7 Days Raw Challenge - Day 7

I made it to day 7!  I'm sleeping better, feeling more alert and have even lost a few pounds on the scales!

For breakfast: I had a green smoothie - getting more used to the taste.  Actually quite enjoying it now!

I snacked on a slice of melon and some blueberries.

For Lunch: Fishless Fish Cakes with salad.  These were quite tasty (again Bess, had a taste).

For Dinner: Sausages with sauerkraut, tomato sauce and salad - I had this also on day 4.

I cheated a little and had two glasses of wine with dinner (and I enjoyed them!)

I'll definitely be incorporating some more raw elements to my diet especially salads and more fruit.  I didn't even miss crisps or chocolate this week.

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ORB Cafe
Shining Light
246 Morrison St
Edinburgh
EH3 8DT

7 Days Raw Challenge - Day 1

I picked up my food for the next two days yesterday at Orb Cafe from Claire (Orb stands for Organic Raw Bountiful).  See my challenge post here.   It all looks delicious!  I love that snacks are also included and cake!  I can also add in some fruit too.

Here's what I ate today:

For breakfast - raw sprouted buckwheat fruit bread made with apples, pecans, raisins and cinnamon served with almond nut butter and raw jam with banana and a mug of Bellevue Sencha Green Tea.

It was really delicious, the almond butter and raw jam tasted divine and I was full until lunchtime.  Although I did sneak in a snack of parsnip crisps which were peppery, salty and delicious.

For lunch - Avocado sandwich with pine nuts and spicy peppers with a side salad. This tasted really fresh and all the flavours went well together.  The "bread" is Mediterranean sprouted buckwheat and is made in the dehydrator (like the fruit bread).  The side salad came with a really tasty dressing.

I snacked on some grapes and some raw chocolate in the afternoon.  The chocolate was really quite nice (not like Mr Popple's chocolate!). It contains fruit and is slightly sweet.

For dinner - Veggie Lasagne - courgette lasagne sheets layered with spinach, mushrooms, sweet tomato sauce and "cheese" sauce.  This was simply delicious!  All the flavours worked well together and I'd love to eat it again.  I served it with some raw spinach.

Pudding too! - Pumpkin pie with cashew cream. This has a nut crust and the filling of pumpkin has a touch of cinnamon.  This was really tasty.  I served it with some blueberries and strawberries.

I also drank water and herbal teas throughout the day.

Thanks to Hannah who made up all my food to take away. I'm going in for lunch on Friday so I'll make sure and take some photos to show you how the food is presented in the cafe.

Follow Claire on Twitter @RawcousGirl 

See the website here

Orb Cafe
Shining Light
246 Morrison St
Edinburgh
EH3 8DT

Do you eat raw?  What are your thoughts on my food today?

7 Days Raw Challenge

I have set myself a challenge to do 7 Days Raw - that is just eating raw food.  Claire, a friend has lost over 3 stone eating a vegan raw diet and detoxing (plus exercising too).  She looks absolutely amazing - full of vitality and zest for life!

Claire opened a cafe in Edinburgh at the beginning of the year called Orb Cafe which serves organic Raw Vegan food.  Check out some of the photos - the food looks amazing! You can join Orb's facebook page here.  Claire herself is doing 100 Days Raw.  You can see her updates here.

I've taken some photos from the Facebook page to show how yummy the food looks.  I will be getting most of the food I will be eating over the 7 days from the cafe.

I am taking up the challenge of 7 Days Raw starting on Monday.  Wish me luck! I'll be writing a post each day - showing what I'm eating and how I'm feeling.  I am sure I'll be grumpy with the lack of caffeine and wine!