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Raw Zucchini Sushi Rolls

From For the Love of Food

4 servings

1/2 cup cashews, soaked overnight
1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
3 - 4 zucchini (each yields 6 - 8 slices)
2 carrots, sliced into matchsticks
1 cucumber, seeds removed and sliced into matchsticks
4 medium radishes, sliced
1 avocado, peeled and sliced
1 small bunch cilantro

Drain cashews and put into food processor with rice vinegar.  (Depending on how long cashews were soaked you might need to add a tablespoon of water to get the right consistency.)  Process, scraping sides with spatula if necessary, until cashews are a soft paste but still have some texture. 

Chop the ends off of your zucchini and use a vegetable peeler to peel your zucchini into long thin strips. Lay zucchini strip flat and add a small spoonful of cashew mixture onto one of the ends of zucchini.  Add a few matchsticks of veggies, avocado, and a couple of pieces of cilantro.  Roll up and enjoy!

ohmygod this is so pretty im gonna try it tomorrow

yum

Yay raw foods!

BINGED.

getfitmadison:

Okay. I did not actually binge but I ate too fucking much and went over my calories today and I feel like shit.

I need to be in my bubble back at home with all my foods in my fridge and my little list of all the cal content for all the foods I like. My relationship with food is so personal and alienating…I am not ready to eat with other people. And why in the world did I think I would be okay around my grandmother’s cooking? It’s too fucking good.

I am okay, these are just a few days and I really have been okay, just not good, just not where I need to be. 

At least all of this is super extra motivation for when I get home. My honeymoon oh my-gosh-I-love-dieting-and-eating-super-healthy-and-hate-sweets-now-and-really?-I-can’t-possibly-eat-more-than-1200-cals phase just ended and was second guessing my faith in the process.

But now I know and am ready and dying to get back in the gym and back around veggies 24/7.

Madison and I are going through the same thing. The end of the honeymoon phase, the first plateau. Weight loss is constantly on my mind but I just haven’t been working out. I gained back 2 lbs due to lack of exercise. I gotta get back on the horse: log my calories, work out every day and put forth effort. I’ve been grinding for work. Why can’t I grind for my weight loss as well?

PS Follow getfitmadison. She’s rad.

Phil, this wasn’t fucking amateur hour. PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR LACK OF SUPERVISION. THERE WERE RAPTORS ALL UP IN THE KITCHEN PHIL. IN THE GOD DAMN KITCHEN. YOU HAD ONE JOB PHIL. ONE JOB. This is completely unrelated to this blog but I needed to put it somewhere….

Phil, this wasn’t fucking amateur hour. PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR LACK OF SUPERVISION. THERE WERE RAPTORS ALL UP IN THE KITCHEN PHIL. IN THE GOD DAMN KITCHEN.

YOU HAD ONE JOB PHIL. ONE JOB.

This is completely unrelated to this blog but I needed to put it somewhere….

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rosewong: Sigh, this needs to be credited. > 3> How hard is it to credit a piece really?  I don’t generally enjoy watermarks or signing the fronts of my works but crediting needs to stop being so frequently ignored.

rosewong:

Sigh, this needs to be credited. > 3> How hard is it to credit a piece really? 

I don’t generally enjoy watermarks or signing the fronts of my works but crediting needs to stop being so frequently ignored.

(Source: wildgrowers)