Sawadee ka from Thailand!
Drinking fresh raw organic vegetable juice is one of the fastest and easiest ways to stay in tip top shape while vacationing and just happens to be one of the best ways to Eat With Your Dollars. It’s something I do no matter where I am in the world (including here in Thailand) and do back home almost daily. And just so you know, I’m not talking about opening a can of “V8” or buying a ready made juice like “Naked” that has been pasteurized. To continue reading click here …
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Super Detox Juice
Spring is the air and dandelion greens are plentiful. Dandelion greens are AMAZING for detoxing and beautifying your body from the inside out. Most people think dandelion is just a weed that grows beautiful yellow and white flours but they actually are one of the most healing greens you can buy. Dandelion is proven to reduce swelling, bloating and stimulate the digestive system to release toxins. You can say bye bye to water retention after travel, a heavily salted meal or eating too much.
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Another Fabulous Vegan Potluck…
Good Evening!
I broke Habit #3 last night – but for good reason.
I started the day with Habit #1 and Habit #4 (do you know these habits by heart yet?) I also had some protein powder mixed with chia seeds after a quick 3 mile run.
I practiced another Habit #4 with a Hari Shake before lunch….
I followed the shake about an hour later with a salad at my desk. I don’t really like eating at my desk, but you gotta do what you gotta do… especially when there are back to back meetings you have no control over.
I have complete and utter control over what I put in my mouth, though. I stuffed it full of quinoa, arugula, tahini, red peppers, carrots, red onion and raisins, a few buckwheat crackers with almond butter too. Oh and I had a few Mary’s Gone Sticks & Twigs – Have you tried them yet? – they are so great when you are feeling all snacky snacky and want something crunchy crunchy!
After work I did a quick 45 mins of yoga at home – I needed to decompress from sitting all day long. I did a few hand stands during my sequence… I’ve been feeling rather dizzy at random times during the day since I started practicing them… hopefully this will subside with time. Any yogis out there experience this?
Last night, I spoke at “Three Weeks to Wellness” and was invited to another amazing vegan potluck before my talk… I made lots of Forever Cookies with cherries to share with all the cleansers just like last time.
I was kinda mad at myself – because I didn’t write down directions to the new gathering spot and I was late. I missed all the yummy food explanations (my favorite part), so I honestly don’t really know what I ate for dinner. My plate looked like this and everything tasted fantastic.
At the cleanse, I got to catch up with Scott Harris, the owner of Viva Raw. He was doing the cleanse and brought fresh juice for everyone to try. Viva Raw uses local and organic produce to make their juices and will deliver them to your door if you live in Charlotte. I’ve tasted Viva Raw juices and their protein blend a couple of times now and definitely recommend them, especially if you want to do a juice cleanse!
We had the vegan potluck at Plan Breathe – I haven’t done a breath works class there yet – but I heard it’s like tripping on oxygen. Sounds fun!
My talk was about dairy. My favorite moment was hearing the room get silent when I talked about how the female cow is the #1 over worked animal in the world. Typically kept pregnant by artificial insemination for 7 months out of every year – which equates in human terms to us running about 8 hours every single day for 7 months. Can you imagine the toxic stress hormone we would produce in our bodies if we did that? Well it’s the same for the cow – and you are consuming those toxins if you consume dairy products. (Maybe I should video tape the next talk I am giving in Feb – so I can play it for all of you…? What do you think?)
At the end of the night – Elle presented me with the most beautifully gorgeous wrapped gift in a vintage apron. A special something from her fashion inspired business – Urban Gypsy.
Even though I ate a full plate of food…I came home at 10pm absolutely starving! I went straight into the pantry and made a big bowl of “candy”!
Breaking Habit #3 was worth it, don’t you think?
In honor of the cows – I’m going to sign off with a big loud….
Moooooo!
Food Babe
Happy MLK Day! & Sunday Eats
Happy MLK Day Everyone! I hope most of you have the day off today like me…
In spirit of this beautiful day – I posted one of MLK’s famous quotes on my Facebook Page:
“A right delayed is a right denied”
Don’t let food companies deny your right to know what’s in your food any longer.
Tell the FDA and President Obama that you want Genetically Modified Ingredients labeled on packages now – HERE.
Thank you in advance!
Ok off my soap box and on to Sunday eats!
Started the day with Habit #1 (are you tired seeing me do this everyday yet?)
Drank up some Vibrant Health Green Vibrance superfoods powder and scurried to the gym to do a quick hour of cardio.
Afterwards – I had a huge green smoothie similar to the one I made the other day -Flax seeds, chia seeds, mixed frozen berries, protein and at least 3 cups of kale – oh and splash of lemon.
I was super duper productive yesterday – I can’t reveal what I was working on yet – but I really think this community of readers is gonna like it!!!!
For lunch I whipped up a quick tahini dressing to have through the week….
I made a huge salad with arugula, red peppers, raisins, red onions, sprouts and brazil nuts. I paired the salad with some almond butter and my favorite buckwheat crackers from Twin Cakes Bakery. For a treat I had two calimyrna figs stuffed with a few almonds. DELICIOUS, I tell ya!
Here’s a close up of the fig stuffed with almonds – To do this, all you need to do is to carefully slice the fig horizontally in half (they might be swooshed coming right from the package, you can stretch them out to make this easier). This is my new favorite treat to have with tea in the afternoon now too!
I hit up BE Yoga studio in the afternoon for one of Christine Navarro’s intermediate classes. The class rocked! We practiced hand stands! (I’ve been practicing everyday now for the last 4 days and might make this one of my new year’s goals… I’m scared to move away from the wall, though…I know I have the balance and core strength to do it on my own – but I’m soooooooo afraid of falling on my back – which I injured last year…)
My husband had a nice freshly pressed green juice waiting for me after Yoga. What a guy, I tell ya!!!
