I am about to start a 21 day challenge involving eating purely raw foods. I will be planning meals and writing up my experiences here. Hopefully I will manage to stick to it. It's something I've been planning to do for a while now, but the weather has started cooling down (finally - New York has been baking!) and I've realised that if I don't do it soon I will be right in the middle of carb-loading, cashmere-swathed, hot soup slurping, warmed chocolate cake scoffing autumn/winter (yes, being British I still say 'autumn' rather than 'fall') and my chances of success will be slim to none.
As I started to look at easy recipes, I noticed that I had cleverly lost my immersion blender*, so I've ordered a new one to arrive on Wednesday. I'm convinced this will be key to my success, though I was planning on starting on Monday so I'll have to make do for a few days without it. I think the key will be to have lots of easy things on hand, including lots of sweet (raw) snacks so I don't go running for the Teddy Grahams! I will post a list of great links, and of course key recipes for the challenge. I may go on longer - I'm hoping I can also do Jillian Michaels' 30-day Shred along with it, but at the moment 21 days seems more manageable!
* I have a big preference for immersion blenders. I've not tried a vita-mix - waiting until I win the lottery - but have generally been disappointed with other blenders, none of which seemed good enough to justify the space they take up in my tiny kitchen (and I'm a messy cook - I need mucho counter space). Then I came across an immersion blender in my Grannie's flat that was about 10 years old and better than anything else. Yes, if held at the wrong angle my soup would end up splattered over me and the ceiling, but nothing beats the versatility. So yey, I'm getting a new one!
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Such good luck with this, I'm full of admiration at your will-power!xx
ReplyDeleteThank you - planning on posting a 'what I ate' list at the end of the week though at the moment there's not enough variety. I've found a substitute for my favourite chocolate-banana breakfast that I haven't been able to have for so long I'm super happy! x
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your challenge! Hope it's going well. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering the blender giveaway, too! Just wanted to let you know that the comment has to be on the giveaway page, though--which is here: http://www.dietdessertndogs.com/giveaways/almond-fresh-review-and-giveaway-and-breakfast-soup-recipe/ Would you mind very much hopping over there and leaving another one so I can count it among the entries? Sorry for the extra step--my ad network makes me put the giveaways on a separate page.