Day One of Determination

So I have decided to give in to the push. My goal is at least 6 months af pure rawness. Ah, I am scared to say it out loud, I have been mostly raw for over a year, spent a few straight months fully emerged in the joy of it; but always gave in to stupid cravings.

Well today I started my morning with a shot of wheat grass and a green smoothie, Delicious!!!!

Green Smoothie

8oz Water

Big Handful of Spinach

1 Apple

Juice of 1 Tangerine

2 Frozen Bananas

Big Spinach Salad with hemp seeds, flax meal and flax oil- Awesome lunch, I sat in the bath tub and thouroughly enjoyed the meal!!

Figs for a snack and Purple Cabbage and Guacamole for Dinner- A wonderful Day!!!

And to top it off when we arrived home, I was able to let my son play on the back porch in total confidence that we are safe here, that this is our place of security. And damn it feels good!!!!

Where Thoughts Meet Action

Summer is upon us..well as spring goes for Alaska, it is in the 40's and snow is starting to melt! I spent Sunday outside trying to determine what sort of yard I have! Slowly but surely the ice is being chipped away from the back porch, I stood out there with my eyes closed and let the sun seep into my body numerous times; it felt heavenly.

I bought a wheat-grass juicer and Travin found it quite fun to be a part of the process, he juiced my first 1/2 shot of wheat grass, I was so pleased, he however was a little suprised by the taste!!!!!

I am enjoying the sunshine and prospect of what garden adventures lye before us, definitely building a wooden teepee in the center of it, for now this is all I know...

Also going to Raw Spirit in September and I am ready for the excitement and love it will offer...I am stoked; what else can I say?

Oatmeal Ala Wonderful (Cookie or Cereal)

Servings: 3-5
This was originally going to be my fix for a snicker-doodle cookie craving, but when I took a bite of the batter I realized I had never tasted oatmeal this good in all my life!!!! So It can be served as an awesome breakfast cereal or throw it in the dehydrater for cookies or bars!!! A little bit is filling so it can serve quite a few people!! You could also Change out the oats for another soaked or sprouted grain, add osme fruit, whatever makes you smile!!!

Ingredients:
1 cu. Oat Groats

1 cu. Almonds

1/4 cu. Flax Meal

10 Medjool Dates & 8oz. Warm/hot water

2-3 Tbs. Cinnamon

1 Vanilla Bean

Preparation:
Soak Oats, Almonds & Dates overnightProcess Almonds after rinsing well & draining until broken down really well, Add Oats after rinsing well & draining, process,Add Dates AND the soak water (processing dates with water seperately until smooth then adding is a nifty trick that keeps chunks out of the mix),Add FlaxAdd cinnamon and scrape Vanilla Bean a few times into mix-

Process until dough like, eat as cereal or dehydrate at 115* until you get the dryness or gooeyness you want

Apple-Cinnamon Sprouted Quinoa Delight

Servings: 8-10
This is a wonderful dessert, like an Apple-Pie, you could throw a crust under it if you want, I enjoyed it without. Perfect Holiday or potluck dish!!! Easily made without the added nuts, just so versatile, simple and Delicious

Ingredients:
2-3 cu. Quionoa

3 Apples

7 Dates(soaked)

1/2 cu. Apricots (dried)

1/2 cu. crushed walnuts

1/2 cu. Raisins

Agave- to taste

2 Tbs. Cinnamon

Few sprinkles of Vanilla Bean

Preparation:
Sprout Quinoa, takes about 2 days, Put in a large bowl, Add chopped Walnuts, Raisins and Chopped Apricots

Process:Apples, Dates (save soak water), Agave, Cinnamon, and Vanilla Bean- Use date water to make mixture creamy texture

Add Processed Ingredients to bowl of Quinoa and mix well, serve in pie pan or individual bowls, most of all close your eyes and savour the flavour!!!!

Rawlicious Springtime!!!

The view this morning as I was making Snnicker Doodle Rawies!!! Through the screen and window, yet still so magnificant!

Loving His Popsicle

My Sweet Boy, Drinking in a small glass of Wonderful

I am loving Life...Every Minute of it, I am enjoying the tug by the raw foods concept, it just won't stop!!! So I bow gracefully and CREATE!!!!

I am trying to keep my son involved, we began as meat eaters, became mostly vegan, now I am throwing raw at him, thats alot to take in for anyone, especially if your 3!!!

But as fate would have it the other day he wanted to make popsicles, so we blended bananas and strawberries and froze em! So easy and I got about 10 hugs in the process because he was so excited about it! We also juiced some apples after our crop of wheat grass turned out to be 1 drop of juice!!!! Better luck next time I suppose, but he loved the apple juice too!

Enjoy the pictures, they were taken with excitement and a sense of peace in my heart, my son is walking this journey with me and I believe he is as much here for me as I am for him!!!

Life Unfolding

I feel the gentle push beneath my wings,

I know what path lye before my feet,

so close yet so far away from the earth below,

I allow myself to ride the currents as they shift into one flowing stream of guidance,

I am allowing the hesitation to leave my mind,

to allow the truth to be my reality,

I am seeing with faith and unwavering belief,

so much is to come,

I have many things to see and do,

all in good time,

with the gentle push of my surroundings and the reminders which happen into my path daily,

I am shifting,

I am emerging into my own truth,

I am the butterfly of my dreams,

I invite all those who hope as I do to join me in this journey,

for the future is ours,

Our hope will cradle the fears of many and bring peace into the hearts of all things living,

Life's petals provide nourishment for all we could ever need...

Close your eyes and Open your Self

~~Home Sweet Home~~

I am home; finally home... a home to call my own.. oh the sweet independence and freedom. I am so proud and humbled. I asked and received. My home is filled with fresh opportunity to further discover the depths of my path.....I love looking out my windows, saying good night to my sweet child and snuggling into my pile of covers...working on it was a bit of a roller coaster ride emotionally, but now I am here and all is well.....I am where I want to be......I have succeeded in my

quest which only brings me closer to my next... this house is my stepping stone and I am so GRATEFUL for it!!!!!!!

We ripped out carpet, painted walls, laid new flooring, slept in a room with just enough flooring for the bed and we love it!!! It's done now and I love the security I step into each time we step into her open arms.

From hopelessness and despair to Pride, Faith, and Certainty. I find myself surrounded by love and friends and I breathe it in with every thought. For the first time in my entire life... Everything is Perfect.