I ate an entire pineapple for breakfast. It was a small one, but still. I don't even know what to make of it, myself. I've heard of others doing it and I've almost done it before, but today was the day I went all out. I didn't intend to, it just sorta happened.
It started when, instead of laying the pineapple on its side and cutting off the showy top then slicing it... I laid it on its side and cut off the showy top then stood it back up and took a large knife and carefully sliced all the skin off, downward.
Then I sliced all the pineapple away from the woody core, so I was left with long pineapple sticks.
I put these in a plate, took out a fork, and sat down at my computer.
I just adore pineapple, so it was wonderful, until I realized I'd eaten half of it so effortlessly. I started to remember things I'd heard about pineapples...acidic therefore bad for tooth enamel... brush your teeth or at the very least, rinse your mouth soon after eating some...some folks get a itchy or burning mouth and/or tongue from eating it...some folks' lips swell up...some folks get the runs, etc. All the fun stuff.
So I put the fork down and decided to wait a while to make sure I was OK.
After a while, probably 10 minutes, I started thinking of all the good stuff I'd heard about pineapples...bromelain...vitamin C...immune system superstar... and decided that I was fine, and finished the rest.
It's now almost midnight and I'm still fine...yay. I'm delighted to know that while I won't be making a habit of consuming entire pineapples in one sitting, that nothing bad happens if i do.
That's all!
xo
Rawkin'
Pineapple factoids
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
I Ate An Entire Pineapple
I ate an entire pineapple for breakfast. It was a small one, but still. I don't even know what to make of it, myself. I've heard of others doing it and I've almost done it before, but today was the day I went all out. I didn't intend to, it just sorta happened.
It started when, instead of laying the pineapple on its side and cutting off the showy top then slicing it... I laid it on its side and cut off the showy top then stood it back up and took a large knife and carefully sliced all the skin off, downward.
Then I sliced all the pineapple away from the woody core, so I was left with long pineapple sticks.
I put these in a plate, took out a fork, and sat down at my computer.
I just adore pineapple, so it was wonderful, until I realized I'd eaten half of it so effortlessly. I started to remember things I'd heard about pineapples...acidic therefore bad for tooth enamel... brush your teeth or at the very least, rinse your mouth soon after eating some...some folks get a itchy or burning mouth and/or tongue from eating it...some folks' lips swell up...some folks get the runs, etc. All the fun stuff.
So I put the fork down and decided to wait a while to make sure I was OK.
After a while, probably 10 minutes, I started thinking of all the good stuff I'd heard about pineapples...bromelain...vitamin C...immune system superstar... and decided that I was fine, and finished the rest.
It's now almost midnight and I'm still fine...yay. I'm delighted to know that while I won't be making a habit of consuming entire pineapples in one sitting, that nothing bad happens if i do.
That's all!
xo
Rawkin'
Pineapple factoids
It started when, instead of laying the pineapple on its side and cutting off the showy top then slicing it... I laid it on its side and cut off the showy top then stood it back up and took a large knife and carefully sliced all the skin off, downward.
Then I sliced all the pineapple away from the woody core, so I was left with long pineapple sticks.
I put these in a plate, took out a fork, and sat down at my computer.
I just adore pineapple, so it was wonderful, until I realized I'd eaten half of it so effortlessly. I started to remember things I'd heard about pineapples...acidic therefore bad for tooth enamel... brush your teeth or at the very least, rinse your mouth soon after eating some...some folks get a itchy or burning mouth and/or tongue from eating it...some folks' lips swell up...some folks get the runs, etc. All the fun stuff.
So I put the fork down and decided to wait a while to make sure I was OK.
After a while, probably 10 minutes, I started thinking of all the good stuff I'd heard about pineapples...bromelain...vitamin C...immune system superstar... and decided that I was fine, and finished the rest.
It's now almost midnight and I'm still fine...yay. I'm delighted to know that while I won't be making a habit of consuming entire pineapples in one sitting, that nothing bad happens if i do.
That's all!
xo
Rawkin'
Pineapple factoids
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Garden of Eatin'
Here's what's going on for the last 5 days as I transition back into healthier eating after a (prior) week long binge of crap after a couple months of good eating. Phew!
