Confessions of a raw foodist: Part II

In the beginning of my diet I ate the following:

* Note: All references to olive oil and vinegar, are extra virgin cold pressed olive oil, and raw apple cider vinegar (with the mother). All references to mustard are apple cider vinegar mustards.

*Note: The marinated red peppers, capers, & olives are all naturally fermented/preserved in salt, apple cider vinegar, or lemon. All references to eggs are cage-free organic, local, fertile eggs.

Meals:

Ground beef rolled in cheese and sesame seeds, dipped in soy sauce

Ground beef mixed with various roots, and nuts, and cheese balled up and dipped in olive oil and vinegar with spices, soy sauce, or Dijon mustard

Ground beef lettuce wraps;
Romain lettuce, radish slices, grated carrot, turnip, burdock etc…olive oil and vinegar(red wine or balsamic)salt and pepper, olives, capers, marinated red peppers, cheese, pecans, sesame seeds, walnuts, almond slices, etc.

Ground beef sushi rolls:
Cheese, cucumber, avocado, sesame seeds, bell pepper, radish, etc rolled up in
nori, sliced and dipped in soy sauce.

Nori rolled with sashimi(Salmon or Ahi tuna), avocado, cucumber, olives, cheese, spices, sesame seeds, soy sauce etc.

Entrees:

Eggs;
Over easy-yolk unbroken for dipping ground beef or lunch meat slices
Scrambled eggs with;
Raw homemade salsa, raw cheese on top of cold salsa to prevent pasteurization, tomato, green pepper, spring onion, bacon, ham, etc… all ingredients were optional

Lunch meat such as;
Roast beef, ham, pastrami, salami, sausage, deer salami, deer sausage, and bacon.
Ham and cheese meat rolls

Lunch meat lettuce wraps:
Cucumber, bell pepper, radish, olive oil and vinegar, spices, olives, capers, cheese, etc

*Note: All lunch meat is all natural, nitrate and nitrate free.

Large amounts of salad;
Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, radish, tomato, cucumber, avocado, carrot, various greens, various roots…

Salads were topped with;
Grated raw cheese, raw nuts, olives, capers, red peppers marinated, spices, etc

Cold Mexican avocado soup
Blended avocado with water, spices, salsa, olive oil
Topped with; tomato, spring or red onion, or broken up bacon, and raw cheddar

Fried plantain chips in palm oil;
Covered with sliced raw cheese, dipped in guacamole, or salsa, or topped with ground beef

Treats:

Fruits;
Oranges, apples, bananas, mangos, strawberries, cherries, peaches, apricots, pears

Homemade raw fruit/nut date bars
Honey, almond flour, raw almonds, dates, dried pineapple, dried apricot, dried raisins, shredded coconut, raw chocolate powder, raw pecans, cinnamon, etc.

Shredded coconut mixed with honey and pecans.

Nuts:
Pistachios, raw walnuts, raw almonds, raw sesame seeds, raw pecans, sunflower seeds

Fruit salad;
Apple and shredded carrot salad with raisins, preserved with EM, flavored with raw coconut fat, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla powder/glycerin, and raw honey
Mix fruit salad;
Previously frozen or fresh mix berries, strawberries, oranges, apples, bananas, pineapple etc.
Orange pecan fruit salad;
Oranges, pecans, cinnamon, honey, raw milk whipped cream

Fruit smoothies with;
Banana, raw coconut fat, frozen berries, raw milk, raw chocolate powder, raw cocoa nibs, raw honey, vanilla powder/glycerin (all ingredients optional, and not all mixed in at the same time)

Dark chocolate bars (75-90%)

Dried/Freeze-dried fruit:
Bananas, mango/spiced mango, apple, pineapple, raisins, shredded coconut, candied ginger, strawberries, apricots, prunes, etc

The way my current diet has changed, and what it now includes:

Ground beef (no added flavors or ingredients)

Salad: Greens & cucumber, with olives, and raw cheese
Olive oil and apple cider vinegar/lemon juice salad dressing

Occasional fruit;
Apple slices, half an orange, mango, cherries, blueberries

Dried fruit;
Pineapple, candied ginger

Nuts; Raw pistachios, raw pecans, raw sesame seeds, raw almonds

Cheese;
Raw sheeps milk, raw cows milk, raw cheddar and raw hard cheeses.

Nori; dipped in olive oil, with truffle oil, oregano, redmond sea salt
Wrapped around cucumber and avocado slices with cheese

I no longer eat fish raw fish, as it does not settle with my stomach.
Everything in my previous diet that I cut out is because it had side effects, or my body told me to discontinue eating it.

I enjoy my diet being as basic as it is, and so does my health!

I recommend the previous diet for those who are just beginning on the path of an RVAF diet, as it will help the transition from cooked food to raw, having plenty of treats and dressed up foods to compensate for the cooked food craving.

When you first start out on an RVAF diet, the best thing to do is experiment. Every person is different, and will have different reactions to different foods, keep an open mind; but listen to your body.