Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[Greco]

5 days of green juices some "healing crisis"

but not unbearable unexpected releasing
of emotions long locked away

today am having

green smoothie

soft tofu

spinach

broccoli

pineapple

Vit C

berry powder

transitioning to more
solid food with this
smoothie

weight is not the issue
kindness is love and
gratitude

Greco

[nycfem]

greco (and linus, if you are out there too), are you familiar w/Angela Stokes? she centers her life around the power of living raw, and i like some of her stuff a lot. Here's a few items to share:

1) Here is her juice feasting book (for long-term -several month- cleanses especially):

http://therawfoodworld.com/index.php..._id=1001316%20

2) She has written a number of other books including an e-book about the emotional component of going raw for life:

http://www.therawfoodworld.com/index...cts_id=1001651

3) Here is her interesting compressed story of her journey:

http://www.rawreform.com/content/view/17/41/

Originally Posted by greco

5 days of green juices some "healing crisis"

but not unbearable unexpected releasing
of emotions long locked away

today am having

green smoothie

soft tofu

spinach

broccoli

pineapple

Vit C

berry powder

transitioning to more
solid food with this
smoothie

weight is not the issue
kindness is love and
gratitude

Greco

[Greco]

Angela Stokes is inspiring, nycfembbw terrific links

I was thinking today about the term healing crisis I used it
in my last post

Today I want to reconsider that term why? To continue
on this path on the positive

Fact is my body is healing from all the foods I ate before
and yes, there has been a bit of uncomfortable moments

but it has certainly not been a crisis so I erase that word
and concept for drinking my green juices they are
incredibly healing

This afternoon after dropping off a friend to her bus
I went shopping for my now food staples

bananas
dandelion (haven't juiced this one yet, looking forward to the experience)
celery
cilantro
avocado
mango

organic cheap relatively speaking and fresh beautiful

I sound weird I know so be it I'm digging this

Have a good evening, Greco
ps as far as the coffee tomorrow is the
last day now what will I have with my
cigar? I'm not stopping my cigars
so need to find a new drink for my cigar
evenings luxury problem I know

[nycfem]

greco,

when you make your juices, how do you decide how much to put in of ingredients or do you go by recipes? do they ever come out "not good"?

i've always been interested in juicing but it also has a mystique around it for me.

jennifer

Originally Posted by greco

Angela Stokes is inspiring, nycfembbw terrific links

I was thinking today about the term healing crisis I used it
in my last post

Today I want to reconsider that term why? To continue
on this path on the positive

Fact is my body is healing from all the foods I ate before
and yes, there has been a bit of uncomfortable moments

but it has certainly not been a crisis so I erase that word
and concept for drinking my green juices they are
incredibly healing

This afternoon after dropping off a friend to her bus
I went shopping for my now food staples

bananas
dandelion (haven't juiced this one yet, looking forward to the experience)
celery
cilantro
avocado
mango

organic cheap relatively speaking and fresh beautiful

I sound weird I know so be it I'm digging this

Have a good evening, Greco
ps as far as the coffee tomorrow is the
last day now what will I have with my
cigar? I'm not stopping my cigars
so need to find a new drink for my cigar
evenings luxury problem I know

[Greco]

jennifer,

well I don't go by any recipe for the green juices or the smoothies
for the cooked foods I do

for green juices I know that fennel, dandelion, arugula can be intense
somewhat bitter so I do those about a third or less

kale, chard, spinach I have at it!

same with celery and cucumber both hold a lot of organic
water and are great tasting

add ginger a bit mind you, it will take you to outer space
I love it with ginger


for smoothies

bananas are my base I love sweet and creamy taste and texture

fruit berries are less sweet but different colors contain different
phytonutrients

and I also add a green like spinach

walnuts, or almonds or seeds

and flax oil, aloe vera

the smoothies are filling sweet and creamy

the green juices clear my brain, my eyes,
and give me off the charts energy

so mostly I'm learning about it all and having
fun yes fun

there you have it I encourage you to make
a green juice and a smoothie enjoy them when
you do!

Greco

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

greco,

when you make your juices, how do you decide how much to put in of ingredients or do you go by recipes? do they ever come out "not good"?

i've always been interested in juicing but it also has a mystique around it for me.

jennifer

[Linus]

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

greco,

when you make your juices, how do you decide how much to put in of ingredients or do you go by recipes? do they ever come out "not good"?

i've always been interested in juicing but it also has a mystique around it for me.

jennifer

I'm along the lines of greco. Basically, I wing it. If it tastes good, then yay! if not, try again.

I first started doing this based on what I read by Victoria Boutenko. She's pretty good about recommending experimentation.

[Greco]

jennifer here'e a video with the person you mentioned
yesterday she is very very inspiring

Linus she mentions the Boutenkos

I found the video kind of funny as well but in a sweet
way

Greco

[Dominique]

I buy paint strainer bags at home depot. They are about the size of the blender jar and pretty inexpensive like 2 for a dollar, you can rinse them out and use them a couple times making your blender a very useable juicer Jennifer. (after I squeeze the cloth paint bag out, I feed the contents to my worms, but thats for another thread) I also wanted to add, celery. It is salty......(this is an oximoron) but its a diuretic.......

I have never lost any weight when juicing or eating raw (I don't need to loose weight) I have a problem getting enough to eat, especially with exclusive juicing.