STRESS

I think I would be the healthiest person alive if it wasn't for that one little word s-t-r-e-s-s. Who needs it? Most importantly how do we deal with it? I am starting to give up, stuffing myself down during stressful periods in my life. I'm resorting to things like breath work, massage, and using my chi machine. Reading seems to give me a huge relief from stress. So what do you do to deal with the daily stresses that life throws your way?
Today's yummy intake!
Bigger than life Green goddess Elixir!
2lbs of pears and apples!
Luscious mixed green salad with radish, arugula, kale, and red peppers and figs! Avocado guacamole, a young coconut and carob date mouse!

My yummylisous day!

Today I indulged in fresh yummy mango's with coconut cream and a Sinful kale avocado salad with raw deliquata soup and a plate of locally grown vegetables with my sweet and spicy ginger dressing! All of this was followed by over two pounds of fresh local organic produce that was freshly juiced to alkalize my body, mind, and spirit!

Deserting desert!

I decided to ditch my desert tonight! Eating desert has become a nightly ritual for me. You name it, I can make it, young coconut pudding, raw carob fudge, raw chocolate brownies, raw pecan pies topped with raw banana sorbet! This has led to exuberant spending on costly items such as organic dried fruits, nuts, and coconuts, along with an extra hour in the kitchen a day. I also feel my "high Raw" is on a lower vibe lately. I have experienced being "high Raw" it is an AMAZING feeling of energy that is UN surpassed by anything else I've ever experienced. Tossing in denser foods and nightly deserts has grounded me quite a bit over the past year. Here is are a few pictures for you to salivate over of LUSCIOUS Raw concoctions!

coconuts do a body good!

YUMMY!

coconuts!

I love them and I eat at least one a day! I get dozens of calls every week from my raw food princess's asking "Andrea, how do I open a coconut? I'll give you a few hints. You will need a hammer (or a sidewalk), an oyster knife, and a little creativity to create a yummy desert or raw soup!

New photos/former model syndrom

My definition of former model syndrome. It's a syndrome that us former models get, as we age, gain three pounds, or simply have a hair out of place. PERFECTION DOSE NOT EXIST! Be kind to your self my little raw food princess's, appreciate and nourish the beautiful body GOD blessed you with! It has taken years for me to figure this out, now....you know! Love yourself and thank GOD for your blessings and everything else will fall into place. A photographer friend of mine came over and took a few photos of me for my new book, comments are welcome! Cilantro kisses, and remember Eat Raw Live Long!

yummy delicata squash soup

Patti's deliquata squash soup
This recipe is named after a girlfriend of mine. Several times during my raw food journey I have stumbled back onto cooked food only to find it tastes bland and lifeless and dose not digest well for me ( this is my experience, yours may be different). It takes years to get to the point where I am at. I simply don't have any desire for cooked food. I am so use to eating living foods that cooked foods taste dead and lifeless to me.
Back to Patti. After calling my friend Patti and letting her know that I had no taste for cooked food and was overwhelmed by a deliquata squash I had sliced open two days prior and left in the fridge. Never wanting to waste anything, I knew that Patti would have the answer she suggested I make it into a raw soup, to my amazement this was delicious and digested beautifully!
Patti's deliquata squash soup C V
4 Cups fresh carrot juice
11/2Cups peeled and sliced deliquata squash
3-5 pitted madule dates depending on sweetness use your (C)1/2 of a large avocado
1/2tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2tsp Cinnamon
a pinch of salt to balance the sweetness