The adventures of The Wholesome Food Coach continue..
This time I am writing from a suburb in Sydney's Northshore, Waverton. It is the lower Northshore & the view here is totally divine... It overlooks the city & aspects of the Harbour which at night is spectacular! Gee dreams do come true & not always necessarily in the way we sometimes think they should! Never the less if it is for our highest good they do indeed happen. Yes I wondered what it would be like living in an apartment overlooking Sydney Harbour. Needless to say I have realised that as beautiful as it is I wouldn't like to have this view permanently... the city doesn't stop & the lights are on all night. I find it is too busy for me... yet I do appreciate how fortunate I am to experience this.
A few months ago I acquired the most beautiful little pure white cat. Actually when I think about it when she turned up into my life everything changed! And I mean everything.
She turned 1 a few weeks ago & she has definitely found her way into my heart! Her name is White Puss & she is completely deaf. Yep totally. I accidently dropped a stainless bowl onto a tiled floor right behind her & absolutely no reaction at all whatsoever. Yes I did have some fun & games with her when she first moved in. Seriously how does one get the attention & find a deaf cat?
So now it really is the adventures of Jul & White Puss. We both have our little back packs & off we go both living the life of Bohemians... lol... it does all feel a bit surreal at times.. but we both are really enjoying our adventures & she has become my partner in crime!
Ooh I have some really exciting news!
In the very near future a couple of articles will be in print for some of Australia's leading magazines about my experience & use of Raw & Living Foods. I am so, so excited & I feel honoured at the same time to have been asked to explain things as I experience it with regard to Raw Food. We all have different yet similar experiences at the same time so I am more than happy to share my knowledge thus far. Once it is printed it will be posted onto my website for those of you who may not see it or are OS.
Now that it is the depths of winter I have found the most frequent question I am getting is how can you live on raw foods in the winter? Good question & a couple of years ago I would have thought anyone doing this would be stark raving mad!
Well funnily enough I find breakfast & lunch is ok but dinner can be a different story. What I am having for dinner is either lightly steamed vegetables or roasted vegetables with marjoram or rosemary or thyme... ahh you can beat the smell of them wafting through the house. Or I will throw some vegetables into a pot like an onion, celery, carrot, capsicum, broccoli etc.. with some water. Bring it the boil & simmer gently for 5mins. & then into the blender & season it with salt & pepper. I flavour it with 2 kaffir lime leaves for something a little different. Okay so technically this is killing the all important enzymes, that I understand. However, the way I see things for me is breakfast & lunch are pretty much raw so it is okay to have something cooked for dinner. When I do cook my food I don't ever cook the vegetables all the way through. I prefer to have crunch in my vegetables & so greatly reduce the cooking time. Or even if you are having a raw soup or substantial it maybe easier for you to slightly heat you bowl before putting your food into it. This works well with soups & serve them at room temperature. Otherwise you can warm foods with a dehydrator. Do whatever suits your body, it will know so trust your intuition on this. I know that this suits me & my lifestyle.
On another note I have been busy completing some ebooks which will be available for purchase on my website at the end of this month. I have written a new salad ebook called "Wholesome Salads - 30 Delicious, Quick & Easy Recipes for a Vibrant New You..."
This has been in the works for a little while now & I am glad to see it almost completed. You will see there are salad recipes in here that are raw & other recipes that can be adapted & cooked or still prepared & eaten as raw salads. The choice will be yours. It has been a lot of fun creating it I must say, so I hope you enjoy reading it.
I have also written some smaller ebooks to help get you started on Raw Foods. These have different themes such as a successful weightloss program, another that focusses on you feeling & looking good & an ebook that focusses on family cooking. All of these ebooks are designed to be easy to use, practical, have menu plans with recipes & also contain interesting information. This have been written for you keeping in mind you may be at the very beginning of your journey.So I will be interested in your feedback & hearing of your successes.
My next workshop for those of you in Sydney is going to be Sunday 16th August so if you are free I would love to see there.
Here are the details: http://www.julie-annbooth.com/events.php
Until next time take care.
With love, warmth & radiance
J-A xo
Julie-Ann
