Today's Yummy Food

Breakfast: Raw cereal of chopped almonds, pecans and dates, topped with banana mylk
1 cup coffee (non-raw) with almond milk

Lunch: Sea weed chowder with marinated & dehydrated mushrooms

Snack: 1 large Raw apple-currant cookie


Dinner: 1 huge salad of mixed greens, topped with sea weed, pickled ginger and ahi

Today's Yummy Food

Breakfast: salad of spinach, carrots, yellow cherry tomatoes celery, cucumbers and avocado, drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice

3-4 sips of Wonder Girl's smoothie (spinach, ground flaxseeed, strawberries, blueberries & banana) This was WG's 1st attempt at making the smoothie herself. Simply delicious!

Snack #1: One half cantaloupe

Snack #2: coffee (non-raw)

Lunch: Raw Oaxac-Enchiladas

We spent the day in L.A., where a little market, erewhon, has lots of options for prepared Raw dishes. We picked this one up because we'd never tried this company's products. (In fact, I've never even heard of Oaxaca Raw, Living Foods by Sergio.)

The ingredients were mostly organic: coconut meat, almonds, walnuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, red & green leafs (no idea what that means), red & green cabbage, oregano, parsley, sundried red chiles, lemon juice, onions, avocado, sea salt, cinnamon, raisins, nama shoyu (which is NOT raw, BTW), sesame seeds and spices. I know. That's a looooong list of ingredients, but what are you gonna do? The tortilla was tasty on its own, and all the flavors blended well, but the meal just wasn't that memorable.

Dinner: 1/2 Raw burger with raw BBQ sauce (which I modified from a recipe in Juliano's UNcook book) and a side of heirloom tomatoes

Dessert: 1/2 apple cookie from Rawvolution and a few bites of Raw ice cream

Today's Yummy Food

Breakfast: acai bowl (Raw acai juice blended with banana and blueberries) topped with Raw granola, Raw cereal, mulberries, bananas and nectarine

1 cup coffee (non-raw)

Acai is a Brazilian berry, loaded with antioxidants, other phytonutrients, fiber and protein. You can buy it frozen and use it for smoothies or bowls. There are Raw versions and pasteurized versions available.

Lunch: Peace crumble Yes, again!

Snack: 1/2 personal watermelon

Dinner: 7-8 Raw rosemary quackers topped with Raw chili and a smear of Raw cheese

1 handful of zucchini chips

1 handful yellow cherry tomatoes

Today's Yummy Food

Breakfast: leftover peaches and cream from 118 Degrees
coffee: non-raw

Lunch: Topaz Pizza, by Jenny's Live, with a side salad of mixed greens


Snack #1: a bit of a smoothie of strawberries, blueberries, bananas, kale & coconut butter
This had become rather gelatinous after a couple of hours in the fridge, so I dumped most of it.

Snack #2: coconut milk blended with a bit of raw cacao
I try to limit the cacao. It seems to be a mood elevator of sorts, but also to play with my energy levels a bit.

Dinner: 1 large mango, 1/2 large heirloom tomato & 2 raw taquitos
Today felt like a lot of food, but looking back, I guess it wasn't.

Today's Yummy Food

Breakfast: peace crumble

Snack: handful of mulberries

Lunch: Raw Thai Spring Rolls from Jenny's Raw and Organic
The wraps on these rolls was tender and slightly sweet. They were stuffed with a variety of vegetables and served with a thick, tasty sauce. Lovely Boyfriend thought the whole thing needed more flavor. I, on the other hand, enjoyed the meal and secretly regretted saving him a roll. I kid. I kid.

Snack: Coconut milk (Too good to be true!)

Dinner: nori rolls of carrots, cucumbers and avocado

Raw Taquitos

On Saturday our plans to visit a Raw restaurant in L.A. were set aside for pressing family matters, so on Sunday we made a late night run to Mother's Market to scoop up some prepared raw foods. We decided the Raw Taquitos, from a company called Foodology would make a satisfying dinner. They proved to be more than satisfying.

The tacos shells were a bit chewier than the cooked version of the same, but in a pleasant way. The filling tasted like something greater than the sum of its ingredients and had a meaty-mouth feel without trying to pose as meat. The mango salsa served as a wonderful counterpoint to the spiciness of the dish.

I couldn't find a website for this company, but if you can find these products in your local health food or specialty store, I highly recommend you give them a try.