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Bored with Raw, Need some Inspiration!

CaptureCapture Raw Newbie
in New to Raw

Hey Everyone!

I’m on day 18 of my 31 day raw (“Rawgust!”) adventure and I am bored to tears with the food! I’ve done both simple eating, whole fruits, veggie, nuts and the like and also meal preps using recipes found on here and else where and it’s just not doing it for me. I’m not really sure what I need, maybe just a pep talk to get me through the next 13 days, or some easy, yummy food reccomendations!

Anything would be appreciated at this point :)

Comments

  • CaptureCapture Raw Newbie

    Thanks everyone :) I appreciate the feedback, I guess I need some new recipe suggestions, I see stuff that looks good to make but there are always so MANY ingredients that are a little out of my league or kitchen stuff I don’t have like a juicer or an excalibur dehydrator (I have a janky Ronco…)

    Here’s a typical day for me:

    Breakfast, fruit smoothie or raw cereal w/ nana milk

    Lunch, big salad or whole cantaloup or apples with cashew butter and rasins

    Dinner is anything from the lunch menu or maybe soup, nori roll ups w/ wakame salad, zucchini noodles with some type of sauce, marinara or cashew alfrado

    Snacks are dried fruits, nuts, fresh fruits, vegis and hummus, etc.

    That is pretty much the bulk of stuff I eat and I am just bored with it, it tastes really good and I love how I feel but I am losing my appetite and still have 2 weeks to go on 100% raw (or extreamly close to 100%) after the month is up I’m going to transition to high raw like 75%, I really, really miss bread, and not the gross pure white, highly processed bread from the SAD, but the yummy fresh bread and baked goods I make myself :)

    So any new, fresh, simple recipes to get me though the next 13 days?

  • loorinloorin

    i once read an article on how if you dont enjoy the foods youre eating, you will get less nourishment from them.. your body will just cease to absorb all of what it could be getting from the food youre eating..

    i dont wonder if that couldnt happen with boredom as well. i am a crazy huge bread fanatic.. but its also the bane of my existence, given the intolerance i developed to gluten.. i found that chickpeas ended up being my go to substitute.. i know legumes can be high in fat and arent always ideal on a raw diet.. but their high fat and protein content can help fill that void! i like chickpeas with salsa..

    i also found when i started getting bored, to change up the ingredients in my staple meals, helped.. for example.. i absolutely love gazpacho and will play around with what i throw into it.. avocados or cucumbers.. cilantro or jalapeno.. sprouts on top.. blended.. chunky?? or try changing the type of apple youre eating with cashew butter… go from green to red? i find onc i have developed a mini-niche in eating, its hard to want to make anything else outside of it.. so those subtle changes help.. and provide a variation on nutrients as well.

    yay? oh i hope you stick it out, capture. i find everyone elses experiences on here such great support as i try to make the transition as well! hugs.

  • CaptureCapture Raw Newbie

    Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the support :) today when I went shopping I tried picking up new things: I got different apples, bok choy, and I found some raw chocolate coconut butter spread! Yum! I also made a new recipe carrot-pecan “burgers” they are in the dehydrator right now!!!

    Thanks again, it really helps to have support when you’re feeling blue!

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