Posted by Elizabeth
I went out to brunch with friends in DC this morning to have my first cooked meal in a month. I had an egg-whites omlette with spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, and feta cheese; a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice; a few baked sweet potato fries that I shared with my sister; a bowl [...]
Posted by Elizabeth
This is the last day of the Month in the Raw, so I wanted to sign off with some of my thoughts about how things went this month and my plans for going forward. I have actually really liked eating only raw foods this month. It has helped me feel healthier and more [...]
Posted by Elizabeth
It is getting really close to the end of the month. I think this month has gone by pretty fast, and I’m surprised the end is here so soon. Since this is the final week, I am composing my thoughts about what I want to take away from this experiment into the coming [...]
Posted by Elizabeth
Nothing very exciting, but it was very delicious. Thanks to Beck for the mixed salad greens she gave me instead of letting them go bad while she was out of town this weekend and for the really simple salad dressing recipe.
P.S. That is the arm of my couch in the picture, which is [...]
Posted by Elizabeth
I have been really really cold lately. Granted, it is winter and it actually has been cold in North Carolina. We even got snow this week. But I absolutely have not been able to get warm at all for the past week and a half or so. At work, I have been sitting [...]
Posted by Elizabeth
When we decided to do this raw experiment for January, I already had plans to go out of town for a long weekend with friends at a cabin in the mountains. The whole point of the weekend getaway was to hang out at the cabin with friends and relax and play drinking games. [...]
Posted by Elizabeth
When I first started researching eating raw, I came across many mentions of green smoothies. I was particularly intrigued by the idea of spinach-banana smoothies. I love spinach. I love bananas. Bananas are actually my favorite fruit. So what could be better than combining them! Trying spinach-banana smoothies was one of the things [...]
Bring Your Own Salad Dressing
Posted by Elizabeth
I’ve been pretty confident about being able to go out to eat and order a salad with just raw veggies on it, assuming that most restaurants should have traditional oil and vinegar salad dressing. (I’m only using the olive oil.)
I have had success ordering salads out four or five [...]
…but I think I might actually like this.
Posted by Elizabeth
I feel healthier than I have in a while. I also feel more energetic. I’m not sure whether this diet is actually giving me more energy, or whether the general healthy feeling I have because I am eating so well is giving me a boost.
In terms [...]
January 28, 2009
Weekend trip to DC
Posted by Elizabeth
The last time I went out of town for the weekend, I had planned the trip before this experiment started and already planned to drink with my friends that weekend ahead of time. I have recently made plans to go visit my sister in Washington, DC this coming weekend, the last weekend of [...]
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