A Little Bit Raw-er

Since I am currently on Spring Break with, supposedly, more time on my hands, I decided to delve a little bit into the idea of raw foods.  I'm not a complete enthusiast, but I do feel as if eating more foods in their natural state can be better and perhaps healthier. Knowing my own limitations, I realized that I wouldn't be able to go completely raw this week, nor would I want to. Even for the meals that haven't been totally raw, I have incorporated more simple and healthier foods.  Here are examples of two of the dinners that I had this week.

The first is spicy peanut broccoli salad of sorts. I don't think my peanut butter is raw, but I tried, ok? I took a huge knife to a small head of broccoli and went crazy on it, then I tossed the bits with my usual spicy peanut sauce that I like with red cabbage.

Here, is my attempt at raw pasta. I was surprised at how easy it was to get the zucchini noodles with a regular vegetable peeler. A little more time consuming, maybe, but not overly so.  The sauce is my improvised swiss chard/dark green leafy veggie mix pesto.  I'm out of walnuts, so I used raw cashews instead, and I couldn't tell much of a difference. I also subbed a lot of the oil with water, and it didn't seem to effect the texture too much (and cut down on the fat). I must not have made enough noodles, because I was hungry again two hours later. Unfortunately, I caved in to my whole grain craving and had second helpings using whole wheat pasta.  I must love my grains too much to give them up...

Today started off well with a breakfast of steel cut oats soaked in almond milk overnight with raisins. A little bit boring, so no picture was taken. Lunch consisted of more pesto and tomato on toast (yes, not raw, I know).  Tonight for dinner, I plan on making a raw curried soup, so I'll see how that goes.