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Today's Affirmation.

---written saturday (yesterday)-- As I was riding my bike today, words came to my mind and out as a song. "Drink Water by the River. Eat Fruit by It's Tree. Nothing is Greater than the Spirit in Me." At the time, I was stopping in the park alongside the river to sit on my favorite r… Continue

Added by idarastar on August 3, 2008 at 5:00pm — 4 Comments

Current Daily Routine

I've been starting my day with this:

It's usually a mix of kale, spinach, arugula, chard, celery, apple, spirulina, agave and kiwi or peach. It's a great way to get my greens in the morning. Then my lunch has been this:

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Added by idarastar on July 18, 2008 at 8:25am — 5 Comments

THE BEST SALAD EVER!

I am currently eating lunch. My salad is kale, arugula, chard, spinach and cilantro for the green part. It also includes celery, red onion, daikon, radish sprouts, carrots, tomatoes, garlic and dulse flakes. I think the cilantro is what makes this salad so awesome! I did spray a little liquid aminos on the salad. Eventually, I hope to use no aminos and hope to tolerate the flavor of the vegetables without it. Kale is just so bitter and my taste buds need to adjust. I'm thinking I could soak n… Continue

Added by idarastar on July 14, 2008 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

Where have I been?

It's been forever since I've updated this. I've been so busy living! I'm not going strict on my raw foods diet, but I'm doing it mostly. I'm done with the fancy recipes. All I want to eat is fruit. Mangoes and me are good friends. :) Mangoes, peaches, strawberries, plums, apricots, kiwis, apples, blueberries....mmmm.. I like to cut them all up and squirt a little agave and some water on them. The juice at the end is the best part! What have I been doing? I went to Wakarusa Camping and Music fest… Continue

Added by idarastar on June 17, 2008 at 2:46pm — 1 Comment

Christmas in July!

Well, it's not even June yet. I'm getting ahead of myself!

That is the name I gave my favorite smoothie!

1 mango
4 large strawberries
1 peach
1 handful of mint
ice

Mmmm...the mint of christmastime. The fruits of summer.


In other news, I have ALOT of bell pepper baby plants. I'm trying to give them away, but no one wants them I guess.
I also have a roma tomato plant and mint planted. All I've been doing since school got out is riding my… Continue

Added by idarastar on May 26, 2008 at 1:15pm — 1 Comment

Travelling raw (day 21=beginning of week 4!)

The most exciting thing I will have to say that has happened so far is that my husband enjoyed a 100% vegan meal and felt good about it! He has said before that he wouldn't quit eating meat because he's afraid of feeling hungry or not getting enough protein. For dinner, he had brown rice, veggies and tofu. He's had tofu before. He fried it with eggs and turkey slices. He's a healthy eater, he just enjoys meat as well. Actually, he hates brown rice, but he has ate it twice today. He's a white-ric… Continue

Added by idarastar on May 12, 2008 at 12:18am — No Comments

11th day ALIVE! (and nutrition/health information)

I was thinking the other day that my fruit -to-vegetable balance is a little off. Well, not even. I don't really know what an "appropriate" fruit-to-vegetable combination. I guess whatever works for me is what is appropriate. I have been only eating 1-2 apples a day and some berries almost every day. So, I decided to reintroduced dried fruits into my diet. I haven't had it for awhile. Well, dried apricots especially. I had some currants and about 7 dried apricots. Wow, did I notice the effects o… Continue

Added by idarastar on May 2, 2008 at 1:12am — No Comments

Raw into Week Two. (day eight)

Today is the beginning of my 8th day of eating 95-100% raw.

Yesterday, I finally made my red lentil soup. It was really good! I made it with 5 sun-dried tomato halves soaked, 1/2 fresh tomato, 1/4 carrot, 1 celery stalk, 1/2 red bell pepper, 1 clove garlic, 1/8 onion. I blended that first then I added my sprouted red lentils (it was about 1 cup). I used the juice of about 1/4 lemon and lots of spices for flavor (frontier brands is what my co-op has in bulk. taco seasoning, cumin, papri

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Added by idarastar on April 28, 2008 at 12:29pm — No Comments

One week and a day.

This is my first raw weekend.