I'm keeping a food journal and it's extremely helpful because I lose perspective a lot during these weird bouts of letting it all go and then trying to rein it all back in. It affects my "thinking straight" because I go into a food induced fog during the time I'm indulging, then again when I detox from it. Poison gets ya twice... on the way in and on the way out.
By keeping track in a food journal, I was able to see a couple patterns emerge. For example, I have learned that bananas make me sleepy. After a week's pattern of eating bananas then having to nap, I googled the possible connection and found this. Mystery solved. Bananas are out, unless I'm trying to get to sleep.
Here are my last 5 days of transitioning back in from the dark side.
Day 1:
a.m.
2 bananas
cottage cheese (I know) with flax oil
(nap!)
noon:
1/2 litre carrot-orange juice
1:30 pm
few spoons of cottage cheese
2 pm
green smoothie, made with spinach, mixed greens, 1 banana, 2 apples, frozen blueberries,
flax oil & hemp hearts
3:30 pm
apple
5 pm
raw chocolate ganache from Organic Lives raw restaurant
6 pm
kelp noodle heaven
Notes: I haven't had cottage cheese in years and suddenly had a hankerin' as I was coming off SAD foods, so I indulged but then I noticed that the first tub of it was high in sodium, and found that cottage cheese generally is, so I adjusted that for the next shopping trip, but only slightly from 22% sodium to 18%, hardly worth eating the cottage cheese. Then I went to a 1% and it's just bland as hell, so mercifully, cottage cheese has cancelled itself out for my diet. But this is over a few days, as you'll see.
Day 2:
a.m.
4 bananas
(nap!)
later a.m.
green lemonade, made with mixed greens, romaine, kale, apple, lemon
later a.m.
2 slices pineapple
lunch, around 2
leftover kelp noodles (bare) with red cabbage chopped in, and cold cooked salmon from a couple nights before
dinner
out, at Eternal Abundance where I ate a cooked vegan cabbage roll
evening
apple
later evening
home made raw brownie
Day 3
a.m.
2 bananas
(nap, but had been up since 4 a.m.)
2 apples
noonish
large glass carrot-orange (made with 8 carrots, 4 oranges, but found I could've used maybe one more orange, for taste...but still wonderful)
1:40 pm
1/2 avocado on Ezekiel sprouted grain bread
bowl of mixed greens, yellow pepper slices, 2 celery sticks, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 avocado, 6 asparagus
and a raw brownie ;)
dinner:
steamed salmon and veggies (yam, zucchini, asparagus, acorn squash)
Note: Ate late, after 9 pm. Don't do that. It takes precious healing/restoration time that normally happens during sleep, and uses it for digestion instead.
Day 4
NOTE: this is where I strung it together and googled and found my answer.
Lunch 12:30
1% cottage cheese and flax oil
cold cooked salmon from last night
salad of mixed greens, cucumber, yellow pepper, garlic oil & vinegar
3:30 pm
snack
3 apples
water
5 pm
raw brownie
at the gig:
I did it! I just didn't order the lamb!
dinner: mixed green salad
throughout the evening: 4 soda waters with lime
when I got home
1 apple
NOTE: I lay in bed with major palpitations and realized that soda water is also full of sodium...must google connection...
Day 5
in the recording studio all day, so I packed two thermoses (thermi?) of freshly made juice
a.m.
thermos of green lemonade (ingredients as above)
later a.m.
thermos of carrot-orange juice (ingredients as above, with that extra orange!)
lunch at Organic Lives raw food restaurant...yeah...talked the whole crew into raw pizza! Got many funny looks...until their first bite...then it was lots of OMGs! :)
2 raw pizza slices
1 raw chocolate ganache
dinner
salad
later evening
apple
Then today is Day 6 and so far I've had a giant green smoothie with pulp left from carrot-orange juice, 2 apples, frozen blueberries, celery, spinach, mixed greens, flax oil. Not sweet enough (missing banana!) so i added 3 little dates. Was pretty good.
