Honey Love

I am a big, big lover of honey. I think I always have been. I can remember getting those little straws filled with honey when I was little, in fact when I see them I still can't resist getting a couple. I put honey in my tea, drizzle it on fruit and use it in cooking. I love it for all the benefits it offers, especially for the skin.

A little honey knowledge....you're welcome.

Honey Skin Care Benefit #1:
Nutrition Rich

Honey is rich in vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, which are wonderful beauty aids that nourish the skin.

Honey is high in vitamin C, a variety of B vitamins such as niacin, riboflavin, and pantothenic acid, as well as minerals such as potassium. It is rich in amino acids, the basic building blocks of life, essential to our very existence.

Honey Skin Care Benefit #2:
Antioxidant Rich

Honey contains powerful antioxidants which fight free radicals and reverse aging.

Free radicals are everywhere - in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and even the sunlight we love so much. Every moment, the body absorbs oxygen and turns it into energy in a process called oxidation. This process also releases free radicals.

Antioxidants slow down aging by neutralizing these free radicals. They perform healing at the deepest cellular level, allowing the benefits to manifest in a myriad of different ways.

Honey Skin Care Benefit #3:
Antibacterial, Antiviral, Antifungal

Honey is a well known antibacterial and antifungal agent. It helps disinfect and speed the healing process in wounds, scrapes and burns.

In addition to the enzymes found in honey, which may help the healing process, honey also contains antioxidants and flavonoids that may function as antibacterial agents.

Pinocembrin is the most abundant flavonoid in propolis, and has been proven to have antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.


Honey Skin Care Benefit #4:
Effective Moisturizer

Honey is rich and thick, making it an effective moisturizer. Like other humectants, honey binds moisture to the skin and helps it stay hydrated.

So it not only smoothes dry, rough, wrinkled skin, but honey also makes skin supple and plumps up wrinkles. Honey is a valuable moisturizer for your face as well as your body.

One of my favorite ways to use it is as a mask. A honey mask is one of the most amazing things to me. I swear you can see the results as soon as you rinse it off, and its not the sticky mess you might assume and its cheap. Whenever my skin isn't looking so great, or I just am in the mood I will do a honey mask. Its the simplest thing in the world. I usually just use strait honey but you can add anything you want to customize it for your skin type, sometimes I will add a bit of lemon juice. But with a little research you can find hundreds of recipes and most the ingredients can be found right in your kitchen. So go, yep right now and give your skin a little amazingness. It will thank you, I promise.

Daily Nourishment- Two for One

Dinner post number one here we go! Tonight's dinner was Pulled Jackfruit Sandwiches.....wait.... what?? Yes, jackfruit. I the lover of all faux meats was even a little scared by this. The idea of using a fruit to replace meat in this case pork didn't seem like it was a good idea. But putting my trust in the vegan geniuses that make up the vegan community I ventured out to one of my favorite grocery stores Uwajimaya, an amazing Asian store not too far from my home in search of jackfruit. I have never tasted or even seen jackfruit in person, however they did use it in an episode of Chopped (a favorite show, which I always DVR). In the episode jackfruit did not fair well, and no one was pleased to work with it. In saying that none of the featured chefs were vegan, this just goes to show how inventive gurus in the vegan community are. Who would of ever thought to use the fruit in this way? I am always in awe of their ingenuity. I’ll be the first to tell you I can cook up some amazing vegan goodness, yet I do not have the skill of seeing an ingredient for more then it is.

For those not familiar with jackfruit you can find it in all Asian markets, for this purpose I needed young green jackfruit in brine. The young green fruit is firmer and has not developed all its sugars yet. It looks like this in the can;




This what you get out of the can. Yeah I know it doesn’t look too enticing.




But here shredded it looks pretty similar to pork or chicken. This is where I was feeling less regretful for not having something else planned for a back up dinner. This is also the point I was ready to taste it, which was very mild.




The meal was easy to throw together. I put the pulled jackfruit in a crock pot, put a onion and green pepper I sautéed on top of that and then covered it all in barbeque sauce and hot sauce and let in simmer for several hours. At that point it looked like this;




I put it together like a classic pulled pork sandwich. Toasted bun, I used a whole wheat one, dill pickle slices on the bottom, then pulled jackfruit and topped with homemade vegan coleslaw. It was delicious. The omnivore boyfriend even had a second one.






