Raw...Again

Ok, I know I have said this before, but this time I mean it! For some reason I really feel like I have my head into it this time! Today is day three, and I am having a blast!

Last time I tried going RAW I mostly had issues with the kids - cooking for them especially, which in turn made me crave their hot food. Well, not this time. I cooked for them day one and two (no cravings), but today I really tried to include them in my meals. After Tweenie came home from school today I gave them all a green smoothie and stirred through some cacao nibs (I have had these around the house for a while now, but today was the first time I tried them. AND THEY ROCK!!!!!!). Then I made some cheesy cauliflower popcorn (small cut cauliflower, shaken with nutritional yeast, and pinch cayenne pepper. This can then be dehydrated, but we chose to eat it straight away.YUM) - all gone.

For dinner I spiralised some zucchini and made a different tomato sauce to go through it (I have previously made a red capsicum sauce to go on the zucchini). This was very nice also. Baby spiralised some apples and is still picking at that as I type.
I have joined a cool website/forum called Raw Food Rehab which has a mountain of information, recipes, advice and answers lots of questions.

I found a few Aussies on the the forum and  I found the recipe for raw zucchini pasta with tomato sauce through one of them (thank you!)

You really should try it.

If you know of other Raw food sites/forums that rock, let me know!

Tahn

Ethiopian Stew and Injera Bread

I had a shit load of tomatoes to use up and found this delicious recipe on the PPK site for Ethiopian Spicy Tomato Lentil Stew and completed the meal with injera bread from Vegan Lunchbox cook book. The injera bread lists teff flour as an ingredient but I just used more all purpose flour and they were still good.


As a habitual slack arse, I could not be bothered to get my camera and so used the closest thing to me...my phone. It does take pretty crappy photos, but in a competition, no photo vs crappy photo, I'd put my money on crappy photo (but then again, I'm not a betting woman...). Having said that, no photo wins at the moment until I work out how to blue tooth it to my Mac and then add it here (this HAS been achieved before).

(There, easier than I thought!!)


Tahn

And just  because I can, a pic of my kitties playing in a plastic bag, just because they can!

Shorts

At a BBQ Saturday night:


Daughter to father: What's that? (pointing to a couscous dish I made)
Father to daughter: It's a rice dish, I think.
Me: It's couscous.
Father to Daughter: Oh, you won't like it.

(It was actually surprising to watch who ate the couscous, and who chose to eat the standard BBQ food of coleslaw and potato salad).

Host to Me (we've never met): So what made you go vegan?
Me: Well...(insert usual banter here)
Host: (actually the host must have decided that I was quite boring and turned away and appeared to not be interested in the question that SHE asked!)

Sigh,

Tahn

Taking a short break

I know I have been rather behind on my food blogging of late. It's about to get worse! I've got a new focus starting TODAY and it involves weight loss (you can read about it on my other blog Fat Chance). Since weight loss is the main theme, I doubt very much whether I will have any scrumptious foods to share with you (if I do, you'll be the first to know!!).

So, wish me luck, maybe leave me some encouraging comments on my Fat Chance blog where I have vowed to post daily (albeit briefly) about my progress. I shall return in no time - a new, healthier, more confident Tahnea.

I'll be back.

Tahn

Photo Post

Reinforcing the concept of lift at Scienceworks.

Scienceworks

More about aerodynamics

Art and Craft show - refashioning a pair of pants

This lady was such an awesome help.

Embellishing a jacket

This is where his love of the sewing machine began

The final product - a bag made from a tee shirt. The only thing YM didn't do was sew the zip

A wasabi peanut competition - who could eat the most at one time!

 

It was a hoot! (I didn't join in!)

I think we got to 15 wasabi peanuts at one time!

Organ Pipes National Park

Climbing up quietly to see what was in the box

Jackson's river (I think from memory) at the NP. We got to see some fairy wrens we had previously learnt about which was pretty exciting.

Asparagus and Edamame Bisque

Tonights dinner was dee-lish! It came from 1000 Vegan Recipes (p. 167).

I LOVE soups. Mostly because I am lazy and love to just throw everything into one pot and  sit and wait. Yesterday we had Corn and Potato Chowder (p. 165) and I've got another 3 soups planned (I already have the ingredients which makes things even simpler) for the next few meals.

Baby has been playing with the camera. Sometimes the kids manage to get a good photo.

I've also been playing with the camera. It happens every now and then. (Isn't my lil man handsome!)

We were all outside enjoying the Melbourne Autumn sun doing some homeschooling. LOVING homeschooling!

Tahn

It's here!

My copy of Ani Phyo's new book 'Ani's Raw Food Essentials' has arrived this very morning!

It was $19.98 from The Book Depository (with FREE delivery!). Don't pay more than that, fellow Aussies (it will be interesting to see how much they put the price up here!).

Will let you know what I think of it soon (no chance to do more than flick through it as homeschooling comes first!- I liked what I saw when I flicked!)

Tahn