Raw Food Recipes:
At the Water Cooler

9:20 a.m. Green Smoothie and E3Live Shot at work

10:45 a.m. Green Smoothie with Mila and Celery stick at work

11:45 a.m. Snacking on a couple of celery sticks at my desk

2:43 p.m. Mixed Greens with a raw tortilla, guacamole, salsa, Mexican cabbage and a student-made salad dressing at work

5:20 p.m. snacking on figs at home while talking to Man on the Raw

5:30 p.m. Cacao Beans at home

6:48 p.m. Large salad (mixed greens, spinach, romaine, cucumber, avocado, carrots) with throw-together dressing (red bell pepper, avocado, agave, EVOO, apple cider vinegar) at home with Man on the Raw

7:35 p.m. Green juice at home while writing this post and watching my babies cook dinner with Man on the Raw

You would be so proud! I woke up this morning at 6 a.m. and tried out the skates. I skated, scooted, walked baby steps, wobbled and rolled backwards down a hill, but I didn't fall. No ice packs today Keely.
I played a solid 20 minutes before rain chased me and my skates inside. What a way to start a morning.
What about you, how did your morning start off?

9 a.m. Groovy Smoothie at work

10:10 a.m. Smoothie with Mila at work

10:30 a.m. Gal Pal's Kristina's Almond dessert (made from almond pulp) at work

10:35 a.m. E3Live Shot

1:25 p.m. Salad (spinach, mixed greens, carrots, cucumber, Dijon Dressing) at work

2:10 p.m. Choco-Nana at work

3 p.m. Blueberries, cucumber, apple at work

3:45 p.m. Apple at work chatting with Cherie

4 p.m. Sampling Cacao Beans at work (The cacoa nibs are inside the shell, very bitter but very cool that you can eat the shell also)

5:45 p.m. Salad (mixed greens, spinach, sprouts, cucumbers, cabbage, avocado with lemon) at home walking around the house getting my daughter ready for a 4H meeting

7:15 p.m. Finished the salad from earlier at home

No I didn't eat this.
Guess what I received in the mail today? Yep, you guessed it. My skates, helmet, knee, elbow and wrist pads. Wow! You are good at guessing.

A few of us at work are going to train to be Roller Derby girls. Neat, huh? Well, hold on. A more acurate deplication is we are really going to do the skating and leave the actual aggressive physical contact to the professionals. I'm open though. If I turn out to be a phenomenal skater and develop a very high tolerance for getting a beat-down on a semi-regular basis, than maybe, just maybe I would try out for a real team.

In the mean-time, there are a few important things I have to take care of first. Number 1, I've got to re-learn how to skate and number 2, come up with a cool Roller Derby name.

Any suggestions?

9:50 A.M. Sample Flourless chocolate cake with rosewater frosting at work

9:55 a.m. E3Live shot at work

10:10 a.m. Piña Colada smoothie (almond milk, pineapple, coconut, agave) at work

11:50 a.m. Salad bar (mixed greens, cucumber, romaine, carrot, cabbage, sprouted chickpeas, nutritional yeast, raw Dijon dressing) at work

1:35 p.m. Flourless chocolate cake with rosewater frosting at work

6 p.m. Thai Coleslaw at home with Man on the Raw

8ish Glass of Organic red wine with Man on the Raw

8:30 p.m. Spanish olives at home

9:30 p.m. Glass of Organic red wine at home

To tomorrow's FUNdamentals class.

Welcome! I am so excited for you. I was in your spot last July and I can tell you that I had a blast!
If your experience is half as fabulous as mine then you are well on your way to something special. You are in for a joyous ride.

Terilynn


At the Water Cooler
What are you plans for this weekend?