On a side note tonight I am feeling so appreciative to have a meat-loving boyfriend who loves my vegan cooking.


Half way done, thank you if you are still reading!


I actually forgot I was going to post this dinner. I just uploaded photos from my camera and came across them. This was a nice dinner that was easy to prepare and the quinoa salad was very light. It would be a good one to bring to a pot luck, its simple enough to go with a spread of things yet still has enough going on to make to delicious on its own. The recipe is from a blog I read called 101 Cookbooks, you can find the recipe here.

I was wanting something heavy and sort of indulgent feeling to go with it, cornbread was the answer. I added broccoli since I had some that needed to be put to use and also thought it would bump up the healthiness of the bread. I love me some cornbread, and I think I may love it even more with broccoli. The funny thing is going into it I wasn’t so sure the addition would be one I would welcome again. To not drag out this post any longer you can see the photos below.

New Wagon.

So I fell off the gym wagon. It’s bad; I can’t even remember the last time I went…. I think I may have gone once back in March. I hate the gym; most people will tell you once you start going you’ll love it. I am still waiting for the love. Of course I do feel better when I go and I am always proud of myself for that small accomplishment. If you go to the gym regularly I think you should be proud even if you didn’t push your hardest or ran as long as you could have. You went. You moved today. It’s a step in the right direction and I think we are all usually too hard on our self, thinking we didn’t do all we could. So as a side note to this post don’t forget about those small goals, it makes meeting the bigger ones a less bumpy road and hopefully you will enjoy the view along the way. Back to my point of this post, I decided not to get back on the gym wagon. I am instead getting on a whole new wagon so to speak. I want to like what ever it is I am doing to get to the body I hope to have someday. If everyday is a struggle and I hate every minute once I get there I won’t be able to maintain. I came to a rather stupid epiphany recently, stupid in how simple it is and that I should of realized this early. I am always so focused on my goal that I set very strict rules for myself that allow for little to no flexibility, so once I get remotely close to my goal I give my self a break, this “break” usually ends with finding myself back to where I started. Not only do I undo all that work for nothing I also am now either mad at myself or feel incredibly guilty. So this new wagon will hopefully be the ticket to my best self and a new lifestyle. Not a boot camp to drop 10 pounds in a week that leaves me binging on the weekend, and once again back up those 10 pounds.

The New Wagon Guidelines

Part One- Move

I think in order to achieve the body I want it will take a combination of diet and exercise, again this time without the gym. The gym clearly isn’t working for me. There have been months on end I go 5-6 times a week and I didn’t look too different from now. They say you need to mix it up, that your body gets use to the same routine and stops giving you results. That may have been the issue, but without someone telling me what to do I feel kind of lost. So everyday I would just hop on a cardio machine put my ipod on and check out mentally for the next 45-60 minutes, then I would float around picking random weight machines without a game plan, wasting time and energy and without getting results. None of that. Another pitfall of the gym are the members- the girl who clearly spent time getting ready for the gym, the guys there for that type of girl, the girl in amazing shape that makes me want to just throw in the towel and go home to eat a pint of ice cream and the guys in ripped t-shirts throwing weights around and yelling. All of these people I can do without. The game plan now in the beginning will be a lot of experimenting. My goal is to try new things and mix it up a lot. With the nicer weather starting and longer days it will be easy to mix indoor and outdoor routines. I read both Shape and Women’s Health magazine, which come with new workouts every month. I will be trying some of those out and I will get some posts up about them as well. I also plan and trying some DVDs for when I don’t have a lot of time or the weather doesn’t permit getting outside. I picked up one DVD today, they are harder to find then I thought. I really want to try The Tracy Anderson Method (she trains Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelly Ripa, Jennifer Aniston, ect).

With her workouts you don’t need any special equipment, you just use your body weight and her method claims to give you long lean muscle- I like both these ideas, and many swear by her method. The downside is that there are a lot of mixed reviews. Many say the DVDs are VERY hard to follow and offer little instruction, with this type of program form seems to be very important and I could see why without clear instructions results would be slim. The regimen also requires doing both the cardio and toning DVD 5-6 times a week, that equals 2 hours a day. A lot of the reviewers couldn’t stick with that many hours. I don’t have a problem with getting in two hours a day, however I am afraid my tiny living room doesn’t offer enough space for the cardio dance routine. And lastly they are expensive, ranging from $30-$80 depending on what you purchase. If anyone has tried these let me know your experiences with them. I am putting purchasing them on hold for now. I will start with the one I picked up today.



