Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Raw Sandwich!
Quick peek at my lunch today... yummm
Russell James' DELICIOUS Mediterranean Almond Bread:
http://therawchef.blogs.com/russell_james/2006/03/the_bes...
Rod Rotundi's AMAZING Cashew Kreme Cheeze
Jennifer Cornbleet's FANTASTIC Marinara Sauce
Avocados, Cherry Tomatoes, and Lettuce.
Enjoy!
Russell James' DELICIOUS Mediterranean Almond Bread:
http://therawchef.blogs.com/russell_james/2006/03/the_bes...
Rod Rotundi's AMAZING Cashew Kreme Cheeze
Jennifer Cornbleet's FANTASTIC Marinara Sauce
Avocados, Cherry Tomatoes, and Lettuce.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
hindsight is 20/20
so i just read over what i wrote last night and it isn't fair.
mom has been the one who has been the most supportive out of anyone with regards to my interest in raw food, and she has genuinely started to adopt quite a few bits and pieces of the philosophy into her daily life.
although she's not 100% yet, she's still tracking and i really under represented just how much she's done for me, and how far she's come. i just need to be patient.
it's just that i have felt such positive changes from eating this way, and it frustrates me when my mom (who isn't in the best health right now) doesn't just commit to healthier food choices. granted, compared to 99.99999% of america, my mother is a health angel, but my standards are disproportionate. in other words, i need to chill out.
anywho, the move to the basement fridge was a good one. i hear a lot less gripe about the fridge space now, and it seems as though this will be the best compromise. not to mention that i have a lot more space to organize things the way i want them to be, and not as many people rummage through there and move things around.
i am totally stoked on the marinated onions i made, they taste so good! thank you momma louks!
and... i can't wait to have a 3 day weekend to go apeshit with cooking. i will have ample time to restock, hit up the new canaan farmer's market, and make some good food for my first week of work.
i am so excited to go back to my job. one of my friends linda invited me to go to a dehydrating and canning class. i can't wait!
anyway. i have to finish my STATS classwork. kill me.
best,
cliff
mom has been the one who has been the most supportive out of anyone with regards to my interest in raw food, and she has genuinely started to adopt quite a few bits and pieces of the philosophy into her daily life.
although she's not 100% yet, she's still tracking and i really under represented just how much she's done for me, and how far she's come. i just need to be patient.
it's just that i have felt such positive changes from eating this way, and it frustrates me when my mom (who isn't in the best health right now) doesn't just commit to healthier food choices. granted, compared to 99.99999% of america, my mother is a health angel, but my standards are disproportionate. in other words, i need to chill out.
anywho, the move to the basement fridge was a good one. i hear a lot less gripe about the fridge space now, and it seems as though this will be the best compromise. not to mention that i have a lot more space to organize things the way i want them to be, and not as many people rummage through there and move things around.
i am totally stoked on the marinated onions i made, they taste so good! thank you momma louks!
and... i can't wait to have a 3 day weekend to go apeshit with cooking. i will have ample time to restock, hit up the new canaan farmer's market, and make some good food for my first week of work.
i am so excited to go back to my job. one of my friends linda invited me to go to a dehydrating and canning class. i can't wait!
anyway. i have to finish my STATS classwork. kill me.
best,
cliff
Monday, May 24, 2010
restless
i've been quite frustrated with doing the raw food thing at home lately. frankly, my mom just isn't committed to this whole thing, and although she's really into things like green juice and salad, i think her eating habits are pretty terrible.
she eats rice crackers and almond butter non-stop, and it seems as though that's the only thing she eats. i don't feel like she varies her diet enough! when she does vary her diet, it's usually restaurant food, and then she feels sick, so she eats more rice crackers with almond butter.
everyone has been pretty fed-up with the changes i've made around the kitchen, so i've had to move everything to the basement to appease everyone. even that has made my dad mad i think. he says i've taken over his beer fridge.
despite the fact that i think my mom's intentions are quite good (and the fact that she has come a LONG way) i feel annoyed lately.
sure it's immature that i get so touchy about her lack of enthusiasm for it all, but i really want to help her, and frankly, i see her health problems as something quite easy to fix. (a foolish assumption i know...) but she keeps reiterating that diet isn't 100% of the answer, and i definitely agree. but if you can't seem to master the mental/emotional component of it all (i.e. taking the necessary steps to relax and allow yourself to mentally heal from hyper-thyroidism) then you might as well be eating as purely as possible... in otherwords, if you can't commit to resting and healing, then at least eat well. and it's not like she has to do any work! i do all of the (un)cooking anyway!
this is more of a venting post so forgive me, but everyone sees me as being crazy. it's also kind of hard because everyone in my family thinks that i've been reclusive and reluctant to go out as a result. so much centers around eating and i feel as though choosing to eat so well has alienated me from my family.
