Day 7

B: Chia cereal
Threw my worries about fat intake out the window and added the coconut again.  Gojis, raisins, pumpkin seeds and cinnamon too.  This may just be my favorite variation.  Might add banana next time.

L: Gingerbread latte (Starbucks)
There's my 25% for the day :)  At least it was decaf.

D: Kelp Noodles with pesto
So my Sea Tangle order came in today and I couldn't WAIT to try them but how?  Surprisingly, none of the cookbooks I'd purchased had any kelp noodle recipes.  I really just wanted something where the noodles were the star with some sauce or dressing to help them along and here's what I found: http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2009/03/recipes-review-raw-kelp-noodles/

I went with the basil pesto option and some halved cherry tomatoes.  Next time I'll cut back on the garlic (a little overpowering, though I only used 2 cloves - they were large cloves) and add a bit of salt.  T loved it.  By far our favorite recipe so far.  I softened the noodles a little by soaking in a water and lemon juice bath while I whipped up the pesto.  Yum, yum, yum!!!

Next time I'm going to try this one:
http://vt-fiddle.com/blog/?p=107

Oh... and after no insulin all day, my blood sugars were only at 176 when I went to bed. :)

Day 6

B: Chia cereal
This time raisins, gojis, pumpkin seeds, and cinnamon.  Didn't use coconut because I was worried a little about my fat intake.

S: Clementines

L: Taco salad
I took the leftovers from last night's wet burrito, piled them on a bed of spinach and had a wonderfully tasty taco salad.

S: Focaccia bread
Here's where I fell off the wagon.  It was a long day and by the time I picked the kiddo up from school, I was starving.  She had missed snack time at her after school care and asked if we could go to the store and grab an apple for snack.  I needed to pick up some other groceries anyway so we went to the store.  I know better than to go to the store when hungry but I did it anyway.  We left with an apple for her and a bag of focaccia bread, 1/4 of which I scarfed on the way home.

D: Tacos
Used cabbage leaves and leftovers from last nights wet burrito (yes, there were still more even after my lunch) to create "tacos".  I also whipped up a batch of guacamole that I added to the mix because I had some avocados in danger of going soft.  Tasty.

Day 5

B: Almond-buttered Banana Freeze (w/o the freeze) (Ani Phyo)

I was looking for something sweet & creamy this morning so I went for this blended drink.  Basically almond butter, banana, agave, and cinnamon.  It calls for water too but I used almond milk (why use water when you can use something w/ flavor).  It also calls for ice but I find blended frozen drinks difficult to drink while driving plus it was a cold morning so I omitted the ice.  YUM-O!

L: Leftover corn chowder w/ eggplant bacon

D: Wet Burrito (Ani Phyo)

This was the first time I'd be cooking a raw meal for Sydney so I went for something I thought she might enjoy. Fail on that aspect.  I, however, thought it was delicious.  You mix up a batch of "taco meat" by processing walnuts and some other spices and seasonings and oil.  Mix up a batch of "cheeze" by processing nuts, lemon juice, oil and water. Chop up some tomatoes, onions, jalapenos & cilantro, add some lime juice & salt to make a pico de gallo.  Then blend similar ingredients to the above to create an "enchilada sauce".  Pile bits of it all into a cabbage leave for your "tortilla" and consume.  (I tossed slice avocado in there too because I had it.)  Loved it!!!  I'll definitely be doing this one again.

Snack: Kreamy Fruit Smoothie (Ani Phyo)

Again I was craving something sweet and creamy after dinner so I whipped up a smoothie made of hazelnuts, pineapple, banana and almond milk.  Mmmmm.

Day 4

B: Simple green smoothie 

Just spinach and pineapple... and a dash of cinnamon. Meant to throw in a banana and got sidetracked. Add mint to the whole concoction and you have my favorite smoothie.  The pineapple looked like it might start to go iffy so decided to go with the smoothie today instead of yesterday's fabulous chia cereal.  Wasn't thrilled with this smoothie so will come up with a different one to use up the rest of the pineapple tomorrow.

L: Corn chowder w/ Eggplant Bacon (Ani Phyo)


The chowder was a bit watery... probably because I used frozen corn.  I also didn't make the jalapeno kream to "dollop" on top like the recipe called for.  I actually really enjoyed the eggplant bacon.  Doesn't really taste like bacon but was still a nice salty flavor of its own.  I had to dehydrate overnight... much longer than the 1-2 hrs the recipe called for.  Worth doing some more though, I think.

D: Leftover spinach quiche


Not sure how much longer that's going to last.  Still a little over 1/3 of the quiche left and not sure it's gonna get eaten.

S: Chia cereal


I needed a little something more after the quiche and was craving sweet so I went for another bowl of the chia cereal.  Hit the spot.

Day 3

B: Chia Cereal (Ani Phyo)

Okay, this was super yum! I had planned to whip up a smoothie for b'fast tomorrow but may have to go with this again. I used chia seeds, almond milk, raisins, pumpkin seeds, dried apples and coconut. Might try currants tomorrow... and of course, a dash of cinnamon. :)

L: Last leftover Inside Out Burger

Snack: 3 clementine oranges

D: Burger and fries at Wendy's
Okay... got caught in a traffic jam after work on my way to an after work mtg. Blood sugar started crashing when I wasn't even halfway to my destination. Traffic stopped in front of a Wendy's for ten minutes and it was decision time... possibly get in an accident because I stuck to my diet or pop in for a bite and deal with my first major failure on the raw food diet. Safety won over and since I was going in, I went in big.

Note to self: Put raw snacks in the car.

Day 2

B: Slept through it

L: Leftover Inside Out Burger from last night

D: Spinach quiche w/ Zucchini bread batter crust

This last was good... again, T was a superhero and ate it without complaint. The crust is blended zucchini, almond meal, flax meal, olive oil and salt.  Press it into a pie plate and dehydrate for several hours.  The filling is marinated onions, garlic, sunflower seeds, lemon juice and spinach. Place the whole thing in the dehydrator for a couple hours and serve warm.

I think the garlic and onion was a little too strong. Need to play with it a bit. Definitely cut back on onion & garlic. Not sure yet what else to do with it but I'll work on it.

Day 1

Since this is for my own edification, I'm going to keep track of meals and eventually glucose levels, insulin and other meds as well as weight, body mx etc. I found an Android app to take care of most of that part above.

Here are the meals for 1/1:

B: Apple Porridge (Ani Phyo)

LOVED THIS! Great first meal on the diet. Basically processed nuts (I used hazelnuts), apples, flax meal, dates, agave, and goji berries.  I added some almond milk after the processing to give it that oatmeal/cereal feel.  Next time I think I'll add some cinnamon. Maybe some dried coconut too. I'll play with it and see what comes out. I was in such a hurry to get started I misread the instructions and blended the gojis and dates (didn't have any dried figs) in instead of just adding on top.

L: Kimchi (Sun Luck)

I punted on this one and ate kimchi from a jar I picked up at the store.

D: Inside Out Burger (Ani Phyo)

Basically a blend of beets, carrots, almond meal and flax meal... and a couple other ingredients I can't remember.  Didn't do this according to the instructions because I didn't read the recipe closely enough at the end (twice in one day!). Ended up using the patties as large burger patties and adding romaine and tomatoes. It was okay. Todd didn't gag on it :) Used mostly beets. Think I'll do mostly carrots next time... maybe 1 or 2 beets and the rest carrots?