ConsciousLivingChick

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

ConsciousLivingChick: One Hundred Day Raw Challenge

One Hundred Day Raw Challenge

Yesterday I began my 100 day raw foods challenge. I've been raw off and on for about two years . Nothing makes me feel better than when I'm giving my body live foods. I feel lighter, have more energy and have a clearer head. I have experienced healing benefits throughout the few years I've been on raw. Having multiple food allergies, I find it so easy to avoid all of the no no's eating real live foods, because there's nothing in them but nutrient dense goodness. Also as I've stated before, I include natural cooked foods like grains and cooked veggies and some fish/chicken as well. However, right now I really feel like I need the incredible healing abilities of what raw foods does for the body. I will always be at least 80-90% raw, but I don't want to exclude delicious cooked dishes throughout my life.

Here I'm showing just a few raw goodies that I've made. Up top is a raw brownie/cookie before and after. I also made some cheeze flax crackers using Nutritional Yeast (not a raw product) for the 'cheese'. Last I have a Hemp protein shake using Hemp powder, spinach, almond milk, and a banana.

I realize that I'm beginning this journey close to the holidays, but I'm doing this purposefully. I will be able to keep control of what I eat and not delve into things that cause me problems. Not having that post holiday oh-no-look-at-all-I-ate syndrome makes this all the more rewarding!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Enjoying old favorites

I always enjoy most of my raw foods meals but I find that eating whole natural cooked foods are complimentary to a high raw diet. Here I've made a mini version of my favorite oven roasted chicken and vegetables.
I simply chopped what veggies I had on hand, carrots, golden potatoes, celery and red onion. I sprayed them with olive oil and seasonings and placed the partially roasted chicken breast (I started roasting it first as it takes the longest to cook) in with the veggies. I continued to roast till done and, voila an mini version to a whole roasted chicken with all the fixins!
There's something about chicken and roasted veggies that's so comforting to me, just wanted to share it with you.