Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs with Natural Colby Jack Cheese, Whole Wheat Toast and Apple Slices

Mid Morning Snack

Grape Tomatoes

Lunch

Tuna Melt with Whole Wheat Bread and Mixed Vegetables

Afternoon Snack

Apple Slices

Dinner

Apple and Avocado Salad Over Mixed Greens with Feta Cheese and Organic Poppyseed Dressing

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I wish I could have gotten a picture that captured how very tasty this was. Youll just have to look at the pictures at the Raw Food Blog that actually do it justice instead of making it look like a bowl of scrambled eggs.

Until recently I didnt give the Raw Food movement much thought, it seemed a little too crazy even for me. However in my search for truly unsweetened desserts I kept running into Raw recipes that looked really tempting. Aside from honey and dates I can eat everything they cook with, which are a lot easier and cost effective to substitute than Splenda or other nasty fake sweeteners in diabetic recipes that are so heavy in sugar substitutes it makes me cringe.

The second I saw this recipe I knew I would be making it. After the success with the gelato I plan on making the accompanying cheesecake very soon. The only problem is Im wary to buy an ice cream maker, I feel like the second I had one the urge to make ice cream would disappear. So I had to get creative to get something resembling gelato consistency out of this recipe. As it freezes it turns into a triple layer terrine as the nuts sink to the bottom, the coconut oil sits in the middle and the juice floats to the top. I found running a fork through it and treating it like a granita worked out alright. It mixed the layers together but didnt quite get it creamy. After a month with no dessert other than carob chips and homemade sorbet this was heavenly regardless of the texture.

Now we have a box of left over Clementines to snack on and the ingredients to experiment with other Raw desserts on hand. These are both exciting things. I also discovered that Breyers has a whole line of low carb ice cream bars. The fruit bars are sweetened with fructose and something I loved even before this diet so it was a nice surprise to find out I could still eat them. And they have chocolate bars that have small amounts of Splenda in them which could come in handy next time I have an emergency chocolate urge.

Raw Clementine Gelato

2c cashews
1/ 2 cup coconut butter/oil
1/ 4 cup agave nectar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cup almond milk (we used unsweetened hazelnut milk)
1 cup Clementine juice
2 teaspoon Clementine zest

Blend all ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth. Taste for sweetness, you may need to add extra agave if your Clementines weren’t that sweet.

Pour mixture into a rectangular container and place in the freezer to set. Once set but not frozen through, run a fork through it breaking up the layers of the gelato that will have separated while setting. Blend the gelato together in a bowl using fork or mixer to combine. This wont make a smooth gelato consistency but it tastes lovely without buying another kitchen appliance. Alternatively, you can pour the mixture (unfrozen) into an ice-cream maker if you have one.

You can make your own almond milk(it is difficult to find unsweetened nut milks in the store) by blending 1 cup of almonds with 3 cups of water, and straining through a nut milk bag or sieve.

Original recipe from the Raw Chef Blog.

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups of cooked lobster tail, chopped (we recommend: wild caught Longostino lobster tails)
• 2 cups of ripe avocado, peeled, de-cored and cubed
• 1 cup of cucumber, peeled and diced
• 1/2 table spoon of extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tea spoons of fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 table spoon of freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 dash of sea salt or kosher salt
• 1 dash of ground black pepper

Instructions:

1. Add all ingredients above into a mixing bowl.
2. Toss and mix well.

Enjoy!

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Im kind of oblivious when it comes to my body. Up until recently that was a bit of a good thing because it meant I didnt obsess about my weight or even know what bra size I wear. This helps me be comfortable in my skin but it probably was less than healthy as I never knew how much I weighed unless I found myself on the horrifying scale in the doctors office.

This obliviousness however is not the sanest thing in the world when one is dieting and blogging about it for the world to see. After 20 something years of not weighing myself I havent been able to convince myself to start doing it regularly now. So it took until the other day for me to notice the pants I bought a month ago were falling off me, my shirts were baggy, and regular wine shop customers kept going on about how thin I looked. Clueless me still thought I had only lost about 12 pounds. I stepped on the scale and almost fell off it when I discovered Ive now lost exactly 20 pounds. No wonder none of my clothes fit. Finally all the deprivation almost seems worth it.

I really didnt expect the results to be so obvious and so fast. Now Im down a pants size and oh so glad Ive kept my wardrobe from when I was lighter so I have something to wear. Cant figure out whether Im thrilled or freaked out that Ive lost weight so quickly.

Mostly Im thrilled because those 20 pounds are the evil nasty ones that Ive gained since going on thyroid medications that have caused havoc on my metabolism. The doctor warned me about weight gain but I wasnt prepared for gaining that much while eating less and exercising more so until the fella and I decided on this diet I had given up on ever being thin again. It should be interesting to see how difficult it is to get rid of the weight Ive been hanging on to a little longer.

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Clean Eating Recipe: Tomato Cream Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of grape tomatoes, cut into halves
• 1 - 2 cloves of garlic, crushed and chopped
• 1 table spoon of real butter
• 1 cup of organic heavy cream
• 1 pinch of sea salt or kosher salt
• 1 pinch of fresh ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Heat sauce pan on high over stove top.
2. Add butter and let it melt.
3. Add garlic and tomato halves into melted butter, and let  cook for one minute.
4. When tomatoes and garlic turn brown, reduce heat to medium, and let simmer for about 2 – 3 minutes. Stir occasionally.
5. Slowly stir in heavy cream.
6. Add a sea salt and pepper.
7. Let simmer for another 2 minutes while stirring often.
8. Pour sauce over pasta or cooked meat, like todays baked chicken breast.

Enjoy! 

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Yum


Clean Eating loves salmon!

Protein is essential in the clean eating diet, but its also hard to find easy-to-do protein meals besides chicken and turkey. Not todays salmon though, which takes less than 30 minutes, and is as delicious as the more common protein choices.

Salmon is one of the healthiest forms of protein.

Because in addition to protein, its rich in omega-3, vitamins, phosphorus, selenium, iodine and potassium, and helps improve cardiovascular health, mood and cognition, joint protection and sight. Eaten with healthy vegetables and organic cheeses, like in todays clean eating recipe, this salmon meal is even healthier.

Plus its tender in texture and full in flavor--a great alternative to chicken and turkey.

I hope you like todays salmon recipe (scroll on down).

Its a fantastic idea for clean eating dinner.

Healthy Dinner Recipe: Salmon with Avocado Cucumber Topping

Ingredients:

- 1 avocado, de-cored, peeled and diced
- 1 cucumber, peeled and cubed
- 1 tea spoon of dill
- 2 table spoons of soft cheese (either organic cream cheese or organic cream cheese)
- 1 table spoon of crumbed feta cheese
- 4 ounce Atlantic salmon
- Sea salt
- Ground black pepper
- 1 tea spoon of lemon juice
- 1 table spoon of extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tea spoons of white wine or mirin
- Olive oil cooking spray

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
2. In a mixing bowl, add salmon.
3. rub sea salt, pepper, olive oil and wine all over salmon on both sides. Mix well.
4. Put salmon on baking sheet and bake for 20 min, or until salmons thoroughly cooked.
5. While salmons cooking, add avocado, cucumber, dill, soft cheese and feta in another mixing bowl. Mix well with spoon.
6. When salmons finished, transfer it to a plate and top with the topping mixture you just made.

Enjoy!

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