Simple Snack: Flax crackers and guacamole

So my snack / lunch this week has consisted of these flax crackers with guacamole. I love making flax crackers because they are so quick and easy and I can make yummy dips to eat them with! In other news I have taught one yoga class today and have two more to go. Then, tonight I am watching improv at Dad's garage with my friend Gary who just got into town from NYC. I will have to pack tonight because tomorrow around 12 I am carpooling to Brunswick, GA for a weekend of acro yoga! Last night my dad used my pizza recipe and made four pizzas all by himself. I am trying to encourage him to learn how to make raw food so he doesn't have to depend on me to make it. I tried it this morning and it turned out perfect! He wants to make some for a thanksgiving potluck going on at his work next week.
Last Friday I got my hair trimmed and cut into layers. I really like it and feel it helps to give my hair more body. I took a picture of my hair after I curled it (which I don't do too often) and so that is the picture here. I hope you all have a great weekend!

Flax Crackers Recipe:
3 cups of flax seeds
1 cup of water
Soak the flax seeds in water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes you should have a nice flax type paste. Spread the paste onto a dehydrator trays and set it to 110 degrees leaving them in for 10 hours. Then I just break them apart and have nice crackers for dips! Enjoy!

What is up!

I have been making new dishes in the kitchen lately but haven't been taking pictures. I made some amazing cookies with a chocoalte topping that I will be making again because the cookie consistency is so perfect! I have made flax crackers this week and have been eating those with guacamole and "mock tuna" which is delicious. I still have been juicing my greens everyday for breakfast and feel it is really good for me and keeping me healthy.
In other news I am truly enjoying teaching yoga! I love teaching in general and love helping people connect with their bodies. Today in my college yoga class I taught yoga dance and had the students split into groups and create their own yoga dance which was so fun to watch. This weekend I am going on an acro yoga retreat in south georgia and am super excited about it. It is going to be held at an eco village where a large emphasis is on living self sustainably (growing your food, solar power everything, recycling, etc). I hope to learn and gain connections with others interested in living more self sustainably as well as have fun practicing yoga.
One of my friends from Kripalu is coming to Atlanta tomorrow. He is the stage manager for the Rockettes Radio Christmas show and since I know him I get to go to the show for free which I am soooooooooo excited about! I absolutely love the theatre and love going to shows.
I just recently found out that Forbes magazine voted Atlanta the number one most toxic city in the United States! Knowing this makes me want to eventually move away from Atlanta to somewhere pure and clean. I would love to live in a community with like minded people, growing our food using our skills to live self sustainably, learning and growing together.
These pictures above are of me with some of my improv acting buddies and I am trying to teach them acro yoga. Have a great day and I hope to have some food pics up next week!

Halloween Sugar Cookies!

We decorated our Sugar cookies last night and here is the final product! We made lots of different types of cookies but my favorites were the pumpkins and the ghosts. I think they are so cute! They taste very good too and I can't wait to make christmas sugar cookies now. I was afraid the cookies would turn out crumbly but they hold together very well and taste like a shortbread cookie.

Sugar Cookie Recipe:
2 cups of raw cashews 3 cups of dried coconut flakes 1 cup of date paste (dates and water in blender) 1 vanilla bean

Directions: Put the cashews and coconut flakes into a food processor until you have a very fine flour consistency. Make the date paste in a blender with a chopped finely vanilla bean. Mix together and roll out the cookies with a rolling pin and use a cookie cutter to make your fun shapes. Place the cookies in the dehydrator at 110 degrees for eight hours. They should be firm and hold together well when you take them out.

For the sprinkles we took finely chopped coconut and added carrot juice (1 - 2 tablespoons) to make it this pretty orange color. The green sprinkles are the same but with spirulina.

Are you going to make anything for Halloween?

Scary Halloween Candy!

