It started out with DH hankering for pancakes and eggs. He usually likes to do this in the local diner, whose inspiring standard of excellence is emblazoned on their menu: "Food that doesn't suck." I don't think it's so much the ambience (although it's always nice to walk in on a life-size cutout of James Dean when entering the ladies' restroom) or the culinary superiority so much as liking not to have to deal with cleanup (let's see...that's 1 mixing bowl & 1 skillet...pretty rough...) It's not like I mind awfully trying to coax salads out of restaurant staff at breakfast, but I can get fruits, vegies, and nuts for days for what one meal costs eating out. And it's not such a peak experience munching iceberg lettuce while inhaling the vapors from his flapjacks foundering in syrup.
In any event, economy prevailed and we bought organic spinach, apples, grapes, bananas and almonds at the grocery, along with some "cage free" brown eggs for him. He made egg sandwiches while I grazed on nuts, raisins, grapes & apple, along with a lara bar (I'm assuming they're not cooked, but actually don't know for certain.) Biggest temptation was boiling potato wedges for his b'fast homefries - the steam from them rose up into my face and I couldn't resist smashing one up with butter & salt. I guess that's my 10% cooked for the day!
For dinner, I made a "blended salad" of cucumber, onion, spinach, pesto, mint & bell pepper w/ Bragg's salad dsg - whizzed it briefly in the blender so it was mostly finely-chopped, partly pureed and partly intact leaves & cuke chunks, and ate it with a spoon like cold soup. Very refreshing and filling enough. I don't seem to get as hungry eating this way, and I also sleep more soundly. Just being able to sleep for 4 hours instead of 1 1/2 is worth forgoing eggs & homefries.
the chronicles of a lifelong omnivore becoming a lean, mean, vegan machine
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Starting (over)
Do I need a blog? Does everybody need a blog? I'm guessing that posting my journey to a consistently fresh-n-raw food intake will make me more accountable and give me more access to the raw foods community. (I can tell from the number of recipes posted on youtube there's a bunch of raw foodies out there!) I'm hoping that if somebody with more experience reads my entries and sees somewhere I'm off base, they'll let me know and help me get back on track. And as I learn successful approaches to this different way of eating, I hope I can share those with people at a similar place in the journey.
Reasons for switching to a diet regimen that's 90% fresh, raw fruits, vegies, nuts and sprouts: Long-term health benefits --> rout the cancer demon, alkalize body so it kicks the fat out, simplify life -- easier to assemble a salad than cook 4 courses -- normalize blood sugar, blood pressure, & weight, regain energy, obey scriptural injunction to Choose Life!
Reasons to keep eating meat loaf, enchiladas & refries, carrot cake, spaghetti, eggs, homefries and morningstar fake-bacon: Short term gratification. Comfort.
So, need to change my attitude about what is comfort, what is gratifying. This morning's breakfast: a plate full of beautiful colors and textures. Thin slices of ivory parsnip, slabs of bright yellow bell peppers, fragrant emerald mint leaves, pink and gold honeycrisp apple wedges, pale green celery stalks, deep orange carrot sticks, plump ruby strawberries, piquant shreds of crunchy ginger, with a bowl of miso, honey & raw tahini to dip them into. Is it proper to combine berries and earthy roots? I don't know. I just want to satisfy my mouth & tummy with living fuel. If I can get through the meal without ogling my dh's glop of steaming oatmeal, I'm on my way.
Reasons for switching to a diet regimen that's 90% fresh, raw fruits, vegies, nuts and sprouts: Long-term health benefits --> rout the cancer demon, alkalize body so it kicks the fat out, simplify life -- easier to assemble a salad than cook 4 courses -- normalize blood sugar, blood pressure, & weight, regain energy, obey scriptural injunction to Choose Life!
Reasons to keep eating meat loaf, enchiladas & refries, carrot cake, spaghetti, eggs, homefries and morningstar fake-bacon: Short term gratification. Comfort.
So, need to change my attitude about what is comfort, what is gratifying. This morning's breakfast: a plate full of beautiful colors and textures. Thin slices of ivory parsnip, slabs of bright yellow bell peppers, fragrant emerald mint leaves, pink and gold honeycrisp apple wedges, pale green celery stalks, deep orange carrot sticks, plump ruby strawberries, piquant shreds of crunchy ginger, with a bowl of miso, honey & raw tahini to dip them into. Is it proper to combine berries and earthy roots? I don't know. I just want to satisfy my mouth & tummy with living fuel. If I can get through the meal without ogling my dh's glop of steaming oatmeal, I'm on my way.
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