Raaaawwwwwktober Days 9 - 14

Wow - Where did the days go? Days 9 - 14.  Life got so busy and hectic, took me a while to post a new blog. Been so busy with studying and work. You could probably say I picked the worst time and the best time to do a 31 day raw challenge.  The best because I have so much extra energy and need less sleep on raw. I have found that the extra planning has well paid off for the extra energy and life balance I am experiencing. I am coping with stress and demands so much better "raw"! Love it! :)

Rawktober Day 9 - Sunday 9 October

It took me three days to make but was so worth it! Sunday night Raw Pizza to go with a Sunday night movie!

Breakfast

Kombucha

Green Smoothie: Spinach Bok Choy Celery Strawberries Bananas, Supergreens, Bee Pollen

Snack

Cranberry Ball

Lunch

Asian Salad with marinated mushrooms: ginger, garlic, nama shoyu, lime juice,sesame oil,  mushrooms, bok choy, snow peas, coriander

Snack
Apple

Dinner
Raw Pizza: BASE: Activated Macadamia Nuts, Chia Seeds, Garlic, Celtic Sea Salt, Nama shoyu, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, TOMATO SAUCE: Tomato, Chives, Roma Tomatoes Sundried Tomatoes Dates Red Pepper Parsley CHEEZE: Cashews Nutritional Yeast Celtic Sea Salt TOPPINGS Parsley, Green and Black Olives, Capsicum Spring Onions, Avacado, Chilli & Garlic infused oil.

Rawktober Day 10 - Monday 10 October

Breakfast

Kombucha Tea

Green Smoothie: Spinach Bok Choy Celery Strawberries Bananas, Supergreens, Bee Pollen

Snack
Strawberries and Dates

Lunch
Rawdolf Salad: macadamia nuts,garlic, parsley,lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, celtic sea salt, red apples, celery,walnuts

Dinner

Raw Pizza

Rawktober Day 11 - Tuesday 11 October

Breakfast

Kombucha Tea

Green Smoothie: Spinach Bok Choy Celery Strawberries Bananas, Supergreens, Bee Pollen

Snack
Raw Fries: Sweet potato, nama shoyu, celtic sea salt

Lunch
Raw Pizza

Dinner
Yummy Raw Bento Box at Real Foods Cafe

Rawktober Day 12 - Wednesday 12 October

Breakfast

Kombucha Tea

Green Smoothie: Spinach Bok Choy Celery Strawberries Bananas, Supergreens, Bee Pollen

Snack
  Mango and strawberries

Lunch
Sprouted Salad: Sprouted buckweat, quinoa and pearl barley, sweet potato, bok choy, snow peas,

Dinner
Raw Pizza, sprouted salad and rawdolf salad

Rawktober Day 13 - Thursday 13 October

Breakfast

Green Smoothie: mango, banana, spinach, bok choy, spirulina, bee pollen

Lunch

Sprouted Salad with mixed lettuce

Dinner

Raw Lasagne from Yongs Green Food - Brunswick St Fitzroy

Rawktober Day 14 - Friday 14 October

Breakfast

Green Smoothie: mango, banana, spinach, bok choy, spirulina, bee pollen 

Snack

Macadamia Nuts,  Orange and Dates

 Lunch 

Mex Salad: sweet corn, tomato, red capsicum, avacado, coriander, lime juice

Dinner: Mex Salad  loved this one so much I ate it for dinner too. Yum!!!!!

Love this song and this great band - James, Jo, Gus and Jeff are James McCann and The Dirty Skirts - Knowing Smile - such a classic!!!!! Yay!!!!!

 

 

Rawktober Days 6, 7 & 8

The much anticipated recipe for Raw Latte....

Rawtober Day 6 - Thursday 6 October

Breakfast
Kombucha Tea 
Green Smoothie: spinach, orange, cucumber, celery, coconut water, spirulina, bee pollen.

