HMmmm Raw Caesar Salad

My son chomping down my rawesome Caesar Salad with some morning star veggie chick'n
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My stash of young coconuts!

I went to my neighborhood produce store and young coconuts were on sale for $1.39!!! I was so happy!!! I got ten of those babies and took home with me... If you live in the Schaumburg IL area, make sure to go to valley produce and buy some for yourself! Now cannot wait to drink them dry and then use the meat to make some cool concoctions.... With the Brazilian festival close by (festa Junina) thinking of making a raw cocada.... We`ll see....

Raw strawberry cupcakes

Here is a pic of the yummy strawberry cupcakes (raw of course) that I made for my friend who came over tonight... Obviously two gotten eaten right away... By me... She ate another two when she was over... It was delicious we also had some raw banana ice cream topped with cocoa nibs.... Yummy! Oh And let`s not forget the cocoa pudding... Yummy... It was a dessert overdrive!

811 failure again

After 3 days on 811 I had to give in to guacamole.... It is always my downfall. I really want to try again, but we'll see how that goes. Today I have a friend comeover and will make her a rawesome raw strawberry shortcake. I am trying to stay on the low fat end of the scale so we'll se how that turns out. I will publish a picture of my concoction later on today!

811 DAY 3

I totally forgot to post yesterday so I'll just post today really quickly how my 811 day went.I started the day with a watermelon strawberry spinach smoothie that tasted great. Later I snacked on a mango... Yummm Only three left from te case I bought with 10!

For lunch I had a red chard and spinach salad with a herb vinaigrette - no oils added... I again had another mango for a afternoon snack... Those mangoes just have my name written all over them!

My dinner unfortunately wasn't very 811ish in the other hand. We went out for dinner and I had a tasty salad that included mangoes, avocadoes, cherry tomatoes, lettuce, spinach and a non 811 herb vinagrette... Oh my it was so good.... I topped with off with a glass of sauvignon blanc....

Well at least I was on board of the 811 wagon till dinner! :)

811 day 2

Today I started out my 811 day pretty well. I had an apple, celery and kale juice for breakfast. I then had lunch at cousin's in downtown chicago.... I had yummy salalds for lunch and ended up tempted by a banana chocolate mousse... Oops after that I had to watch the end of my day. I snacked on a sweet mango.... It was so sweet I just peeled it and took bites off of it... It was so yummy. For dinner I had zuccini noodles with some spinach and marinara sauce. To top everything off I had some clove tea.... So far so good :)

During the day I also tried making my raw vegan version of a Frappuccino, but that did not work well.... yet. I'll post the recipe when I get it right... :)

811 trial day one

So far so good... I did very well in the 811 RV today! I am so excited. This is what I ate today:

• Breakfast:
• Juice of 1/4 of a watermelon rind and all
• Ate the other 1/4 of the watermelon
• Lunch:
• Green smoothie made with 2 handfuls of spinach, 1/3 of a papaya and a banana
• Salsa and my raw tortilla chips (they are 811) :)
• Snack
• More salsa and raw 811 tortillas
• Dinner
• 1 mango
• 1/4of a papaya
• Marinated Portobello mushroom (no fat in the marinade) topped with marinara sauce (no fats added)

Today I got my Excalibur dehydrator on the mail... I have a nine tray one with a timer and I am soooo excited! I made some more raw tortilla chips, eggplant chips and carrot chips.... Going through my recipe books to find more low fat stuff to dehydrate! I am so excited!

Gabriel's raw sodas!

I finally got my son to try raw green smoothies by first making our very own vegan raw sodas! He was so into it he came up with his own soda company (G-Soda) and wants to sell his soda in a soda stand... LOL

Anyway here is the recipe (it yelds 1 Liter each)

Mighty Mango Raw Soda
500 ml carbonated water
Juice from 1 orange
Juice from 1 mango
4 tablespoons raw agave

Mix it in blender in low

Healthy Man Raw Soda
500 ml carbonated water
Juice from 2 cups of grapes
Juice from 1 apple
4 tablespoons raw agave

Oh my.... Gotta try again

Ok I wasn't able to try to start the 811 today... I cooked a raw feast for my husband's company meeting and ended up eating all that great gourmet raw foods... Oops.... I'll try again tomorrow though...

By the way my raw feast was a success!!!!

1st 811 trial - a failure

My first 811 trial was a complete failure... I lasted a day on the 811 diet... However I really did feel wonderful and want to try again.... I have been feeling very lethargic and I am guessing all this high fat raw stuff is getting to me. My husband just got me a vitamix and champion juicer which will hopefully make my 811 trial a lot easier!!!!!

Wish me luck! I am giving 811 a new try tomorrow! :)

I convinced my picky eater to like green smoothies!

I can't believe I finally convinced my picky eater to drink and like a green smoothie... It started with making our own soda and finally I suggested making our own green drink!!! He got really excited and we came up with a smoothie called green Godzilla! Here is the recipe of the smoothie that got him a green mustache and that beautiful smile

• 2 handfuls spinach
• 1 cup almond milk
• Agave nectar
• 1 banana

I am so excited! Green GOdzilla is now a staple in our house!