During my research of the Tracy Anderson Method many reviewers mentioned these workout DVDs and I found several of them at target today, I just picked up one (which was only $7, score!) and plan on starting with it Sunday or Monday. I’ll keep you posted on how I like it.

Part Two- Healthier Habits

I will not be counting anything, weighing food, watching carbs. Nothing of the sort. I already eat pretty healthy when it comes to breakfast, lunch and dinner. My pitfalls are snacking and how much I eat. Yes sometime I eat just because I like to eat, its like a hobby. An very hard to break but so good until you see the bottom of the carton, pint, box or bowl hobby. I will simply try to make better choices, easier said then done I know. I will watch my potion sizes, choose whole foods for snacking and allow one indulgent thing a day. We all need to indulge. A few goals I am working towards will be;

Choosing fresh fruits and veggies for snacking
Limit my sugar intake
Quit diet soda
Choose fruit over juice and tea over coffee
Make sure my plate always has more veggies then carbs
And finally for now; when indulging- enjoy it with no guilt!

So as I take off on my new shiny wagon I will keep you posted. I am sure there will be lots to report! And if you read this whole post thanks for hanging in there, I know it was long and maybe boring.

La Roux....Clay Aiken??

I have been digging some La Roux lately. I didn't know much about the band and after watching a few interviews I really like the front girl Elly Jackson. However after watching a few videos I can't seem to see past her likeness to Clay Aiken. Is it just me?



Elly


Clay


Elly again...


Clay


Hmmmm?

Daily Nourishment- Clean out the Fridge Meals

So as I said I have been making a better effort to cook dinner every night. The last two meals of last week might be regulars and are great to use when you have a lot of random veggies left over. So, here we go.

The first "Clean out the Fridge Meal" was a mezza spread, which was a lot of fun to eat. It's the type of meal you can spread out on the coffee table and snack on while watching TV and hanging out. Which also means you can eat for hours, who doesn't like that? Here's what mine looked like.



This meal was very cost effective. I had most the veggies which were- cucumber, banana pepper, tomato, artichoke hearts, avocado and garlic stuffed olives. Then a picked up the hummus and falafel mix in the natural foods bulk section(bulk bins= very cheap!) of my local grocery store. I was a little scared what the quality would be but they were actually both really good. I did add a little fresh squeezed lemon juice to both which wasn't called for on the directions but I felt was needed. I also picked up some mini pitas which I just heated in the oven before serving.

The second "Clean out the Fridge Meal" was Sloppy Joe's....well vegan Sloppy Joe's, strange right? I actually saw a recipe for vegan Sloppy Joe's but they called them Snobby Joe's. Pretty cute, sorry mine don't have a cheeky name. These were actually my very first Sloppy Joe's ever. I don't remember ever having these as a child, or maybe I just blocked it out. So going into this I didn't really know what to add because I had no idea what the sauce was like. But I did have a tube of this that needed to be used up and a yellow onion.



So I picked up a can of Sloppy Joe sauce and some whole wheat hamburger buns and crossed my fingers. Then I thought if I was going to do the whole cheesy American junk food dinner I had to have.....yes, tater tots. I even made a vegan fry sauce or special sauce if you are a stepbrothers fan. Ta Da!



Anyways here is what it looked like before adding the all scary sauce from a can.



Upon opening the can I right away hated the smell....way sweeter then what I was expecting. My first thought was gross, my second thought was I should of gone with my gut about purchasing sauces that come from a can. Then I tasted it and it wasn't as bad as I was prepared for. I was expecting a Spaghetti O's type of sauce and it wasn't that bad. It was similar to the Spaghetti O's sauce as none of the flavors in the Sloppy Joe's sauce was anything I could put my finger on. Even with the ingredients stating the sauce had green pepper, tomato and onion in it I couldn't taste any of it. It was very much like how ketchup doesn't taste too much like a fresh tomato. But I went ahead and dumped it in. Here is the finished meal.



In the end the meal was good and I would/will make it again. The sauce is so heavy it would cover up almost any veggie. So next time my veggie bowl is full of lots of odds and ends Sloppy Joe's will be their fate. But next time I will make the sauce from scratch, maybe a more grown up version.