Onward!
xo
Rawkin'
I'm keeping a food journal and it's extremely helpful because I lose perspective a lot during these weird bouts of letting it all go and then trying to rein it all back in. It affects my "thinking straight" because I go into a food induced fog during the time I'm indulging, then again when I detox from it. Poison gets ya twice... on the way in and on the way out.
By keeping track in a food journal, I was able to see a couple patterns emerge. For example, I have learned that bananas make me sleepy. After a week's pattern of eating bananas then having to nap, I googled the possible connection and found this. Mystery solved. Bananas are out, unless I'm trying to get to sleep.
Here are my last 5 days of transitioning back in from the dark side.
Day 1:
a.m.
2 bananas
cottage cheese (I know) with flax oil
(nap!)
noon:
1/2 litre carrot-orange juice
1:30 pm
few spoons of cottage cheese
2 pm
green smoothie, made with spinach, mixed greens, 1 banana, 2 apples, frozen blueberries,
flax oil & hemp hearts
3:30 pm
apple
5 pm
raw chocolate ganache from Organic Lives raw restaurant
6 pm
kelp noodle heaven
Notes: I haven't had cottage cheese in years and suddenly had a hankerin' as I was coming off SAD foods, so I indulged but then I noticed that the first tub of it was high in sodium, and found that cottage cheese generally is, so I adjusted that for the next shopping trip, but only slightly from 22% sodium to 18%, hardly worth eating the cottage cheese. Then I went to a 1% and it's just bland as hell, so mercifully, cottage cheese has cancelled itself out for my diet. But this is over a few days, as you'll see.
Day 2:
a.m.
4 bananas
(nap!)
later a.m.
green lemonade, made with mixed greens, romaine, kale, apple, lemon
later a.m.
2 slices pineapple
lunch, around 2
leftover kelp noodles (bare) with red cabbage chopped in, and cold cooked salmon from a couple nights before
dinner
out, at Eternal Abundance where I ate a cooked vegan cabbage roll
evening
apple
later evening
home made raw brownie
Day 3
a.m.
2 bananas
(nap, but had been up since 4 a.m.)
2 apples
noonish
large glass carrot-orange (made with 8 carrots, 4 oranges, but found I could've used maybe one more orange, for taste...but still wonderful)
1:40 pm
1/2 avocado on Ezekiel sprouted grain bread
bowl of mixed greens, yellow pepper slices, 2 celery sticks, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 avocado, 6 asparagus
and a raw brownie ;)
dinner:
steamed salmon and veggies (yam, zucchini, asparagus, acorn squash)
Note: Ate late, after 9 pm. Don't do that. It takes precious healing/restoration time that normally happens during sleep, and uses it for digestion instead.
Day 4
- Note to self in journal: gig at the Main tonight - danger danger lamb dinner, my favorite...what to do instead??? how to avoid it???
- hot water with lemon
- Louise Hay affirmations 1 2 3 ... if you are at work ;) please note that these links have music
- took the used lemon half and cleaned some spots of my tile counter with it, and it works, just like I read it would.
- things feel like they are shifting slightly, THANK YOU
- water
- 1 orange
- 2 bananas
- (nap!) Ok bananas cause me fatigue
NOTE: this is where I strung it together and googled and found my answer.
Lunch 12:30
1% cottage cheese and flax oil
cold cooked salmon from last night
salad of mixed greens, cucumber, yellow pepper, garlic oil & vinegar
3:30 pm
snack
3 apples
water
5 pm
raw brownie
at the gig:
I did it! I just didn't order the lamb!
dinner: mixed green salad
throughout the evening: 4 soda waters with lime
when I got home
1 apple
NOTE: I lay in bed with major palpitations and realized that soda water is also full of sodium...must google connection...
Day 5
in the recording studio all day, so I packed two thermoses (thermi?) of freshly made juice
a.m.
thermos of green lemonade (ingredients as above)
later a.m.
thermos of carrot-orange juice (ingredients as above, with that extra orange!)
lunch at Organic Lives raw food restaurant...yeah...talked the whole crew into raw pizza! Got many funny looks...until their first bite...then it was lots of OMGs! :)
2 raw pizza slices
1 raw chocolate ganache
dinner
salad
later evening
apple
Then today is Day 6 and so far I've had a giant green smoothie with pulp left from carrot-orange juice, 2 apples, frozen blueberries, celery, spinach, mixed greens, flax oil. Not sweet enough (missing banana!) so i added 3 little dates. Was pretty good.
