Banana Bread & Muffins!

Yesterday I finally made my banana bread! It's been in the dehydrator since about 2pm yesterday. I snuck a taste of it last night and OMG yummy! I can't wait for it to be done, so I can eat it with some almond butter ontop! Yum!

I didn't know what to do with my leftover wheatberries, so I decided to make some muffins. Alissa's "Morning Muffin" recipe. But I don't have any almonds, so I substituted pumpkin seeds. Hmm... I don't know how they'll turn out. Those won't be done until tomorrow.

The other day I was with my mom, and I asked if she's ever heard of a Vitamix, and she said "yeah, we've had a few at sales before" (she has an estate sales business) and then she said "we sold one for $20!" AHH! Why didn't I tell her I wanted one before??? lol... but she knows now, and promised that if she has one at another sale, it's mine. Whoo! Because I refuse to pay almost $400 for a blender.

I am sooo tired. I've been up since 2am (went to bed around 11pm) and can't fall back asleep. Blah. Maybe I should try again lol.

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

February will be my month!

So, one of my new years resolutions was to be 100% raw for the entire year. That went down the drain this month. I've had so many slip-ups! But i'm not dwelling on that, because February is a new month and I will do this! I'm participating in the February challenge on RFT, and I will be active in the challenge post, unlike the January challenge... I think that will help keep me on track! February will be a great month, so why not make it greater by treating my body the way it deserves to be treated, for life!

So here's to tomorrow, February 1st... the entire month of February... the rest of 2007... and the rest of my LIFE! I WILL BE 100% FOR GOOD! :-)

6 days until my birthday!

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

P.S. Thelma! Update your blog! I need something to read, haha! But really, how are you doing? :-)

Zucchini pasta is yummy! Plus sprouting.

I made the zucchini pasta tonight! OMG I am amazed at how much it actually looked like angel hair pasta! Insane! And sooo yummy. It was my first encounter with a zucchini and a pleasent one. I tried to make the marinara, I tasted it before putting it on the pasta, and yuck! I guess I don't like raw tomatos (never had one before) and yeah... so I threw that out. My sister is a self proclaimed "pesto queen" so she made me some pesto (she really just wanted a turn using the Magic Bullet that we bought last week haha) and wow... it made for a fabulous dinner! But with one issue. The water in the zucchini came out and turned the pesto into sort of a soup, which was nasty looking and I couldn't finish it. So I need to find a way to fix that problem for the next time I make this dish. And there will definately be a next time! I'll take pictures next time too. I tried tonight, but the lighting sucked.

This afternoon I put wheat berries in a bowl to soak so that I could sprout them (my first time sprouting!) I've been having a craving for banana bread, so after these are sprouted (in 2-3 days... they just got done soaking) i'm going to make Alissa's Banana Bread. We'll see how that turns out! After they're sprouted, the bread takes like 20+ hours to dehydrate, so it will be a few days before I get to try them.

Not raw related... but my birthday is in 6 days! I can't believe i'm going to be 21! Crazy. I still have no idea what i'm going to do. My friend Missy is coming over to hang out, that's about all I know. I'm going to make her some raw treats to show her how good raw can taste, I know that!

That's all for now!

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

My spiral slicer is here!

The UPS man brought me my spiral slicer a few minutes ago! I know what i'm having for dinner... the zucchini angel hair pasta and marinara! I bought all of the ingrediants last night that I didn't already have. Yay! I can't wait to try it.

My sister was supposed to start raw yesterday, but when she woke up for work she immediately ran to make coffee and said "I can't start raw today! I need coffee! I'll start tomorrow since we're going grocery shopping tonight" So last night on our way to the store, she said "I'm not gonna go raw, I love my food too much" I knew she wouldn't. I let myself get my hopes up of having an all raw kitchen even though I knew it wouldn't happen. Oh well! More incentive for me to move out. I will have that all raw kitchen someday soon!

