My journey begins ....

I had been talking about raw food for a few years, followed the raw food gurus, became a member of a raw food meet-up and bought all of the equipment and read all the books. So why wasn't I fully committed to living a raw food lifestyle? The answer: I didn't have the tools - the tools to plan my menus and the tools to prepare exciting, creative dishes that would inspire me and get friends interested.

In July this year, I sold my house and put all of my belongings in storage. I had been consciously focussed on getting to America for some time and decided to bite the bullet and go. First to Hippocrates in Florida to attend the 'Life Change Program' which literally changed the way I thought about food and health. Detoxing off coffee and stress and after three wonderful weeks, I was ready to start my raw food training.

My journey begins ...

Friday, September 3, 2010

Fifth Day @ 105 Degrees

Our last day of the week started with making Kimchee.  We had earlier in the week stacked the salted napa cabbage leaves in a large container.  Now we had to chop them and add them to the carrots, capsicum and onions that we had cut in our knife skills practice.  We also added a shallot, garlic, ginger, red chilli flakes and agave.
















Kimchee ingredients

We placed this mixture into a glass jar,  pressing the mixture down and it will now sit at room temperature for 2-3 days.  After this time, it will be ready to eat.  The jar will then need to be refrigerated and continue to ferment slowly.




















Kimchee fermenting

We then took a field trip to the regional food bank of Oklahoma.  We had a tour of the organic farm and we all put in an hour of weeding for them.




















Entrance to the Food Bank

When we returned to 105 we made a Kale Caesar for lunch.  The kale was wilted with olive oil, salt and lemon juice and then a caesar dressing was blended and mixed into the kale. Delicious.
















Kale Caesar

After lunch I had a wonderful 105 Degrees smoothie called Oaxaca, made with dark chocolate, almond milk, bananas and chillies.




















Oaxaca blended smoothie

Tonight, the other students and myself got together for a potluck.  It was a wonderful raw spread and a great way to finish the first week.
















Potluck

















(from left) Connor, Tatiana, Daneen, Teri, Mer and me

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3 comments:

  1. TheNerdSeptember 4, 2010 at 1:12 AM

    you look so bright and happy! what a wonderful blog, you should email me some of that food!!!

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  2. BarbaraSeptember 4, 2010 at 3:50 PM

    I feel so free! I also feel inspired so maybe we can do something together or have some classes when I get back!

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  3. DaneenSeptember 4, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    This looks great Barbara. Looking at the food is making me hungry all over again.

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