Spicy Sauce with Raw Zucchini Noodle Dish

1 Large Beefsteak Tomato that is really ripe
1/4 of a large cucumber
1/2 avocado
1/4 cup water
Seasonings: Cayenne, Red pepper flakes, salt free seasoning, sea salt, pepper, basil, and Italian seasonings. (Season to your liking.)
Blend it all up in a blender. 

Serve over the top of Zucchini Noodles that you make with a spiralizer. If you don't have a spiralizer, you can just peel your zucchini's around and around into lengthwise long noodles. This Sauce tasted really good over the noodles. I added 2 tsp's of cold pressed olive oil, too, and a little nutritional yeast to the top of the zucchini noodles. I then added some ground up raw almonds to the mix, too. Tasted really good.

Today's Example of my Meals and Current Weight Loss

Today is Saturday, so it was more relaxing for me. I did some housework, went for a little walk and did some studying of things I am learning on this raw food lifestyle and some other readings. Currently I have lost 25 pounds since Dec. 3rd, 2013 with this Raw Food Eating of Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Seeds and Cold Pressed Oils like Olive and Sesame Oils. I am very happy with this way of life. I feel good and do have way more energy than in times past.

Here is an example of today's food:

Banana and Orange Smoothie

Coleslaw of Cabbage, Carrots, Sunflower seeds  - Use a Dressing of your choice (I mixed my coleslaw with some apple cider vinegar, soy sauce (not raw) and olive oil and a little coconut sugar - Kind of silly and weird tasting, so I would say to put a better dressing on it than this one. I still eat my foods even if they are a bit weird tasting as I know there are good ingredients in the dishes I make. Plus I am experimenting, too, and understand everything won't be perfect.)

Cauliflower cut in small pieces with some sea salt, olive oil and nutritional yeast (Nutritional Yeast is not a raw product, but the B12 in it is good for a person on a raw food diet.)

Zucchini noodles with some sea salt, olive oil and some nutritional yeast (Just peel the zucchini with a peeler to get fettucini type noodles)

Big Dinner Salad: Romaine Lettuce, Roma Tomato, 2 big carrots grated, 1 avocado, Sunflower seeds and some homemade veggie dressing

Frozen bananas with some coconut sugar

It is evening now and I am certainly not hungry at all. I have to say that this lifestyle is really amazing in that you can really eat a lot of food and still lose weight. :-)

Today's Raw Food Salad Meal for Dinner

Raw Food Salad Meal by Connie Webb

Made this salad this afternoon for dinner. It is nice to know it will be all ready made when I am ready for dinner. Here are the ingredients:
2 Medium Zucchini's Grated
2 Large Carrots Grated
1/2 chopped red pepper
3 celery stalks chopped
1 Cucumber chopped
A couple handfuls of Baby Spinach chopped
Just mix this all up together. Sprinkle some lemon on it. Then when you are ready to have it for dinner, just add your favorite dressing, maybe some avocado and some tomatoes, too. It is nice to try and prepare things ahead of time so it will be all ready for when you want to eat.

No Oil Salad Dressing - Raw Food Vegan Delicious

NO OIL SALAD DRESSING

1 Big Cucumber
2 Large Stalks of Celery
1 Large Red Bell Pepper (just take off the green part, you can add the seeds and all which I was surprised to learn about)
Green Onions: Just make some chives about a 1/4 of a cup of them - (the green part of the green onions, not the white part)
1 clove of garlic

Big Squeeze of lemon

1 Tablespoon of Date Sugar

Water: Approx. 1/2 or 1/4 cup water - more or less, just try it out on how much you need in your blender

Directions: Chop up the cucumber, celery, bell pepper, onions and garlic and add to the blender. Then add the lemon juice, date sugar and the spices of Italian Seasonings, Basil, Sea Salt and Ground Pepper (to your liking) or other spices you prefer. Then add some of the water. Add small amount at first and then more if you need it. Blend it all up and put in a jar with a lid. Can probably keep at least a few days. You can add a bit more of this dressing than regular dressing as it is very low calorie and delicious! :-)

Better Health on Raw Vegan Diet - Lowered Cholesterol

Carrot Dancing photo by Connie Webb

Just got my recent lab results back and I have improved on everything since this lifestyle. Cholesterol went down and is now in the normal range. I am so happy for that! And I am in the proper weight range for my height and age of 56 - another great benefit!

I had a feeling this way of eating was going to help me lots after reading and seeing all the positive results people were getting on this way of life. So grateful that this way works for me, too!

Cholesterol before raw Vegan was: 246 as of December 2013

Cholesterol after being on the Raw Vegan Lifestyle for just two months and 18 days:
188 as of February 2014 (I am sure it will go lower as I ease off too much oil, too. I will be working on that over the next months as well. Little steps at a time.)

Easy Zucchini Dish - Raw Food Vegan

Easy Zucchini Dish by Connie Webb

Easy Zucchini Dish - Raw Food Vegan

2 Zucchinis peeled and grated

3 small carrots peeled and grated

1 roma tomato grated and then rest of peel chopped in dish

1 small avocado chopped

1 TB raw sunflower seeds

2 TB raw almonds chopped (Soak almonds overnight, rinse, drain and then chop in food processer or food chopper with s blade. Chop till fine.)

Mix all up in bowl and then add dressing and seasonings of your choice. 

(My choice for dressing and seasonings were: 1 TB of sesame oil, 1 TB Apple Cider Vinegar, sea salt, ground black pepper and some nutritional yeast. It could have been spiced up a bit more, too. Experiment with dressings/seasonings to your liking.)

With Weight Loss - Tailor Your Wardrobe Yourself To Fit You Again

One of the benefits of a Raw Food Vegan Diet is weight loss besides feeling much better. Because of this your clothing will be a bit baggy as you are losing weight. I started my raw food vegan diet on Dec. 3rd and today is Feb. 15th. I have lost 20 pounds and I don't want to really buy a bunch of clothes as yet. So taking in the clothes I have is a good way to go for me at the moment to save money. Here are some easy video links on youtube that show you how:

For your jeans, here is a great video that shows you how to take them in with just two darts made on the back of them:
http://youtu.be/3IYUdSwy1vA

For your shirts or blouses, just sew the inseams of them. Here is an easy video that shows how:
http://youtu.be/oKhSYyi8jCg

Eventually you can reward yourself with some new clothing, but why spend a bunch of money yet especially if you still will be losing a bit more weight. Tailoring your clothing yourself is a good way to go in the meantime. And of course going to thrift stores or yard sales can be a good way to tide you over until you want to invest in some new clothing, too. Take care all.