Days 18 and 19

It was wonderful having friends visit for a few days.  It seems like it's been a long winter at home.  It was so good to laugh and reminisce - to talk of motorcycle trips past and plan those to come.  We were even discussing plans for 2 years from now - and the guys were talking about what to do when they get too old or feeble to ride their Goldwings any more.  Go figure - I do all this work to keep us healthy so we can ride for a long time yet and there they are planning for when they can't!

I wanted to be sure that I planned meals keeping to our raw foods diet but not doing anything too weird for our guests.  As they have visited with us before, I had an idea of the things that I had tried with them, so I pretty well stuck to that.  The Carrot Pate from Day 3 always goes over well - so I served that as a sandwich filling on spelt rolls.  Add in the raw cookies from Day 8 (they keep really well in the fridge) and that was lunch on Saturday.  That evening we visited with friends.  They were all having lobster, so I just packed supper for Noel and I with green smoothies, fruit, nuts and cookies.  We didn't feel deprived at all!  Early on in this journey to health, I learned that if I pack our own food we get what is good for us and it takes the pressure off of our hostess so she doesn't feel she has to come up with something special for us to eat.

On Sunday morning I made the Cranberry Orange Delight from Day 14.  This time I didn't have any fresh cranberries so I tried frozen, well actually thawed. ( I had picked these myself in the fall on Brier Island.  My first time cranberrying.  It was a wonderful experience.)  The result was just as good as with fresh.  So glad I discovered that because now I can make it year round. 

The Guacamole had gone over so well on Day 17 in the Santa Fe Salad, that I made it again on Sunday for lunch, with BLT's ( remember the "B" is made from Eggplant - see Day 12) and Kale Chips.  No one went away from the table hungry.

I didn't hear a complaint all weekend about what I made.  It is a wonderful feeling to have served such healthy food to my friends!

I've got a busy week coming up but I do want to try some new recipes - so stay tuned.

To your health...

Beverly Facey, Certified Health Coach