Onward!
xo
Rawkin'
Garden of Eatin'
Here's what's going on for the last 5 days as I transition back into healthier eating after a (prior) week long binge of crap after a couple months of good eating. Phew!
I'm keeping a food journal and it's extremely helpful because I lose perspective a lot during these weird bouts of letting it all go and then trying to rein it all back in. It affects my "thinking straight" because I go into a food induced fog during the time I'm indulging, then again when I detox from it. Poison gets ya twice... on the way in and on the way out.
By keeping track in a food journal, I was able to see a couple patterns emerge. For example, I have learned that bananas make me sleepy. After a week's pattern of eating bananas then having to nap, I googled the possible connection and found this. Mystery solved. Bananas are out, unless I'm trying to get to sleep.
Here are my last 5 days of transitioning back in from the dark side.
Day 1:
a.m.
2 bananas
cottage cheese (I know) with flax oil
(nap!)
noon:
1/2 litre carrot-orange juice
1:30 pm
few spoons of cottage cheese
2 pm
green smoothie, made with spinach, mixed greens, 1 banana, 2 apples, frozen blueberries,
flax oil & hemp hearts
3:30 pm
apple
5 pm
raw chocolate ganache from Organic Lives raw restaurant
6 pm
kelp noodle heaven
Notes: I haven't had cottage cheese in years and suddenly had a hankerin' as I was coming off SAD foods, so I indulged but then I noticed that the first tub of it was high in sodium, and found that cottage cheese generally is, so I adjusted that for the next shopping trip, but only slightly from 22% sodium to 18%, hardly worth eating the cottage cheese. Then I went to a 1% and it's just bland as hell, so mercifully, cottage cheese has cancelled itself out for my diet. But this is over a few days, as you'll see.
Day 2:
a.m.
4 bananas
(nap!)
later a.m.
green lemonade, made with mixed greens, romaine, kale, apple, lemon
later a.m.
2 slices pineapple
lunch, around 2
leftover kelp noodles (bare) with red cabbage chopped in, and cold cooked salmon from a couple nights before
dinner
out, at Eternal Abundance where I ate a cooked vegan cabbage roll
evening
apple
later evening
home made raw brownie
Day 3
a.m.
2 bananas
(nap, but had been up since 4 a.m.)
2 apples
noonish
large glass carrot-orange (made with 8 carrots, 4 oranges, but found I could've used maybe one more orange, for taste...but still wonderful)
1:40 pm
1/2 avocado on Ezekiel sprouted grain bread
bowl of mixed greens, yellow pepper slices, 2 celery sticks, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 avocado, 6 asparagus
and a raw brownie ;)
dinner:
steamed salmon and veggies (yam, zucchini, asparagus, acorn squash)
Note: Ate late, after 9 pm. Don't do that. It takes precious healing/restoration time that normally happens during sleep, and uses it for digestion instead.
Day 4
NOTE: this is where I strung it together and googled and found my answer.
Lunch 12:30
1% cottage cheese and flax oil
cold cooked salmon from last night
salad of mixed greens, cucumber, yellow pepper, garlic oil & vinegar
3:30 pm
snack
3 apples
water
5 pm
raw brownie
at the gig:
I did it! I just didn't order the lamb!
dinner: mixed green salad
throughout the evening: 4 soda waters with lime
when I got home
1 apple
NOTE: I lay in bed with major palpitations and realized that soda water is also full of sodium...must google connection...
Day 5
in the recording studio all day, so I packed two thermoses (thermi?) of freshly made juice
a.m.
thermos of green lemonade (ingredients as above)
later a.m.
thermos of carrot-orange juice (ingredients as above, with that extra orange!)
lunch at Organic Lives raw food restaurant...yeah...talked the whole crew into raw pizza! Got many funny looks...until their first bite...then it was lots of OMGs! :)
2 raw pizza slices
1 raw chocolate ganache
dinner
salad
later evening
apple
Then today is Day 6 and so far I've had a giant green smoothie with pulp left from carrot-orange juice, 2 apples, frozen blueberries, celery, spinach, mixed greens, flax oil. Not sweet enough (missing banana!) so i added 3 little dates. Was pretty good.
