Being relatively new to raw foods, I’m curious about the diets of others…what works best, some favorite meal staples, etc. For the past two weeks, my day looks like this: Upon rising: lemon water Breakfast: bowl of sliced apple, banana, grapes, blueberries, etc. Snack: Green Drink, almond butter & raisins Lunch: Guacamole Salad (romaine, avocado, peppers, tomatoes, lemon juice, garlic, cilantro) Snack: Smoothie with mangoe, raspberries, almond milk and bee pollen Dinner: different almost daily- but I love a recipe from the Raw Detox Diet book for old fashioned “soup” with diced veggies and a puree of red pepper, garlic, etc. on top. I’d love to hear what you do and recommend and love best.
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Yesterday is NOT a good example. Here’s my planned day today:
Breakfast: Green smoothie with: spinach (40%), strawberries, blueberries, banana (combined for 60%)
Lunch: Salad with romaine, spinach, red leaf, red pepper, red onion, sunflower seeds (raw) and a dressing made of raw apple cider vinegar and olive oil
Dinner: Same as lunch, only add some walnut/sundried pate to the top, and some more veggies
Dessert: Raw cacao truffles
Snack: Banana (2-3) oranges (majorly craving these right now)
I’m also drinking Everyday Detox tea today due to a bad diet mistake last night…
My days are pretty much all similar.
In the workweek, I have breakfast and lunch at work, so it’s go go go. I always eat three big apples for breakfast. It’s pretty busy so it sometimes takes me up to 2 hours to eat them all. I might have a couple of scoops of raw almond butter around 10:30.
Lunch consisted today of some kale leaves, a plum tomato and half of a huge tropical papaya. That was from 1:00 to 2:30. Around 3:15 I had another apple.
For dinner, I created the following recipe: I S-blade food processed 2 parsnip, 2 carrots and 1/3 turnip root (This could also be some kind of salsa. Corn and carrot like this are great!). I added in sweet peas and corn, chopped broccoli, bean sprouts and sundried kalamata olives. Mixed the whole thing with dried parsley, basil, coriander and cayenne pepper. I made some rolls with spinach leaves. Very filling.
I just had a bowl of grapes. Grapes are an addiction, I eat some everyday.
I drink about 6 litres of water per day (yes, I pee a lot). I’m not ready to cut out my green tea in the day and my tea recipe creation at night.
Breakfast is a green smoothie (spinach or chard mixed with the juice of one orange and 2 bananas). I snack on fruit throughout the morning (fresh figs mostly, some pears too, the occasional apple). Lunch is usually a large green salad with avo, pepppers, cucumbers, onions, and sometimes a scoop of seed pate. For dinner I have another smoothie, or a fruit/date pudding, sometimes nori rolls, or cole slaw. On the weekends I uncook more and make more inolved things and also do my shopping and chopping for the week. I still cannot give up miso, nori or tamari. sigh.
Hi mango woman,
I have created myself a “water routine” which I try to respect no matter what. Before bed I put a tall glass (1 cup) filled (and I mean filled) with water. First thing in the morning when I wake I drink this standing. I then have a shower but drink another full glass, and sometimes another half depending on what I’ve eaten the previous evening. I then have a shower, and when I get out I drink 2 more filled glasses. Before having a tea (non-raw habit…) about half an hour later, I drink another full glass.
When I get to work, another litre glass or so. Then in the morning it’s 1 to 2L, depending on my schedule. Same for the afternoon. With dinner, another litre. I aim for another 2 litres in the evening/before bed.
I drink even if I’m not thirsty. I carry with me a 750mL or 1L bottle at all times and always choose big glasses when I’m somewhere. I also probably drive the waiter/tress crazy at the restaurant (she has to come back every 10 mins or so!). I’ve started asking for pitchers.
Hope this helps! Good luck – it’s a matter of fitting it in and getting used to pee (and poop!) much more.
Breakfast – fruit, nuts & seeds mixed up, sometimes with almond milk
Snack – herb tea with fruit & flax crackers (sometimes with a raw pate / spread on)
Lunch – Large green salad (lettuce, avacado, bell peppers, cucumber, peas … anything green!) with a garlicky dressing. Sometimes also add something like raw falafel if I’m really hungry.
Snack – green smoothie (using lots of curly kale at the mo, which is in season right now). Handful of nuts / seeds.
Dinner – something more “meal like” but still very simple – raw pasta & marinara sauce or raw pad thai – & a desert like a raw ice-cream or chocolate bar.
I don’t have a dehydrator, but I don’t think they’re really necessary … !
Are you fasting at the moment, joseegonthier? You just didn’t mention any food at all.
This is so inspiring!
Brkfst: 1 larabar Snk: 1 cucumber, 1 apple Lnch: 1 papaya, 2 apples, handful of nuts. Snk: carrots Dnnr:cup or two of nuts, 1 apple, some Leaf Cuisine Crisps. I am in diar need of a blender in order to make “green smoothies.” I will get one by the end of the year. If I should make any alterations (besides incorporating more greens) Plz lemme kno! :D :D
Hey spiritedmama. Could you please tell me if you use water or almond milk for you seed cheese? I;m looking for something easy to make but stll taste good.
Thank you very much
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Good luck from Renata
I keep a daily log. I don’t count calories. Here’s what I ate last 4 days.
SAT: grapefruit/apple/strawberry juice; persimmon/orange/carrot juice; 1/2 granny apple; 2 pears
SUN: few bites of honeydew; papaya/banana shake; 5 dried Turkish apricots
MON: watermelon/mango/blueberry/strawberry juice; 1 golden apple; red-leaf/red cabbage salad with raw persimmon dressing; handful dried Turkish apricots and almonds
TUES: 1 mini watermelon
mango woman- I don’t feel sluggish when I consume so many nuts… I tend to feel sluggish if I dont get nuts in. Maybe this is because I am very active? I dont know.