Snack
By day 6 I was so happy to make a latte which is great for anyone transitioning from coffee. :)

Raw Latte: I used Eridu Velvet Splash, which is a mixture of raw cacao powder, lucuma, mesquite, maca and himalayan salt - if you have these separate ingredients you could make this mix yourself, with coconut butter, raw honey ( if you are vegan you can use agave) and raw steeped chai tea.

Lunch
Avacado and Olive Dip with broccoli (Avacados, green olives, garlic, chilli, lime juice, eztra virgin olive oil, celtic sea salt, broccoli.

Snack
Coconut Yoghurt and strawberries

Dinner
Really Yummy!!! Stuffed Mushrooms ( mushrooms, garlic, rice wine vinegar, celtic sea salt, extra virgin olive oil, sundried tomatoes, activated pine nuts, basil)

Rawktober Day 7 - Fri 7 October


Breakfast
Kombucha Tea
Green Smoothie:spinach, orange, cucumber, celery, coconut water, spirulina, bee pollen.

Snack
Strawberries, kiwi fruit

Lunch 
Rainbow Pasta: beetroot, zuccini. carrot, mushrooms, activated pine nuts, basil sundried tomatoes, olives, celtic sea salt

Dinner
Avacado and Olive Dip with Vegie crudites, cucumber, celery, snow peas, capsicum


Rawktober Day 8 - Sat 8 October


Breakfast
Kombucha Tea
Green smoothie: spinach, orange, cucumber, celery, coconut water, spirulina, bee pollen.

Lunch 
Apples, bananas, dates

Dinner
Asian Salad with marinated mushrooms:  ginger, garlic, nama shoyu, lime juice, coconut sugar, cold pressed sesame oil, mushrooms, bok choy, snow peas, bean shoots, coriander, sesame seeds.

Coming up in the next few days - Sunday night raw pizza and Rawdolf Salad


Hope you rockin' out and enjoying Rawtober - my good friend Heath reminded me of this classic song recently - an oldie but a goodie - Husker- Du Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely:

Rawwwwwwwkkktober - Days 3, 4 & 5

Wow spring is well and truly in the air. It takes a bit of planning and some imagination and creative flair, but here I am at day 5 of my Rawktober Challenge and I'm feeling fantastic! I have heaps of energy and can't wait to share more of my rawkin' food ideas with you.

Here's what I have been eating in the last few days:

Day 3 - Monday 3 Rawktober

Very busy day today - was at work all day and also worked at an Industry Launch of an amazing new venue The GH Hotel (previously The Greyhound), so not home until very late which means I was well prepared the day before and just stuck to simple meals.

BREAKFAST

Kombucha Tea

Green Smoothie: Spinach, Celery, Kiwi Fruit, Bananas, Supegreens, Bee Pollen

SNACK:

Store bought SuperOrb - Cranberry: Cranberries, Raw Cacao Powder, Cononut Butter, Shredded Coconut, Raw Almonds, Cacao Butter, Agave, Chia Seeds, Tahini

LUNCH:

Flax/Chia Crackers, Sprouted Hommus, Snow Peas, Carrots, Celery

SNACK

Watermelon, White Wine

LATE DINNER

Green Smoothie: Spinach, Celery, Kiwi Fruit, Bananas, Supegreens, Bee Pollen

Day 4 - Tuesday 4 Rawktober

BREAKFAST

Kombucha Tea

Green Smoothie: Spinach, Celery, Kiwi Fruit, Bananas, Supegreens, Bee Pollen

SNACK

Nudie coconyt water with Pineapple Orange and Passionfruit

LUNCH

Flax/Chia Crackers with Sprouted Hommus, Carrot, Celery, Cucumber

SNACK

Dates

DINNER

Lettuce Cups with Lemon Basil Gremolata: Lettuce cups, green capsicum, red capsicum, cucumber, garlic, chilli, lemon zest, extra virgin olive oil, celtic sea salt, activated pine nuts

