Day 32
RAW




Day after Thanksgiving

This has been a very low key laid back day... Date with my husband, we went to see Borat for his B DAY gift and it made him so happy! He laughed so hard he snorted in the theatre, and that made me laugh!

We also put training wheels on an old Schwinn we bought about a year ago for Astrid at a garage sale. It is such a great bike, the kind with a banana seat... blue and pink. She was not big enough for it when we bought it. But, now it is still big... but not too big for a big girl!

So around she went after she helped me clean it up... Very exciting. I have an old schwinn too with a basket up front... It is the next on the list to be fixed and I picture mother daughter bike rides with my new boundless energy. Pretty exciting. My daughter is a firecracker, she always has amazed me with her lack of fear and constant energy. She loves being outside and she loves being very active. I can not wait to feel like I am better able to keep up with her, instead of always sending Vyk or James to do the active stuff with her. Don't get me wrong, we have our things we love to do together... they are just mostly inside and I will be happy to share more with her as she gets older that is outside and active.

National Buy Nothing Day
Today, I bought nothing.
I also took the time to think and talk to Vyk about what we want to do this Christmas. As far as gift giving and stressing over money and the rush and hectic pace. We talked over giving cards that are handmade and special (maybe a book) and in it say that money has been donated to blood water mission on their behalf this holiday season. As far as family goes... Either make or buy free trade/ responsibly or services and keep the price tag low... Like $25 for vyk's and I, higher for Astrid and James, $25 for my dad and vyk's mom... Everyone else (all of those people that you give the little gifts and do not know if they like it or not. A candle for Vyk's aunt... etc)... those are the people you give the card/ book to. I do not know, we have not decided for sure. But that is the idea. What gets hard too is feeling like everyone needs new clothes and decorations and even if you decide to make gifts it gets expensive... Vyk and I have talked over giving a decent amount to the blood water mission thing... The only way we can do this (because we are on a tight budget) is by scaling way back. Which we have done for years now... But scaling way back... Creative ideas I am not short of, so we will see. I am so happy with my simplified Thanksgiving, I have no doubt that Christmas will be bright.

Oh yeah, I am here to talk about raw foods.
Weighed this morning... no weight gain after Thanksgiving, in fact I might have lost a lb. But I will wait to officially announce it. I ate very raw today... all but a scoop of mashed potatoes... (I said they were good). I did make the raw pecan pie. I was tempted by my tradition after Thanksgiving of a turkey sandwich and mashed potatoes and a piece of pecan pie...

They turned out sooo good. And really did not disappoint the craving.
The great thing about the recipe is he uses the same crust in several other pie recipes with like fresh strawberries stirred with agave and in the pie shell. So really with this recipe you could knock off any pie... I do not usually have pie more than 2 times a year... but this might change now.
Esp because it took like 10 minutes and tasted so good!

Pecan Pie from RAWvolution
Crust
2 cups raw almonds (ground)
1/2 cup agave (I added a little more as I went)
Mix in a bowl and press into 5" pie tins

Filling
1/3 cup coconut water (OK I have not yet figured out the coconut water)
So I used pure water and a tablespoon of coconut oil :)
1/4 cup pecans
1/2 cup raisins (I used currants)
I also added a glob of agave because although they were sweet without it, it needed a touch more.
Blend until smooth (added a touch more water to make it move)
Add the filling to the pie tin and then top with more pecans.

YUM! Made 4 pies. This also made enough crust for me to make two strawberry pies.. He suggests taking any fruit and adding agave nectar to it for a filling. Astrid loved it! Trust me, you need to try this recipe. so easy!