Clicky Click Click

You may have noticed my new "Worth Clicking" list. In case you weren't convinced, here's why these links are very click worthy...

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• American Apparel : Cute clothes, respectable business practices & a new line of organic gear. Did I mention a 15% student discount? That's right, stay in school kids.
• April's Uncooked Blog : Funny lady, ammmmazzzziiinnng looking raw desserts *drool*
• Give It To Me Raw : Lively discussion of all things raw. Share your story, get guidance, make some friends :)
  
• Good Search
• : Just like google only every time you search, sponsors donate a penny to your charity of choice.
  
• Kristen's Raw Blog : Cute recipes, eco-friendly beauty advice & more.
  
• One Lucky Duck: Shop, read and be happy.
  
• Raw Faith's Blog: Another great blog that I follow
  
• The Greater Good Store
• : Fair trade and organic items. Sponsors donate cups of food to hungry families all over the world. No purchase necessary, you can make a difference by just clicking their Click to Give button.
  
• The Resident : New countercultural videos every week.
  
• World's Heathiest Foods :Not a raw food site but it does have lots of good info on fruits and veggies. The book is a great resource too. I love it!
  

Groceries & Smoothies

Here is a picture of all the wonderful things I got at Chico Natural Foods yesterday. The bad news is, they're not hiring :( but it's always fun to shop there so I still left happy. So far today I've already made two amazing smoothies. The first is a simple blend of spinach and bananas which is a recipe from Green For Life. The second was a mix of 9 little apriums, 1 banana, a tsp of MSM and some agave. Both were super refreshing and satisfying.


Cheers to Ten Fingers!
I didn't use finger bananas this time but that's where this recipe got it's name.



Te presento Aprium-nanna Smoothie



Not Pictured: 2 bananas, 11 oz of coconut water & a heaping, lovin' spoonful of cacao

(To be eaten for dinner)

In other news, I'm planning to start a master cleanse on June 25th which I'm very excited about. There is another member of Give It To Me Raw who wants to start the cleanse on the same day so it will be good to have someone to share the experience with. I believe it's her first time too.

I've been looking at a lot of raw recipes and I want to try so many new things including hummus, chocolate mousse, ice-cream and a sandwich with Love Force bread (which I've yet to try), some type of nut butter, bananas and honey. That would be a take on one of my favorite cooked foods...yum.

After reading Raw Faith's Blog I've been thinking about the idea of "heavy raw foods". When I first started exploring raw foodism just over 6 months ago, my raw diet was very heavy in nuts and seeds. Now I feel like that just weighs me down. I also have a tendency to binge on these dense foods. I'd prefer to fill my diet with light, refreshing, satisfying foods and pretty much cut out nuts and seeds for the most part. I will still throw them in a recipe ocasionally but don't want to make them a focus. I still need my fats and proteins but oils are a good source of fats and I will look into more protein sources. Of course dark leafy greens are great but I need something more concentrated...maybe spirulina.