i wish my mom was at least on board. i will just have to settle for about 60% of her support for now.
best,
cliff
she eats rice crackers and almond butter non-stop, and it seems as though that's the only thing she eats. i don't feel like she varies her diet enough! when she does vary her diet, it's usually restaurant food, and then she feels sick, so she eats more rice crackers with almond butter.
everyone has been pretty fed-up with the changes i've made around the kitchen, so i've had to move everything to the basement to appease everyone. even that has made my dad mad i think. he says i've taken over his beer fridge.
despite the fact that i think my mom's intentions are quite good (and the fact that she has come a LONG way) i feel annoyed lately.
sure it's immature that i get so touchy about her lack of enthusiasm for it all, but i really want to help her, and frankly, i see her health problems as something quite easy to fix. (a foolish assumption i know...) but she keeps reiterating that diet isn't 100% of the answer, and i definitely agree. but if you can't seem to master the mental/emotional component of it all (i.e. taking the necessary steps to relax and allow yourself to mentally heal from hyper-thyroidism) then you might as well be eating as purely as possible... in otherwords, if you can't commit to resting and healing, then at least eat well. and it's not like she has to do any work! i do all of the (un)cooking anyway!
this is more of a venting post so forgive me, but everyone sees me as being crazy. it's also kind of hard because everyone in my family thinks that i've been reclusive and reluctant to go out as a result. so much centers around eating and i feel as though choosing to eat so well has alienated me from my family.
i wish my mom was at least on board. i will just have to settle for about 60% of her support for now.
best,
cliff
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Vitamix Post!
Our vitamix has been AMAZING. what a blender. can't wait to use it tomorrow!
i will post more stuff this weekend... i'm taking a fucking statistics class and its driving me nuts. :-(
more to come!
best,
cliff
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Lunch with the Louks
Lunch with the Louks
I had ANOTHER amazing meal at June’s house before I left Malibu, (Thank G-d) and it was fantastic. She has this really really good jicama salad recipe that you can check out on her website, http://rawumptiousrecipes.com/index.php?page_id=268 and there were these buckwheat crackers with avocado, trocamere, and onions marinated in beet juice… Let me tell you, not only were these things filling as hell, but they were SO GOOD. June has a real talent for making AMAZING raw food that adults and children a like love.
I went over her potential for youtube, and how she really should get more material out into the raw food internet world… her family is such an amazing example for others who are thinking about doing the same thing. Her husband, and kids all eat raw food, and her kitchen is so awesome. She has several hours of video that is just WAITING to be edited, and luckily I discovered that her daughter hailey is a fantastic editor. I am trying to see if she’ll help her mom out by making 5 minute clips of their family life and raw foods. It has so much potential! Let me reiterate, Hailey is really quite talented with imovie HD. She could make some bomb youtube posts.
Anyhow, the meal and the time I spent with them was amazing as usual. I am going to miss them over the summer, but there’s a chance that they may be in CT at some point this summer… So if they are I really hope we can do some sort of joint video venture about raw food and stuff. That would be so cool.
The day after, I checked out this vegan place that I had never heard of called “juicy ladies” and it was in woodland hills. They have a bunch of different raw options, including raw icecream! I had their no tuna wrap, and I was so stoked to see that they sold a bunch of natural body care products. I was digging their “oralive” toothpaste… I think that would be a pretty great new product to get into. The only thing I didn’t like was that the inside looked like a mcdonalds playground. Way too many colors. It felt like whoever designed it was desperate to be edgy or playful.
Despite the potential epileptic fit you may have from going in there, the food was great! Here’s a picture of my meal there… It was cheap too! 8 bucks! I love it! (ok fine… it was cheap by RAW FOOD standards… but you try getting ANYTHING at a raw food restaurant that will fill you for 8 bucks…)
I think I’m starting to feel some detox symptoms from finals week, but I can’t tell if those are just from exhaustion or detoxification… Whatever it is though, it’s clear that I need rest. CT here I come!
Best,
Cliff
I had ANOTHER amazing meal at June’s house before I left Malibu, (Thank G-d) and it was fantastic. She has this really really good jicama salad recipe that you can check out on her website, http://rawumptiousrecipes.com/index.php?page_id=268 and there were these buckwheat crackers with avocado, trocamere, and onions marinated in beet juice… Let me tell you, not only were these things filling as hell, but they were SO GOOD. June has a real talent for making AMAZING raw food that adults and children a like love.
I went over her potential for youtube, and how she really should get more material out into the raw food internet world… her family is such an amazing example for others who are thinking about doing the same thing. Her husband, and kids all eat raw food, and her kitchen is so awesome. She has several hours of video that is just WAITING to be edited, and luckily I discovered that her daughter hailey is a fantastic editor. I am trying to see if she’ll help her mom out by making 5 minute clips of their family life and raw foods. It has so much potential! Let me reiterate, Hailey is really quite talented with imovie HD. She could make some bomb youtube posts.