While I drank the green juice – I made dinner – On the menu:
Chana Masala (Recipe soon!), Quinoa and Cauliflower Rice!
What’s cauliflower rice, you ask? It’s the easiest thing you’ll ever make…. In a food processor – I grind a whole head of raw cauliflower into small bites – add a dash of salt and pepper and that’s it! This is a wonderful way to incorporate raw eating into ethnic cuisines that use a lot of rice. The cauliflower rice soaks up all the good spices and flavors perfectly! (Think – Indian, Mexican and Chinese… the possibilities are endless).
Dinner was seriously satisfying – A great combo of filling fiber and protein. But it did leave a little room for something sinful. I had a piece of raw cacao fudge with hazelnuts and few organic chocolate covered goji berries.
Later in the night – I went out on the town with my best friend Nicole – (She teaches Air Ballet and Barre Strength at Flex and Fit – Go check her out if you live in Charlotte)… Nicole and I were PARTY ANIMALS back in the day. We’ve known each other for about 26 years… So that’s a lot of partying.
We sat outside of Dharma Lounge for a couple of hours by the fire to catch up on everything. We also met some really awesome people.
The night ended with us dancing in the DJ Booth (Peter Presta). Somethings never change !
Have a great week!
Food Babe
P.S. Still looking for good movie recommendations… I think I need to watch the “Descendants” next…
A Monumental Moment
Good Morning – What a beautiful chilly Saturday morning it is! First off, I just want to thank you for all of your encouraging comments, Facebook messages, and emails on my recent “Everyday Eats” posts…I’m very appreciative and happy knowing my efforts are not wasted and you like to see what I’m eating…
Friday was ground breaking…
I started the day with grabbing a lemon out of my lemon drawer – What? You don’t have a lemon drawer in your fridge… well yes you do. It’s your meat drawer, duh! 
Practiced Habit #1, followed by some Vitamineral Green superfoods powder and then had the exact same breakfast as yesterday - it was the other half of the ezekiel muffin and a green apple.
After a morning filled with conference calls, and a cancelled lunch date because of more meetings…I worked out a little later than usual. Luckily I had this gorgeous bowl of kale to throw into my mixed berry smoothie for lunch. I like to blend the protein, flax seeds and chia seeds all together with about a cup and half of mixed berries first and then throw the kale in last…
One trick for making this smoothie taste even better? Throw a squeeze of lemon into it. The lemon cuts the taste of the greens and brings out more flavor in the berries. This sweet meyer lemon is one from my Uncle’s backyard in Jacksonville, FL and I’m sad this is the last one….Uncle please grow more and send them to us!
Followed my smoothie with a few celery stalks and almond butter. My almond butter spoon fills can get really out of control fast – so I use a tablespoon ice cream scooper to measure – it’s the perfect tool to get every bit of nut butter off the spoon and on to your plate.
Do you ever get bumps on your legs in the winter time from wearing so many pairs of leggings and tights? Well this doesn’t have to happen! If you use a dry brush regularly it will prevent those little suckers from ever showing up.
I used my dry brush today before I showered and about 3 times a week to rejuvenate my skin and stimulate my lymphatic system. Do you have one yet? (You can order one on the Food Babe Shop). Learn more about using one on this post and video about holistic skin care…
After work – I grabbed a cup of tea to go and went to surprise my parents with a big bag of green goodies….
And by green goodies, I mean lots of collard greens, celery, cucumber….etc..
Today BIG PROGRESS was made….I had both my Mom and Dad drinking green juice with me. Oh yeah. You can’t even begin to realize how what a monumental moment this was for me. I’m smiling ear to ear as I write this.
In the juice, there was a very special ingredient too – fresh turmeric! Very tasty and crazy beneficial for you. I take a turmeric supplement everyday as a natural anti-inflammatory to ease a back injury I have – I might just have to start throwing this fresh stuff in my juice everyday instead…
For a snack a little later, after my big glass of green juice (I can’t believe I forgot to take a picture – I guess I was so in awe of the moment my Dad was drinking it… just soaking it all in….) I had some coconut slices and some (unpictured) walnuts and cashews.
Today was a special Indian Holiday called “Lohri” – I had a few pieces of sugared sesame candy to celebrate the beginning of spring according to the Bikrami Calendar. I always find celebrating this holiday in the US kinda funny – since there’s definitely a couple of more months of cold ahead of us. Wouldn’t it be nice if Spring started now, though?
My mom really wanted me to stay for dinner…but I knew I had a big left over pan of Mexican Casserole waiting for me at home – This time warming it up at 300 degrees for 15 minutes.
One of the joys of never using a microwave? I had 15 mins to do a quick yoga/pilates combo before dinner. This was just enough stretching and breathing to bring on total relaxation…
This time I mixed some different greens in with the romaine to pair with a piece of the casserole….
We decided to rent “Contagion” after dinner…I won’t spoil it for those who haven’t seen it – but the ending is awesome and one of my favorite actors (Jude Law) plays a blogger! My least favorite line of the movie – “Blogging is not writing, it’s graffiti with an exclamation point” Nonetheless, I give this movie two thumbs up. Go see it!
I made brown rice treats for me and my husband to snack on during the movie….My serving was licking this spoon and the rest of the pot clean!
Got any good movie recommendations to share?
Sending you all good energy and love for a beautiful weekend! I’m off to watch the Martin Luther King Holiday Parade…
Food Babe
