Ease out -- Day Three

Well, today's been a down day... due to the fact that I am so overly tired. So far I have juiced 2 carrots and apple for breakfast (quite good actually, carrot juice is very sweet) I had 4 strawberries, carrots and snap peas for lunch, almost didn't eat the last strawberry because my stomach gets full so amazingly fast! I guess that's what happens when you live on juice for 10 days, huh? And instead of overindulging like I would have in the past, I stop when I feel full. Ate a banana around five and I just juiced 3 more apples (about 2 cups) right now and downed that glass! And oh my gosh -- apple juice tastes so amazing!!! It's almost like it's apple cider -it has such a rich taste to it. It's completely different than bottled juice! And I'm just using red delicious apples. Might have some carrots for a snack in about an hour - over the last 10 days I noticed my stomach goes on a 2-3 hour cycle - saying feed me, feed me! And then - Ok stop, stop! :) But I see that I am eating mostly a fruit diet... :) Which -- okay, I need to bump that to about half and half instead. I will when I can make some raw ranch dressing. I'm trying to find out a way to stay 100% raw but I really REALLy want ranch dressing, other wise I don't like salads! So I was looking up some recipes for the raw version --
and I'll at least try that. Otherwise I was thinking of some kind of guacamali dip. I need something so I can eat lettuce and those snap peas. I should have gotten the beans instead. I'll try those next time. Anyway, even though I'm a little down today (mostly because of the dressing issue, hehe) I'm going to get through this. One day at a time. In ten months I will be glad that I did. Heck - by the end of the month even! Everytime I go past the tomatoes I think about getting one. I don't know though. Maybe I could slice them and salt them and throw some cayenne pepper on them and stick 'em in the dehydrator or something. Maybe --- I'll just have to try it once. I did slice up some potatoes tonight with BBQ seasonings on it, I'm gonna see what those taste like in, let's see --- 23 more hours!
    Anyway -- bowels are kind of normal again. (kind of) That's nice.
So I didn't really follow the ease out very well-- I do feel ok though because I have been eating only fruits and veggies mostly. And I didn't eat that much yesterady. Still prone to drinking juice (just not the lemonade!), it just seems more natural to drink my meals now. haha.  



Creamy Ranch Dressing
soak time 1-2 hrs --- 5 Minutes to Prepare
*makes 3 cups


1-1/2 c nuts (cashew or mac or combo) soak them for 1-2 hr, then drain)
3/4 - 1 c water for blending
3 T lemon juice (approx 1/2 lemon)
1/3 c cider vinegar
1/3 c extra virgin olive oil
3 T agave nectar ( or 3 soaked dates)
2 cloves garlic
1 t garlic pwd
3 t onion powder
1 t dill
1 T sea salt
1/2 t basil
     and to add after it's done:
     1/4 c finely minced parsley
     1/2 t dill, minced
Directions: high speed blend all ingredients till creamy and smooth except the last 2 (parsley & dill) then once blended, stir in the last 2 ingredients. Thickens in fridge.
Thin to desired consistency if using as a dressing- or toss into wet lettuce leaves as is.