Catching up... again

Like I mentioned in my last post, I had company here last week. We ate raw most of the time, with just 3 meals out of the whole 6 days having cooked foods. Then there was yesterday. The departure day. We both ate things we shouldn't - her while on the road, me here at home. We agreed (via text messaging) that the yucky way we were feeling last night wasn't worth convincing ourselves it was "comfort food" because we were crying, and we're going to be good again starting today.

Some of the things we tried last week:

Raw (bean-less) Falafel with Cucumber Dill Dressing (Yum! We wrapped it in lettuce leaves with slices of tomato)
Chocolate-Orange Tavoletta (good, if you like DARK chocolate. I skipped the marbling on top.)
Oatmeal-Nut Butter Balls (can't find it online, but it was basically oats, almond butter, chopped almonds & pecans, sesame seeds, raisins, sunflowers seeds and honey mixed together and rolled into balls, then rolled in unsweetened shredded coconut) It's suggested to use peanut butter instead of almond butter, because it has more flavor, but her middle son is allergic to peanuts, so we opted for almond butter instead.

No plans yet for this week. Every evening there's something going on, so I don't know what we'll be doing for dinners yet.

Catching up...

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. There hasn't been anything super exciting to post about. The corn cakes were the last new thing I'd made in a while. Went to a potluck over the weekend and broke down and had a little square of a casserole - there just wasn't enough to eat in the raw stuff. Oh well. I'm still 95% raw or more, hehehe.

My best friend and her family came to visit - they got here last night from Utah, and will be here through Saturday. She's eating raw with me this week! We went to Curves together today, too. She's not a member, but she's coming with me as a guest, sort of.

For dinner we had RAWfredo on zucchini noodles. Only today, instead of having to use my mandolin and making julienned strips, I got to use the practically new Spirooli that an online friend sent to me! It was sitting unused in her kitchen and she wanted it to be put to use, so she got my address. Yay! Wow, the difference in the noodles was amazing. They were a lot better texture, and it was really easy to use, too.

Mmmm... Corn Cakes!

For dinner tonight, I made Corn Cakes. I had them in the dehydrator by 10 a.m. and oh, it was almost torture smelling them all day long! I had to fiddle with my dehydrator on and off all day because it said to set the thermostat for 105° and my dehydrator doesn't have a thermostat! It's set to 135° all the time. So I propped the lid open a bit to keep the temperature lower, with the probe of a meat thermometer tucked in next to the cakes. Every now and then it would get too hot anyway, so I'd close the lid and turn it off for a few minutes to let it cool back down. They were so good when it was finally time to eat! I sliced Roma tomatoes and layered each slice with a corn cake, and topped with a very simple Cashew Mayonnaise.

On the Corn Cakes, I don't like jalapeño all that much, unless it's cooked with something, so instead of that, I used about the same volume of Pasilla chili instead. And on the Cashew Mayonnaise, I didn't want to cut open a whole onion for just a couple tablespoons, so I used green onion instead. Yum! I will definitely be making these again!

"Noodles" in Creamy Spinach Sauce

During the day I'm not really trying anything adventurous, just green smoothies for breakfast and usually fruit and/or raw veggies for lunch or a light snack if I need it (which I don't always - need a snack, that is.)

For dinner I made "Noodles" in Creamy Spinach Sauce. I still don't have a spiral slicer, so I used my mandolin and julienned the zucchini and yellow squash into strips again. I have to admit, the sauce was ok, but it didn't hold a candle to the RAWfredo I made and posted about a while back.

I made almond milk last night. That was interesting. I had no idea how the almond solids would strain in the cheesecloth, and I'm thinking I want to get a nut mylk bag before I try it again. Now I have to get busy and get my raw granola made up!

Weigh-in time

Loss/Gain this week: -4.2 lbs
Total loss on raw: 16 lbs

I also had my weigh & measure at Curves this morning. The lady who does it said "HOLY TOLEDO!" when I stepped on the scale and she saw 16 lbs gone this month. ;D

Bust: -1.75"
Waist: -1.75"
Abdomen: -0.5"
Hips: -2.0"
Thighs: -1.0"
Arm: n/c

Body Fat %: -0.3% I'm disappointed that it isn't more, but it's only been two weeks since I started eating raw. And who knows if my percentage had gone up since my last measure date - I had two weeks of still eating a Standard American Diet (SAD) between my last measure and my lifestyle change.

RAWcaroni and "cheese"

Today we had RAWcaroni and "cheese". I made a "cheddar" sauce and for myself, served it over raw zucchini and yellow squash cut into small, macaroni sized pieces. Yum! For Charlie and the kids, I included some whole-grain veggie pasta with the sauce and zucchini/squash combo. It was rotini pasta that had tomato and spinach in the red and green noodles. Charlie said the sauce was really good on the noodles, and both kids ate plenty of it without complaining, so they must have liked it too.

Tomorrow is official weigh-in day, the end of the second week. I think it'll be a good day. :-D

Potluck lunches

Potluck lunches are always interesting. There was one after church today, and I was hoping there'd be enough raw things that I could eat and not feel starved afterward. I brought the raw broccoli salad I posted last week in my blog. With that, and the tossed salad (no dressing for me), watermelon, sliced cucumbers and a veggie tray, I did alright. It was enough to keep me away from the dessert table, at any rate.