My Experience with a Three-Day Raw Detox
On Thursday morning, I decided that, with a long weekend coming up, it was a good opportunity for me to do a three-day raw detox. My husband was starting a full-fledged juice-fast at the same time, so I’d just have to make something for the kids to eat while coming up with delicious raw-detox meals for me. My motivation came from a) the presence in our house of Natalia Rose’s The Raw Food Detox Diet, which I’d been reading with great enthusiasm the past week or so, b) a desire to get off the weight-loss plateau I’d found myself on the past month, and c) an interest in...
Read MoreBook Recommendation: The Raw Food Detox Diet
I’ve been interested in the whole idea of eating Raw for several years now, since a few friends of mine did a Raw 90 day challenge in the summer of 2008. I did a 7 day Raw Detox the following year (it went well – I lost close to 10 pounds, was seldom hungry, and felt great – except that for a few days I really despised salads for supper 😉 And the fruit smoothies that had been my breakfast for many years morphed easily into Green Smoothies. So, what kept me from making the switch to 100% raw? I guess laziness is as appropriate an excuse as any. I have a husband who was not...
Read MoreWatermelon Smoothies – Delicious and SO Refreshing!
If you’ve been to this site before, you probably already know that I’m a big fan of Green Smoothies – I’ve been having them for breakfast pretty much every day for the past several years. For a long time, I pretty much settled on one recipe that I had all the time. But the past several months I’ve been playing with variations. This morning I found myself looking at a watermelon that we bought about a week ago. Hmm – what might a smoothie taste like that started with watermelon? I tried it out, and the answer is – AMAZING! I love the flavor of...
Read MoreVitamix – a Kitchen Tool You’ll Use Daily
If you’re like me, you’ve probably got an assortment of very cool, almost completely unused kitchen tools and appliances. There are SO MANY available, and all seem like such a good idea at the time! The ice-cream maker. The waffle iron. The indoor grill. The fondue pot. The sandwich machine. The pizza stones. The slow-cooker. The pressure cooker. The food processor. The dehydrator. The juicer… OK – I actually DO use some of these pretty often – I’m a big fan of the pressure cooker (at least once or twice a week in the winter; less often in summer). And we...
Read MoreNeed a Chocolate Fix? Try Cranberry-Almond Turtles
If you’ve been coming to this site a while, you’ve probably already guessed that chocolate is my thing. When I crave something, it’s almost invariably dark chocolate. With nuts. So, when I came across this recipe in Australian Women’s Health magazine, I HAD to give it a try! What can I say – it’s a keeper. It makes it a lot easier for me to eat healthily at breakfast and lunch if I know that I’ve got something like this waiting for me after supper. And don’t forget the health benefits of dark chocolate. It’s loaded with flavonoids –...
Read More5 Ways to Transition to a Raw Diet
“It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet” anthropologist Margaret Mead Switching from a cooked-food diet to a raw-food diet can be challenging – it requires a great deal of commitment and planning, as well as a willingness to educate oneself. Luckily, it has been done, many times over, and so it is possible to save a lot of time and effort by taking advantage of the learnings of those who have gone before you. There are many approaches that may be taken. 1) You may be so driven to make the change that you are prepared to make it ‘cold...
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