RAW Living and Learning

Mono Meal of Truly Ripe Bananas I'd like to share a video to inspire you to try, or continue eating, a high carb, low fat, raw vegan diet. This is a link to a support page for LFRV's (low fat raw vegans). It does contain some pretty extreme stuff/people but it is fun to weed through it all and discover the true gems. Freelee the girl in the video is very passionate about this life style and I do appreciate her honesty and motivation. She gives her TOP 5 Reasons to eat High Carb Raw Vegan. http://www.30bananasaday.com/video/top-5-reasons-to-eat-high-carb-raw-vegan +JMJ+ Today I am grateful for some quiet time all to myself. I actually had an hour or two with an empty house. It seemed so strange having pure silence. Peaceful.

My summer days have been filled with simple raw meals and loads of green juices, green smoothies and fresh, home grown wheat grass juice. Dishes like the one above have been how simplistic my meals have been over the past 24 days. Big bowls of fresh, juicy fruits and simple salads have been my super simple main courses. An even easier meal has been cutting a large watermelon in half, sitting down with it on my lap and scooping out all of the juicy flesh with a spoon. Half an hour later I eat the other half. Yes, I can consume an entire 10+ pound watermelon. Keep in mind that that is all I'll eat at that meal--mono meals are a favorite of mine. So why the simplicity? I am actually on day 24 of a 30 day 100% Raw Challenge. A low fat, high carb, no salt 100% raw vegan challenge to be specific. Freelee at 30 Bananas a Day set the challenge and I was all for it. It's nice to be held accountable once in awhile to keep one focused on eating 100% raw, if that is your choice. The c...