Onward!
xo
Rawkin'
I'm keeping a food journal and it's extremely helpful because I lose perspective a lot during these weird bouts of letting it all go and then trying to rein it all back in. It affects my "thinking straight" because I go into a food induced fog during the time I'm indulging, then again when I detox from it. Poison gets ya twice... on the way in and on the way out.
By keeping track in a food journal, I was able to see a couple patterns emerge. For example, I have learned that bananas make me sleepy. After a week's pattern of eating bananas then having to nap, I googled the possible connection and found this. Mystery solved. Bananas are out, unless I'm trying to get to sleep.
Here are my last 5 days of transitioning back in from the dark side.
Day 1:
a.m.
2 bananas
cottage cheese (I know) with flax oil
(nap!)
noon:
1/2 litre carrot-orange juice
1:30 pm
few spoons of cottage cheese
2 pm
green smoothie, made with spinach, mixed greens, 1 banana, 2 apples, frozen blueberries,
flax oil & hemp hearts
3:30 pm
apple
5 pm
raw chocolate ganache from Organic Lives raw restaurant
6 pm
kelp noodle heaven
Notes: I haven't had cottage cheese in years and suddenly had a hankerin' as I was coming off SAD foods, so I indulged but then I noticed that the first tub of it was high in sodium, and found that cottage cheese generally is, so I adjusted that for the next shopping trip, but only slightly from 22% sodium to 18%, hardly worth eating the cottage cheese. Then I went to a 1% and it's just bland as hell, so mercifully, cottage cheese has cancelled itself out for my diet. But this is over a few days, as you'll see.
Day 2:
a.m.
4 bananas
(nap!)
later a.m.
green lemonade, made with mixed greens, romaine, kale, apple, lemon
later a.m.
2 slices pineapple
lunch, around 2
leftover kelp noodles (bare) with red cabbage chopped in, and cold cooked salmon from a couple nights before
dinner
out, at Eternal Abundance where I ate a cooked vegan cabbage roll
evening
apple
later evening
home made raw brownie
Day 3
a.m.
2 bananas
(nap, but had been up since 4 a.m.)
2 apples
noonish
large glass carrot-orange (made with 8 carrots, 4 oranges, but found I could've used maybe one more orange, for taste...but still wonderful)
1:40 pm
1/2 avocado on Ezekiel sprouted grain bread
bowl of mixed greens, yellow pepper slices, 2 celery sticks, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 avocado, 6 asparagus
and a raw brownie ;)
dinner:
steamed salmon and veggies (yam, zucchini, asparagus, acorn squash)
Note: Ate late, after 9 pm. Don't do that. It takes precious healing/restoration time that normally happens during sleep, and uses it for digestion instead.
Day 4
- Note to self in journal: gig at the Main tonight - danger danger lamb dinner, my favorite...what to do instead??? how to avoid it???
- hot water with lemon
- Louise Hay affirmations 1 2 3 ... if you are at work ;) please note that these links have music
- took the used lemon half and cleaned some spots of my tile counter with it, and it works, just like I read it would.
- things feel like they are shifting slightly, THANK YOU
- water
- 1 orange
- 2 bananas
- (nap!) Ok bananas cause me fatigue
NOTE: this is where I strung it together and googled and found my answer.
Lunch 12:30
1% cottage cheese and flax oil
cold cooked salmon from last night
salad of mixed greens, cucumber, yellow pepper, garlic oil & vinegar
3:30 pm
snack
3 apples
water
5 pm
raw brownie
at the gig:
I did it! I just didn't order the lamb!
dinner: mixed green salad
throughout the evening: 4 soda waters with lime
when I got home
1 apple
NOTE: I lay in bed with major palpitations and realized that soda water is also full of sodium...must google connection...