Anyhow, the meal and the time I spent with them was amazing as usual. I am going to miss them over the summer, but there’s a chance that they may be in CT at some point this summer… So if they are I really hope we can do some sort of joint video venture about raw food and stuff. That would be so cool.
The day after, I checked out this vegan place that I had never heard of called “juicy ladies” and it was in woodland hills. They have a bunch of different raw options, including raw icecream! I had their no tuna wrap, and I was so stoked to see that they sold a bunch of natural body care products. I was digging their “oralive” toothpaste… I think that would be a pretty great new product to get into. The only thing I didn’t like was that the inside looked like a mcdonalds playground. Way too many colors. It felt like whoever designed it was desperate to be edgy or playful.
Despite the potential epileptic fit you may have from going in there, the food was great! Here’s a picture of my meal there… It was cheap too! 8 bucks! I love it! (ok fine… it was cheap by RAW FOOD standards… but you try getting ANYTHING at a raw food restaurant that will fill you for 8 bucks…)
I think I’m starting to feel some detox symptoms from finals week, but I can’t tell if those are just from exhaustion or detoxification… Whatever it is though, it’s clear that I need rest. CT here I come!
Best,
Cliff
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
packing for a raw food plane flight (before arriving home)
I got lucky last night when I was hanging out with Anna in Beverly Hills. She happened to know of a Whole Foods nearby, and while packing up some dinner, I also managed to pack a meal for the 5 hour flight back to NYC.
Here's what I got:
BIG organic apple
carton of organic strawberries
carton of organic blueberries
BIG organic pear
1 packet of goraw's ginger snap "cookies"
1 go raw pumpkin bar
i'm thinking all of this should hold me over! it did get radiated when going through security though... SO DID I THOUGH. :-/
i had kind of an insane morning really, i woke up at 7 so that i wouldn't get caught sleeping over in my friend's dorm (it's not allowed after school's out) and i went to the student commons to check in to my flight on jetblue. they cancelled the flight and were only able to refund my parents 200 hundred dollars... and then i booked a flight on virginamerica (which is really a swanky airline) for $500! AHHH too much money lost!
Then... my friend's mother called me panicked because she thought that her daughter had gotten lost last night. I gues she had been drinking and didn't come home and so I spent a good protion of the time calling people and worrying that my friend was dead in a ditch somewhere. Turns out she was sleeping over at the house next door.
i am so excited to get home, see my family, my puppies, and FINALLY get a good night's sleep in my OWN bed. YAHOO!
i also found out that the darien farmer's market opens on the wednesday i'm back home... so i will be hitting that up as well as whole foods and Mrs. Green's grocery store for some raw food STAPLES.
aight imma bounce.
Best,
Cliff
Here's what I got:
BIG organic apple
carton of organic strawberries
carton of organic blueberries
BIG organic pear
1 packet of goraw's ginger snap "cookies"
1 go raw pumpkin bar
i'm thinking all of this should hold me over! it did get radiated when going through security though... SO DID I THOUGH. :-/
i had kind of an insane morning really, i woke up at 7 so that i wouldn't get caught sleeping over in my friend's dorm (it's not allowed after school's out) and i went to the student commons to check in to my flight on jetblue. they cancelled the flight and were only able to refund my parents 200 hundred dollars... and then i booked a flight on virginamerica (which is really a swanky airline) for $500! AHHH too much money lost!
Then... my friend's mother called me panicked because she thought that her daughter had gotten lost last night. I gues she had been drinking and didn't come home and so I spent a good protion of the time calling people and worrying that my friend was dead in a ditch somewhere. Turns out she was sleeping over at the house next door.
i am so excited to get home, see my family, my puppies, and FINALLY get a good night's sleep in my OWN bed. YAHOO!
i also found out that the darien farmer's market opens on the wednesday i'm back home... so i will be hitting that up as well as whole foods and Mrs. Green's grocery store for some raw food STAPLES.
aight imma bounce.
Best,
Cliff
Monday, May 3, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
in transit
tomorrow afternoon i fly home! i'm sitting in my neighbor's family room, and have kept up the rawness. so ready to go home.
i stopped by wholefoods tonight to pack a lunch for tomorrows plane ride.
if there's internet in the airport i'll post something. i have a lot to update you all on!
wish me luck for tomorrow.
best,
cliff
i stopped by wholefoods tonight to pack a lunch for tomorrows plane ride.
if there's internet in the airport i'll post something. i have a lot to update you all on!
wish me luck for tomorrow.
best,
cliff
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