Last night I got together with my friend Marie-Lies and we made some raw chocolate candy with mint filling and some sugar cookies. The pictures are the evidence of last nights scary chocolate encounter. I got these halloween molds from a nearby cake store and each set only cost two dollars. The sugar cookies are in the dehydrator as we speak and tonight we are going to get together to ice them. We have pumpkin and ghost cookies! Anyway, the recipe for these chocolates are in the Cafe Gratitude Dessert recipe book but it is easy to find chocolate candy recipes on line if you look for them. These chocolates taste delicious especially with the mint filling! My favorite ones are the caskets with the lid on top! I can already forsee the near future: everyone is going to get raw chocolate candy for christmas presents! If you have never made raw chocolate molds before it is so easy and so much fun, you should try it!
In other news my yoga classes are going well and I am slowly but surely building up more and more clientelle. Also, I am continuing to juice my greens everyday and am seeing great results in my hair (shinier and healthier feeling) and skin (clearer skin!). I have been able to stick to eating raw all of this week because of the meal plan that I made at the beginning of the week. Having something already made in the fridge helped me to stay raw while feeling completely satisfied and happy. Stay tuned to see how the cookies came out! And Happy Halloween!

Pad Thai

For dinner tonight I made Pad Thai. I think it tastes pretty good. I have been making green juice every day like I said I would in my last post. I like doing this because I think it makes my hair healthier and shinier. My juices have consisted of celery as the base, apple, (and then I switch out between spinach, kale, and parsley). It is a good mixture because I am getting a lot of greens but the apple makes in pallatable. I am trying to eat 100% raw (the story of my life). This weekend I was feeling a bit out of sorts and moody and I automatically go for the comfort vegan foods. I made a menu for myself for the week to help me stay on track eating raw food. Some of the things on my menu are "mock tuna", spaghetti, flax crackers with guacamole, and veggie juice. I also have plans to get together with my good friend Maire-Lies and make raw Halloween goodies. Some of what we have planned are halloween sugar cookies with icing and Halloween shaped chocolates filled with organge and green fillings.
Pad Thai Recipe:

Noodles: 2 zucchini
2 carrots
(use a spiralizer or veggie peeler to make thin noodles)

Sauce: 1 cup of water, 1 cup of cashews, 3 table spoons of honey, 4 dates, pinch of sea salt, 1 lime, 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger, 1 clove of garlic, 1/8 piece of an onion (mix all of these ingredients together in a vitamixer until smooth).

Finally, pour the sauce onto the veggie noodles and garnish with chopped mushrooms and chopped green onions.

Raw Food Weekend Food and Fun!

I spent this weekend with some good raw food friends at the beach. It was pretty cold but we had fun making recipes, doing acro yoga, and enjoying nature. We made raw spaghetti and raw vegan sushi which are shown here. We also made key lime pie and raw carob fudge which we ate too quickly to take pictures of. As soon as we got back today we headed out to a potluck and the food was great. There was a wonderful butternut squash salad, apple cookies, fruit and other various salads. I was inspired talking with Bill who is an older gentleman who has lost 100 pounds eating raw foods. He gave me some alkalanized water to bring home with me and try out. He looked extremely healthy and juices everyday. I am going to make my goal to start juicing green juice everyday. I used to do it consistently and want to get back into it. Well, enjoy the pictures and see you soon!

Music Feeds the Soul...

My food hasn't been so exciting lately so I haven't posted anything. I have been making lots of fresh juices and eating pretty simple for the most part. I also had the flu for about a week and am still feeling low energy from that. I am asking the universe to guide me right now. I feel a bit lost and unsure of where I am supposed to go next with my life. Please ask the universe to show me the way right now. I have really been working on my thinking, trying to only allow thoughts that will help me to prosper in my life and letting go of those thoughts that keep me stuck and confused. I am trying to focus on things that bring me joy and give life to my soul but honestly I struggle with negative thinking. I hope to change this! I have two new favorite songs and I wanted to share them with you. I think music feeds the soul, don't you?