Thursday, February 10, 2011

First attempt!!!!!

SOO!!! I had my first go at eating raw today! Ive eaten raw all friggin day! I feel ok. Im a little hungry!! I had a green smoothie this morning as school! Consisting of Spinach, mango, apples and grapes. I then came home and made "pasta and sauce" aka... raw zucchini as pasta (ubber thinly sliced) and then I cut up a bunch of tomatos. I used one roma, a few sundried totamtoes and some onion, garlic, italian seasoning and olive oil and pulsed it in the blender as the "sauce". It was kinda like a salsa. The picture above is what I made today!! It was def tasty. Totally different texture. But...tasty.
For Lunch at work tonight I just simply made a tomato salad. which was pretty much everything I made in the "sauce" except I didnt put it in the blender and I just cut up cherry tomatoes instead of the roma!
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  1. KatelynFebruary 10, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    no more wawa? yikes.. might as well move out of the tri state area.. in any case... good job!

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  2. KatieFebruary 10, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    lol. I didnt say it was def a permanent change. Im trying it out for a week. Hopefully Ill like it enough to make it a majority life style. No worries! I still see some wawa turkey bowls during the fall in my future!!! lol

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  3. MattFebruary 11, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    Where are you getting the recipies? Do you know the nutritonal values?

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  4. KatieFebruary 11, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    im just getting them online. No. I havent really looked into the nutritional values to much. Just looked into what to eat to stay balenced as far as eating enough fat/protien/fruits and veggies. i woke up with the shakes today and i think its cause i didnt have any protien yesterday.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 11, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    I have a juicer, and I juice ALOT. If you need some protein, add some silky tofu into the blender. It basically adds almost no taste to whatever you are making, but gives it a nice creamy consistency. It might even work well for the "sauce" you mentioned...it might get rid of the salsa texture and give it more of a saucy feel. If you decide to try this, let me know how it works for you.

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  6. UnknownFebruary 11, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    BTW, beautiful presentation :)

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  7. KR MoorheadFebruary 11, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    OK awesome recipe for Gazpacho (this cold soup is REALLY nice and is meant to be raw anyway!) Its better in the summer, but give it a go, i guess all raw food is cold so, yeah...
    6 vine ripened tomatoes
    1 fat garlic clove, peeled and finely crushed
    1 red pepper deseeded and finely chopped
    1 small red onion peeled and finely chopped
    1/2 a cucumber peeled, deseeded and finely chopped
    juice of 1 lemon
    sea salt and ground pepper
    300 ml cold veg stock (or chicken)
    300 ml tomato juice
    1 large handful basil and tarragon leaves chopped
    dash of tabasco
    dash of Worcestershire sauce
    good quality olive oil to drizzle
    (croutons optional as I guess they arent really raw)

    Put all the veg in a large bowl and sprinkle over the lemon juice and salt and pepper
    mix well
    pour in stock and tomato juice to cover then stir in herbs and the tabasco and worcestershire
    cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least four hours to let flavors meld
    serve with a drizzle of olive oil on top...SO NICE!!!!

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  8. KR MoorheadFebruary 11, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    also, there are some great recipes out there for raw cakes...my friend made a raw carrot cake, it had coconut and carrots and nuts and things and was totally dairy and sugar free and was completely raw!! i quite liked it (although not everyone who tried it did) Im sure you could find recipes online if you wanna give it a go...also there are raw chocolate cake recipes that are sugar and dairy free and use avocado to make it really creamy.
    xxx

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  9. KatieFebruary 11, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    all this support and suggestions are amazing!!!

    @eric! I will totally try it! I think your mentioned that to me before when i was drinking green smoothies, which ill be drinking a lot of this week!! Is tofu raw!? I have no idea! But ill try it and it would prob be a great substitute for bananas. cause, im allergic to bananas so my green smoothies arent really smooth cause I have never been able to put something like a banana in it to get that consistency!

    @kate!
    HOLLER! Ill totally work on getting that soup together this week! thanks for the suggestion! as for cakes and pies! u know im al over tha shit already. i actually just made a pie crust cause im gonna make a raw cheese cake for tomorrow. for your mom actually!! lol im going over to her place so we can talk about how we are traveling for your wedding!! :) and imma bring over the cheesecake as we drink wine and sit in the hot tub!! haha.

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  10. KR MoorheadFebruary 12, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    oh yeah my mom told me about her little wedding planning shindig. should be fun. enjoy the hot tub and all the lady gossip. with that cheesecake and you old biddies all sitting around talking shit, it'll be like a contemporary golden girls remake. HAVE FUN!

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