
I celebrated my switch to raw foods by having a late lunch at Gorilla Food: a green taco (romaine lettuce leaf filled with spiced chili-walnut ground, guacamole and salsa) and a giant glass of Tropical Twist (carrot, orange, pineapple and ginger) juice.
I think beginning a raw food cleanse with a couple days of the Master Cleanse is actually the perfect way to start -- instead of being disappointed by how limiting this diet is, I am excited by the incredible variety of foods available to me.
I stocked up on some groceries at Gorilla Food: sun-dried pineapple, goji berries, ginger nori crackers, tomato herb flax crackers, and some kind of granolesque products.

Gorilla Food leftovers for dinner: S’weed as Green Curry Veggie Maki – nori wraps filled with wilted greens and veggies in a Thai-style green cashew and coconut sauce.
Also I ate: goji berries, dried pineapple, an apple, and a handful of salt & peppered cashews before realizing they were roasted and contained sugar.
Hi Michelle, thank you for the inspiration! I was also on day 3 of the Master Cleanse and even though I was feeling great, I was tired of drinking lemonade. After reading your blog I also decided to try a raw food cleanse with some personal modifications.
ReplyDeleteGlad I could be of some help! I definitely think trying out a raw food diet is a safer, healthier alternative. It didn't make me a raw food convert, but I did learn some healthy snacking tips (like how eating a date stuffed with an almond tastes like chocolate covered almonds!).
ReplyDeleteI also recommend trying this smoothie http://michellemeals.blogspot.com/2010/04/raw-food-cleanse-day-four.html and this herbed "cream cheese": http://michellemeals.blogspot.com/2010/04/raw-food-cleanse-day-nine.html Making your own milk from sesame seeds is really fun too.
I read this article recently... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/fashion/28Cleanse.html
Especially this part turned me off of the idea of ever doing another extreme juice cleanse: "This kind of cleansing puts a lot of stress on your body... your body thinks it’s starving... So it lowers your metabolism, and if you do this enough, it can lower your metabolism permanently."