Since June 6th, I’ve been participating in a 28-Day Transition to Raw food and it has been fascinating! I’ve been medium to high raw for a few years now and decided that June would be a great month to attempt 100%.  No chocolate, (but carob is a fine substitute!), no coffee (well…almost no coffee), no dairy (except I am drinking milk from my goat), and no alcohol.  I’ve discovered Kelp noodles, raw Tahini and macadamia based cream cheese.

There have been days when my ego just wanted to rebel against the whole thing and that little voice in my head egged me on toward cheese and crackers, cookies and pasta.  I dealt with it by staying with raw choices, though on the heavy end of the spectrum–a big spoonful of cashew butter and a slice of Manna bread for instance.  And surprisingly, even though my diet was darned healthy before this effort I have still experienced symptoms of detox!

My interest in raw is simple; I want to give my body every possible chance to thrive in a world full of toxins and stress.  I have no intentions of permanently adopting a 100% raw lifestyle–I LOVE trout, salmon and an occasional piece of red meat,  (grass fed and finished), as well as coffee and chocolate!  Hopefully by the end of this program though I will  shed some stubborn and unwanted pounds, learn how to be more creative with preparing raw food and will have broken some bad habits that keep me from my highest level of health.

Today marks the halfway point and I’m confident I’ll make it through the entire program!  I look forward to sharing some great tasting and very simple recipes with you in the coming days and some ideas for introducing more raw food into your diet.   Stay tuned for the rest of this excellent food adventure…