Spoon salad

Okay I started on a diet have been at it for at least 2 weeks now and have lost nothing.  I have quit sugar, grains and all fun things except lots of fat, meat and raw milk. this just isn't working. So yesterday I started counting the calories. And lo and behold, I eat too many to lose weight. Its no surprise since most of the calories are from the fat.These fats are coconut oil, olive oil, raw organic butter, and raw organic cream (thank god I ran out of this!!)  But the fat is necessary "they" say, to ensure optimum weight loss. So I will just eliminate what I can. No more fatty meats (duck, lamb) Will do only eggs, milk and chicken. I have been lucky enough to get a source for raw milk, cream and butter. My eggs and chicken come from Whole Foods.  We will see.
Today is very warm with a cloud cover. I hope it rains. Over  the past 2-3 days there has been heavy chem-trails, aka aerial spraying. I feel like a limp dishrag.


Dinner tonite? Here goes............

Salad made with chopped organic veggies, only  incl. greens such as kale, swiss chard.  No spinach or dandelion here yet. Chopped red pepper, chopped onion, anything else affordable here that is loaded with nutrition. So far-- nothing in E. VA.

To this I add some chopped raw nuts incl. walnuts, almonds, pecans.

Finally I add the steamed veggies such as brussel sprouts, asparagus, cauliflower and broccoli. I love a warm salad in the winter, so I got used to adding these to my regular leafy salad. Another thing I discovered is I do not like green smoothies in the winter. So I started just eating my greens instead of drinking them, but I chopped up the greens super fine and then I just did such to all the veggies in my salad.  What I got was a dense salad that my friend Allana likes to eat with a spoon. And so we have what is now known as spoon salad. Its definitely more satisfying that the regular type of salad where every piece of vegetable needs to be cut, or folded down to fit in your mouth. 

Then to this if you like add some quinoa or black rice. I learned that regular brown or white is inferior to red or black rice, which you can find in jimbo's or whole foods.

Finally add the oil and if you like a vinegar or some lemon juice. Remember to stick with super highly nutritious items, such as raw organic coconut oil ( need to melt first over the stove, never the microwave!) or other raw fresh oils and use raw apple cider vinegar from TJ's if you can. I like lemon juice, sqeezed directly from the lemon. I sometimes add salt, again, highly nutritious choices such as Himalayan salt, and even Celtic Sea salt.
Okay thats the salad. It is a meal in itself and you can stop here. the nutrition content is amazing, the calories are low and all very necessary from the raw nuts and oils added. Do not skip here unless you are desperately trying to slim down. (like me).

I then have added a glass of raw organic grass fed milk, again for the nutrition value. If this is not your thing-a cup of chamomile or other relaxing herbal tea is good.  (its a learned habit, to drink milk after years of thinking it so harmful for us), See Weston Price Foundation on line to learn about raw milk and grass fed dairy and meat options.

Then for dessert a square or 2 of TJ's organic 72% chocolate.  If you are still hungry its probably because you need more water, or then if that doesn't work have a hard cooked egg. Protein helps keep hunger away. If you are a high metabolizer like me, you will have learned that vegetarianism is not a slimming way to eat.

Today is my day to go out to the farm to pick up my dairy things. I won't be able to today, but will go tomorrow.  Heidi has been selling farm shares for over 20 years, in order to be able to bring to the public raw organic grass fed dairy products. People simply agree to pay a small amount yearly to keep her in business, to pay for her overhead and then in return we get to share in the spoils, i.e. the dairy items.I am amazed with her level of consciousness seeing this endeavor as a service to her fellow humans, and not simply a profit making business. I believe this sort of humane loving thinking will be the saving grace in an otherwise blindly materialistic and unconscious way of raising animals we see around this country today. I am appalled that factory farming has only gotten more intense of the last 30 years since it was first brought to attention of the public!  So visiting this little peace of heaven I call "my farm" is reassuring that the future is filled with hope and possibilities.