Daily Nourishment- Back in the Kitchen

I haven't been very good about cooking dinner lately. I haven't been going out to eat either, just throwing together a quick dinner with whatever is found in the kitchen or making a quick stop in the Trader Joe's freezer section. Nothing very exciting to say the least. But this week I have been doing a little better, but still taking some help with a few pre-made items.


Last night's dinner was a veggie (broccoli and yellow sqaush) and tofu curry with brown rice and spring rolls. I was happy to find both my made ahead items to be all natural and cheap - both items came in under $3 each, major score!


I was lazy and took the pictures with my phone, so sorry the quality isn't that great.



The spring rolls were these;



Which were much healthier then the ones you would order with your take out. Five good sized rolls come in the box and two whole rolls only pack 190 calories, not too bad. Plus they aren't fried, I baked them in the oven and they some how came out just as crispy. We ate all five and the boyfriend was still wanting more.


I took some help with the curry using this;




Only in the curry flavor, not teriyaki. It made for a very quick and easy dinner. And because I added fresh veggies and organic brown rice it felt much healthier.


And the red blob on the plate? Sriracha of course! My favorite to add spice to any asian inspired dish. If you don't own a bottle, you should.

Inspired - 1,000 Awesome Things

I have been checking this site; http://1000awesomethings.com/ very often lately. I came across it while on Amazon doing a little book shopping. The site has recently put out a whole book.



Which I think would be an amazing (or should I say awesome) gift. I love giving and receiving books as gifts, someone I know may be getting this one. The site is always upbeat and fun to visit, never depressing and it makes you remember little things we love that sometimes we may fail to see when we are in head down just trying to get through our busy week mode. Inspired by the site I thought it would be fun to put up a post a couple times a week with awesome things that are currently going on in my week. Enjoy! And please if you are so inclined post what awesome things you encounter in the comments.


Monday April 26th, 2010


Cold Pizza for Breakfast.



So good. This has been a favorite of mine ever since childhood. I actually think I like it better cold for breakfast then I do having it the night before for dinner. And something feels really indulgent about having pizza in the morning, a day can't start out bad when that’s your breakfast, even if its not considered the breakfast of champions. My pizza has changed since my early days of eating cold pizza. So long canadian bacon and pineapple, hello soy cheese and as many veggies as the pie will allow for. Pineapple has still managed to hang in there; I say it’s not a pizza without it. Hope your breakfast makes your own awesome list.

Sunday April 25th, 2010


New Clean Sheets



Nothing is better then crawling into bed with new clean sheets. Whether you fall into bed late after having a perfect day or you go to bed early because you just need the day to be over new clean sheets somehow make it better. The smell and feel is amazing, scents are inspired by it, nothing beats it.

The boyfriend and I picked some new sheets up last night and we went organic. I have been getting a lot of information of the benefits of going organic with you bedding and wanted to make that choice for myself. After all if your skin is your biggest organ do you really want your pores soaking in pesticides and the such while you sleep? Nope! We found a really great (and affordable) set at target. Who doesn't love Target? We went with these in white, but if white isn't your thing they are also available in many other pretty colors and prints. Check them out next time you find yourself in Target.

New Website Love

I stumbled across this web site while trying to track down this bag that I need....yes need.

http://www.bonadrag.com/shopmain/shopmain.html



Its the Mr. Zipalot Bag by Deadly Ponies


The first site that had it was sold out of it in black, my color or choice. It also revealed the price tag- $425. I little out of my price range for today. But it did later go on sale for 50% off! They have many pieces I would love to call my own, but once again come with heavy price tags. My hopes are high that once there stock is low on an item it goes on sale, I will continue to keep an eye on a few things. Now some morning eye candy from the site.

Happy Birthday to the Boyfriend!

Its the boyfriend's big two nine! The last year of his twenties...so sad. But I don't think he is really that bothered by it. I’m not making dinner, instead we are heading out to eat tonight. But he did request a cake. This is the cake I made last weekend when we had dinner with his family. So for him to request this after just eating it and not being a huge fan of sweets it must be good. And being that I am so kind I thought I would share it with you.





It’s a Chocolate Whisky Cake with Raspberries and it’s not actually my recipe. You can find the full recipe here;

http://www.vegalicious.org/2008/02/09/chocolate-whisky-cake-with-raspberries/


It’s a very rich, dense dark chocolate cake with raspberry filling and a ganache like frosting. Both the batter and ganache have whisky in them. If you aren't a big whisky drinker and don't know what to use I used the boyfriends favorite Bulleit Bourbon Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. It worked perfect and tasted pretty amazing.

