Peach and Mango Gazpacho

Oh how I have wanted this soup for so long.  My husband made it for me on Sunday.  It was so absolutely delicious.  I could have ate a gallon of it!

Ingredient List:
Mango
Peach
Water Kefir
Ginger
Scallions
Red Pepper
Basil
Lime juice
Coconut Oil
Chipotle Pepper spice (NOT raw) very little used

I don't have the amounts because I don't know.  My hubby just prepares things without thinking about how much is going in to it.  If I had to guess, I'd probably say "a little bit of this, a pinch of that, a handful of this.  Just try it and taste as you go along.  The following youtube link is the inspiration for the soup :)

What's For Dinner?

I came home to a wonderful gourmet dinner prepared by my hubby tonight.  After a fruit and greens smoothie for breakfast and fruit and veggies for lunch, this put a smile on my face.  He made me sundried tomato marinara over turnip ravioli stuffed with cashew "cheese" and fresh herbs.  It was so yummy and satisfying!!!!  I don't have the exact recipe yet.  When I get it out of him I will post!  Here's a picture.  It was the best meal he's made me so far and he's made a few good ones!

I Need an Intervention

Oh my goodness!  Why do I do this to myself?  There were leftover fried wontons in the refrigerator from my children's dinner last night.  Guess what I had for breakfast?  I feel like I'm going to throw up.  Raw food for the rest of the day.  I promise that to myself!

Just as a side note, my eyes have swollen to monstrous sizes.  I don't know if it has anything to with the bad food I ate today and last night but I have my sneaking suspicions.   

Very Bad

I was very bad tonight.  I had a miserable night at work.  When a coworker came in with a slice of pizza for me, I couldn't say no.  I'm not usually a stress eater, but tonight was brutal.  I'm paying the price.  Kind of like a hangover.  My stomach always lets me know when it is upset with the food I ingested. 

I'm not going to beat myself up over this.  It was just a bad day.  Tomorrow is a new day.

I Forgot to Take a Picture

I made a smoothie this morning for breakfast.  It was simple and yummy! 

1 part pineapple
1 part mango


I used frozen pineapple.  I'm sure that fresh would have been even better but I didn't have any on hand.  It was delicious!  What a way to start off the day!

What's For Dinner Tonight?

My husband made me a wonderful raw dinner tonight.  He made noodles out of zucchini and orange bell peppers.  He topped the "noodles" with sun dried tomatoes, raw basil pesto (nutritional yeast in place of any cheese) and pine nuts.  It was absolutely scrumdiddlyumptious!!!!!!!

Chocolate AmazeBalls!

This is a recipe that we whip up on any given evening when we get a craving for snacks or sweets.  I love them.  I got this recipe from another blog.  Check out Chocolate-Covered Katie for a wonderful, healthy dessert in the raw.

I would like to say that Cocoa is NOT raw.  I do use it but a 100% raw foodist would use cocao powder or nibs.  I don't use the vanilla extract.  It's really not necessary for my taste.  I do add dried unsweetened coconut or dried berries or both sometimes!  This is a recipe that is easily adjusted to your personal taste.  Play around and have fun with this dessert.  It's quick and easy.  Through the ingredients in the food processor, roll into balls and enjoy!

Raw Food Living

If you had told me a year ago that I was going to go completely raw...well, I wouldn't have understood what you meant.  I don't even think I realized that "raw foodists" exist.  I mean really, how could someone live on raw food alone?  What do they eat?  That would have been my very first question.  And just like so many out there, I would have answered my own question with the famous wrong answer in the form of a question, Salads?

Toppling the scales at 224lbs was unacceptable for me.  I didn't see any way to stop it though.  I have tried low calorie, low fat, low carb, low carb low fat, low fat low calorie and even low carb low calorie.  Dr Atkins, Dr Shapiro, Weight Watchers, The Zone, Protien Power, Dr Phil, Grapefruits, Cabbage Soup, vegetarian and vegan diets are a part of the past 15 years.  Nothing seemed to work for me. 

I have been raw for 5 weeks exactly today.  July 10th was the day that I decided to live.  That is the only way I can describe the way I feel.  I have lost 20lbs since day one.  I feel satisfied with my food and I am healthy.  I now eat to live.  Join me on this journey.  I promise to post everything good and anything bad that may come about.  Here are some pictures of me at the beginning of my journey.