“I’m never gonna let you go. I’m wanna hold you in my arms forever…”



I made my first green smoothie this morning in the Vitamix 5200 that the AMAZING community over at Raw Fu sent me. I am going to use this as my before picture for this challenge.



I have named him Andre, since he is a gentle giant, and since my green smoothies will now OBEY. He is my new boyfriend. Move over, Basil, because Andre is sleeping is riding shotgun! I’m not going anywhere without Andre. Long live, Andre!



I LOVE YOU, RAW FU MASTERS!

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This past week was pirate week at summer camp, and Beckett was so excited about bringing home his pirate patch on Friday. After I saw him in it, I understood what all the fuss was about.

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I got up early Saturday morning, and cut herbs from the garden, and then started rooting around in the kitchen to see what I could make using the gorgeous basil, parsley, and thyme that I cut. I decided to attempt a raw lasagna, even though I only had one tomato in the house!



I made a tomato sauce, a walnut basil pesto, and a sesame seed cheese in the morning, and then let them sit all day in the fridge to soak in all of the flavor of the fresh herbs. When dinner time rolled around, I stacked up zucchini strips, spinach, and red pepper, alternating the sauces until I had a formidable pile of raw lasagna.



It turned out to be very tasty. Neither Basil or I could finish our dinner, so we let Skye and Gizmo have a taste. They both ate it up with gusto, and didn’t leave a veggie in the bowl.

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