I just want to start by saying thanks for the comments to last nights post. I was really torn about the whole thing, however I think the event is going to be a very interesting experience for me either way. Thanks for the comments about my yoga class too, I was feeling a bit inadequate about my abilities but I can only get better in time!
For breakfast today I made some millet porridge as I had some cooked millet in the fridge to use up. I warmed it through with some oat milk, a chopped pear, raisins, cinnamon and a teaspoon of sweet freedom. It was surprisingly tasty! I also made myself a fresh juice with 2 beets, 2 carrots, cucumber and a large chunk of ginger.
I don’t know what it is but I’ve been craving beetroot like crazy these last few days. This juice tasted fab too, I think the cucumber stopped it from becoming too tart. I also added a shot of acai berry juice to it along with milk thistle and echinacea tincture.
Mid morning I had a mug of miso and ginger soup. Lunch was a new to me combo. I used to make hummus and turkey wraps with cos lettuce ages ago (before veggiedom) and recently I’ve seen other bloggers making wraps with cabbage leaves. As I had both tasty hummus and cabbage in the fridge I thought I’d give it ago!
My wraps were made with a spring green cabbage leaf with the stem removed. I added a layer of my broccoli, courgette and olive hummus then some yellow pepper, cucumber, lambs lettuce and olives. These worked quite well but I think they would have been better with larger leaves as they were quite messy to eat!
These tasted fab though, will certainly be making these a regular lunch option. I was quite surprised at how filling these were too. I also had an orange and some passion fruit.
Before heading to the gym I snacked on one of my leftover cookies and an apple.
I did 30 minutes of speed intervals on the treadmill followed by 30 minutes of my new HIITs on the step machine, bike and cross trainer. I then did my abs and core exercises. My 1 minute planks nearly killed me!
For dinner I decided I was long overdue a good stir fry. I stir fried some courgette and carrot ribbons, asparagus, spring greens, mushroom and yellow pepper in coconut oil then added some mung bean noodles I’d picked up a while ago from an Asian supermarket. I made a sauce for the stir fry using some of the left over cashew ginger pate (from the nori wraps) by watering it down and adding a little more soy sauce and sweet white miso paste.
This was the bomb! Such a great stir fry, full of veggies just how I like it and I loved the mung bean noodles. The sauce worked very well to. That cashew ginger pate has lasted really well, there’s still more left that I think I may use on some baked tofu, yum!
Dessert was some raw chocolate, this time from the Conscious Chocolate Company. They produce various flavours of raw chocolate based on raw cacao powder, cacao butter and agave, all organic and soy, dairy and gluten free. I had half a small bar of mint chocolate.
Oh. my. god. This tasted utterly amazing! It has the most fabulous soft creamy texture and the mint flavour is perfect. I honestly can’t tell you how fabulous this is! I ordered this from Goodness Direct as part of my Christmas pressie but you can also order direct from the website. I can feel another order coming on!
Have you tried cabbage or lettuce wraps before? I was very happy with mine, a great way to get extra raw greens into your diet.
Have any of you tried conscious raw chocolate before? I’m really getting hooked on raw chocolate, I just love the texture and taste and the fact that you can argue that its a health food is just an added bonus!
Hope your all having a fab week, catch you later!
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I have had that exact same chocolate bar, which I got from Whole Foods in London. I agree that they taste amazing. The texture took me by surprise at first because I was expecting it to be firmer but I really got into it.
Oh I love conscious chocolate- such a lovely texture, although I found the mint a bit overpowering and prefer some of the other flavours (the coconut and goji berry one was amazing). I tried mulu raw chocolate but that had the texture of cooking chocolate which I didnt like so much , whereas conscious chocolate had such a lovely melty texture :) Yum
Ooh wow, mung bean noodles sound interesting!! I love having lettuce wraps for lunch sometimes, I started doing them when I got them as a starter in a vietnamese restaurant one time and I loved them! They were filled with veggies and nuts chopped up really small in a stir-fry style. It was yummy!
