Chocolate...

Um...so I've been craving chocolate all afternoon... I went to the store with the sole purpose of buying a Green and Black's chocolate bar! But they didn't have the 70% that I like and I didn't want to get the 85% - I probably should have I would eat less of it. :) But I got some dates and some carob powder. Carob is simular to cocoa, has a little bit of a different taste to it, but it has no caffine in it (or the host of symptoms that carries..) And it has low calories and no fat at all. So when I got home I decided to try the raw brownie recipe, because really, I was going to die! :) Lets see - one cup of dates and one cup of walnuts (I used almonds though) and 1/4 cup of carob powder, and 1/2 tsp of coconut oil. Blend it in a food processor for a while until it is virtually paste. Refridgerate or freeze. So I am waiting for it to set now. But I keep stealing bites of it. Not exactly the 'perfect brownie' but it does taste pretty good and very sweet. Actually, it would be a good base for a fruit pie or something. Oh! I want to make a raw apple pie sometime this week. You make a pie crust out of processed nuts and dates. Then a filling out of creamed apples and bananas, with cinnamon and nutmeg and those kinds of spices. Then put apple slices on top, more spices and enjoy. You could also use that pie crust as a crumbly top for cobbler. :) Or Granola! :) Ok. Gotta stop writing, I'm making myself so hungry.
So this morning I took some of the MSM powder (extreemely good for skin, restores it's elastic...um virtues I guess. It tastes nasty by the way. Basically have to suck it down. Then I spent 10 minutes making a cherry smoothy (yummm). Took my vitamins when I was halfway finished with it (figuring that would be enough food in my stomach to keep them down...) and then before I even finished it, I had to run to the bathroom and threw it all up...  Stupid vitamins.... And all that delicious, nutritious smoothy wasted. I've always had problems keeping these vitamins down ever since I got them, doesn't matter what I mix them with. Usually I am just really queezy for half an hour. Anyway....tomorrow I will try them after I eat a salad and see what happens then! 
Man - I love how I have virtually no dishes - just silverware and a few glasses. Since I'm not using meat or anything, I can just rinse off my salad plates and bowls with water right after I'm done with them.
Oh, I just remembered I was going to 'cook' myself a meal tonight! I bought a steamer last night. Gonna have corn on the cob, and then some stuff to make an asian dish.
I must admit - I have a headache right now, it may be from not eating much today, basically - after the smoothie/vitamin disaster this morning I compensated by eating a banana because I was running out the door to go to church by then, and had a salad at lunch. It's much easier for me to tell when I am full and stop eating. I notice my salads keep getting bigger and bigger cause I keep adding more veggies to them! But my stomach is saying - you are NOT eating all that! :P Also - as a person who has hated nuts all my life - I've developed a liking for almonds - especially on my salad. Weird - I know. ;) 
I am not drinking nearly as much water as I need to be either. I'm gonna have to get back on top of that.
Ok - I need a brownie now! :D