"Mad! I'm going to take your picture! Okay, smile!"
"Wait the flash was on, let me try again...Don't make a face at me, smile!"
"That's better."Heh. She's been so busy at work lately that this is pretty much the most I've seen her in the past couple days.
Two months raw! It's definitely getting easier, and I'm definitely getting better at putting together meals. Preparing food has become kind of a mediation for me, which is good, because I do spend a ton of time in the kitchen. Right before going raw, I was talking to a co-worker at my weekend job about how great raw was going to be, and a customer who overheard me chimed in. He said that he had been raw for a while, but he hated having to think about what he was going to eat days in advance. I politely nodded and we went on to talk about the best places to get raw food in the city, but inside I was thinking, How long could it possibly take to make a salad?
How naive I was. We do eat plenty of salads, but I do my fair share of soaking, sprouting, slicing, processing, dehydrating... I spend a good couple hours in the kitchen everyday, and it's important to me to keep things interesting. It would be too difficult for me to stay committed to being raw if I wasn't willing to put in that time.
That being said, though, tonight's dinner was pretty quick. I made a variation of Kristen's Candy Kale Salad with kale (massaged with lemon juice, olive oil and sea salt), chopped dates, raisins (both soaked to plump), brazil nuts and strawberry slices. It was so incredibly good. The strawberry was a particularly inspired addition, if I say so myself, although that's makes it a poorly combined meal for those who follow those rules. I'm lax about them, but I can't help but note when my foods are "mis-combined".
I've lost weight this month, too, about 5 lbs. I can't say that's entirely because of going raw, though, but more of a lifestyle change. I've been watching calories, limiting nuts and oils and getting out to hike a couple times a week. I'm just a lot more conscious about the way I take care of myself, and I'm a lot more balanced for it.
-Eloise
2 comments:
Candy Kale with strawberry salad... It does sound pretty inspired. I've been planning to try it since I read it on Kristen's Blog... I think I'm going to have to add your addition. And maybe toss in some blueberries, too. :)
Hi Jeremy!
Who knew that a little lemon, olive oil and salt could make kale so incredibly tasty? The strawberries made a nice bridge between the tart lemon and the super sweet raisins and dates. I bet blueberries would be amazing, too!
-Eloise
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