Day 29 - No more Alcohol

It is true that white wine is raw. It is.

I drank it happily because I read that fact everytime I googled for it.

And Lord knows, I would have found it near impossible to begin this experiment without access to at least one little sin...

But my body kept shouting at me.

I tried to ignore it, but my body said each time quite clearly:

"Girlfriend, who are you trying to fool? This is poison!"

What is the point of doing a health food experiment and then filling your liver up with toxins at the same time. The alcohol bit the dust today.

I mourned a little but from outside no-one could tell...

Day 28 - Preparing for the picnic (Haiku II)

but what can they eat?

pearls of sweat form on her brow

damn those raw vegans!

(Inspired by a lovely afternoon in Tempelhofer Park with my chopsis' ♥)

Day 26 - Slowly becoming convinced...

Watched this two-part short film about the health benefits of raw food...

Interesting. And am really glad that I am trying it now :-)

(by the way, it is subtitled with several languages - it looks messy & confusing, but on the plus side pretty much anyone who can read can follow the lessons of this film)

Day 22 - Pizza!

I made a wicked raw food pizza today.

It tastes really good, and even though I've lost weight (and I really could not afford to do that), I am thinking this raw food thing is good for me.

I am going to stick with it for a while.

Recipe:

Raw bread

Sundried Tomatoes

Cherry Tomatoes (optional)

Olives

Doing it:

1. Put the raw bread on your plate
2. Mix up the sundried tomotoes in the blender (to make it easier to mix, I added two or three cherry tomatoes to the mixture too)
3. Spread tomato mixture onto the raw bread (aka pizza base)
4. Top with sliced olives

Eat it.

Enjoy it's fabulous taste. I had it with tomato salad.

Day 16 - Cheese Fondue

We left Berlin - Bahnhof Zoo at 6.00am and arrived in Gstaad, Switzerland at 8.30pm or so.

We first dropped off our luggage in the hotel (where I laid out my bread to dry)

At dinner, I watched a whole restaurant-full of people tucking into cheese fondue, and I stayed strong.

And drank white wine.

Day 15 - On Searching For an Exciting Dinner (Haiku I)

I look in the fridge

The choices I have are poor

Kohlrabi - again

Day 12 - Freshly Squeezed Juice

This morning I am not running out of the house at some ridiculously early hour in the morning, so I am being offered a freshly squeezed apple and orange juice for breakfast.

Now we are talking...

I am feeling surprisingly fine - I thought by now I may be clawing at the walls, looking for the extra nutrition that comes from such a radical change in diet. But I am not hungry.

The word "torture" however needs to be redefined.

My mother has come to stay (she normally lives in London) and her cooking delicious Ghanaian foods which my children happily gobble down does not make me happy.

They get my favourite: Fufu and Okro Soup.

It smells good. My salad doesn't.

Day 9 - If I see another avocado I will have to stab it

Perhaps you can get too much of a good thing.

Day 8 - "Tagliatelle"

I tried out my own creation today as a meal for two

Here for all those who are interested is the recipe.

1. Peel one courgette, and then using the peeler, create thin slices and distribute between two plates.

2. Blend together one tomato, a quarter of an onion, a clove of garlic, half a carrot, one kiwi, a little salt & a little pepper

3. Spoon mixture onto the courgettes.

4. Grate some kohlrabi on the top.

5. Serve while hungry.

This is in honour of tagliatelle with tomato sauce and grated cheese...

Day 7 - Arte

Had my fitting for the arte thing* today. I told them I needed to inform the catering department (or the bloke who makes the sandwiches) about my special diet.

Fresh fruit and veg is apparently no problem. Cool. Switzerland, here I come.

Bladder infection seems to be gone - I am not taking any chances and spending lots of time relaxing, sitting, lying down and drinking herbal teas and water.

Bad mood is much better though...

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*the arte thing: I have successfully auditioned and will be a featured extra in the next series of Idents. No idea when they will be shown on T.V. I am the "Hinsetzer" (the Sit-Downer). Am very happy with this role. Very. Next stop Hollywood.

Day 6 - Revenge of My Bladder

Bladder infection almost completely gone then back with a vengeance. Shame. I wanted to dance at Pasquale's party.

Felt grumpy and irritable for most of the day.

Was good to hang out with excellent people in the evening though.

The party rocked. And you really can get drunk on mineral water. Well - I can.

Day 5 - Bad Mood

Bladder infection. All round general bad mood. Exhaustion.

There are lots of explanations for this.

I for one do not blame it on the fact that yesterday I was living almost only on rocket salad leaves and mushrooms.

Not one bit.

I slept a lot. Lewis made me raw food vegan breakfast in bed. That is true love.

Wondering what vegan raw foodians do when they travel away from home for more than 24 hours...