Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Super High Raw, Vegan Food Intake – Pregnancy Food Journal

by Kristen in apple, green juice, lasagna, raw chocolate, wilderness poets

This is what I ate and drank on Monday. I titled the blog post “super high” raw because when I eat high raw, it usually means cooked “food” in some form, but on Monday, all the food was raw, except for the Teeccino and the small amount of rice milk I had in my cereal.

Here we go…

1.5 cups organic Teeccino – I started the day with this. It has been sounding really good in the morning.

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2 cups organic green juice – This was made with lots of dinosaur kale, celery, cucumber, leaf lettuce, carrot, and lemon)

1 organic banana

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I went for a walk, which only lasted 30 minutes because I had to get back home to pee. I do that a lot it seems.

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Organic marinated kale salad made with avocado, lemon juice, Himalayan crystal salt, and black pepper for the dressing. I tossed in chopped red bell pepper and orange segments.

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Gigantic organic Red Delicious apple that I ate while walking my dog for 10 minutes.

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1 cup organic green juice (leftover from earlier)

Organic marinated kale salad (leftover from earlier)

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1 cup organic Teeccino while walking the dog for 10 minutes.

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4 small bite size pieces of delicious organic raw chocolate

1 piece organic Raw lasagna (yes, I had my dessert first – grin)

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I was hungry shortly after…. so I went back for more.

1 piece organic Raw lasagna

1 bowl of GoRaw’s buckwheat cereal (apple cinnamon flavor) with organic rice milk

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For Wednesday, so far my Raw vegan food intake has been:

Organic Banana Protein Shake (1-ish cup water, handful of ice, 2 bananas, 2 tablespoons hemp seeds, 1/4 cup hemp protein powder)

Gigantic Organic Red Delicious Apple

Huge Organic Salad with romaine, red bell pepper, cucumber, purple cabbage, carrots, and Sesame Pistachio Hempspread Dressing (using a delicious hemp spread that Wilderness Poets sent me to sample)

Sunny Lemon Macaroons with a cup of organic herbal tea from Mountain Rose Herbs – This is a new recipe of mine that made my taste buds swoon. I created it and named it with my mom in mind. Her nickname is Sunny and she loves lemon, coconut, and dessert. This recipe is to honor my mom, the future Nana to my baby.

A Week of Kristen

by Kristen in banana, chia seeds, easy raw vegan food, green star juicer, himalayan crystal salt, hummus, lasagna, lemon basil cashew cream, raw agave nectar, raw ice cream, raw lifestyle, raw pasta, stevia

For the past week, I’ve been living up the Raw lifestyle big time (like usual I guess, haha, but more intense. I took out a bunch of my recipe books and I’m having a blast in the kitchen. Details below…

Here is a picture of my refrigerator loaded to the gills after we went to Whole Foods Market and the farmers’ market (where I’m a part of an awesome certified organic CSA). Most of the goodies are from the farmers’ market, but a few things I had to score from WFM such as kale, mustard greens, blueberries, raspberries, celery, cilantro, and parsley.

Here is my light reading of the week… a couple of great magazines. VegNews and Purely Delicious. I’m also reading a book by Deepak Chopra, M.D. My goal is to spend time away from the computer for a few days because my right eye has been twitching for a week. It feels the most irritated when I’m working on my computer or using my iPhone, which I do ALL the time. Those two things must be the culprits because 1) I get PLENTY of sleep and 2) My body is full of any and all vitamins that if there was a deficiency it would cause that. Some could offer the suggestion that it’s stress, but my life is pretty calm for the most part in spite of my fertility adventures (will update you on that this week). And, again, once I start working on my iMac or look at the iPhone, my eye feels strained.

We’ve been having 1-2 large green smoothies every day (I took a break from juicing this week – I like to change it up from time to time). Green smoothies (green shakes, green monsters – whatever you want to call them) are a staple in my life. They’re super easy to make and HELLO! they’re loaded with nutrition, fiber, and goodness. I topped this one with home grown sprouts for fun (see my video on how to grow your own sprouts here).

