Raw Food Vegan Recipes: Day 2 of Raw Eatings

I missed my alarm this morning! Sheesh! So, instead of following through with my grand plat to make 2 huge salads I ended up grabbing random fruit and making 2 smoothies and heading out the door---all in 30 mins! And I managed to put make up on and get my hair looking decent. I think I deserve an award!

Snacks

So, my snacks this morning [not all at the same time] were: small avocado, an orange and a Roma tomato.

For the rest of the day I am going to snack on: banana, pear and Galia melon [oh so delicious]!

Funny thing happened, though. In the morning I e-mailed my sister, who is doing 30 day raw diet, and told her ?I am making a smoothie in my stomach?first down went avocado, later an orange? I think I shall have a tomato in the next few minutes ;)? And her response was: ?Let me know when you get to the blending part.? Oh, my! Ha-ha-ha-ha? the mental images of that actually happening was bombarding my mind left and right. I could not stop laughing! That was my RAW humor for the day :)

Green Smoothies

? 4 cups water

? 2 bananas

? 1 large pear, seeded

? 1 bunch of dinosaur kale

? 1 spring of mint

? 4 cups water

? 2 bananas

? 1 large pear, seeded

? 2 springs of mint

? 2 huge handfuls [about 8 oz] spinach

The rest of the day I snacked on fruit--no recipes needed :)  I did make a HUGE mistake though--after getting home I had not one, but two large mugs of cacao made with raw cacao [totalling about 3 tbs].  I regretted it all night long [drinking it that late, that is (about 6 pm)]--I was up until 2 am this morning and kept waking up even after that.  Lesson learned--drink cacao ONLY in the morning and ONLY mixed in green smoothies... with a rare exception!

Now, on a whole different note: I am huge proponent of using only glass containers, especially for drinking and for any hot substances.  Not too long about I was sent a couple of nice glass bottles by a Canadian company to do a review.  The bottle are nice, but the price tag is... well it is unbelievable!  Last night I got out to look for new scales and stopped by Ross... Lo and behold, they carry glass bottles that look almost identical to the ones I got, only slightly bigger, and... about $30 cheaper.  So, if you are in Longview/Kelso, WA and need a good drinking bottle that won't leak from the top [as does my $30+ bottle] head on over to Ross and claim yours for only $1.99!  It is in the same isle as their kitchen gadget section, all the way on top shelf.  You simply can't beat that deal.

Happy Raw Eatings, loves.  I will chat with you all tomorrow.