RAW

That dessert was delicious! Of course, first things first, breakfast then the rest of the day...

I managed to eat well all day today. I'll admit, I am eating some bread, but it's Whole Rye bread that is gluten free and dense as a brick. For breakfast I had a fruit, water, and protein shake smoothie, which lasted me until about 11am. I then had some almonds and water until lunch. A squirt or two of honey also helped.


I brought a duplicate salad to what I had yesterday and with some bread and honey, I felt satiated.  For snack, I had a very un-ripe pear (still delicious) and another squirt or two of honey.

I was lucky enough to have quite a few pieces of sashimi for dinner -- yay to the perks of working late!

On the way home, I got a few more raw essentials from Stop and Shop to play around with. Some dates are now soaking in water so I have something to play around with tomorrow night. I think I'll use the food processor and make a paste out of them. Why does this sound so excitingly appetizing to me? Probably because there's not much truly raw "paste" that's available for purchase.

The lentils have sprouted while I was at work and after rinsing them, I moved them to an airtight container in the fridge.

Back to the dessert now... I had heard Tahini was raw and found some while shopping tonight. Curious, I opened it up and licked the lid. Tasted kind of like a bitter version of peanut butter -- something you would use for flavoring more than substance. Looking at my assortment of other raw foods, I noticed a banana that needed to be eaten quite soon. So, I mashed the banana with a pour of Tahini, added a small dump of cocoa (think chocolate without the sugar - again, bitter), and a dose of honey. Mixed this all together and dipped my brick bread in it. Delicious! I will definitely do this again! Quick and easy, healthy and cheap.

It's finding recipes like this that make all this experimentation worthwhile: improving the quality of health through expanding my nutrition knowledge and variety of beneficial foods.