I went to the market yesterday and I have to say it was probably the BEST produce shopping trip I’ve had since living here in Vanuatu. I got coconuts, bananas, ginger, wild berrys, passion fruit, papayas, pineapples, mangoes and 2 avocados. Heres why I am particularly stoked this time… Mangoes have been in season for a while now, but the mangoes have been SUPER stringy. Every bite leaves string stuck in every one of your teeth, it’s gross and no fun. BUT….yesterday I found a lady selling these long beautiful mangoes and she had a little cardboard sign that said “No String”. OMG I was sooo happy! Yay! $3/pop, cool no sweat. I always knew there HAD to be some real mangoes on this island, I just wasn’t looking in the right place. I’m going back today and pray she’ll be there again so I can buy 10 and freeze them for smoothies. YES!!! Ok on to the next reason why I am happy, AVOCADOS!!!!! They have not been in season for many months, and I am so very sad about that. But I found a lady that had a few avocados on her table. YES!!! Score #2!!!
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I had Quinoa with sliced and marinated portobello mushrooms last night for dinner. Sorry no pic, I was too hungry for pictures. I just recently discovered quinoa and I really like it a lot. I have read that you can sprout it and eat it that way, but I really enjoy it cooked. It’s my new rice substitute. I used to love rice until I realized how much it clogged me up. When I say clogged, I mean like…I can’t poop. Yeah, no fun. It’s amazing how “tuned into my body” I have become since adding large amounts of raw foods to my diet. What’s wild is all the signs that my body used to give me that something was wrong, but I just ignored it. Instead I looked at those signs as, “oh I better take a Gasx, or an Alkaseltzer, or Tums OR some allergy pills. Going raw has changed me in MANY ways. If I had to use one word it would be AWARENESS!
An Awareness of things that I can No longer ignore!