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January 5, 2011 — Day 5

12:13 p.m. salad (mixed greens, spinach, romaine, carrots, cucumbers, Dijon, nutritional yeast) at work

3:30 p.m. Kombucha at work

4:20 p.m Coconut Date Logs and Cardamom Cake with Rosewater cream at work

6:30 p.m. Pure Power Bars with Man on the Raw at home

7:15 p.m. Salad (Romaine, cucumber, tomato, avocado, very hot jalapeno) at home with Man on the Raw

January 6, 2011 — Day 6

10:30 a.m. Berries ‘n’ Cream smoothie (almond milk, raspberries, strawberries, bananas, dates); a shot of E3live at work

11:45 a.m. Salad (mixed greens, romaine, carrots, cabbage, cucumber, nutritional yeast, Dijon dressing) at work

3:15 p.m. Apple at work

7:15 p.m. Sweet and Spicy Cabbage with avocado at home with Man on the Raw

Sweet and Spicy Cabbage
1/2 head green cabbage, chopped
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 carrot, grated
1 tablespoon Agave nectar
1-2 teaspoons Chili Garlic Sauce (not raw product), or more depending on how spicy you want it
1-2 teaspoons sea salt
juice of one lemon

2 avocado, peeled and cubed

Toss cabbage, onion, carrot in a bowl. Add agave, chili garlic sauce salt and lemon. Mix well. Let set for 10 minutes.

Serve with avocado cubes.

At the Water Cooler
What is your favorite raw food dessert?
(enter your answers in the comment box)

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10:10 am Choco-Nana (Almond milk, cocoa, bananas and dates) and power bar sample from the Living Light Cafe

11:40 a.m. salad (mixed greens, romaine, cabbage, cucumber, sprouts, carrots, Dijon, nutritional yeast) at work

2:45 p.m. Green juice and dried mango piece at work

7 :15 p.m. Parsley salad with tomato, cucumber, avocado, hemp seeds at home

8:08 p.m. dehydrated or possibly cooked (???) unsweetened banana chips at home talking to my daughter Jordan on Skype

Okay here's a grey area. I might have eaten something cooked but not quite sure. I was munching away on my banana chips thinking they were dehydrated minding my own raw business when Man on the Raw (without missing a beat) said "Those aren't raw. They fry them. What the f***?!?

Are you telling me I just ate something that not only is NOT raw but it's fried??? Great, just great. So now do I feel like a failure because I wasn't techniqually 100% raw or do I just say whatever,

Well, if you know me (and I think you might know a bit), I say "whatever", I'm not going to stress. To me, My Year of Living Raw continues untarnished.

At the Water Cooler
What's your favorite activity to do while you eat dehydrated/fried unsweetened banana chips?

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12:30 p.m. Large salad (spinach, romaine, mixed greens, purple cabbage, carrots, cucumber and sprouts with Living Light's raw Dijon dressing) at my desk at work.

2:30 p.m. Kombucha at my desk at work.

6:45 p.m. Lettuce Wraps with Man in the Raw

This post is dedicated to Candace and my other Raw Buddies at Living Light. Candace and I had a nice discussion on what to put in lettuce wraps. I offered a few suggestions, sunflower pate, veggies, sprouts and such.

But it totally slipped my mind one of my favorite lettuce wraps. Avocado Ceviche. I call it a ceviche because it's not quite a guacamole. Although all the players are there (tomato, pepper, cilantro) it is not prepared like a guacamole would be. And the bonus was it was quick and easy to make.

Avocado Ceviche
serves 2

2 avocados, peeled and diced
1 Roma tomato, seeded and diced
1 Serrano pepper, diced
1/2 cup cilanto, chopped
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Sea Salt, to taste

Lightly toss avocado, tomato, pepper and cilantro in a large bowl. Toss in lemon juice and season with the sea salt.

Serve with 8-10 Romaine lettuce leaves (Red or Green leaf lettuce works great also) and your favorite fixings (we used cucumber and carrot strips, parsley and scallions)

At the Water Cooler
What are some of your favorite fixings for lettuce wraps? Leave your faves in the comment box.