Oh, my friends that is a quart sized ice cream container you see, not the usual pint. And yes its empty. I am obsessed with this ice cream. If you have any milk or gluten issues this is by far the best. I am picky when it comes to soy ice cream, this is really the only one I can say I love. Another good option is Coconut Bliss, which uses coconut milk as a base. But for the price nothing beats Trader Joe's. I can no longer keep it in the house. So good bye Soy Creamy, I need to fit in my jeans!

Wedding Season.....its coming!

I cannot tell you how much I love attending weddings. For someone who doesn't have their heart set on having their own wedding its a bit unusual how much I love them. This spring/summer I only have four lined up so far. But I am a bridesmaid in one and the boyfriend is a groomsman in another. Given those extra duties we have a few other events to attend, like rehearsal dinners and engagement cocktail parties. I don't mind one bit, that just gives me more opportunities to play dress up! I am trying to keep my dress shopping to a limit and keep them in budget by not cashing in at more then $100 each. I also I'm trying to wear a couple at more then one event. Here are a few I am eyeing so far;









The hunt is on(can you tell I'm excited)! I find the hunt of the perfect dress a ton of fun and once I nail down the dress its not over. Nope! Shoes, clutches and jewelry here I come. I also plan to shop my own closet as well and see what I can put together. I love seeing how others put together an outfit sometimes its very inspiring. I love when I see a piece I already own used in a way I haven't thought of. I hope you will enjoy the up coming post as I master my wedding ensembles.

Raw rah ah ah ah...

Just a quick raw dinner post, bonus points for those who read the title to the tune of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance!


I'm in my second week of eating mostly raw. Its been pretty easy so far. I think allowing myself to eat cooked food when I want is helping. I have been enjoying coffee still, about 3 cups a week which is far less then I normally have. The boyfriend and I also met up with his sister and bother in law for happy hour during the week, where I did order the hummus plate. I stayed away from the pita bread but happily ate all the raw veggies with the hummus which I am sure wasn't raw. Saturday the boyfriend and I went out to breakfast to a non-raw restaurant where I ordered the organic oatmeal with bananas and raisins. And Sunday a group of us once again did happy hour where I put down two glass of their house red. So a few non-raw meals in there but I don't feel one bit guilty about it.


Thursday I made these stuffed mushrooms





They were very easy to make. I drizzled olive oil over the mushrooms with a little black pepper and let them sit a couple minutes. Then they were filled with a pistachio pesto I made and put into the dehydrator for an hour or so. Once out and warmed they got topped with some roma tomato and basil. Yum.

My own Project 10 Pan

I follower a few You Tuber's that vlog about beauty related things. I get a lot of inspiration from them, tips and reviews on products before I buy them. It’s become a habit of checking out the reviews before shelling out any dough. And it has really save me a lot of product disappointment and brought to my attention some new products that I may have never found before. One You Tube guru who goes by the screen name lollipop26 started a project she calls Project 10 Pan. Her guidelines were that you use up ten products until all that’s left of them is the metal pan you find at the bottom of eye shadows, compacts and the such. During the project you cannot buy anything new, once you have 10 items completely emptied then the boycott is over and you are free to buy at your discretion. These ten items do not have to have a pan; it could be lip gloss, lipstick, foundations, ect. The whole point of the project is to help you get a hold of your spending habits and consumption. I know I own 20 or so lip glosses. Do I need that many? No. Will I buy more without a hesitation? Of course. Its completely unnecessary, and frankly I am tired of trying to find space to store all of it. No one needs this much product. I am the only one to blame.

I have started my project shortly before leaving for my vacation and decided to share it with you. I have set up a few guidelines that are a little different, here it is. My buying boycott is on all products, not just makeup. So that also includes hair, face and skin products. Things like body lotion, I have many half full bottles sitting around and still continue to buy more. Maybe it was on sale or just smelled so good I had to have it. No longer will this be the case. I will use what I have and only repurchase once I am completely out, therefore the boycott will also not end with just ten products. This rule will go for shampoo, conditioner, body wash, facial masks, basically everything. There will be a few exceptions, for example eye shadow. I will always own more then one eye shadow. But going forward I will only repurchase ones I am out of that I use on a regular basis, such as Kid by MAC. I use it almost everyday; it’s a very neutral brown that I do not have a dupe for. However I have many purple eye shadows that only get used every once in a while. So next time I see a pretty new shade I will not buy it, instead I will wait until my current ones are used up and then decide if I need a new one. Is this making any sense?