Day 5
in the recording studio all day, so I packed two thermoses (thermi?) of freshly made juice
a.m.
thermos of green lemonade (ingredients as above)
later a.m.
thermos of carrot-orange juice (ingredients as above, with that extra orange!)
lunch at Organic Lives raw food restaurant...yeah...talked the whole crew into raw pizza! Got many funny looks...until their first bite...then it was lots of OMGs! :)
2 raw pizza slices
1 raw chocolate ganache
dinner
salad
later evening
apple
Then today is Day 6 and so far I've had a giant green smoothie with pulp left from carrot-orange juice, 2 apples, frozen blueberries, celery, spinach, mixed greens, flax oil. Not sweet enough (missing banana!) so i added 3 little dates. Was pretty good.
Onward!
xo
Rawkin'
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Old friend & Kelp Noodle Heaven
Ate so well today! So proud of myself, under the circumstances... a visiting friend from Calgary. Not just any friend, but my old "drinkin' buddy". MAN it was good to see him again! Mr. Bubbles! Mr. Yum!! Just a fabulous guy and both Steve and I adore him, but lost track when he moved away. (Just add Facebook, and walla!)
It was just a laugh riot hanging out with him tonight, and a couple of our other mutual pals! We went to an open mic, which is where we all met 10 years ago, and it was just like old times...without the beer. Well, at least for us. Mr. McNugget was still chuggin' 'em back! But hey! Live and let live, I say!
It was easy not to. Drinking is so far removed now, that it doesn't even hit the radar, so big YAY on that one. Back when I started this blog in June '07, I was about 3 weeks into having quit a nasty beer habit. While my state of rawness has varied, my abstinence has not, and that is most key, in my opinion. The 'fuel' is important as well, but easier to adjust, let's say.
So anyway, perfect night! We sang on stage and took photographs (his camera...hope to get a couple shots...) and made plans to visit when we pass through Calgary on tour in May.
Eating today... did really well, included juice and green smoothie, etc., and have decided to use one of my little dollar store note books as a food journal, just to keep accountable, and to see what all I'm throwin' down there. Keeps me honest. I want to get a clearer picture of my eating over time, as well. It keeps me on track, and it keeps the hypochondria down to a dull roar until it disappears altogether. I'm a strange duck with this weird-ass phobia, but it always disappears when I eat high-raw or all raw...and as "issues" go, I figure it could be worse. I could be scared of kelp, or something. Which would not have worked with tonight's dinner.
Love me a good segue...sorry about that one, though... :)
I made Kelp Noodle Heaven for dinner and it rocked! I rinsed the kelp really well, then soaked it in hot (not boiling) water for about 15 minutes. I dumped it all into the colander and rinsed it again, then soaked it again in hot water, this time adding a squeeze of lemon. I had read that this softens the noodles, but honestly, besides the lovely ritual vibe that brought me, it seemed to make no difference...and I had it soaking for a couple hours. Maybe I need a day...? Honestly, I don't mind them at all with that cool texture and weird little crunch. Anyway, just trying stuff. We loved the dish the last time, and figured if something could even improve that, well cool, but in the end, it was just as fab as last time, but I wouldn't say improved. Yum, though!!
Hope you had a fabulous day of great eatin'!!
xo
Rawkin'
It was just a laugh riot hanging out with him tonight, and a couple of our other mutual pals! We went to an open mic, which is where we all met 10 years ago, and it was just like old times...without the beer. Well, at least for us. Mr. McNugget was still chuggin' 'em back! But hey! Live and let live, I say!
It was easy not to. Drinking is so far removed now, that it doesn't even hit the radar, so big YAY on that one. Back when I started this blog in June '07, I was about 3 weeks into having quit a nasty beer habit. While my state of rawness has varied, my abstinence has not, and that is most key, in my opinion. The 'fuel' is important as well, but easier to adjust, let's say.
So anyway, perfect night! We sang on stage and took photographs (his camera...hope to get a couple shots...) and made plans to visit when we pass through Calgary on tour in May.
