Go Goofy for Leafies

Today's Food:

Breakfast:
1 bag Living Nutz Mayan Chili Pistachios

32 ounces lemon water

Lunch:
1/2 really ripe and luscious large cantelope

Snack:
1 RawRevolution Chocolate Hazelnut Bar

Dinner:
Salad with romaine, pea shoot sprouts, carrot, daikon, kalamata olives and mushrooms with dulse, nutritional yeast, olive oil, apple cider vinegar and sea salt

Dessert:
Last tiny slivers of Strawberry Cream Pie and Chocolate Buttercup Mousse Pie (AKA Divine Goddess Bliss Pie)

Just a note that I will be away and without Internet for a few days, so I will resume posting on T.H.E. Blog on Wednesday night.
Are you eating leafy greens?
Throughout the years, clients would come to me saying that they ate alot of vegetables. As it turns out, what they meant was that they ate a salad every night, usually consisting of lettuce, cuke, carrot and maybe one or two more veges. My next question was usually: "How about other vegetables with your meal?" followed by: "Do you eat any leafy greens?" Often the answer to the latter questions was, "What's a leafy green?" It was then that I would explain this category, and that it is the highest vege group for offering our bodies oxygen and chlorophyl, the basic sources of life; that it is known as the vege group that most boosts our immune system because of this; that because these greens are sprouting upward, they also offer us high energy, and are especially good if one tends to suffer from fatigue; that you want to eat them every day; and that yes, you can also eat them steamed for breakfast (drizzled with a little tahini and Bragg's Amino Acids) to start your day with some get-up-and-go. Leafy greens also contain large amounts of iron and calcium. Just to mention their names one more time, this category includes: kale, chard, collards, spinach, dandelion, mizuma, Tsat Tsoi and the numerous array of Summer farmers market leafies. Arugula and Watercress are a little different but still powerful in their own right. Do try and buy some that I mentioned with the nice big leaves. If you are eating too much bread, wrap your lunchtime hummus, tuna or turkey in a large collard leaf; you can rub some Bragg's over that to tenderize it as well, and even stuff in some avocado and sprouts.
Just this change will bring you energy and cut down on the carbs from bread. All greens have protein as well.
Are you eating enough leafies? What's your favorite recipe? Write in and let me know...

The Energy of Food; Eat Green to Fly High

Rawliscious Food!
Breakfast:
12 ounces blueberry elixir with frozen blueberries, banana and raw honey

Snack:
1/2 cup cashews
Raw Revolution chocolate hazelnut bar

32 ounces lemon water

Dinner (with friends at 'Raw Food & Film Night'):
'Sophisticated Salad' with baby spinach, potatoes, apple and walnuts; with beautiful olive oil lemon and more dressing - Irina & Nick
Nut Loaf galore with Brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds and lots of other goodies and greens; with a delectable Haru sauce - Jane
My marinated asparagus (marinated for 24 hours) in Bragg's, Herbs de Provence, olive oil, nutritional yeast and dulse
Raw Brownies in the shape of little cups with cacao, almond butter, dates and agave - Lizzie
Coconut Bliss ice cream: Peanut Butter Chocolate and Cherry
Most Important: Amazing conversation with good friends!

What's the best way using plant-based food (earth food) to turn fatigue into energy?
Eat leafy greens every day.
OK, so what falls into this category?
Kale, collard greens, Swiss chard, Dandelion greens, mizuma greens, Arugula, Tsat Tsoi, spinach and all the others I forget about until I'm at the farmers' markets each Summer.
Why are these so great for turning fatigue into energy?
Just look at them; they are standing straight up with their leaves reaching towards the sky, saying "Here I am!!" For increasing energy in the body, eat foods that focus their energy upwards.
The other main reason is that "green" actually means, 'filled with chlorophyl and oxygen'; the two most important components for cell growth and rejuventaion, brain function, immune building and energy boosting.
What's a quick and yummy way to eat green?
Steam a pot of mixed leafy greens and put some Bragg's Amino Acids and tahini spread on them. See your energy fly.
Want to really see it? Eat them for breakfast and watch your day transform!
Write in and let me know if you've "gone green" with your food."...