i'm a werewolf...

i am. without the full on, hairy scary demeanor...although, some might beg to differ...ha!!! averie posted about the full moon this evening...and it was like someone was slapping some sense into me...all week i have been feeling so off...so emotionally crazy...and kind of angry, for no reason at all, i felt and still feel like curling up into a ball and crying my heart out...and i just seem to be really angry about things i normally wouldn't really waste my time on...and i thought i was going mad! but, turns out i am normal...yay!!!

this week i have also been eating very high raw...lots of massaged kale salads...sauerkraut...raw vegan cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies...here are two of my raw vegan highlights this week so far...

rawitch "fresh veggies & sprouts with guacamole piled high on onion bread"...





raw vegan pizza, topped with ani phyo's italian pizza cheeze, chopped tomatoes and basil with salt and cold pressed olive oil, black olives and eggplant bacon...





i also find that lately my appetite has been pretty lacking, and i wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that perhaps my body is getting enough vitamins and is not lacking in anything, and so it doesn't really need anything or crave anything...what do you all think?

have a beautiful night all, and please say a prayer for aimee and zuki...keep them both in your hearts and thoughts for the next little while...night babes...

please mister postman, look and see if there's a moonie in your bag for me...

yes, and there was a moonie, and more! friday morning, the postman gave me a package with some moonies and other goodies...can anyone guess who the postman is???

drumroll pleaseeeeeeee...

bitty boo...

her package made my day even brighter...she sent me a beautiful card with such a sweet message...and a pic of her fur baby sienna on the front of the card...













thank you aimee (a bitt of raw) for doing this exchange with me...truly honoured that you picked me to do it with...your moonie pies are outstandingly delicious...i had never in my life tried durian...and the durian moonie pie was delicious...the mint chocolate is such a treat, i love mint chocolate, and the chocolate with the raisins, nutmeg, cinnamon etc., is beautiful...i haven't eaten the vanilla moonie pie yet, i'm taking it slow...i don't want it to be over...haha...but again, thank you so much bitty boo...i, truly, from the bottom of my heart, am just so happy we exchanged treats, and honoured that you picked me to do the exchange with...i heart you little lady...and thank you for such a beautiful card and message, my smile was truly radiant...

ok...so does anyone wanna guess what i ate for breakfast, this very beautiful morning???



oh yes i did!!! and it was divine...holy mother of chocolate...i couldn't eat the whole thing...half was good enough for me...i ate breakfast at 9 a.m. and was full until 1 p.m...amazing in itself...i think i'll have rawdorable cupcakes every breakfast for the rest of my life, please!

have a beautiful night my loves...sweet dreams...

not much to say...

what does nelly do after a stressful crazy day?

a) sleep?

b) take a bubble bath?

c) stuff her face with chocolate?

d) eat a pint of cashew creamery mint cacao chip?

e) play in her kitchen?


...play in her kitchen of course...here are a few goodies i made this evening...i'll let the pics speak for themselves...

pizza crusts





chocolate chip cookies







hostess with the mostess cupcakes





sweet dreams lovelies...

blurrrrrrrrrrrr of a weekend recap...good eats...and great fashion...

this weekend is a bit of a blur...it went by way too quickly and as per usual i was left feeling exhausted and in need of one more day...but of course, i didn't get the one more day...

so let's talk about food...what did i eat? well...saturday i munched on some of the rawnola i made...for linner (i didn't have time for lunch, so i decided to eat lunch and dinner together)...i made myself a cooked meal...vegan, gluten free eggplant parm...and it was AMAZING...i also made myself a massaged kale salad with hemp seeds...this salad is definitely going to become a staple for me...it is THAT good.

the eggplant parm was pretty easy to put together...i used a 28 ounce jar of my mama's homemade tomato sauce (which she makes every september, it's an italian thing, i think)...and i added 2 handfuls of basil to it...and left it simmer on low for an hour...i soaked the eggplant in salt water for a while...once i was ready to put my dinner together, i breaded the eggplant in gluten free brown rice breadcrumbs...and placed the first layer in a baking dish, i coated the bottom of the dish with a little of the tomato sauce...i then added a layer of tomato sauce, i sprinkled some hempesan on top of that...and sprinkled a tiny bit of daiya cheese on top of the hempesan...and then i continued with one more layer of the eggplant, tomato sauce, hempesan and a bigger sprinkle of daiya cheese...and i cooked it in the oven a 350 degrees for an hour...