Eating today... did really well, included juice and green smoothie, etc., and have decided to use one of my little dollar store note books as a food journal, just to keep accountable, and to see what all I'm throwin' down there. Keeps me honest. I want to get a clearer picture of my eating over time, as well. It keeps me on track, and it keeps the hypochondria down to a dull roar until it disappears altogether. I'm a strange duck with this weird-ass phobia, but it always disappears when I eat high-raw or all raw...and as "issues" go, I figure it could be worse. I could be scared of kelp, or something. Which would not have worked with tonight's dinner.
Love me a good segue...sorry about that one, though... :)
I made Kelp Noodle Heaven for dinner and it rocked! I rinsed the kelp really well, then soaked it in hot (not boiling) water for about 15 minutes. I dumped it all into the colander and rinsed it again, then soaked it again in hot water, this time adding a squeeze of lemon. I had read that this softens the noodles, but honestly, besides the lovely ritual vibe that brought me, it seemed to make no difference...and I had it soaking for a couple hours. Maybe I need a day...? Honestly, I don't mind them at all with that cool texture and weird little crunch. Anyway, just trying stuff. We loved the dish the last time, and figured if something could even improve that, well cool, but in the end, it was just as fab as last time, but I wouldn't say improved. Yum, though!!
Hope you had a fabulous day of great eatin'!!
xo
Rawkin'
Old friend & Kelp Noodle Heaven
Ate so well today! So proud of myself, under the circumstances... a visiting friend from Calgary. Not just any friend, but my old "drinkin' buddy". MAN it was good to see him again! Mr. Bubbles! Mr. Yum!! Just a fabulous guy and both Steve and I adore him, but lost track when he moved away. (Just add Facebook, and walla!)
It was just a laugh riot hanging out with him tonight, and a couple of our other mutual pals! We went to an open mic, which is where we all met 10 years ago, and it was just like old times...without the beer. Well, at least for us. Mr. McNugget was still chuggin' 'em back! But hey! Live and let live, I say!
It was easy not to. Drinking is so far removed now, that it doesn't even hit the radar, so big YAY on that one. Back when I started this blog in June '07, I was about 3 weeks into having quit a nasty beer habit. While my state of rawness has varied, my abstinence has not, and that is most key, in my opinion. The 'fuel' is important as well, but easier to adjust, let's say.
So anyway, perfect night! We sang on stage and took photographs (his camera...hope to get a couple shots...) and made plans to visit when we pass through Calgary on tour in May.
Eating today... did really well, included juice and green smoothie, etc., and have decided to use one of my little dollar store note books as a food journal, just to keep accountable, and to see what all I'm throwin' down there. Keeps me honest. I want to get a clearer picture of my eating over time, as well. It keeps me on track, and it keeps the hypochondria down to a dull roar until it disappears altogether. I'm a strange duck with this weird-ass phobia, but it always disappears when I eat high-raw or all raw...and as "issues" go, I figure it could be worse. I could be scared of kelp, or something. Which would not have worked with tonight's dinner.
Love me a good segue...sorry about that one, though... :)
I made Kelp Noodle Heaven for dinner and it rocked! I rinsed the kelp really well, then soaked it in hot (not boiling) water for about 15 minutes. I dumped it all into the colander and rinsed it again, then soaked it again in hot water, this time adding a squeeze of lemon. I had read that this softens the noodles, but honestly, besides the lovely ritual vibe that brought me, it seemed to make no difference...and I had it soaking for a couple hours. Maybe I need a day...? Honestly, I don't mind them at all with that cool texture and weird little crunch. Anyway, just trying stuff. We loved the dish the last time, and figured if something could even improve that, well cool, but in the end, it was just as fab as last time, but I wouldn't say improved. Yum, though!!
Hope you had a fabulous day of great eatin'!!
xo
Rawkin'
It was just a laugh riot hanging out with him tonight, and a couple of our other mutual pals! We went to an open mic, which is where we all met 10 years ago, and it was just like old times...without the beer. Well, at least for us. Mr. McNugget was still chuggin' 'em back! But hey! Live and let live, I say!
It was easy not to. Drinking is so far removed now, that it doesn't even hit the radar, so big YAY on that one. Back when I started this blog in June '07, I was about 3 weeks into having quit a nasty beer habit. While my state of rawness has varied, my abstinence has not, and that is most key, in my opinion. The 'fuel' is important as well, but easier to adjust, let's say.
