I found a recipe for a tart, the recipe is made in a few parts and one of the parts is a raw condensed milk. I read the ingredients and found that I needed Xanthan gum....ummmm. I went to the local health food shop, Holland & Barretts, they didn't stock it, I couldn't think of anywhere else and my hubby even telephoned around for me but nowhere stocked it so I had to order it online - 200g bag of Xanthan gum costing £6.20 inc p+p. I ordered it on Saturday and it has arrived already...good going!
I was in my local Asda store this morning doing a large grocery shop and would you believe it! in the gluten free section, there it was...XANTHAN GUM! A 100g jar costing £2.62. I did buy a jar despite ordering some, just incase the order took a while to arrive. When I got home the postie delivered the ordered Xanthan gum....teehee....I think I can safely say that I have a good stock of Xanthan gum, luckily it has a great shelf life....PHEW!

I am going to go to Costco later today to get my produce supplies.

Check this link out:  http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videolib/init/6699

These ladies are both 73 years old.

http://youngonrawfood.com/

And this lady, Donna Gates is actually 64 years old.

http://bodyecology.com/aboutdonna.php

If this is what eating raw vegan does for our bodies on the outside just imagine what it is doing for our insides.

I have been rather good with my raw food meals lately and after I had been eating various salads and other raw foods for 2 days I was already finding things so much more normal at the loo...I know TMI but it just goes to show how quickly eating a raw vegan diet can affect our bodies in a positive way.

I am going to get the house cleaned and sorted today and then I think I will make another coleslaw for my evening meal tonight but this time I am going to add fruits to it also...YUM!

Housework done and it feels great! I am off into the shower now.
Night, night until tomorrow.

Well, I am feeling SOOO much better now ANNND my raw has been getting SOOO much better too! EASY infact, I have been naturally going for raw meals, I have been more craving raw foods and I have been making more raw things i.e. mock egg mayo, cheese savoury salads, peanut butter & butterscotch fudge etc...all raw of course, I should have put them on here but I have been lazy.

Tonight I have prepared some Kombucha which when it is done I am going to flavour it.....ummm -  maybe strawberry or raspberry.

I bought some green coconuts on Saturday so hopefully they will have meat inside to make some yogurts and bread (Russell James' bread recipe) Sometimes the coconuts are just water inside, good but I want the meat also.
I am going for a big grocery shop sometime this week.

Nothing has happened lately so I shall say night, night and I will be back tomorrow. PROMISE!!

Another Bank holiday today. The avenue is quiet for a change there are just a few people out washing the cars.

I was raw yesterday and intend to be the same today. I can feel a difference in my clothes
already, still not feeling 100% well though.
I have had a red veiny (no such word....teehee)  eye for about 3 weeks now and it doesn't seem to want to go away, anyone know why my eye is still red and veiny?

I will be back later today.

Yesterday was very much the same as the day before food wise, bananas and salad, although instead of mango on my salad I had grapes....whoopee....what a change....teehee

Today I walked into town, I could have driven but I knew I needed the exercise. We went to the sweetie stall and I confess to giving into temptation. We had a walk around the shops but when I went into one shop that I go into often I suddenly felt lost and confused...not sure what was going on with me then, maybe all the medication I have been having lately. I know that aswell as having pain I have also felt generally unwell, maybe I shouldn't have gone out. The pain is easing quite a bit now which I am so pleased about! I'm still not sleeping very well and last night was no exception, which was another night of cat naps...ummmm I have reduced the medication I am taking so maybe I will sleep better tonight.

My sweetie hubby went out for some groceries today to save me from having to go out again. We are now stocked up with more romaine, mango, pineapple, bananas, soap powder, ktichen rolls etc and other things for him and the boys.

I want to get on with things around the house and in the kitchen but because of the way I have been feeling not a lot has been getting done but I did get some laundry done today.

Well, there isn't much to report so I will say, "nighty night and I will be back tomorrow".

Today has been a good raw day. I have had 3 banana's and this:

I didn't know what I wanted to eat but I knew that I had mango and avocado that needed eating so I just grated some carrots using my new Tefal Express machine...GREAT! I then threw in some sweetcorn, mango, avocado and diced apple, I enjoyed it! Must say, I do have nice bowls for my food...teehee but I just grated the carrot straight into the above bowl and added everything else and because the salad was just for me I just ate it from this bowl.

Although I haven't eaten much today I do feel satisfied and it can be a tad uncomfortable eating at the moment; my mouth is still paining.

I have had rather a lazy day today because I didn't get the best of sleeps last night...ummm - for some reason I just seemed to cat nap all night.

I have just noticed that I have a fine cut on my thumb which will be from my ceramic knife, I tell you, if you have ceramic knives or are thinking of buying them then do be very careful because they are exceptionally sharp, I think much sharper than steel knives and they stay sharp for much longer than the steel knives...just my opinion, all good though.


I don't have anything more to say at the moment for today so I will say, "Night, Night."

May 1st and here I am.
My 66 Day challenge has finished today which wasn't the best of challenges, I only lost a few lb in weight and over the last week and a half I haven't been feeling good. As I said in a previous post I have been suffering with really bad sinuses and then I managed to get an abcess on a lower molar...boohoo it had to be removed so all sorted now. My hospital visit to the dentist last week revealed no abcess but that was on the top but then lo and behold I go and get an abcess on the bottom. I have to say that I do look after my teeth and mouth, clean and floss and I do have my checkups but I suppose these things happen somtimes, when it is going to happen, it is going to happen.
I would say that my sinuses are slowly on the mend, this has been a really bad flare up this time.
My medication, well, I am already taking Anti-depressants and prescribed stomach reflux medication which I have been taking for a few years now but because of sinuses etc over these last so many days I have also been taking Cocodamol, Ibuprofen, Sudafed and an antibiotic so I am well pumped at the moment. I have also been steaming to help with my sinuses also, it is helping along with everything else

On the 28th April we celebrated our 30th Pearl Wedding Anniversary...WOW! Amazing! But unfortunately I spent it at the dentist. 30 years ago myself and my hubby were at a little cafe called the 'Copper Kettle' where we were discussing our Wedding plans and from there everything happened. We wanted to go back to the little cafe on our Anniversary to have a cup of tea but of course because of things it didn't happen.
 I suppose after my dentist visit I could say that my Anniversary was about as good as having teeth pulled..HOHOHO.

So, that is the latest and I really want to increase my raw to help with all these health problems, albeit small problems compared to some folk but problems nonetheless.

I have a few very ripe bananas so I am going to make some fruit leather which I will do now.

Back tomorrow.