today i cried. with a renewed vision of my raw food experiment, i found a simple recipe for a sunflower seed pate and soaked the seeds overnight. i went to 2 grocery stores to find the right sundried tomatoes. i had all of the ingredients. i did everything i thought i was supposed to do.
i won't give you all the messy details about my food prep experience. suffice it to say that at the end i was pretty repulsed by the product. that is when i cried. all that food, good organic food, all that time, sweet precious time, and my pate looked like canned dog food. the color was enough to turn anyone's stomach!! and it didn't taste much better.
i called sarah and told her i didn't think i could do it. i didn't think i could maintain a raw food diet if i can't prepare the most simple recipe for myself. and there's no restaurant in town (YET!!) serving raw food. if there were, i would be there regularly!!
she laughed and i begged her to come home soon and fix my pate. i dried my eyes. i stared at the kale that i was supposed to do something to. pulling up my bootstraps, i made a sauce for the kale: 1/2 cup tahini, 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/4 cup tamari, some cayenne, garlic powder and ground black pepper. i ripped the kale up, massaged the sauce into the kale, and it tasted GOOD!!! things took a turn. i put the kale in the dehydrator and turned to face the "pate" (slash dog food).
i added a little more of this, a bit of that, and decided it was never meant to be pate. so i made patties out of it and stuck it in the dehydrator with the kale. i'm not sure if it will be good or not, but at least it's not a huge bowl of dog food pate staring at me. when i peek at it in the dehydrator, it actually looks pretty good!
then to top it all off, i juiced apple/carrot/beet/ginger juice, which is fantastic, and which i will have to start my day off in the morning.
when i was going down, i thought of you all (whoever you are!!) and somehow, knowing that people were out there supporting me gave me a strength that wouldn't have been there without this blog. i really look forward to feeling on top of the raw food experiment!! i so appreciate all of you who have responded in any way, and encourage more comments!! especially if you have recipes that you love!!! thank you.
you are a brave sweet pea Amy!!
ReplyDeleteYou go, Amy!! You can do it!! If I can, I know that you can! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are Awesome!!
ReplyDeletekeep it up girl :)
smiling.
ReplyDeleteI'm experiencing some of the same, but I have some dressing recipes that are pretty good, and a "chocolate" pudding recipe that kicks bootie. Also a tomato soup recipe that can't be beat, with only prep, over night marinating and ready the next day, so it's pretty simple. Let me know if you are interested. I am keeping a recipe book.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear about some of those recipes, if you're willing to share!
ReplyDeletemade a lovely simple pate today. I soaked about 3/4 (I don't measure) raw almonds, overnight and part of the day, and processed them adding 2 large cloves of garlic, the juice of 1/2 small/medium lemon and sunflower oil to desired consistency. It tastes divine.
ReplyDeleteThe "chocolate" pudding recipe is two avocados, 3 T. carob powder, a pinch of cocoa powder, and about 3/4 a cup of water. It came out the consistency of a light mousse.
Well, Amy dear, I like to think of myself as a bit of a culinary whiz....and have many times been referred to as a kitchen goddess....But let me tell you, I have most certainly made some dog food dishes along the way! Just last week I prepared a beautiful lunch for Michael and I-- Sprouted Quinoa w/ Curried Butternut Squash soup w/ lots of garnishes. Sad to say, but I had a few bites and said "bleh!" Luckily, I folded the soup into flax crackers and added my yummy curried kraut recipe...voila! The funky soup became a yummy curried cracker creation.
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