So anyway, perfect night! We sang on stage and took photographs (his camera...hope to get a couple shots...) and made plans to visit when we pass through Calgary on tour in May.
Eating today... did really well, included juice and green smoothie, etc., and have decided to use one of my little dollar store note books as a food journal, just to keep accountable, and to see what all I'm throwin' down there. Keeps me honest. I want to get a clearer picture of my eating over time, as well. It keeps me on track, and it keeps the hypochondria down to a dull roar until it disappears altogether. I'm a strange duck with this weird-ass phobia, but it always disappears when I eat high-raw or all raw...and as "issues" go, I figure it could be worse. I could be scared of kelp, or something. Which would not have worked with tonight's dinner.
Love me a good segue...sorry about that one, though... :)
I made Kelp Noodle Heaven for dinner and it rocked! I rinsed the kelp really well, then soaked it in hot (not boiling) water for about 15 minutes. I dumped it all into the colander and rinsed it again, then soaked it again in hot water, this time adding a squeeze of lemon. I had read that this softens the noodles, but honestly, besides the lovely ritual vibe that brought me, it seemed to make no difference...and I had it soaking for a couple hours. Maybe I need a day...? Honestly, I don't mind them at all with that cool texture and weird little crunch. Anyway, just trying stuff. We loved the dish the last time, and figured if something could even improve that, well cool, but in the end, it was just as fab as last time, but I wouldn't say improved. Yum, though!!
Hope you had a fabulous day of great eatin'!!
xo
Rawkin'
Monday, 22 March 2010
and we're back
I joined Facebook and I fell into a great big hole! OMG people from grade 2!!
I'm back now :)
Ate really well for a couple months, then I had a full-frontal attack of bangers and mash at a local pub, (here's a tip: "Never eat anything bigger than your head!") in a deep 'what the hell' moment, and I've been craving CRAP ever since. That was about 5 days ago and I've been on a friggin' binge!
Hahaha well this is not confession, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who cares, but man, I'm done. I decided today to forgive myself for being such a food Nazi that I binge. And I realized that deciding to go on a raw food journey is to sign up for a bumpy ride.
I love myself and I'm going to take care of myself again now. You too, k?
:)
xo
Rawkin'
I'm back now :)
Ate really well for a couple months, then I had a full-frontal attack of bangers and mash at a local pub, (here's a tip: "Never eat anything bigger than your head!") in a deep 'what the hell' moment, and I've been craving CRAP ever since. That was about 5 days ago and I've been on a friggin' binge!
Hahaha well this is not confession, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who cares, but man, I'm done. I decided today to forgive myself for being such a food Nazi that I binge. And I realized that deciding to go on a raw food journey is to sign up for a bumpy ride.
I love myself and I'm going to take care of myself again now. You too, k?
:)
xo
Rawkin'
and we're back
I joined Facebook and I fell into a great big hole! OMG people from grade 2!!
I'm back now :)
Ate really well for a couple months, then I had a full-frontal attack of bangers and mash at a local pub, (here's a tip: "Never eat anything bigger than your head!") in a deep 'what the hell' moment, and I've been craving CRAP ever since. That was about 5 days ago and I've been on a friggin' binge!
Hahaha well this is not confession, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who cares, but man, I'm done. I decided today to forgive myself for being such a food Nazi that I binge. And I realized that deciding to go on a raw food journey is to sign up for a bumpy ride.
I love myself and I'm going to take care of myself again now. You too, k?
:)
xo
Rawkin'
I'm back now :)
Ate really well for a couple months, then I had a full-frontal attack of bangers and mash at a local pub, (here's a tip: "Never eat anything bigger than your head!") in a deep 'what the hell' moment, and I've been craving CRAP ever since. That was about 5 days ago and I've been on a friggin' binge!
Hahaha well this is not confession, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who cares, but man, I'm done. I decided today to forgive myself for being such a food Nazi that I binge. And I realized that deciding to go on a raw food journey is to sign up for a bumpy ride.
I love myself and I'm going to take care of myself again now. You too, k?
:)
xo
Rawkin'
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