This week has been very interesting as far as my raw journey goes. I am loving it more and more every day and realizing how I am no longer addicted to food as I no longer crave cooked foods. The only foods I craved the first few days were tofu and soy cheese as I could no longer add them to my salad. I had to learn to find subtitutes. My salads have become so creative and so much tastier than they were when I had the tofu and soy cheese. Every night when I have my salad, I think of how good it is and how i wish I could share it with others so they could see how good this is. I have recently discovered how to marinate portobello mushrooms in Tamari sauce (should be Nama shoyu but they did not carry it at the organic store...), olive oil and cayenne pepper. I then cut it up and add it to my salad and it taste like tofu!! I also bought sprouted beans which are another addition that mixes well withthe mushrooms. That is just one of many new discoveries I have made... I wishI could have a raw restaurant which specializes in salads.

Leah came for a visit from California wher she has lots of access to raw cafes and foods. It was so much fun, she is a very good friend- we have the same philosophies on nutrition and life. She is also raw and had a lot to teach me. She has expiremented more with creative meals and showed me a few really yummy recipes. We had so many laughs and a lot of fun in the kitchen. The first meal we had was wraps with Nori Sheets- when I had made them previously, they never quite turned out, but Leah was able to show me what to put in, and how to wrap properly. It was sooo amazingly good and easy that I can see me having them regularly at lunch time. Then we made thai wraps made with Swiss Chard leaves. This recipe was by far the best raw meal I have had yet. It took some time (about 2 hours to prepare), but that is also due to the fact that we had to care for all the kids at the same time, we were easily distracted. If there were no kids, it would likely only take about 45 minutes to prepare. Another great thing she showed me was the Chia seeds with Goji berries soaked in Almond Milk. This is a really good breakfast that resembles oatmeal but tastes much better. We also used my dehydrator to dehydrate bananas, we hadn't enough time to try crackers but I now know how to do them when I am ready. Finally, we made lots of chocolate which of course was delicious. It was a 24 hour raw fest 101!! Today I am taking the kids into Vancouver where we will meet her and Reese. We are going to try a raw vegan cafe- I am so excited!! There are I think 3 raw vegan cafes in Vancouver- the community is really growing. So I am off to get ready for our lunch this afternoon!!