So to jump right into this post, we are going raw for a week! We have been inspired by a few things, including a DVD we just watched called Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days about 6 people that are able to get off their insulin and medications after eating a 100% raw diet for a month. Also the seasons are changing from spring to summer and it seemed like a good time to start a cleansing raw diet. I casually mentioned the idea to Dave a couple weeks ago and he wanted to do it right away! Today is day 1. We planned out a schedule for our whole week, bought all our groceries yesterday, and I've spent the whole day doing food prep. Today we had a fruit bowl for breakfast, with strawberries, bananas, mango, coconut and kiwi, topped with cashew cream and raw buckwheat granola. Right after breakfast, we started soaking garbanzo beans (for raw hummus), oat groats, barley and spelt berries (for raw carrot muffins and raw oatmeal cookies). We will sprout the garbanzo beans, oat groats and spelt berries for 2 days! Then I made raw tahini with sesame seeds, along with some spicy yam chips and carrot pulp flax crackers that went in the dehydrator. For lunch we had flax crackers with avocado, tomato, sprouts and cucumber and a raw food fruit/nut bar for a snack. Then we made a huge cabbage, apple, raisin, carrot salad for dinner, with some carrot, apple, ginger and celery juice. Tonight we will drain our grains and prep tomorrow's entree, since I have to work very early tomorrow morning! It's been a lot of work so far today, but this is a grand experiment! When we stop eating 100% raw, I would still like to continue eating 60-70% raw because it is so healthy and a great way to eat lots of unprocessed fruits and veggies.
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