My land and stars! Ok, so if there was ever a temptation issue, it was today. Thank GOURD I am gluten intolerant, and caramel coloring (which comes from wheat) is in BBQ sauce, or I may have lost it today. I was over at a friend’s house, and he was eating BBQ beef, and it smelled SO good, I was going a little wonky! It wasn’t even that I wanted meat. Just that smokey-sweet smell of the sauce, I actually started to drool and hop up and down a little. He would’ve offered me some, but thankfully, he is a better friend than that. But I didn’t give in to temptation! I TOTALLY stayed raw, put some goji in my belly for nutritional value and had a bit of avocado with Herby — that one usually kills my desire for meat and smokey flavored foods, as does the Rawmesan on salad. It’s amazing how much easier it is to stay raw when you know what to do to kill your cravings by satisfying them with other nutrient-dense foods and specific flavors.
Breakfast was a shake with just bananas, water and cacao — not as good a smoothie/shake as usual, but good. Oh, and I had to add a bit of agave as the bananas were under-ripe and I didn’t put any coconut in it. Lunch was trail mix of goji, pine nuts, pecans, raisins and white mulberries. Then I had a piece of fudge that I made with cacao, maca, mesquite, agave, pecans and … are you ready for this? AVOCADO!!! It tastes more like ganache, but it’s freakin’ YUMMY! Dinner was a spinach salad with strawberry vinaigrette, Rawmesan, flax meal, hemp seeds, strawberries, grapes and pecans.
I had to take Miko home, and even though I took an apple and a mango along as snacks for the drive (it’s about an hour and a half trip to his house and back), by the time I got to his place to drop him off, I felt like I might make a bad food choice. So I threw myself on the mercy of his kitchen and good nature and begged an avocado off him (trying to get some fat in my tummy to distract me for a bit). He kindly obliged, and I was able to make it home without incident. It is so nice to finally be raw! I just almost can’t stand how great this is. 
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