I finally got to make my hummus! It tastes awesome. I've read some raw food recipes and many people say they don't like the taste of raw chickpeas and they normal replace them with something else. Why on earth would you? I didn't even know hummus was cooked anyways? It seems to me, this is the way it was supposed to be. Sprouted, living chickpeas are great.
I think I used about 1 1/2-2 cups of sprouted chickpeas, 2 Tbsp of raw tahini, 1/2 a lemon's j… Continue

Added by idarastar on April 27, 2008 at 2:51pm — No Comments

Feeling Alive (day six).

I'm on my sixth day of eating living foods. I made the BEST smoothie in the world this morning. Adding grass to my smoothie was the greatest thought, ever! :) I was skeptical about combining fruits with veggies at first. I used 1 apple, some raspberries (maybe 7 or 8), 1/2 mango, 1 handful spinach, 2 medium lacinato kale leaves. Also, I added 1 Tbsp. Pines Greens (tm) and some pieces of crystallized ginger and mixed it with my almond/pumpkin seed milk. I know the Pines Green po

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Added by idarastar on April 25, 2008 at 4:34pm — No Comments

Living plants. Day 5.

Today is the start of my 5th day raw. I haven't been doing 100% raw, it's been more like 95%. Yesterday, I ate some sauerkraut that was heated at around 175 degrees while processed. I could have done without it, but I bought this jar before I decided to go raw and there is no sense of wasting food. Also, I realized the nori rolls I bought have been toasted but I don't know to what degree. The package says "low temperature" so I guess it's not TOO bad, still not raw though. One other thing I have… Continue

Added by idarastar on April 24, 2008 at 8:38am — No Comments

Day four.

Is it really day four? Wow!

I'm making food I've never thought of making until I've turned raw. I made nori rolls! I'm so excited to eat these. They will fill me up, I'm sure, because I will have my protein/fat at lunch. I will not have to make any mad dashes back home. :-)

As a cooked-vegan, I've has sushi before. I've even made miso soup. I have a feeling these will be the best sea vegetable roll up I've ever had! One, because I made it. Two, because it's alive!

For… Continue

Added by idarastar on April 23, 2008 at 8:57am — No Comments

Day Three - evening edition. :-)

Now, I'm on day 3. The past couple days, I've been eating a nut pate with lunch and dinner. Today, I decided to be adventurous and try a raw spaghetti sauce recipe with a salad. Big mistake! My body NEEDED that protein and fat for lunch. By time 4 PM rolled around, I was SO anxious to hop on my bike and race home to some almonds.

I wanted some kind of peanut butter and celery so I opted for the next best thing. Well, I MADE it an option. I never had it before, so I just mixed somethin… Continue

Added by idarastar on April 22, 2008 at 8:47pm — No Comments

Ayurvedic Foods for a Kapha Constitution.

Before making the decision to become raw, I had adopted the following list of foods. Now that I have been eating these foods for long, I'm a little leary when it comes to eating from the lists that are said to be avoided. I do occasionally eat mangoes, kiwi and strawberries, I just combine them with bitter or astringent fruits. I really don't care for avocado either, but I made taste a little when I make guacomole for my husband (he loves the stuff!).
As far as vegetables go, I gave up on cu… Continue

Added by idarastar on April 22, 2008 at 10:07am — 1 Comment

Third day raw.

I'm excited about all the wonderful foods I can create. Although I do not have one of those fancy spaghetti spiralers, I still am interested in some kind of raw spaghetti.

I made a spaghetti sauce from blended sun-dried tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, red onion, green bell pepper, mushrooms, garlic with some spices (I think it was fennel, cilantro, paprika and cayenne). I like my food spicy.

According to Ayurveda, spices are good for digestion and sinuses. For some reason, my nose a… Continue

Added by idarastar on April 22, 2008 at 9:24am — 1 Comment

First Raw Days.

I've been a cooked vegan for sometime now (not sure how long), but I've been vegetarian on and off throughout my life beginning at age 8.

Over the last 3 years, I've been learning alot about what my body needs in terms of food, exercise, sleep, relaxation. I feel that I have found a good balance. The trick is staying on that plan.

I made my first batch of almond milk, sprouted quinoa and sprouted red lentils to prepare for living a higher percentage raw foods lifestyle.
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Added by idarastar on April 22, 2008 at 1:29am — No Comments

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