It's been a while...

I know it's been a while since I've posted. My juicer broke and I've been trying to get the warranty to replace the piece. I've also just been having a lot of salads, but will be trying some dishes soon. I will keep you posted.

Seven Common Mistakes that Occur on Raw Foods

I read this article and found it extremely interesting...

1 – Many raw fooders do not eat enough greens.
Solution: regularly consume energy soup or green smoothie to guarantee the proper amount of greens.

2 – Many raw fooders do not consume enough fiber, soluble and insoluble.
Solution: Drink more smoothies or energy soups instead of juices.

3 – People on raw food often consume too many fats. When they try to imitate cooked dishes, they substitute starches with nuts. For example, when making raw cakes, they mimic a wheat crust with a nut mixture.
Solution: use nut pulp left over from making nut milks, use more seeds and less nuts, and use more fruit and vegetable pulp from juices in your mixtures, to minimize the consumption of nuts.

4 – Raw fooders commonly try to become too perfect too fast. They don’t give their bodies a chance to adjust to such a radical dietary change.
Solution: gradually adjust and purify your own individual diet to help you ease into the healthiest diet for you.

5 – When people change their diets, they usually decide the other components that make up health are no longer important, such as: sun bathing, exercising, proper rest, fresh air, etc.
Solution: practice a well-rounded healthy life style.

6 – People on the raw food diet often over-indulge in some particular foods and neglect the variety of other fruits and vegetables. For example, orange juice is very healthy, but in extremely large quantities, it can be damaging to teeth and sugar levels. Large amounts of sprouts, berries, and anything else will inevitably create disharmonies.
Solution: eat foods in reasonable quantities.

7 – The biggest mistake that many make is that they listen to the raw food authorities and don’t trust the invaluable messages their own bodies communicate.
Solution: keep a diary of your daily food consumption and how it affects your well-being.

RAW Mexican Tacos

We had a good friend over last night and made this recipe. She couldn't stop eating it, she said it was delicious! I must say so myself it was pretty awesome. I will make it again next week when the family comes over. *Remember to soak the almonds and cashews at least an hour before preparing recipe.

(makes 5-6 servings)


Taco Meat
1 cup almonds
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
1/8 teaspoon sea salt

Cilantro Cashew Cheese
1 1/2 teaspoon garlic1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup cashews
2 Tablespoons lemon juice, fresh, from about 1 lemon
1/4 cup packed cilantro leaves
1/4 cup water, as needed

Raw Mexican Salsa
1/2 cup tomatoes, diced
1/2 cup corn kernels, cut off cob
2 Tablespoons cilantro, chopped
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon chopped green chilies, to taste
1/8 teaspoon sea salt

Tacos & Topping

15 butter lettuce leaves
2 avocados, pitted and sliced

Taco Meat - process almonds into small pieces. Add oil, cumin, coriander, and salt, and process to mix well. Set aside.

Cheese -  process garlic and salt into small pieces. Add cashews, juice, cilantro, and only enough water to process into a thick cream texture. Set aside.

Mexican salsa - mix ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.

Ready to put together:
fill butter lettuce leaves with about 2 tablespoons cheeze. Sprinkle on 1 to 2 tablespoons taco meat and salsa. Top with avocado slices and serve.

Still on it.....

Hello Again -

I've been excited to use my new dehydrator I just haven't had the time to go shopping for all the yummy ingredients to make breads, crackers, wraps, dried fruit treats and much, much more. A dehydrator gives a raw foodie so much more versatility in their "cooking" repertoire. A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to go to The Bliss Cafe on Greenville and had an awesome dish of kale enchiladas. I was so impressed with the wrap and sauce used I really want to play around and create some of my own fabulous dishes. I hope to this weekend. I have guests coming over so I'm going to try out some new dishes on them. I will let you know how it turns out. 'Til then eating raw for health.... Mary

Update - Mary

Hi All -

Sorry for the delay in posts. I have been acclimating myself to this lifestyle change. It really is a lifestyle change for me. I haven't eaten meat,dairy,noodles,rice or unsprouted bread since the first of March. That is not to say I haven't had fish. I have almost made salad sushi a daily staple. It provides the density I am feeling the need for of late. I also have cooked some of my vegetables to create soups. I have a fruit smoothie or green juice once or twice a day. I am really focusing on making sure I am getting the nutrients but satisfying my taste buds at the same time. Overall I feel much better than I did before I started and I am consistently losing weight. Not the major concern of mine right now - my health has been my driving force behind this. I am looking forward to getting my dehydrator on Tuesday. I can't wait to try some of those wonderful recipes on rawmazing.com. I will try to be more faithful on the postings - talk to you soon. Mary P.S. Thanks for the support Sandra. :)

Mary is doing awesome!

I know Mary hasn't mentioned anything about her latest progress, but I gotta tell you... she's lost 10lbs! yeah, you heard that right... 10lbs in less than 2 weeks!! She's been doing incredible and she's been doing a lot of raw food eating, experiencing with different recipes. She bought raw bread at Whole Foods and has been making avocado sandwiches. Way to go Mary, keep going!

Signs of Spring

I'm so glad the weather is getting nicer, I love opening the back door and feeling the nice spring breeze.

I love eating fruit and I can live on it all the time, papaya is one of my favorites! So I'm happy to be making this juice again:

1 grapefruit
2 oranges
1 lemon
1 small piece of ginger

I usually don't take the skin off the lemon but for this juice I do. You can use a knife and it's a lot faster, you cut the ends off first then you turn the lemon straight up and take off the sides, you can do this for all of the fruits. It's really easy. This juice is wonderful to dissolve cellulite and to move candida and it tastes quite good.