I am rather pleased with that title.  If I ever open the healthy cafe I would love to own one day I may call it ‘The Raw Zone’ 🙂

I am sitting at home in front of a roaring fire slurping homemade chicken soup out of a very large mug and feeling rather pleased with myself.  I have been very good today.  Very, very good.

It began last night when I took ‘Raw Living’ to bed to help inspire me to eat well today.  It worked. I was working from home so I made a huge smoothie for breakfast with tofu, frozen blackcurrants and raspberries, coconut water, maca powder, Spirulina and Matcha.  I wanted to add in some superfoods. It was smooth, creamy and slightly fruity.  A perfect start to the day.

333 calories.

For lunch I made a really good dressing from half an avocado, the juice of half a lemon, a large tomato, 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp nutritional yeast, 1 tbsp Tahini and a pinch of kelp.  All thrown in to the blender and blitzed to a very smooth dressing. I made a huge salad.  A pile of mixed green leaves. Watercress. Half a cauliflower and a courgette, chopped up finely to be about the size of rice grains. Piled on top of the green leaves.Topped with the awesome avocado and Tahini dressing.
I really enjoyed this.  It took a very long time to chew my way through this and every mouthful was a pleasure.

532 calories which was more then I was expecting but they were all healthy ones. Late afternoon I snacked on a few nuts.

131 calories.

While I worked I made a very simple chicken soup by cooking the chicken carcass I had left over from yesterday with parsley, onion, peppercorns, carrots and water. When it was nearly ready I added about 5 leeks from the garden and cooked them until they were soft.  I added in the chicken left on the bones and it was great.  Simple, nourishing and low calorie.

I estimate 150 calories.

I have really struggled with sugar cravings today but I resisted them.  Hurrah!