Step two in my Project 10 Pan is to replace my used up products with a new more eco friendly version when I repurchase. While I would love to just dump all of my current supply and go out and buy all new organic, sustainable and natural ones I can’t. Besides the fact that it would be very wasteful it would also be very expensive and very opposite of the whole point of doing a Project 10 Pan.

So here I am very patiently waiting, using up my mass supply before buying anything new. I will keep you posted on the project and invite you all to take stock of what you own and maybe start your own version Project 10 Pan.

Maui and the Raw Revolution

Wow, I meant to post so much more this week then I did. Well that happens, I guess it is taking me a bit to get back into my normal schedule. Maui was amazing as it always is. It is so beautiful there, I really love the up country side you definitely get the island feel there more than anywhere else. The weather could have been a little more on our side but there isn’t much to do about that, we still made the best of it. We saw some sights; I went golfing with the boyfriend one day and mostly laid around on the beach.


Not the worse place to have to hang out during a round of golf.




The Bamboo Forest driving up country.




Some of the amazing views on the road to Hana.




The State Park and Black Sand Beach, where we had a picnic.




Our last sunset at the beach across from the condo we stayed in.




This may seem somewhat cheesy but being in Maui always makes me want to take in the purest forms of food. I also met up with my Hawaii host family that I stayed with this summer and they are always a big inspiration for me in how they live their life. They live in a very conscious way, being very aware of the choices they make and the impact those choices have not only on the earth but also for their bodies. Coming home I decided to put more effort out and try to make all choices more consciously for my own body and the earth. I have decided to go about this with a couple goals I hope to reach.

One- Eat a raw diet.
My original plan was to just set the goal to eat raw for one week, and its already Friday! It really flew by and I didn’t once feel I was struggling with it. I am really surprised by that and completely content that I am doing so well. I love raw food, I could go on and on about how amazing the food is, how good you feel eating, ect, ect. I will spare you from that. In the past my struggle with going towards a raw food diet was never eating the food, it is always the preparation it took to have a variety of things to eat. And in the past when I didn’t preplan a meal I wasn’t satisfied grabbing for some fruit, a handful of nuts or some raw veggies. I would always just eat something non-raw. This week I did prepare a few things but for the most part I have been happy with just doing with what I had. I only made one meal this week that took a little more preparation and an extra batch of seed cheese. Other then that I have been completely content snacking on raw fruits, veggies and nuts or whipping up a quick dressing for a salad or a raw soup. I have also been making many green smoothies. And now that the week is up I am just going to keep it up. If I really feel the need for something cooked I will go ahead and have it. The thing with living a raw food lifestyle is there are no rules. It’s a personal choice. Nothing is set in stone and you can decide what fits best for you. If living 100% raw is making you miserable why do it? I just read one book that said they only recommend eating 60% raw to get all the benefits and anything above that is just doing your body a favor. And than there are always the extremist who will say its all or nothing. You just have to listen to your body and live within the goals you set for yourself. In fact I think that’s a good way to live your life in all aspects not just food.


If you aren’t familiar with raw food you should really see what its all about, or invite me over to cook (well…uncook) you dinner. I am getting very good at preparing foods that are beyond delicious but my knowledge on the nutrition, science and all that jazz are a little weak. That’s part of my goal too, to gain more knowledge. I want to be a source that people can come to if they have questions about it. I have been checking books out at the library left and right and trying to absorb all the knowledge they hold. I think learning more has helped in wanting to have this raw food movement be part of my everyday life. So my journey into a raw food life style has begun, and I think it's sticking.


If you think I’m eating carrot sticks and lettuce all day you are wrong. I love food way too much for that. Tuesday night we had stuffed peppers with mole sauce. And the other day for lunch I had a veggie sandwich. Pretty normal stuff right?


Lovely Stuffed Peppers.





We even had some pretty good organic red wine with it.



Veggie Sandwich on Raw Bread.





Ok, so thats goal one in a nutshell. More post on my other goals that are in the works to come shortly. Promise!