After a couple of weeks of 80-90% raw (sans the occasional Boca chicken patty, splash of soymilk, and a few assorted condiments) last night I completely stepped off of the raw food bandwagon and onto the Green Mill pizza truck while out with friends. The evening started late (10:30pm) with an invitation from friends to meet up for a celebratory glass of wine. The week preceding their upcoming nuptials, a.k.a their vacation, had officially begun. Yay for them!
In between going out and coming home, I hit upon a startling discovery. One glass of red wine on a tummy of raw food now quickly sends me into an alcohol-impaired orbit. So to avoid turning my car into the space shuttle (and truthfully, I'm not really much of an astronaut), I found myself eating a couple of slices of pizza and drinking a half a can of coke to sop up (and slow down) the wine. Okay, the coke was only because I was thirsty and I don't like drinking unfiltered tap water (I'm really turning into quite a freak). Anyway, it worked. I immediately felt "grounded" and back in control of all of my physical and mental faculties. (Oddly enough, I also felt nauseated at the thought of eating pizza-although more so at the horror of drinking soda at the same time) Because it's been -20F to -40F below here this weekend, it was awesome to have some HOT food for a change! I'm always SOOOOO COLD!!!!!!
To make a short story long, today's hangover had nothing to do with wine. Instead, I had cravings ALL DAY for simple carbs (sugar) and/or fats. I admit I felt a bit out of control when eating today, like I just couldn't consume enough food to feel satisfied. I did, however, have more energy for exercising than I've had in a few weeks, although that may be due to taking the past 2 days off. Here is today's wacky food log:
*NOT RAW
Meal 1
1 cup detox tea
1 cup kombucha tea
2 Boca Sausage Patties*
2 hardboiled eggs*
1 banana
In between
28 ounces water
12 ounces water plus 2 ounces Wheat Grass juice
Meal 2
1 Ezekiel Sprouted Tortilla
2 Ezekiel Sprouted Tortillas, each with 1 tsp honey*, 2 Tbsp peanutbutter* and sprinkles of cocoa powder :O (See? This is the out-of-control/wacky part)
Meal 3
1 cup Smooth Move tea
2 Tbsp Miso broth
Portobello mushroom cap stuffed with sunflower pate
(the pate is made up of soaked sunflower seeds, lemon juice, olive oil, dill and chopped red onion)
Moroccan Carrots
(carrots in a marinade of orange juice, lemon juice, cayenne, cinnamon, cumin, black pepper, and olive oil)
Mediterrannian Kale
(Kale in a marinade of olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and tossed with black olives, pine nuts and diced red pepper)
Tonight's dinner courtesy of recipes found in Jennifer Cornbleet'sRaw Food Made Easy . Yummmm! I thought I'd share a picture because it looked so lovely....
This Is A Bit Weird, But Highly Convenient
Now debuting in the Organic frozen foods isle at your neighborhood "Fine Foods" grocery store is...
drum roll, please....
Frozen Wheat Grass cubes in a box!
Inovative idea or pure marketing hooey? Ahem. I am afraid to hear the answer that. (Just so you know, that is my kitchen table in the picture). Wheat grass IS considered a "Super Food". Unfortunately, it takes 1 pound of wheat grass (and a very specialized juicer) just to make 1 ounce of wheat grass juice. That's not exactly practical (or cost effective) for the do-it-yourselfer raw foodie. I've got my little flat to harvest for salads and spring rolls, but I was hoping to have some wheat grass in juice form once in a while, too. Due to the sticker shock ($17.99 a box for 10 2-ounce servings. EEEEK!!), I'll be rationing these little gems to ensure they last as long as possible. You can't put a price on being healthy, right?
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