Day 25

Huh, apparently I have a blog. I didn't forget completely, as I have taken pictures of food over the past 2 weeks, but I just wasn't motivated enough to blog. I think there are several reasons of this. First, the gluten situation really threw me off. I did not stay gluten-free for 2 weeks, and subsequently did not have the endoscopy that was recommended. I did try, but after about 4 days I just couldn't take it. This was a hard decision, as I have a tendency to *need* the diagnosis in order to justify my eating habits, but seriously, it was getting out of control. I clearly have an intolerance to wheat/gluten. My stomach protrudes, I hurt, and I feel like curling up in bed in big thick sweats and sleeping. So, clearly the answer is to stop eating gluten/wheat. Period. No more trial runs, no more psyching myself out and pretending I can just eat the bread. I can't and I don't need a gastroenterologist to tell me that. I haven't taken all the precautions yet that celiacs have to make (separate utensils, etc), but I think it's coming soon, because even with eliminating what products, I have had mild symptoms the past few days, which to me indicate that I was glutened unknowingly.

The second reason I have dropped off from blogging is that I haven't been exactly 100% raw lately, perhaps not even 90%. I have 3 weeks off in August and somewhere along the way I decided that I want to relax and not punish myself for eating non-raw. I have been mostly raw, but I have also included fresh seafood, as I do live on Cape Cod, and it is that time of year. It's all ending soon, as I feel myself drawn back to raw every time I stray. I just wanted to enjoy the rest of my summer and feel good about that decision.

WIth those caveats in mind, I have still managed to prepare some excellent raw dishes along the way. I had a bit of a coleslaw habit going for a while.

Basic Recipe

-shredded cabbage- green, purple, or both
-shredded carrots
-apple cider vinegar
-olive oil
-salt and pepper

Tasty additions:

Fresh Sweet Corn

Fresh Sweet Corn & Green Onion


I also tried the amazing stuffed tomato recipe bouncing around Raw Fu. The original recipe was courtesy of Rawvelations.

Finally, my favorite new recipe is courtesy of SaraBeth. Good Lord this girl has some amazing raw dessert recipes. This is a piece of her chocomole pie, which I am pretty sure I could live off for quite a while. I'm on my third batch of the filling- I ditched the crust to try to maintain some semblance of a reasonable fat gram count each day. It is a raw food lifesaver.