Loving the food! I’m so gonna try the cabbage wraps they look really yummy! Do you do 30 minutes on each machine?
I have indeed tried that chocolate it is indeed very very good! x x
I love using cabbage and lettuce as a lighter alternative to wraps. I used savy cabbage leaves as an alternative for burger buns a few weeks back. A little messy but really good. I used shredded savoy cabbage as “pasta” last night for dinner.
You have really tempted me with the raw chocolate. I think I will have to order myself some! x
I’m definitely going to give the cabbage leaf wraps a go – they look amazing and sound easy enough for me to attempt!
I still haven’t tried raw chocolate. I’ve never been much of a chocoholic but I’d really like to see what it tastes like as everyone who’s tried it seems to love it! x
I have to say I’m mightily impressed with your recent foodie exploits. I’ll definitely be copying your cabbage wraps and the sushi. Yum yum!
I’ve only ever tried carob on my 9 bars. Is it a similar taste? I love my 9 bars so maybe I shall have to try some of this choc when I have some pennies.
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Stacey – I think I’ll be buying some more of them, so delicious!
Maria – I also have the coconut and goji one, very much looking forward to trying it after your description!
Nicky – ooh I love the sound of having veggies and chopped nuts in there too, perhaps with a nice sweet chilli or peanut dipping sauce, yum!
Tam – haha, nope, its 30 minutes across all of them so 10 mins on each. I should make that clearer or you’ll all be thinking I have an exercise addiction! 2 hours HIITs would have been mental :-)
Jemma – I’ve also had shredded cabbage like pasta – its great with a tomato and lentil sauce, so yummy! Love your use of the savoy leaves, I like using a mushroom like a bun for bean burgers!
Lily – Glad you’ll give them a try! I think raw chocolate is worth trying, if only to see what its like.
Hi Bumble – thanks, glad your enjoying my foodie adventures! I think the cacao on these bars is different to the carob on 9 bars but I guess in a strange way they do have a similar taste. I would definitely give some a try though, pure deliciousness!
I love lettuce wraps! I just caught up on your post from yesterday, and I think that it sounds like a fun day. At the very least, you’d be able to see one of these events first hand and figure out if it is something you’d be interested in down the road!
hmm those cabbage wraps look yummy! i’ve been trying nori wraps with humous and veg after you posted about them and they are SO delicious! I’m always looking for new lunch ideas.
YUMMM!!! I am DEF gonna have to try those cabbage wraps very soon! I love cabbage and am always a little sad cuz I can’t have normal wraps cuz I can’t have wheat. Thanks for the great suggestion! :)
I tried some of that Conscious chocolate a few weeks ago after having it in my stash for ages….really amazing stuff! I’ve been tinkering with raw treats a bit lately…lucuma fudge and the like. My only problem is I still want to eat stuff like Dairy Milk as well so I’m getting the bad stuff as well as too much of the good stuff as well (having said that, I godamm love Dairy Milk so I don’t think it’s bad taste wise, just not exactly natural!! I’ve just replenished my lucuma and mesquite supplies from iherb and have a cacao butter order “in transit” (I tend to put in small orders and get the $4 international delivery option to save myself the courier costs and getting whacked with a customs bill which happened the last time I did a big order…grr) so going to try some proper raw chocolate next week. I bought a bar of Green & Black’s white chocolate yesterday for “research purposes” hehe…I have all the ingredients except the cacao butter so just waiting…dum de dum. so impatient!
I haven’t been keeping up with blogs very well but I just wanted to let you know I made your Veggie loaf last week and zOMG it was delicious and will definitely be added to the recipe collection so thanks for sharing.
Your juice reminds me I have a couple of packs of beetroot to be used so I might just chuck them in the Vitamix with some other random goodies :)
I also have a dinky book called “Ani’s Raw Desserts” which has some lovely raw dessert recipes in it (funnily enough) which I would highly recommend if you’re into tinkering with raw goodies. iherb is such a blessing for recipe tinkerers :)