Partial Raw....Day 7

Hey everyone! So, today is day 7, and I feel great! I never knew eating more raw foods could make this big of a difference in how you feel. Today at work we had a potluck for two people that are leaving the company. The man loves tacos, so they fixed up a taco bar for them. I didn't even go over to where all the food was, because I knew there wouldn't really be anything that I could eat. Everyone's about meat where I work, however a coworker in our department made some homemade salsa....uh oh! I love chips and salsa! So, you know what I did...yep...I had a few chips and salsa. The strange thing is, as I was eating the chips and salsa, I could feel my stomach bloating. Now, is that weird or what? After that I stopped eating them. I only had about 10 chips if that many. I couldn't see making myself feel miserable. Anyway, this morning I had a bright green smoothie. :o) It consisted of 1 cup of water, 1 banana, 1 cup frozen mango chunks, kale, and a little cinnamon and ginger powder. Oh, and about a teaspoon of honey. Here's a picture of my wheat berry salad that I made last night. I soaked a cup of wheat berries in about 3 cups of water for 24 hours. I soaked them in a mason jar with the lid on. I set the jar in a corner on my kitchen counter. After 24 hours I drained, then rinsed the wheat berries. I put them back in the jar and put a paper towel over the lid with a rubber band. I did this because I didn't have any cheese cloth. One of these days I will learn to be prepared...ha Anyway, I turned the jar on it side and put it back in the corner where I had it to begin with. After 24 more hours I had sprouts. :o) I decided to make a wheat berry salad out of the wheat berry sprouts. I found a recipe on the food network site that sounded good, but she (Barefoot Contessa) used cooked wheat berries and onions, where as I didn't. I also used a yellow onion, because I didn't have a red one. Click here for the recipe. It was good, but not great. It needed something else. I think some chopped apple would have made it much better, maybe even great. I just may add some chopped apple to what's left and see how that works. I'll let you know how that turns out.

For lunch I put the wheat berry salad on my kale salad. There again, it was good, but not great.

I didn't eat as much as I normally do for lunch, so I was pretty hungry by 2:30. I pulled out my chocolate chip cookie dough Larabar and ate half of that. Oh my....that rocks! So far that and the brownie are are my favorite. I really haven't eaten one that I dislike yet. It just boils down to the fact that I love chocolate. :o)

~Peace~Love~Happiness~