MY first Day in The Raw!!

Today is the first day I have officially entered the world of a Raw Diet.
Thanks to my good friends at Nature's Garden, also, Zu Zu's cafe, and Livn Cuisine. ( These company's are all owned by the same family.) Amazing bunch of people!

This is my quest to healthier living, weight loss and happiness!! Yes this is all possible by changing your diet. I know all this valuable information, so it is now time for me to be living proof of it. I want to practice what I preach, even though I try not to preach. That is because I don't practice it enough and I am about 50 lbs over weight. So for me to preach this stuff would be ridiculous.

So today I learned how to make Almond Milk. I love, love, love almond milk. I love rice milk, but love almond milk better. You should see the strange reactions that I get when I tell people that I use it instead of cows milk. I have even gotten a " eeeewww gross" Well here is what I have to say to that.
Ok so I am going to take a yummy nut in its natural form of right off the tree and grind it up and use the liguid that comes out of it for my cereal witch already has nuts and almond clusters on it....Hmmmmmm your right that is way more digusting than consuming the milk of a different specied animal, that is originally meant for it's own young.
That would be like us giving our breast milk to a calf....
I grew up on a dairy farm, so let me paint a picture of how it really all happens. Hmmm the cows udder/ teats is where the milk comes from... the udder is on the underside of the cow....cow gets tired... Cow lays down, cow lives in barn...cow does not always have clean beds to lay in....I think you get the idea. Please do not be offended if your a farmer, cause I too am a farmers daughter and was very proud to grow up with a hard work ethic, but I also realize that not everything we were instilled with as a child is always the best.
There is nothing wrong dairy, in fact it does have a lot of good things about it. I love cheese and always will. I love ice cream, I just don't like the cows milk.
SO my point is that if your going to say "eeeeewwwww" to almond milk or anything that anyone may be eating...and not asking you to enjoy with them, think before you speak. K I am done on my soap box now. LOL.

So anyway, I was super exited when I learned how easy it is to make almond milk and to make shakes that my children will love too.
This morning we made a strawberry, bannana almond milk shake. I think my daughters exact words were..... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm