Busy Sunday

This is Ani's Raw Food Kitchen cookbook that Kelsey and I are making all our meals out of just for your information!

You know you're going raw when...

Brunch

On the menu for breakfast this morning was the "Spanish Scramble" This included:

• 2 cups almonds, dry
• 1 cup sunflower seeds, dry
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 2 tsp. turmeric
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup cilantro
• 1 cup tomato, diced
• 1/4 cup scallions

My food processor isn't that big so I mixed the sunflower seeds and almonds together to process them in batches.

Then I transfered everything to the blender and added the water, the salt, and the turmeric.
My blender was having a hard time with this intensely thick concoction!
Served on a bed of spinach with salt and pepper.
It's supposed to make four servings but I think these servings are huge! I woke up late so this was sort of my brunch. It sat pretty heavy in my stomach though and I don't think I will be eating this much at one time again :/
Chelsey wanted to taste the homemade almond mylk so I tasted some with her :) Then I rushed off to work!
I rushed home from work only to pack up and leave again for opera rehearsal, ugh! I made the tastiest smoothie though. It was more like a dessert smoothie! I used

• 1 small banana
• 2 small pitted dates
• 1/2 tsp. carob powder
• 1/2 tsp. cacao nibs
• 1 tsp. almond butter
• about 1/4 cup frozen strawberries

I packed a portion of the Confetti Salad with Cucumber Orange Dressing, two peeled carrots, and a cherry pie lärabar.
When we first arrived there was some downtime so I tried not to be obnoxious while eating this carrot!
By the way, this is my new camera case. Isn't it cute!?

Dinner

When we were released for an hour I parked myself down in the dressing room and had dinner. I gave this salad an intense shake to mix everything around. You can't really tell in this photo but there were a whole bunch of walnuts and dried cranberries at the bottom. Yum!
Blogging, what what??
I love this water bottle. (Don't mind me goofing in the back...) I read somewhere that using a straw can help increase the amount you drink. This is the most convenient water bottle I've ever own. I totally recommend it!
Later, I attempted to do some of my theory homework while sipping on my dessert smoothie. Bendy straws make it even better haha.
During a break in the dressing room I chowed down on my other carrot. My costume is perfect for carrot eating! By the way, that is definitely stage-ish make up. I never wear that much blush otherwise, come on!
I did also eat my cherry pie lärabar but I guess I forgot to upload the photo! It's really annoying when that happens because if I were to add it now it would appear at the top of the post and I would have to drag it down through all the text...sigh. I need a better way to blog here people. Suggestions???

We finally finished at 11 PM :/ Best believe I came home, washed all that crap off my face and went straight to bed! It was a good Sunday :)

Fever Pitch

Breakfast

For some reason my oats have been coming out soupier that usual and I don't know why. My best guess is that maybe the super ripe bananas I've been using release more moisture? Idunno! Anyways, in the mix was

• 1 large, super ripe banana
• 1/2 cup oats
• handful raisins
• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp. chia seeds
• 1 tsp. milled flaxseed
• scoop peanut butter
• vanilla almond milk

The other thing about oats that are more liquidy is that they stay piping hot for much longer. That's why I used this bigger, flatter bowl so they would cool down quicker.

I also had a mug of peppermint tea and a Women's Once a Day. I've been trying to get off the morning caffeine by switching to herbal tea and I think it worked. I did have a pretty bad headache yesterday but I think it was unrelated. I want to enjoy a little boost in the morning, not depend on it!

Lunch

I packed my lunch for school since I knew I was going to be on campus from 11-8PM :0!! I had a PB&J...
some Naked Green juice,
and a fruit salad of apples, strawberries, blackberries, and kiwi.
I ate outside with Savannah and our friend Tommy. It was so nice out it felt like a picnic :)
I wanted a little more protein in my life at this moment so I had some of my nuts.

Snack

During opera, I enjoyed my dried mangos while watching rehearsal from the house during scenes I wasn't involved in. It's going to be an awesome show! We're doing Cosi Fan Tutte!
During the actual break I went with Amanda to the corner store, hence the checkered floor, while I ate this honey graham z bar.

Dinner

When I finally got home I was not feeling well at all. I took my temperature and it was 100! Why!?!? After a good dose of Aleeve, I made some comfort food dinner. Broccoli soup, an ear of corn and some hummus and crackers.

My go to full food is peanut butter so I had a sliced Gala and some peanut butter. I'm rather disappointed in these apples I bought at costco. They look pretty but really don't have much flavor at all :(
...ok remember I had comfort food on the mind. Blueberry Pecan granola is so comforting to me I just couldn't resist.
I hit the hay early and I really needed it! Luckily the weekend is sooo close!