Friday, May 15, 2009

Rah rah!

In the last week, we have started eating raw. My friend M had lent us two raw recipe books that we perused and immediately bought off Amazon (with a third one thrown in for good measure).
Raw means we get our protein from fruits, vegetables, nuts of all kinds. A sample of meals: california rolls; huge salads (cauliflower or red cabbage or kale or zucchini); warm soup (not hot as to not break down something that needs to stay intact - yes, I need to read on the subject); warm miso soup; fake sushi rolls (the rice is replaced with grated carrots). Everything Y makes is just wonderful. I passively sit and get served whatever she feels like eating. I was intrigued by the raw food movement a few years back but just couldn't get past the meat. How do you prepare meat if you don't cook it? Simple - you don't eat meat! (we cheated and had smoked salmon last night to celebrate)
I have been been bringing my lunch to work with morning and afternoon snacks (fruits) and, to my surprise, I haven't been hungry nor had any cravings. I have tried to drink more and have felt more alert in meetings and generally sharper of mind. We're happy with how we feel and are contemplating buying a dehydrator to prepare raw bread, dried fruits, etc.

3 comments:

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Unknown said...

why not raw meat as well!

Sleepwalker said...

why eat meat at all? I am not big on killing, as a friend once put it.