Vegan 'Meaty' Stew?

I have to admit this sort of freaked me out!  Even my mother said it looked like 'meat' you would put in a stew.  It's not.  It's actually Jackfruit!

My mother is not a vegetarian and she sampled a little bit of this Sesame Ginger Teriyaki Jackfruit and thought it tasted like meat, too!

Normally I am not a fan of meat alternatives or fake meats but I think because this is straight up fruit based it seemed to be better than a lot of the others you see on the market.

It came as a packet that you could heat and serve and I just added carrots to it and poured it over pasta.

Here's a photo of the package!  It's from the Jackfruit Company.  It's Nut-Free, Dairy-Free, and Vegan.  It's the Sesame Ginger flavor.

Overall it was a very impressive product.  I don't think it's something that I would eat everyday as it was a little more salty than I like...but it had a good flavor.

The reason I bought it was purely because of the Jackfruit!  It's rare to find Jackfruit anything around me!  I've only ever had Jackfruit flavored things and have also had dried Jackfruit that I bought from The Raw Food World.  This was a nice change and certainly gave me some ideas as to what to do with it if I can find some down the road.  Other ideas that I am drawn to are Jackfruit Tacos and Jackfruit Sandwiches (instead of Pulled Pork Sandwiches), for example.

More Grains

So I have been doing roughly 90% Raw Foods for the past almost 2 weeks and it has REALLY helped my digestion but after visiting with my new CDN yesterday she wants me to add more grains.  Which...in the past I haven't had a problem with - I was hoping to stay about the same amount RAW - but she did like what I was doing with my amount of raw...just wanted me to add more grains to it.  She wants to see more casseroles, for example or more sandwiches.  I'll try it - she said we can always change it later if it doesn't work well with my digestion issues.  So because I will be adding more grains I will be about 75-80% raw with the addition of grains, I guess.  The most important part of my whole visit with her is that she wants me to totally eliminate dairy.  So...I wasn't over analyzing it!  YAY!  So...basically Near Vegan.  I'm ok with that!

More coming soon!  The Adventure Continues!