Day 4: Green Smoothie, House Salad and No Peanut Noodles

Well, what goes around, comes around. Today we had a green smoothie for breakfast, a house salad for lunch, and the last of the organic, gluten-free Lebkuchen for dessert. As my husband put it at dinner, "It's almost a raw kind of day."

The Raw Food movement is something that really intrigues me at the moment. I find a lot of value in eating things in the most natural state. That is where the nutrients and enzymes really shine. I've even gone as far as to say that if you can't eat it raw, you probably shouldn't be eating it at all. That being said, there is some benefit in cooking some things (grains/seeds need to be soaked and/or cooked to neutralize the acids in them, tomatoes and spinach are actually really healthy cooked, and meat is said to be easier to digest cooked). When we start to detox come January, we will start eating 70% raw. The plan is a smoothie for breakfast, a salad for lunch and then soup for dinner. Try it for a week. You will feel amazing.

Ok... so the recipe of the day is:

No Peanut Noodles
Serves 2

120 g Rice Stick Noodles
1 carrot
1 zucchini
1 cucumber
1 broccoli stem
3 mushrooms
3 green onions
1 handful cilantro
1/4 cup almonds

Sauce:
2 tbsp Almond butter
1 tsp Maple Syrup
1 tbsp Coconut Aminos
1 tbsp lime juice
2 cloves garlic
1 inch fresh ginger
1/4 tsp chili-garlic paste

In a bowl place the rice noodles and cover with boiling water, set aside. In another bowl, grate the garlic and ginger. Add in the rest of the sauce ingredients and whisk together. Julienne your vegetables, chop the onion and cilantro and stir into the sauce. Drain the noodles, then toss into the sauce. Chop the almonds and sprinkle over the top.

That is the almost raw. If it weren't for the noodles (and the cookie), it would be a fully raw day. Even so, I woke up in a great mood and I feel really good today. Yay for healthy eating! So until tomorrow when we wrap up this series...

En Gute!