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For pots and pans I prefer the quality of Circulon brand above higher priced brands and their longevity above lower priced brands. For glass bowls and bake ware I prefer Pyrex. For low priced kitchen ware I prefer Norpro. For smaller quantities of dried goods I prefer Bob's Red Mill, which I can find at all of my local stores. For larger quantities I prefer ordering from Barry Farm. I often use the bulk section at my stores as well. While it is certainly less expensive to make stock at home, it is far more convenient to purchase it. I like Pacific Natural Foods and Imagine Foods low sodium broths. These suggestions are designed to make your food preparation easier and affordable. You'll also be able to accurately duplicate the recipes on this site and the meals seen on Frugal Feeds Videos. Look for all of these products and kitchen items at your local stores or click on the links and it will take you to where you can buy them online. (Although many of the items will cost more with shipping than they will if you can find them at your local store).

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Frugal Feeds | Raw Diet Day 13

Raw Diet Day 13:

Since this week is the first sunny and warm weather we've had this year all of the flowers everywhere are blooming. It is beautiful!

Even though I haven't made it to the thirty days mark, when I said I would make my decision as to whether I would continue this, I can tell you now I am a total convert. I haven't felt this great since I was a kid. A lot of people who write about going raw say that until they started this diet they felt like they were getting older every day, on raw they feel like they are getting younger--now I know what they mean! All I can really say is WOW.

I spent the morning planting flowers and some herbs.

For breakfast today I had a glassful of the pina colada and a tangerine.  Since I still had two more glassfuls left I poured them into two trays and dehydrated them for the day so we could have the pina colada fruit roll-ups for dessert tonight.


I made a blender full of pecan milk using a cup of pecans, 2 Tablespoons of raw honey, a Tablespoon of vanilla and a Tablespoon of lecithin. We'll have that for breakfast tomorrow.

For lunch I had a juice made of 2 apples, 1 medium sized beet, 4 leaves of kale a thumb sized piece of ginger.

For snack I had a banana and cocoa milkshake.

For dinner tonight we are having taco's made from the recipes in Raw Food/Real World and the pina colada fruit roll-up.

I am making a batch of kale chips for tomorrow's snack. And later tonight I will start a granola mix that will be ready at breakfast time.

The biggest change I have had to make in feeding my family these raw meals is to think one day ahead because many of the heartier dishes take a day or all night in the dehydrator. We haven't gotten it down pat yet, but it is getting close. My kids love that they can have cocoa milkshakes everyday btw. My youngest also loves the banana and nut milk shakes, while my oldest prefers less banana and some mocha and cocoa in her shake.

It is also notable that my husband is really enjoying feeling so much better after just a few days on this diet. He has much more energy and aches much less.

We ordered three more books that I have read through and found to be really useful. I haven't tried all of their recipes but as I do I will let you know how they turn out. The authors of Raw Food/ Real World both have put out other recipe books. One is called Everyday Raw by Matthew Kenney and the other is called Living Raw Food by Sarma Melngailis. The other book I ordered is called Everything Raw Food from the Everything Series by Mike Snyder. He has been raw for nine years so has just about everything you could look for in it. I also like that every recipe has nutritional information.
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