Raw for Christmas

I'm glad that eating raw gets easier and feel more and more natural for each day. I often don't need to make an effort to plan what I should eat because what comes to my mind is raw foods. I'm not fully raw though. But I'm getting there. 

For the first time I made a raw dinner for Christmas eve. That was what I really wanted. It didn't feel like I was missing out on something. Ok, I did have a taste of some of the other food that was served, but just a small bite. Next Christmas will hopefully be totally raw without any problem. 

Even though it is in the middle of winter here you can still get really good rawfood. The oranges are wonderful and make the sweetest orange juice. 

There is also other citrus in season. Kale is really easy to get your hands on, which doesn't happen all year round. And there are a lot of tasty nuts to snack on. Christmas brings a lot of goodness.

Here is what I had for Christmas. 

Kale salad

Kale 

Oranges

Red onion

Pomegranate

Walnuts

Finely chop the kale, oranges and red onion. Squeeze some orange juice over the kale and massage the kale a bit so it gets softer. Mix everything together in a bowl. Serve. 

Saffron cream salad

Carrots

Fennel

Apples

Cashews

Water

Saffron

Finely chop carrots, fennel and apples. Blend cashews with some water and saffron until it makes a creamy texture. Mix everything together in a bowl. Serve. 

I also blended some walnuts and cashews with sambal oelek and had together with the salads. 

This Christmas dinner was so tasty! My family also liked the salads which they had together with the other foods that was served. 

Warm in the winter

Christmas is coming up. I'm planning my raw christmas dinner and think of all the good food I will eat! Even though it is in the middle of the winter, there is a lot of tasty raw food to eat. I'll get back to you on that. 

It has been stormy outside today and I'm happy to stay inside. Not very hard to stay warm when you're indoors. I have a warm and cozy house. And I love to put a cute knitted sweater on. Fashion is fun in the winter. 

Many people ask me if I don't miss warm food, but I really don't. Well, first of all I should be honest and tell that I don't eat raw food all the time, but it is not because of the warmth I eat cooked food, it's mostly because I just feel cravings for a certain taste or to eat enough food. 

When you get used to eat raw food you eventually don't think about that it's not warm. Actually raw food is not totally cold, if you don't take it straight from the fridge or the freezer, which I don't recommend. I let my fruit stay on the counter and I take out my greens from the fridge an hour or two before I eat it. 

You often eat cooked food room temperatured anyway, don't you? It loses it's warmth so quickly when you put it on the plate, only the first bites are hot, then it gets warm and then just room temperatured. 

And then there is tea! To some meals tea is my water. I drink hot water with fresh ginger. Soo good! So I get heated. Don't worry. 

So stay indoors when it is freezing outside, with an extra sweater on, eat room temperatured raw food and drink ginger tea. Those are my stay-warm advices.