Dinner raw raw raw

For dinner tonight, I kept it simple since I by accident (not) ate some raw (not) crab at lunch. This salad was so good I totally forgot it was a special salad until I smelled Michael's nachos and leftover lasagne. 

- arugula, mixed greens, shredded red cabbage (using the mandolin slicer in the picture), chopped Euro cucumber, carrots, 1/4 of an avocado, chopped snap peas, basil, mint, raw pumpkin seeds, dried currants and lemon juice, salt & pepper.  

Lunch might have crabs...

So for mom's final lunch in San Francisco I took her to The Ramp because it has pretty harbor views and great seafood. I knew it might be challenging for me, but honestly, her experience was way more important to me than mine.  

I ordered a Crab Louie salad because thats the only thing that had raw anything... and as soon as it arrived and took off the egg, the dressing and gave some crab to mom. She insisted that I eat some of it, and honestly, whats the big deal. So I had some crab. I used lemon juice for dressing and it was delicious. I even ate the raw onions, which everyone knows I normally hate.  Really, I wanted to challenge myself and see how this works in the real world, not in my raw-sheltered-life of Whole Foods salad bars and my own fully-stocked kitchen. It was a good experience for me -- seeing how I normally eat and how much more extreme the Raw lifestyle is. I thought being gluten-free and totally OCD about fresh whole foods was enough, but no... raw is a whole new pole up your butt. 

Day 3 - 5am and Feeling Grand

I'm off to teach early sessions at Bodyrok, but before I go it's time to fruitup on

-one banana, half a pear, half a nectarine, a few dried currants, raw coconut flakes

Dinner on day 2!

So for dinner I made everyone else a delicious grass-fed beef lasagna (gluten free of course, for my mom and sister), and served it with an Italian salad and fruit & cheese plate. Thats how I normally eat. But tonight I'm raw, so Char and I made this deliciousness:

Gazpacho made from 66 Square Feet, raw lettuce wraps drizzled with a delicious dressing that we made with 1/4 cup almond butter, 2 tablespoons of lime juice, a dash of raw agave and a dash of soy sauce.  We also made two little adorable salads with sesame seeds and WFM Carrot-Ginger dressing.

After a long yoga & swim session...

Those delicious wraps didn't entirely hit the spot, so I dipped an apple in raw almond butter and now I'm feeling grand.

Lunch!

Hey hey!
So I found these delicious wraps from whole foods, and thought the wrapper was cabbage but upon further inspection I realized it's rice paper, so I carefully pealed it off and ate each little morsel with chop sticks. It was super fun. I also dipped them in a little almond butter that I blended with a dash of siracha and raw coconut milk. So delicious!

Second breakie

After teaching all morning I made a beautiful second breakfast of

- sauerkraut, raw cashews, and a salad with a small carrot, half an avocado, cucumber, chopped peas, dill & basil with lemon juice.