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Pinspiration: raw deliciousness

by Elisa on February 8, 2013

in food,health

If you follow me on Instagram or we are friends on Facebook, you may have noticed that in addition to drinking a daily #greensmoothie again, I also have been #dabblingwithraw.

In an effort to handle a little hiccup in my health and well-being recently, I started increasing the quantity of raw food I consume on a a daily basis, and lowering my intake of animal protein. I have eliminated refined grains and dairy and plan to stick to that for the foreseeable future, and it has all added up to a healing process that took two weeks instead of the two months it might have taken with the usual recommendation. Seeing as I am not the most patient person, that was enough to impress me.

But I am still a hedonist when it comes to food, and there is no way I would ever be able to stick to something the required me to eat tasteless, bland, boring food. Nope.

Which is where Pinterest comes in. Until my copy of Mimi Kirk’s cookbook arrives, I am looking to Pinterest for inspiration… and as usual, I was not disappointed:

 

Raw Cranberry Bliss Bars from This Rawsome Vegan Life

Raw taco salad with cashew sour cream, from Raw On $10 A Day

Raw Chocolate Mini Tarts, from 86 Lemons

Falafel & Hummus Wrap with Mediterranean “Roasted” Vegetables, from The Raw Chef 

Raw Carrot Cake Bites, from The Sweet Life Online

Of course I am not recommending eating desserts all the time – but as you can see, raw food doesn’t exactly equal deprivation ;-)

What do you think? Have you experimented or are you experimenting with raw food? Would you?
Which one of these recipes sounds best to you?

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Back with a blend

by Elisa on January 30, 2013

in food,health,ramblings

Well, hello lovelies.

I have been a little absent lately, both from my own blog and from the comment section of yours. Where the heck have I been? No, I am not giving up blogging, and I would never give up interacting with you – I have made some wonderful friends through this blog, and I am thankful for each and every comment, e-mail, tweet… I am very sorry I haven’t been in touch.

I have been unwell, which just in and of itself is a gigantic pain – it prevents you from living life the way you want to, the way you are meant to; it prevents you from socializing, from working, from being your efficient, upbeat little self. Basically, it sucks. The good news is that I figured out what was wrong, and now I am handling it. I won’t go into specifics, because that is just boring, but I will tell you it’s not the big C or anything that scary, ’cause I don’t want you to worry.

Nevertheless, when you are a vital and busy individual and you find your energy dwindling and then find yourself in a role very similar to a damsel in distress, it can piss you off. It definitely pissed me off. And I didn’t even have enough energy to get good and angry, dammit.

Well, that is all coming to an end. As part of my “cure”, I have gone back to my beloved green smoothies, which I had abandoned little by little as the weather started getting colder. Copenhagen, New York, Zurich… why do I keep moving to places that get so freaking cold in winter? I should move back to California. It suited my island girl self much better.

Los Angeles Santa Monica

Be that as it may, I have found myself ready to take it to the next level, and now in addition to the green smoothies I am dabbling with raw food. Yes, dabbling. I am just gradually including more and more of it in my diet and seeing where it takes me. So in addition to my usual fashion/travel/lifestyle-focused posts, in the next few weeks I will also share bits of my journey into raw food.

For the time being, I’ll leave you with the recipe for the green smoothie I made this morning for breakfast, which I am calling

Green Piña Colada!

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup or more of pure filtered water
  • 2 celery stalks, leaves and all
  • 1 slice of pineapple (3/4 inch thick)
  • 1/2 large ripe banana
  • 4 chard leaves
  • 1/2 cup alfalfa sprouts
  • 1 teaspoon virgin coconut oil
  • optional: 1 serving of your favorite probiotic

Chop everything up and blend well, until liquefied. Sip slowly, “chewing” your smoothie to insure good digestion.

Enjoy!

 

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Recipe: all-fruit popsicles

July 24, 2012 food

How to cool down and indulge the kids’ craving for something sweet and juicy without finding yourself cringing at the artificial coloring and the amount of sugar? Simple: take full advantage of summer’s bounty of delicious juicy fruit and make all-fruit popsicles! It will take you all of 10 minutes for a double-batch – unless [...]

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Pinspiration: summer fun (a.k.a. how to keep the girls busy for 6 weeks)

July 13, 2012 food

Aaaah, summer, where art thou? I don’t know about you, but summer has been a big tease around here: a few days of hot weather, and then… no more. But still a hint of sun now and then, to give you the hope that you might actually get to go to the pool, or have [...]

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