Beet it!

I won't get into graphic detail, but try eating 2 fresh shredded beets for lunch and see what happens the next day. Just try it.

Should I forgo coffee on my raw diet? There is no consensus in the blogosphere. Coffee is not raw. I did without coffee for the first two days. The first day I had a headache half the day. The second day I felt like everything was in slow-motion. The third day I decided I missed coffee, so I had half a cup, black, with breakfast. I'm thinking there's no harm in that sole indulgence.

The raw diet would be easier, I reckon, if I had waited until March to start it. You see, Hubby travels a great deal for his job, so most nights I'm only cooking for myself. However, he just had knee replacement surgery on the 28th of December, so he will be home for up to 6 weeks recovering. Consequently, when I come home from work, I prepare a SAD (Standard American Diet) dinner for him, and then a raw dinner for myself.

Although there is no cooking involved in the Raw diet, there is a great deal of processing & assembling. The most high-maintenance Raw dinner I have made so far (but also the most delicious) was a plate of Japanese rolls. That involved making an almond-ginger paste in the food processor, then spreading that on a Nori seaweed sheet along with shredded carrots, chopped avocados & alfalfa sprouts. In fact one of my co-workers saw me eating leftovers for lunch the next day and she said they were "cute" and asked me to make more so she could sample one.