yesterday, i was pooped...i was so tired, i didn't feel like doing anything...so i placed a takeout order, and john and i took a drive to a raw vegan restaurant, rawlicious and picked up some raw vegan yumminess...i ordered a lot of food...nori rolls...caesar salad, pizza (i ate a slice of the pizza for breakfast this morning) and a rawich (which i am eating for lunch today)...the nori rolls were fantastic, i forgot to take a pic of them...the pizza was phenomenal...a little on the salty side, but when i'm pmsing salt is one of my fave things...it tasted like real pizza...the pizza was topped with a pizza sauce, tomatoes, onion, and green amazing olives...and i believe that the pizza hangs out in the dehydrator for a while so that the veggies can "cook" for a while...the caesar salad was good, but heavy on the garlic...which didn't sit very well with me yesterday night and this morning...so i don't think i will be ordering it again...and the rawich, well...i'll let ya know later what i thought of it...it looks amazing...and anything with sprouts and guac has got to be amazing beyond words right?







taessa's fashion show was spectacular...it was fantastical...i am so happy for her...she was on fire saturday night...and i could see the buzz of interest and awe when the models walked down the runway in her clothing...























here's the special gal with two of the models...she's a shy one...



i gave jackson some kale stalks this weekend and he LOVED them...he's been getting really healthy treats lately, kale, rawnola, salad...mary's crack and hummus...and i think he's actually lost a few pounds...here are a few pics of my fur baby eating kale and playing around with john...









have a beautiful day...

2nd giveaway...anyone interested?

i was pretty excited to come home from work today (well i usually am)...i was set on making a raw vegan "hostess with the mostess cupcake"...i really want to get on the ellen bandwagon...but...as i was getting everything ready i realized i forgot to do something...can anyone guess what that is? i forgot to soak cashews for the whip cream part of the recipe...carp! (carp is a fish, i promise to keep this post kid friendly!)...

so anyway...i received my moonies and chocolates today from an amazing gal...but i won't blog about it until she receives her package on tuesday...this is what the lovely gal is getting, i just don't want her to think she's not getting anything, because she is:





i'm also sending another little package out to another very special gal...



ok...so about the giveaway...i have one more chocolate mylk moonie left...macaroons galore...and thin mints...and raspberry vanilla rawnola (i made 3 quarts)...and i'd really love to send them to someone...so if you're interested leave me a little note in the comment section and let me know why i should send these treats your way...make it really corny, i'm in a corny kinda mood (just kidding, not really, but i am)!!!! all the ingredients i use are organic, and all treats are raw vegan...i'll pick a winner on saturday, may 1...

speaking of giveaways...averie is hosting an amazing giveaway...check it out...

tomorrow john and i are going somewhere so incredibly special...i cannot for the life of me contain my excitement...his sister is a fashion designer, and you'll all love this...she makes clothing out of old clothing and fabric...very green! take a sneak peak at her line...i am so incredibly proud of this girl, it isn't funny...and she is VERY modest...which i don't understand! i think she is a fashion genius...and i am not just saying this because i love her to death...i mean it...from the bottom of my heart!

anywho...i wish you all a very beautiful weekend...with sunshine, happiness and so much love...

pasta primavera and a lunch date...(day 1 = success)

i've been feeding one of my best friends vegan meals...she's always eager to try anything i offer her...so tomorrow her and i will be dining on pasta primavera...raw vegan yumminess...this post started it all...i made a few changes...i didn't have any baby tomatoes...and my girlie girl does not like parsley...the alfredo sauce was pretty easy and simple to put together, i also added some nutmeg...my aunt use to put nutmeg in her cream sauces and they were to die for, so i thought why not...so for the pasta melange and veggies i added:

marinated zucchini and asparagus
carrots
eggplant bacon
sun dried tomatoes
basil
(i was upset to realize that i didn't have frozen peas, olives and mushrooms, i was really looking forward to adding those ingredients)



something quite fabulous happened today...i finally found a yoga studio, steps from my office...that means this girl is going to be doing yoga classes starting next week...hot yoga...and i'll either do a morning class...or a lunch class...totally and utterly excited...

finally finished dipping the cookies i made earlier this week in heathy's dark chocolate...and as soon as the rawnola is ready, i am ready to send off the goods to my moonie pie exchange friendling...(someone actually guessed right today)...but my lips are sealed...i should be getting her package tomorrow...but i will not blog about it until after she receives the package i send to her!!! pretty exciting stuff...

here are pictures of what i have been up to in my kitchie kitch (matthew kenney's raspberry vanilla rawnola...and eggplant bacon...and dark chocolate to dip the thin mints i made at the beginning of the week...and my nutella's hazelnut delight macaroons...













sweet (chocolate) dreams...