rawkin' choc-lit cake
(Sergei Boutenko's recipe from 12 Steps to Raw Foods by Victoria Boutenko)
I celebrated my first raw anniversary to rawkin' results, health-wise! ( a while back, I'll admit - I just haven't gotten around to blogging about it, 'til now ) Thanks to Jhoey of
Pinoy Organics who asked about the garden prompting me to blog about it as well as my raw journey the past year. So here goes:
Thank God for helping me discover strength and added health benefits through raw foods!
* I have
loads of energy (I signed up for my first badminton tournament ever - I never could before because I always ran out of steam before I could complete the requisite three games; I
ran in a race, I am able to go to the
gym daily, as well as do 2 15-minute walks a day and I can take the stairs everywhere, even carrying all my
abubuts - gigantic lunch bag, purse, badminton bag, water bottle)
*Update: From August-December 2010 I had 2 migraines. January-October 30 2011 I also had only 2 migraines. Compare this to pre-2010 when I had migraines constantly. I also can now survive a migraine without taking prescription medicines.
* I still have a few health issues - maybe I'll blog about them, maybe I won't. I'm still deciding.
Thank God for the nice hobby that was brought about by an excess of compost material! Since I had so much of it, I planned to just fertilize the garden naturally, but soon the soil just seemed to brim with life and gardening just came naturally. I love how now, a year later:
* Our garden is a few degrees cooler
* I got my dad to get interested in gardening as well!
* I have fun remembering all the pesticide-free goodies from the garden I got to enjoy:
chesa,
avocado leaf tea, mustasa,
malunggay, Philippine mangoes, piko mangoes, atis, bayabas, buko, and
aloe vera.
* I am part of a Philippine-based raw food support group.
* I am able to assert myself at restaurants
* I am still in awe of the simple joys of getting my hands in the soil to create little grooves for seeds to nestle in, and a garden season later,smelling freshly picked produce
Best of all, I love how gardening itself reminds me of God's
hands-on work. He spoke everything else into existence but He man
by hand. And even though I often make mistakes - I've caused
weeds to die (!), I've forgotten to water plants at times - He never does. He knows just what each plant needs.
Apart from the Vine, no branch can bear fruit.
Stuff Raw Foodists Like #12: Rawkin' Anniversaries
