Re: The One Month RAW Challenge
Originally Posted by HealthyBiz
It's Cohen's recipe for rye bagels (p. 335), which is 2 cups sunflower seeds, 4 cups sprouted rye, 1 tsp minced onion, 1-1/2 tsp sea salt, and 1/3 cup caraway seeds.
But I use sprouted wheat instead and flax meal instead of the sunflower seeds. I can't remember if I use the full complement of caraway; usually I cut spices down.
The wheat takes 3-4 days to sprout. Then you just shape the dough into bagel shapes and dehydrate! They look and taste like bagels and can even be sliced. They even have a "crust" outside and a softer inside (depending on how long you dry them). It's important to get them not too thick and to make the hole large enough so air flows around.
But with mac nut cheese, a slice of tomato, and broccoli sprouts, they're a very filling meal!
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In just the last week, I've been horrified by what happens when I wash or brush my hair. Okay, I lost my thick hair after my first kid was born (a girl, not a goat 
) and my mom has thin hair, so I figured it's genetic. But over the years, my hair has been thicker or thinner, depending on how many babies I was having or nursing (4 in 9 years, nursing each for a year) and I then I figured it was genetic and hormonal. So I began asking doctors and every one of them, including two well-respected dermatologists, told me it was genetic and hormonal. And stress...more than diet!!!! They said stress of the mind AND stress on the body causes hair loss. Now you and I (and everyone else here) also know that diet causes so many health issues that it's impossible to believe that our new hair loss isn't connected to Raw. BUT...maybe, just maybe, it's not Raw or loss of meat or cooked food that causing the hair thing to happen, maybe it IS bodily stress. Four years ago when this started to happen to me, I buzzed off my hair to 1/4 of an inch! Yes, I really did. Good thing my husband has a sense of humor. I kept it no longer than an inch for three years (and loved it, by the way...so easy!) and then decided to grow it, for a change. Well, now it's falling out. Time to cut it, I think. I'm also going to go to a Naturopath to have blood taken so she can analyze what I'm missing, if anything. Know what? I don't think it's Raw. I am eating such a more varied diet now than when I was on SAD that I doubt it's a lack of nutrients. But we'll see. I will definitely keep you posted, but there is no scarier moment than being in the shower and having a handful of hair in your fist. I'm upset for both of us, so I'll keep you informed about what the naturopath says.
), on the spur of the moment brought two friends over who were "Raw-curious"...much discussion ensued and I provided a "catered" Raw lunch: gorgeous salad (mixed field greens and baby spinach, shredded carrots and parsnips, calamata olives, raw green peas, daikon, topped with strawberry slices) and a lemon-herb salad dressing. Then there was onion bread topped with Eggless Egg Salad, the Portabella Mushroom Herb-Encrusted Steak with a delicious cheeze that I improvised, topped with a veggie mixture of red peppers, peas, parsley,carrots grated fine. Looked GORGEOUS on top of the cheeze which was on top of each slice of "steak". Lunch was rounded out by a sushi roll made with romaine, toona, strips of red pepper, carrot, cukes, avocado, and sprouts. All of these were plated well and looked great. Dessert ( I was so tired...I pulled this together in one hour!) had to be simple because I wasn't really prepared, so it was just banana ice cream with MS and slivered almonds. Okay. Look at that list. That is way too many kinds of things to digest! Maybe if we're eating small amounts, it's okay. All I know is that for the past two days I've been keeping it really simple and I feel better. I'm still eating and eating healthfully, but I'm not putting ten things in my salad or in my smoothies; that doesn't mean I won't ever, but just like on a SAD diet, the gourmet experiments need to not be daily for my body.
I love Phillipine cooking. When we went to Palau a couple years ago, we had a Phillipine chef. I haven't found any soups I've enjoyed so much since.
Re: The One Month RAW Challenge
to Kathy) 
I like the way you switch the ingredients. It's so -- freeing! My new love, "The take home Chef" doesn't measure anything with cups. He just "feels" or "knows". I did that the other day and loved it. Any way to break the rules is fine with me. 
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