For the love of god I am so freakin cold!!  For the last three hours or so I've tried my hardest to shake this chill but it just won't quit.  Kind of ironic considering I planned today as an all raw food day.  My weekend got off to a stressfful start, which progressed to sourness by saturday morning.   The lovely weather that followed, compliments of hurricane Irene, wasnt exactly a mood booster (you'll likely be hearing about what... or who .... was in the near future) so I knew I'd need a little me time to fix this (seemingly pointless) rutt I find myself falling into.      

I kicked things off with the usual lemon water and shortly after ate the personal watermelon pictured above.  Cute little fruit, wasnt it?!   A few hours later I was back in the kitchen to make a 32oz juice (involving carrot of course).  During this time I also got 1/2 cup of raw cashews (for tomorrow) and checked on the quinoa I was sprouting.  (I recommend Sprout People for information on sprouting and for shopping, check out Nuts Online).   

After my juice I whipped the Raw Vegan Chili, which is based on this recipe.  I used I have in the house (ie: 1.5 Tbs coconut nectar to sweeten as I was out of dates) and up the spices a bit.  My veggies of choice this time included: corn, zucchini, and pepper + I would be sprouted quinoa.  I then top it all off with a tablespoon or two of diced jalapeno and diced avocado.  Mmmmm, so good!!   

During the week I had made a slightly altered version of the famous onion bread, which is by far one of my favorites of all the raw bread/crackers I have ever eaten.  If you own a dehydrator and you dont make this within the next 24 hours I can't help but question your tastebuds (unless of course you have a gripe wiith onions).   My (standard american diet eating) sister and mother both stated it was good (and mom doesnt love onions).  I nibbled on a little of this despite not eating the chili.  Here is what I did:

1 large sweet onion, peeled
1/2 large green zucchini, peeled
1 cup ground sunflower seeds
1 cup ground flax seeds
(slightly less than) 1/4 cup olive oil
2 oz. Braggs Liquid Aminos

Grind sunflower seeds and flax seeds and place both in a mixing bowl.  Set aside.  

Process the onion in food processor with 's' blade (until its in small pieces but not mush) and add that to the bowl.  The process the zuchinni and again add to the bowl.  Now add you liquids and  mix thoroughly to form a dough. 

Smooth dough onto teflex sheets to desired thickness (the thicker your dough is the longer it takes to dry).  Set dehydrator to 110 degrees for 5 hours.  At this point the exposed side should be dry.  Flip bread over, remove teflex sheet, and dehydrate another 7 hours or until dry and desired texture is reached (I prefer mine to be soft like cooked bread).  Break into pieces or cut with a pizza cutter, and store in refrigerator in an airtight container. 

Sunday night, 9:30pm:  I find myself in a mood that I can't yet find the right descriptives for.  With my weekend not over just yet due to having tomorrow off, I'm making an active decision to roll with things as they are.  Time and energy for the important.  

That said, I'm off like a prom dress. 

Toodles!
xo