Wednesday, December 30, 2009

High Raw, All Vegan Food Intake - Pregnancy Food Journal - Wednesday

I keep getting emails and comments from people interested in my food intake, so here is today's. It's another day of delicious food.

Breakfast

Organic Hemp Protein Smoothie made from: 1.5 cups water, 1/4 cup Manitoba Harvest Hemp Protein Powder, 2 Tablespoons Manitoba Harvest Hemp Seeds, 2 bananas (I recently bought a 25 pound bucket of seeds from Manitoba Harvest! I transferred them to glass mason jars and they're all stored in my freezer now. I'm going to enjoy giving a couple of jars away to friends and family as gifts; I'll even tie a little bow on it. That's the gift of health!)


Mid-morning Snack

I was cold and still a little hungry after my protein shake so I had the following nourishing, warming foods. Let me tell you, they warmed my body right up, literally in minutes.

~1 cup organic miso soup from South River Miso (dandelion leek flavor - one of my faves!)

~1/2 cup organic kim-chi by Rejuvenative (they were so kind to send me samples - yum!).


Second Little Snack

While shopping at Whole Foods, I bought GoRaw's little chocolate cookies and opened the bag in the store, eating 3 of them.


Lunch

~Large organic Delicious Apple (this was so delicious and juicy)

~Large organic salad with romaine, cucumber ($2.50 each now at Whole Foods - yikes!), tomato, and another batch of Cayenne Tahini Recipe I talked about in yesterday's post. This batch I made last night around midnight and added a big handful of organic cilantro that I had in the fridge. When I gave my husband his salad he said, "Honey, thanks so much for making me so healthy with all the food you make." I replied, "Of course! I want us to be centenarians together!"

~1 piece of Mother Earth Chocolate


We went to Starbucks to read (these are the books I'm reading on my Kindle2 right now: Playful Parenting and Unconditional Parenting). On a side note... I absolutely love my Kindle and it's one of the best things we ever bought. While we were there I had some organic herbal tea (Mountain Rose Herbs) that I brought with me in a Starbucks thermos and glass mug.


Dinner

~Huge Salad (same as above)

~Rejuvenative's Kim-Chi (same as above)

~Vegan Pizza! ZPizza makes the yummiest vegan pizza and they use Daiya cheese. If you haven't had Daiya cheese, and if you have some cooked vegan food from time to time, then you're truly missing out. This is reputed as the cheese to keep vegans as vegans (for those of you feeling like life isn't the same without cheese). It's life changing for many. It's non-dairy, non-soy, non-gluten, non-rice, non-corn, non-nut, non-preservatives. For the most part, only a handful of restaurants around the country have access to it (ZPizza, Blossom, etc), but it's supposed to be available for retail stores like Whole Foods in 2010. Furthermore, I did hear a rumor that it's actually available in some Whole Foods now, but that they have been running out of it because it's so popular. Anyway, back to ZPizza... they offer a whole wheat crust made with organic wheat and they also have organic vegan sauce. I top my cooked pizza with fresh veggie toppings to get some extra Raw into the meal.


After Dinner Snack

Large Organic Apple


Late Snack

Cucumber Wheat Grass Refresher (recipe in this post)

17 comments:

  1. i like that you post your food even when it's not all raw. i tried that daiya cheese and it was pretty good but i felt weird in my stomach after so i'm not sure it agreed with me or it was something else.

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  2. HI Bitt,
    That happened to me once... when I had too much of the cheese, but only that once.

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  3. That pizza sounds so good! I wish we had a pizza place like that where I live. And you look great. Your child will have so much fun reading all this when they are older!
    xo
    Eco Mama

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  4. I get Daiya at the Whole Foods in Chandler all the time. It is sold out a lot of the time, but lately, they have had lots! They also make their vegan pizzas there with it. :D

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  5. I look for that cheese in every store I go in!!! I can't wait to try it, although I was never a fan of cheese. :)

    Yummy eats!

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  6. That "cheese" sounds good, but what IS it made of?? :p

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  7. I never thought of that Eco Mama, but you're right! :)

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  8. Awww this is great! I agree with Eco Mama, your little one will love reading this when they are all grown up! What a sweet thing to be doing.

    And your food sounds AMAZING, as always! You can make me crave salad like no other.

    Hee hee, my hubby thanks me for making him so healthy, too! And I say the same thing: I want us to grow old together!

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  9. Hi Kristen! I nominated you for an award:
    http://joannasteven.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-101-blog-award.html

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  10. Hi I could be wrong, but I thought you said u were not going to eat chocolate while pregnant and while breastfeeding?

    In one post you were eating a vanilla something and you said it was because you didn't want to eat chocolate.

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  11. You're right, but I spoke with my midwife and she was fine with a little bit. So, I only have a few bites here and there (quite infrequently) and it's home made, organic, raw. :) There are times it's made me VERY happy to have some when I wanted something a little sweet and rich.

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  12. What a lucky baby! I love reading your food posts, they are so inspiring! My boys and I just watched your cheesy hemp sauce and then made it-fantastic! My 16 month old is a fan. Congrats on your pregnancy and upcoming birth, it will be a wonderful experience. We've had two homebirths, the second being a raw vegan pregnancy/birth and the whole experience was easier than the first. You can read my birth stories and others at my friend's site, www.lovenaturalbirth.com

    Blessings to you! Mary

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  13. I love seeing how my fellow healthy eaters eat. Very cool, many good ideas. Awesome!

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  14. I'm going to have to look for that next time I get to Whole foods (it is so far away!) I have a hemp question for ya- what is the difference between hemp seeds and the protein powder? Can't you just grind them up or something? And I was wondering, is it legal to grow your own hemp in the US or not? (I figure you might need some sort of license since that is where marijuana comes from.) Have you ever heard of anyone doing that?

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  15. Hi Capt'n Amazing's Wife,
    Good question. Hemp seeds are the main product. From there, they extract the oil from the seeds to give hemp oil and the remaining product is the hemp protein powder.

    Basically, the other question about growing it entails a long detailed answer. However, the short of it is this... there are a couple of states that have some growers, licensed by the Department of Agriculture (I think this is the licensing agency off the top of my head). Furthermore, I think 2009 brought a couple more states on board with industrial hemp farming. But not for individuals like you and me.

    Here is a link to a site with more info:
    http://www.votehemp.com/

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