Raw Apple Pie for Breakfast Mmmmmm

 It is almost Thanksgiving and I am thinking about raw recipes that I could make. I made raw apple pie with dried figs today for breakfast. It was SOOOOO GOOD!!!!! So I wanted to share with you what I did.

In a blender add some soaked dates with water about 1 Cup of Dates and about 1 Cup Water
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Nutmeg and Mace (Both are ground)
Blend till smooth

Take about 7-10 apples and chop them into slices
10 Dried figs or use raisins I just didn't have any so I used figs.
mix your date in with your apples and figs

Topping
 2 Cups Raw old fashion oats
 In your blender add 1/8 Cup Coconut Sugar
about 3 TBSP water or coconut water
5 Dates
Add Cinnamon to your liking or leave it out. You choose.
Mix the Coconut sugar and oats and mix with your hands it should be like a crumble crust type of a mixture.

Plate up your apples and top with your crumble. If you are staying away from oats and other grains it is still really good without the crumble. :0)

This is a good recipe for the children to help in the kitchen. It is good for them to learn to use a knife and it will give them skills for harder things. My Beeps knows how to use a knife and she is 6 years old. I started teaching her when she was about 4. With supervision and learning that it is not a toy but a sharp and dangerous item and to be used with caution they can learn really fast to be ok using a knife. And if they get thick apples it wont ruin the pie. :0)

Also, if you are having an attack of I NEED SOMETHING sweet good and cooked try this it will feel like you sinned. LOL But then you don't have to tell yourself that you will start over tomorrow. You might feel like you need to say that but NO WAY you are GOOD TO GO!!!! Try it and let me know what you think. :0)
Spice said that it tasted like it should be really unhealthy. LOL It was really very good!!!


Hugs, Emily

Day 5 raw til 4 Paradigm shift

   Good morning all! As I have said before, yesterday was my husbands official birthday. I always let me family choose dinner on their birthday, and my husband didn't know what he wanted. I decided to make breaded and fried pork chops, mash potatos, milk gravy,  and veggies.
Why am I telling you this? First of all I NEVER!!!!!!!!!! Cook like this. But he LOVES it when I do. I grew up eating a lot of this type of food. If you have read "about me" you know most of my story.
  I divert the reason I tell you what I cooked for dinner, is because it was his birthday I gave myself an excuse to splurge. Oh, man!!! It was soooooo...... PAINFUL!!!You thought I was going to say good huh. Well, no I was bloated, not only bloated but in actual PAIN!!!! My digestive system was doing summersaults. NOT good. Lesson to be learned. I need to have a paradigm shift.
   What is a paradigm shift? It is a change in basic assumptions. In other words a change in how I think or believe. At least when it comes to what is truly good and what is good according to my subconscious. (I will be talking about this later. Our subconscious.)
    I thought that because it was a birthday I could have the day or meal "off" and it would be ok.
Not so, and my body was the one to tell me.
   This was a good lesson for me. At first I thought about not writing about this. I don't like to "fail" again I am working on shifting my paradigm. Did I fail? Maybe? But, I can tell you that I was sure glad when I woke up today and all I wanted was my juice!!!

It is amazing how food really does determine how you feel. Yesterday after I ate that dinner I was bloated, in pain, and so drained. I actually slept it off. I did NOT like how it made me feel. After eating mostly raw and vegan in just a few short days my body was trying to heal itself. So what do I do? I put a wreaking ball through the process that is what it felt like. Today I am back on track and feeling better.
  As I was thinking through this experience the thought came to me "what do I want"? "Is it worth it"? The answer is YES I do want this and I do want to make this change.
   The changes that I am feeling in the few days that I want to keep are....
Energetic
Light Non bloated
Faster Metabolism I can tell because I am always hungry.
   I like the way that this feels. It is better than  anything  ever tasted. I am reading a book called fit2fat2fit. And I like this saying. "Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels"-Unknown. I am slowly learning this. I don't always love the way my juice tastes but I do love the way that I feel after I drink it. I like fitlife.tv On there he talks about our tastes changing over time. He uses the example of beer. When in college he didn't like the taste but he wanted the buzz so he pushed his way past the taste. After so long he actually liked how it tasted. I am hoping this is what happens to me. I like the way I feel so I am willing to plug my nose and close my eyes and drink the juice because it FEELS good. 
  I am not saying that from here on out I am going to be perfect at this. I thought that on my first day of the 30 day raw challenge. But I am sure going to try and remember how I feel eating this way vs. the way that I was eating.
I have to say that I have always tried to be healthy. I am always reading "diet" books because I like to learn. Some of the things I have tried others I have not. Some things feel right others don't. This is not my first time going raw. I will post about that in my next post.
   For now I want to go back to my question I asked earlier.  "Do I feel like I failed". No, I learned a lesson and I am back on the wagon. Getting back on IS HOW we find SUCCESS. It is a process of finding why we do things and if it is worth the effort. I can honestly say that after you get past the rumbling tummy from doing a 360 degree diet change.  That this is worth the effort, and I DO like the way I feel. I love that I can eat ALL of the fruit that my little (healthy) heart wants to.  I say 30 days but I think that I am going to make this a life style. :0) We shall see, but for now this is the way that I feel.
   Hugs, Emily

Lunch a few days ago. Mmmmm

 

This was 1 Pineapple

Frozen then thawed Mangos

Frozen then thawed Strawberries

all chopped up and placed in a bowl.

In a blender

Frozen Raspberries

Frozen Mangos

Banana

Is you like it a little sweeter add

4-6 Dates

Blend till smooth.

add to chopped fruit. Enjoy!!!!

 I always have to share with my kids. So I make extra for them.

 

Banana Bread with an added little something.

  I came up with this recipe one day when I needed to get rid of some bananas and oranges. Give it a try!!!
 Preheat your oven to 350. Get 2 bread loaf pans and spray well, set aside.

 Banana Bread with a zing of Orange.
   4 Over Ripe Bananas (Smashed)
   1 C Honey or Sugar
   2 Large Eggs
   2 tsp Real Vanilla (you can use imitation but the real stuff makes a difference)
  3/4 C Oil
   1/2 tsp Salt
   1/2 tsp Baking Soda
   1 tsp Baking Powder
   1 Whole Orange Zested and Juiced (Optional but really makes a statement. Without it you just have regular banana bread.)
   1 Cup Nuts your choice (Optional)
   1 Cup Chocolate Chips (Optional)
       If you use both the nuts and chips only use about half of each. Or eyeball how chunky you want your bread.
   Mix all of these ingredients together until well blended!

 2 - 2 1/2 Cups Flour (If you use honey use 2 1/2 cups of flour if Sugar use only 2 cups of flour. Also,if you used Honey use all wheat flour or half wheat half white. The more wheat the better it will taste with your Honey. If you used Sugar use white flour.)
 Mix well and place in two well greased bread loaf pans. Bake at the 350 for 50-60 minutes.
Can make into muffins as well. Bake for about 25-30 minutes.
 Stick a butter knife into them. If it comes out clean they are done. Note: With your bread the top will be cracked and brown. If you pull it out to check and it wobbles at all it is NOT done. DONT stick anything into it just put it back into the oven and close the door. If you set your timer then you should be good with not having it wobble. If it is a little doughy bake for another 5 minutes and check again.
 This is an easy recipe and a good one to teach a beginner who wants to wow some friends and family. :)