Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Eats this week - Salads, Fruit, and a Cashew Dip Treat!

Since I am doing a mostly raw week while focusing on my Lymphatic System I thought I would show a few things I have eaten over the last few days.  I'm also thinking about extending this adventure into next week.  Time will tell.

First up a MASSIVE Salad.  I wish you could see how big this bowl was!  The salad turned out awesome!  It has 5 different kinds of lettuce in there, mini cucumbers, raw walnuts, 2 different colors of sweet bell peppers, and I topped it with a Braggs Dressing that had Ginger and a few other things in there.  Also on top is Garlicky Green Vegan Parm.


Yesterday for lunch I had 6 Kiwi Fruit.  I've also been gnawing on Kale Chips a lot this week.

I was able to find a few different kinds of Apples yesterday - including Grapples that are NOT pictured.  Cantaloupe - YAY - I hope to make a smoothie or at the very least Cantaloupe Milk with it.  A few oranges - hopefully I will make some dressings with those.  And MORE kiwi fruit!

Later in the day I bought 3 bananas and will be freezing them either today or tomorrow after they have ripened a bit more. (Frozen and in smoothies are the only way I can stomach Bananas!)

The Salad was amazing and I can't wait to have another one!

I had some Spirulina Chips left from a while back and wanted to get rid of them.  The reason I bought them was because they were Spirulina based but when I got them and tried one I knew right away they had a good amount of banana in them. Oye.

Well, last night I attempted to make a Cashew Dip and OMG it turned out AWESOME.  I dipped the Go Raw Spirulina Chips in it and PROBLEM SOLVED it was an AWESOME Combo!  I am going to be doing a recipe for The Raw Food World NEWS Site but I will tell you NOW that I used Cashew Butter, Lemon Juice, Coconut Oil, and Coconut Aminos in this recipe and now I'm kind of addicted to it!

10 comments:

  1. A cashew dip. Oooo...that must taste awesome here. Rarely have cashew nuts here, so expensive...but a must-have come every Chinese New Year festival celebration to serve guests dropping by - we just bake/toast in the oven and toss in a bit of butter...or sprinkle salt. Love it!

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    1. I've never made a Cashew Dip that tasted quite like this before but it was VERY tasty! Yes...Cashews are expensive - all nuts are around this area - which is frustrating - but since I have deleted dairy from my diet - I have increased nut based foods.

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  2. Everything looks great. Skin brushing, cold showers and exercise are other ways to get your lymphatic system moving. I take cold showers daily.

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    1. I haven't done Skin brushing as of yet but am thinking about it. I know I SHOULD. I should look into a BRUSH :) Thanks!!!!

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  3. Looks like my daily food intake! :) You could also make ice cream out of the frozen bananas! Add chocolate or berries and blend it in a high powered blender. Amazing!

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    1. I hope to try a berry flavored one soon! It's been so cold here all I have wanted to eat is hot stuff! LOL

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  4. Great eats and the cashew dip sounds wonderful! I've tried skin brushing but have not made a refular habit of it yet, the brushes aren't expensive on Amazon. And ice cream made with fozen bananas is amazing, I need to make more now! :-)

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    1. I found a skin brush on TRFW and I hope to get it with my next order :)

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  5. That, my friend, is an epic looking salad! It looks so good! Fresh & vibrant and delicious. I wish I could grab it through my monitor ;p
    I actually quite love those spirulina chips on their own, I remember the banana taste being something I really enjoyed haha ;p But cashew cheese makes everything better!

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    1. Thanks! It was tasty! I actually did a similar one the following day, too!

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