Taking a Shot at Raw

Today was my first day trying a completely raw day.  Well, maybe not completely, but over 90%, I think.  

Almost everything from this post is from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen.  

My main reason for wanting to try a raw day was because I think some of the stuff you can do with raw food is just so plain cool.  Poor Joanna has gotten a comment from me about this on her blog for her last 5 posts, at least.  I think that breakfast best showcased doing cool stuff with raw food.

Breakfast:  Crepe Kream Stack:  Coconut Breakfast Cakes with Cashew Coconut Pudding and Banana.

        Apart

Together!

This was so yummy.  I think I may have put too much liquid in, it was a little off since I quartered it.  So the cakes were softer and stickier than they should have been, but they still tasted awesome.  The pudding was good, but not so good that I won't try a different one next time.  All together it was awesome.  I made a full batch of the pudding.  I think it is going to be great with some Cinnamon Puffins tomorrow!  

Post Workout Snack:  Protein Powder and Orange Juice.  I don't think this is raw, I'm sure the OJ is pasteurized or something, right?  In the book, she seems to consider hemp protein powder raw.  I don't know if rice or pea would be.  

Lunch:  Spinach Salad with Apricots and Spiced Pecans in Shallot Lemon Dressing

Spiced Pecans and Lemon Shallot Dressing

This salad was supposed to be with persimmons, not apricots, but I couldn't find persimmons.  Altogether, the salad was awesome.  The pecans are stellar, they're spiced with cardamom and cayenne, and they brought it together perfectly.  I wasn't thrilled with the dressing, I just thought it tasted like olive oil really.  If I ever made it again, I would use less oil.  Also, do shallots make anyone else cry even more than onions?  My brother was in the kitchen while I was chopping it, in tears (literally), and was like "is it really going to taste THAT good?" haha.  My only gripe with this dish, really, was that I wish I had a dehydrator so that the coating stuck to the pecans better.  But it all mixed together perfectly.  

Snack:  Lemon Coconut Bars

Hm, I had a lot of coconut today huh? 

  

Not to be negative, but these were just okay.  I don't know if I didn't let them chill long enough, but the flavors were kind of splattered....and not in a good way.  Parts were really salty and parts were too lemony.  I probably wouldn't make them again, but maybe they'll be better tomorrow.  

Dinner:  Fettucine Squash Noodles with Cilantro Pesto

This was the only thing that really wasn't from Ani's book.  The zucchini isn't a new idea, and the pesto I just whipped up because I had a lot of cilantro I needed to use.  It was really yummy.  

For something different today, I am giving you a more detailed total nutrition breakdown for the day:  

Nutrition Information:  1982 Calories;  132g Total Fat;  25g Saturated Fat;  0.0mg Cholesterol;  2685mg Sodium;  170g Carbohydrates;  37g Fiber;  65g Protein;  66mg Iron;  28mg Calcium;  3262mg Potassium;  135ug Folate;  67ug Vitamin B12 

I'm also probably going to have a few strawberries before bed.   

This may seem like a lot, but its pretty much exactly what the calories I eat every day.  The fat is much higher, but I actually do pretty well on a high (good) fat diet.  My breakfast had 60g of fat, and it kept me full for hours.  I'm not saying I will do this every day, but I'm not feeling bad about it.  I do think that next time, I will try not to use quite so much coconut in one day!  

I going to try and do this once a week.  I felt like it took a lot of planning though.  It was kind of hard too.  The asparagus I bought yesterday was screaming "roast me, roast me!" every time I opened the fridge!  

So, I'd like to end this with some major props to people who eat primarily raw on a day to day basis.  I don't think I could do it!  I'm sure that sounds naive, like people who say "I could never be vegan, it would be too hard", but..oh well, I said it anyway.      

Tomorrow I'm going to turn on my oven again..yay!