That's all for now. I'll write more later. :-)

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

I love Wild Oats!

Yesterday I went to Wild Oats. I forgot how much I loved that store! I was on a mission to get sundried tomatos (to make the marinara sauce for when my spiral slicer arrives), wheat berries and dates. I got all 3! I wish I could afford to do all my grocery shopping at Wild Oats! (and Trader Joes... and in a dream world, Whole Foods! *wants a Whole Foods in Vancouver*) They have raw almonds and carob powder, which I desperately want (although i'm not sure if the carob powder was raw... hmm) but they were too expensive for me to even think about buying. $15+ a pound for each... eeek. But at least now I know where I can get them! Yay for Wild Oats!

I also bought a new raw recipe book! Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People by Jennifer Cornbleet. Yeah, the title isn't kidding, there are some EASY recipes... there is one for lemon water haha... who needs a recipe for that??? But there are some awesome recipes in there that I want to make.

OH! And also yesterday I was at Walmart and found a Young Coconut, so of course I had to buy it! I'm hoping it isn't bad on the inside. I have to figure out how i'm going to open it. I cannot wait to try it! I don't know what i'm going to do with the coconut meat yet.

I'm off to clean house! My poor kitchen is begging for it. Eeek.

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

It's my lucky day!

It sure seems like it is my lucky day! lol ... I just went to the grocery store to get cat food and had to go check out the produce. Green grapes, my most favorite, were on sale for 88 cents a pound! I bought 3 bags, which was about 8 pounds. I spent $4-5 dollars on grapes... wanna know how much I saved? Over $17! Thank youuu, Safeway club card! :-) And to make a lucky day even luckier, I bought a $2 scratch off ticket, and won $10!

My sister told me she's going raw on Monday! I can't wait... an all raw kitchen... it will be beautiful! I'm already thinking of what to do with the stovetop haha. I *think* that's where i'll put the dehydrator and food processor, to free up some counter space for the smaller appliances.

This morning after my long blog post below I ordered a spiral slicer! The Joyce Chen model. I can't wait to get it so that I can make the "angel hair pasta" and marinara! Oooh and with pesto too!

Oh! And I changed my mind a little bit about the dehydrator. I'll still use it to make desserts. *blush* But that's it... for now.

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

I like things simple...

I think i've figured out why i'm having a hard time with being raw. It's not that I don't want to be, because honestly i've never wanted anything more. I think i'm making things entirely too difficult... which I always seem to do... with everything. Well, then you also have to factor in the darn cooked food addiction (I almost said farm food addiction?? huh??) It's a real bummer. I'm trying to make recipes to duplicate things I ate on a cooked food diet.... which works for some raw fooders, absolutely... but it isn't for me, at least not right now, so soon into my raw journey. It's my darn dehydrator that's causing most of the issues. For example, the swiss cheese, because I can't think of another one. I can see why some people would want a raw version of cheese... but i'm trying to get rid of my addiction to stuff like that, why would I want to make something that reminds me of it?? Granted i've never had real swiss cheese, but you get what i'm saying lol.

So, i've decided that for the next month (at least) while i'm getting into the groove of things and throwing myself fully into the raw lifestyle, I won't bother with my food dehydrator. I figure i'm going through a big enough change as it is, completely changing my eating habits, I don't need something making it more complicated.

Now, let me say... I think the food dehydrator is a fab invention and I do love mine. 5 star apples (it's a new fruit i discovered in a post on RFT haha... looks delicious and i want a million of them! back onto the subject now...) to whoever invented it.

Enough babbling from me. Not sure I even made sense! But it's 3:20 in the morning and it's okay if I didn't. *blush* Now I need to go find a salad dressing recipe that looks yummy for my lunch today! Or maybe i'll make up my own! Hmm... we shall see! I'll write more later. :-)

Peace, Love & Simple Living,
-- everclear

P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD!!! :-) I love you, even if you did go to Vegas without me... mean! lol