Day 5 Wednesday 5 Rawtober

BREAKFAST

Kombucha Tea

Green Smoothie: spinach, oranges, cucumber, celery, coconut water, super greens, bee pollen

SNACK

Kiwi Fruit

LUNCH

Salad: Lettuce, green capsicum, red capsicum, cucumber, garlic, chilli, lemon zest, extra virgin olive oil, celtic sea salt, activated pine nuts

DINNER

Thai Chilli Peanut Salad: Spring Onion, Organic Raw Coconut Sugar, Rice Wine Vinegar, Chilli, Garlic, Coriander, Nut Butter, Green Beans, Cucumber, Bean Shoots, Celtic Sea Salt

I'm still hatching up a plan to make a "raw latte" to replace my morning soy latte coffee - I promise I will do this very soon when I have a leisurely morning at hand. Have been rushing to work in the mornings and green smoothies have been my morning rush hero - they only take 5 mins to make and I can drink them on the run.

My music clip for this blog is inspired by Monday nights Industry launch of the amazing new venue the GH Hotel where Steve Kilbey (The Church) performed a wicked Version of "Under The Milky Way", whereby he stuck it to the music industry. This isn't it but still a great live performance of a classic Aussie song sung by a brilliant shining Aussie star:

Rawktober Day 1 & 2

Welcome to Raaaaawwwwktober. I am taking up the challenge to be vegan, organic and raw for 31 days this month and I expect by the end of it I will be Rawkin!!! :)


I will try and document as much as I can on this journey and include details of what I eat with the odd photos and videos. I did attempt to make my first video today, making banana passionfruit yoghurt but sadly it didn't work out. All part of the learning process I'm sure I will get a video up here very soon.

So far so good at day two I have found that things aren't quite so different from my normal eating habits which confirms for me that I was almost raw anyway. The only thing I have found challenging is my morning soy latte but I think I have found a great substitiute for that today. As soon as I test it our I will share the secret with you.

If you have any questions or want recipes let me know. All foods are Organic.

Here's what I have been eating so far:

Day One - Sat 1st Rawktober

Breakfast

Kombucha Tea 

 

Green Smoothie (spinach, celery, kiwifruit, banana, supergreens, bee pollen)

 

Dates 

 

Snack

Lemon Ginger Steeped Tea

Raw Chocolate Brownie (walnuts, dates, raw cacao, avacado, honey, vanilla sea salt, cinnamon)

 

 

 

Lunch

Flax/Chia Crackers

Sprouted Raw Hummus (sprouted chick peas, garlic, lemon juice, raw unhulled tahini, sea salt)

Vegetable Crudites (celery, carrot, snow peas, cucumber)

 

Dinner

Salad (lettuce, sweet corn, cabbage, broccoli, cucumber, carrots, spring onion, olive oil, lemon juice, celtic sea salt)

Raw fruit and nuts

Day Two Sun 2nd Rawtober

Breakfast:

Kombucha Tea

Green Smoothie (spinach, celery, kiwifruit, banana, supergreens, bee pollen)

Dates 

 

Snack

Flax/Chia Crackers

Sprouted Raw Hummus (sprouted chick peas, garlic, lemon juice, raw unhulled tahini, sea salt)

Vegetable Crudites (celery, carrot, snow peas, cucumber)

 

Lunch

Strawberries

Yoghurt (coconut water and flesh, vanilla pod, banana, passionfruit, probiotics)

Dinner

Salad (asparagus, broccoli, snow peas, nama shoyu, garlic, chilli, sesame oil, celtic sea salt, garlic chives, basil, sesame seeds)

Raw fruit and nuts

Hope you are inspired by some of my raw ideas and add some to your daily plan! Before we go rock out to my best friend Kes O'Hara - she'll be playing gigs around Melbourne so if you wanna come and check her out let me know and I'll hook you up :)