My name is Sarahfae and I'm a Veggie-holic

I'm feeling very accomplished this evening. Sipping on my "every-once-in-a-while treat", ice cold ginger-ale with fresh lemon juice. Sooo yummy.

At the moment I've got the dehydrator loaded full of goodies:
Strawberries, my home made sun dried tomatoes (tossed with: nut. yeast, balsamic vinegar, sea salt and pepper), and *drum roll*....daikon radish chips - tossed with evoo and sea salt. Those chips are going to be SO yummy with just about everything - from my "chickpea-less hummus", to guacamole, or just plain by themselves.
*Pampering Tip:
When working with evoo, or just about any oil in the kitchen...let it get on your hands. Don't wash it off - just pat your hands with a towl, and let the oil absorb into your skin. It's a quick and nice way to moisturize while you're getting dinner ready.

Without further ado - here's tonights dinner. I'm calling it "Italian Pasta Salad, Slightly Confused"
( Read more... )I think I've been doing really well with my commitment to phasing back into a mostly raw food diet. So far I'm only allowing myself one type of cooked food a day as a part of a meal. The cooked food most often ends up being a part of dinner, but on days when I don't bring lunch with me to work [like today] my lunch usually ends up being mostly cooked[as per my sweet hubby providing it], and so dinner tonight was all raw. I'm having a lot more fun this time around, verses when I first tried the transition last year. My mistake was mostly just jumping in head first, thinking "I can do this with no turning back". Being vegan and gluten free helped, but the lack of information and over-zealous approach I took was my undoing. This time around I'm feeling much more realistic, much more educated, and totally comfortable with my own pace and style.