I share my dinner with ya’ll tonight! I like to keep it on the simple side these days, and encourage you to do the same, especially if you’re new to raw food, or simply a really busy person wanting to keep it on the raw side. I share a very quick & easy 100% raw (vegan) dinner (lunch, breakfast, snack) that anyone can make. This salad and smoothie took me altogether about 10 minutes to make! I rarely measure anything so I don’t have the exact ratios for everything (particularly the salad) but I’m sure you guys & gals can figure out how much of everything you should put in. Seriously, you can’t really go wrong with a salad, as long as you have a variety of fruits, veggies, fats & herbs. Anyway, here’s what I put in my salad: (BTW, everything is organic!) baby spinach diced tomato diced avocado shredded carrots finely diced red onions- you can use sweet onion or green instead if you prefer chopped mango, peach & pineapple sunflower sprouts (get into eating sprouts if you don’t already- one of the most nutritious foods you could eat!!!) raisins cranberries chopped (pitted) dates- honey or medjool soaked almonds (you want to soak them to release the enzyme inhibitors, so you can digest them better & increase the nutrition) juice of half a lemon- add more depending on preference chopped onion salt, pepper, cayenne pepper & cinnamon to taste sprinkle honey over top (about a tsp- more or less) organic, cold pressed olive oil (1-2 tsp) fresh chopped cilantro, basil, parsley and …
4:38 pm on October 24th, 2010
I love you and your hubby. I eat exactly the same…:)
You guys make me smile big…and the tunes are eccelente
Big Love,
5:09 pm on October 24th, 2010
♥~♥You captivate me every time I watch your videos….I can’t turn away…scratch that/–>I DON’T want to turn away…Your simply AMAZING!!! =]
5:54 pm on October 24th, 2010
Great vid! What do we do in the wintertime in a colder climate as far as finding things in season, though?
6:20 pm on October 24th, 2010
@LeijaTurunen Thanks that was helpful
6:39 pm on October 24th, 2010
@UMEAREALLGODS Hmm well one suggestion would be to make a cacao green smoothie with avocado (to make it creamy). You could blend up something like half an avocado, couple smalls scoops of raw cacao, stevia to sweeten, iced cubes, water or coconut water, tsp hemp seed, few handfuls of baby spinach or kale, and any other superfood you want to add in like marine phytoplankton or spirulina.
7:00 pm on October 24th, 2010
@prinsesssara Awesome! Sounds amazing!
7:08 pm on October 24th, 2010
It all sounds sooo good But i cant eat fruits or honey or anything sweet expect raw stevia
How do i make anything green taste good or anything else without fruits!?
7:26 pm on October 24th, 2010
oh yes, and I also added some almonds =]
8:23 pm on October 24th, 2010
Leija, I put both the green smoothie recipes together, and made one alkalizing green smoothie, I just added baby spinach, half a lemon, some mango, apple juice, and some extra virgin olive oil, its like a desert almost, it smells fantastic, and taste YUMM! All of the above are organic except the olive oil & lemon! And I made a wrap made from the recipe you have up thir foryor salad, just modified a tad =P Thanks for sharng your videos! xox Namaste , Sara
8:39 pm on October 24th, 2010
@x2metallica8x Yes, but in your body, they’re actually alkaline forming.
9:27 pm on October 24th, 2010
arent lemons acidic??
10:22 pm on October 24th, 2010
Wahey, I’ll give you a date:)
11:12 pm on October 24th, 2010
Hi
great video! Can you talk about how you get you keep your teeth so nice and white all the time?
11:36 pm on October 24th, 2010
haha i love how much life is in your face i love it
12:11 am on October 25th, 2010
I feel healthier just watching and listening to Leija…toss in the green info..and boom..feeling the download!!! Cool to see you makin all these vids…sistah
12:21 am on October 25th, 2010
@gabigobstopper There, you go. I’m semi-vegetarian (pescetarian) so I still eat sea food and the odd bit of chicken. So when I’m at an older age I can slowly move on the the raw vegan diet
12:52 am on October 25th, 2010
I love your energy in everything haha
!!
1:11 am on October 25th, 2010
@unfinishedestiny omg that sounds exactly like my parents. i’m 16 and they’re saying the same thing. they got so pissed when i became vegetarian. they’re like “you have to eat whatever we make you”. but i dont haha. ugh. man. haha.
2:08 am on October 25th, 2010
I think you would have the spark of life no matter what you ate because of your innate energy and brighness.
Why do I get tired when I eat raw?
For example, the last three days I felt tired all day while being 100% raw, then I had some salmon and rice today and suddenly felt great…
2:09 am on October 25th, 2010
OMG! I am IN LOVE with peaches right now! I just bought some today. Oddly enough, I hadn’t had a fresh peach since I was a kid. That’s over 15-20 years ago!! My brother bought some the other day and they were delicious, so I had to get some more.
Yum!
2:43 am on October 25th, 2010
you definitely have that sparkle Leija
I’m off to make a raw smoothie right now!
3:25 am on October 25th, 2010
@BlueJaeya Starting to understand. I’m going to do some (More) extensive research on the raw food diet
Thanks for the information.
-Daniel
3:39 am on October 25th, 2010
Does the juice taste like V8?
4:08 am on October 25th, 2010
What are the Tracks in the Background?
Nice Video by the Way…..Fresh
4:27 am on October 25th, 2010
green food…red blood…Yup, it’s definitely Christmas time. Merry X-mas everyone. Hope you had a good Cross (8.13).