Saturday night we had a birthday party to attend and I figured the restaurant probably wouldn’t have anything really healthy, so we filled up on this dish before we left the house. I made Raw zucchini/vegetable pasta medley with Lemon Basil Cashew Cream. It was refreshing and deliciously unique. (You’ll notice the “clump” of sauce in the center. I hadn’t stirred it into the dish when I took the picture. With raw pasta dishes it’s OK – even preferable – to have thick sauces because the water from the veggies helps to dilute it after it’s stirred together).

I had chia seeds in my breakfasts a couple of days last week. More specifically, Sunny Morning Chia Porridge (no oats in this porridge though!). The mixture consisted of chia seeds, shredded unsweetened coconut, orange juice, cashews, stevia, almond extract, agave nectar, and cinnamon. It was just lightly sweet, making it ideal for my breakfast. And, full of energy of course!

For dessert all week, I’ve been making different variations of raw banana ice cream. My husband LOVES this stuff. Seriously. Every time I give him a dish of it, he swears… yes, literally swear words – like “Sh*t this rocks!” (he says other things, but I’ll keep this post “PG” rated), because he loves the stuff and is amazed at the texture and flavors. I like to make it in my food processor because it helps make it fluffy by incorporating more air (as opposed to making it in a blender or Green Star).

Banana Ice Cream Crumble: I made a crumble of walnuts, raisins, shredded unsweetened coconut, and a pinch of Himalayan crystal salt. I put some crumble in the bottom of two bowls. Then, I pureed frozen bananas. I put the banana ice cream in the bowls and then topped them with more crumble. Yum! The various textures were awesome – smooth raw vegan ice cream, crunchy nuts, and chewy raisins. Today I froze 3 bunches of bananas for more Raw Banana Ice Cream.

I also made a batch of my delicious soup, Kristen Suzanne’s Harvest Soup (Holiday Style with pumpkin spice added) – it’s fabulous, easy, and FULL of nutrients. Today’s batch was a tiny bit different than my original recipe. I didn’t have dates on hand so I used maple syrup. I could have used raw agave nectar, but opted for the maple syrup to support the holiday flavor theme of the soup.

Later this week I’m going to make my lasagna and hummus recipes (these recipes are always huge hits with family and friends). I’m also going to make some dishes of uber simplicity such as chopped (or spiralized) zucchini/cucumber topped with a drizzle of olive oil (or diced avocado), Himalayan crystal salt, pepper, and a squeeze of citrus. And, some huge salads are in order.

Raw Vegan Rocks!

**Update (it’s 4:39am, 9/1/09)

Well, I ended up having quite the chocolate craving tonight with nothing in the house stashed away for a rainy day. But, I didn’t wear a frown for long. I grabbed my Chocolate Recipe book and turned to the Chocolate Crunch Hazelnut Macaroons (recipe here) and in less than 15 minutes I was a smiling girl. Chocolate covered fingers and all.

Shortly after that… I was craving GREEN JUICE! So, I busted out my GreenStar (my favorite way to juice these days) and made about 10 cups of juice (I gave my husband 2 cups, I drank a quart, then we went on a 2 mile walk at 3:30 am and I’m now home updating this post while drinking the remaining quart of green juice). What was in it? So many good things. I’m calling it Army Green Juice (because the color was truly army green and gorgeous!). The recipe: 2 red bell peppers, 1/2 lemon, 1 orange peeled, 1 large cucumber, 1 medium cucumber, 1/3 bunch Italian parsley, 2 large heads of Romaine lettuce (my first time juicing Romaine, Mr. Monarch and Ms. Stokes-Monarch inspired me), 8 medium carrots, and 4 leaves of mustard greens. YUM!!! I’m full of RAW VITALITY!!!