.
SMOOTHIE
1/2 grapefruit
1 clementine
1 cup mixed berries
3 mint leaves
1/2 cup kale
1/2 cup water
1 tbs agave nectar
*This was incredibly refreshing with the mint!
Mid Morning Salad:
1 avocado
1 red bell pepper
1/2 jalapeno pepper
2 cloves garlic
1/4 red onion
1/4 cup cilantro
1. Roughly chop all ingredients and season with sea salt. Because of the rough chop, each unique flavor really shine through.
Carrot Ginger Dressing
3 carrots, diced
1 inch ginger, diced
2 tbs soy sauce
1/4 cup water
2 tbs spicy, spicy, brown mustard
1. Place ingredients in food processor and blend until desired consistency.
*I drizzled this on top of broccoli and snow peas.
Awww, I’m blushing!
Gena- You are incredibly brilliant! When is your cookbook coming out? Thanks for all your work! Namaste!!!! mc
Wow lots of bathroom sprints and a major cranky husband…..the mind plays many detox games with us!!! It amazes me that our brain has been trained to crave desire and kill for chips caffeine and processed foods.
Great information thanks for getting this out there for people like me to read.
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