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Last weekend, playing in the snow I only lasted 5 minutes before I had to use the bathroom.

Hey all! Sorry I went MIA again... A lot going on over here. I haven't been feeling well... At all. I've been sick and on and off of prednisone since I had Baby A. I've been avoiding further, harsher treatment because I didn't want to take stronger meds. But, with nursing and my Crohns being so active, my weight has dropped and I've been up every night for hours feeling ill, bleeding just about everytime I use the bathroom. I didn't want to bring this up on the blog because I knew I would receive a lot of "doesn't diet help..." etc. Well, diet does help me, but when I'm sick, I can't eat raw foods or anything with fiber and I don't want to live on white rice and rice cakes for the rest of my life. So I took the next step and chose to start IV infusions of medication, every 8 weeks. I have gone this route in the past and it helped me stay well for 2 years. I want to be able to do this along with eating the healthiest diet possible. East meets West, if you will. I don't want to disappoint any of you. I know there are gurus who claimed to have "cured" their crohns with diet, but my Crohns is considered a severe case, and while I would love to say diet can cure me, it just isn't happening. For now, I'll stick to this approach. To each his own. Believe me, this is the last thing I wanted. 

I'm happy to say, I can still nurse since the molecule in the medication is too big to pass into my milk. I can even take it while pregnant (but since I went into remission while pregnant with Baby A, I think I would stop taking this before we tried to conceive again. We are going to wait another year or so before that happens). I had my first treatment yesterday, it was very hard for me and I even had a little crying breakdown before I went. 

Also, when the Mastitis I had cleared up, it left a small lump in my breast that felt like a pebble. I had that checked out this week and it seems to be nothing but my doctor is sending me for an ultrasound, next week, just to be safe. 

So that's what's going on with me. I'm not looking for advice, just the support and love that you all have always shown me. :)

Anyway, T turned 30 on Wednesday and we are going out to dinner Saturday night to celebrate, I'm hoping I feel better by then. My birthday is this up coming Wednesday and we hope to go to dinner at a vegan restaurant. Crohns has had me being a prisoner in my own home the past few weeks. I don't want Baby A to suffer because of me, I want to be a mother who can play with her kids, run around and be fun! Hopefully, this treatment will let that happen. 

Thank you all for listening! Xo 

Fa-reeeezing!

Happy Friday!!! I hope you all stayed warm this week. I have been hibernating!!!! Baby A and I stay in all day, I do not like the cold! We have to venture out early next week though, Wednesday is T's birthday! And the following Wednesday is mine! ;)


I picked up these raw crackers. They were super delicious! They had a corn chip meets cracker kinda taste. They would be perfect with some guacamole.

Baby A and I shared, as always. She loved them, again, as always.

Since the weather has been so cold, we have been eating a lot of warm dinners. One night T wanted to cook (who could turn that down), he made a Butternut Squash Apple Soup. He used an organic vegan box of Butternut Squash soup and some diced apples that he cooked down with olive oil and cinnamon. We garnished with pumpkin seeds and cinnamon. This turned out great!

I also had this meal for dinner one night: quinoa with pinto beans, avocado, raw olives and raw coconut aminos.

My "Naunee" stays in Florida during the Winter months (lucky and smart!), she sent me a box of Honeybell Oranges. These are so juicy and tasty!

Last night, I made lentils for dinner. I used red lentils, tomato sauce, carrots, garlic, celery, olive oil and seasonings. So warming! 

Have a great weekend all!! XO

Chocoholic

Hey Love Bugs! I hope you all had a splendid weekend! Thank you all for the well wishes, I am glad to be feeling better. Breastfeeding is no joke, even after 14 months of doing it, I still have issues! ;)


Anyway, before Christmas I had ordered some Righteously Raw Chocolate Covered Macaroons. Well, apparently, they were on back order and I finally received them on Friday.

They look like a little Bon-Bon.

But with a macaroon inside!!! YUM!

I also ordered some Rawmio Chocolate Hazelnut and Fig Bark.

This stuff is serious!!! So good! They use Rawtella in it, so you can just imagine how decadent it was. (Notice the paw in the background? He he!).

I have posted a lot of chocolate lately, I am eating good stuff too (although, chocolate is BEYOND good!). ;) A friend of mine recently moved to Florida, and she keeps bragging about the delicious citrus. ;) ;) ;) So, when I saw a bunch of different organic citrus at Whole Foods, I couldn't help myself. This was a Mineola Orange. They were just okay, maybe this was a bad batch. Or maybe I just had high citrus hopes. I am patiently waiting for some Honeybell Oranges that my Grandma is sending up. My Grandparents stay in Florida for the Winter, so I have a little citrus advantage.

I also had this juice over the weekend: Beets, Kale, Lemon, Apple, Ginger.

Baby A had this plate for dinner one night: Sweet Potato, Raw Kraut and Chickpeas all sprinkled with Dulse Flakes. She loves Kraut, just like her Mommy!

Have a great day!!!

Back in Business!

Hey All! TGIF! What a week! I woke up on Tuesday night with an 102 degree fever. Apparently, my Mastitis, from nursing, came back. Thankfully, with massage, lots of nursing and a heating pad, it is gone. Hopefully never to return!!!! So, that's why I am lacking on the posts this week.


Anyway, I had received an Amazon gift card as a Christmas gift, so I ordered some raw goodies from The Chocolatree Cafe (raw and vegan): Pizza Bread and Chocolate Pecan Brownie Bites.

The brownies were rich and soft, they didn't take like a raw brownie at all.. (don't mind my chipping nail polish)

The Pizza Bread was OUT.OF.THIS.WORLD! Baby A and I shared some and before I knew it, the whole bag was gone! I must order more, these were THAT good!

Remember how I mentioned a squirrel ate a hole in my Raw Food World goodies? Well, I emailed them and explained and they were kind enough to send me a new bar!!!! This time I got it before any animal could!

HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!! Wow Wow WOW! So freakin delicious! The chocolate reminds me of the kind your get in a box on Valentines Day, it falls apart in your mouth and the middle is ooey gooey caramel. LOVE!!!!

One day for lunch I made this sandwich which was raw bread with hummus, spinach, avocado, raw kraut and a Sunshine Burger.

For dinner one night, I made quinoa with chickpeas and topped it with avocado, raw coconut aminos and raw olives.

T insisted that I try the lemon, cayenne, agave drink from Blue Print. I told him 100x that I could easily make this at home, but he loved it so much, he said I had to try. Yummy! So refreshing and tasted just like lemonade. I would of definitely loved this when I was pregnant.

Have a great weekend! XO

Raw Food World Goodies

Hey All! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was busy, as usual. :)

I had ordered some goodies from The Raw Food World (remember, a squirrel ate my chocolate). Anyway, here are my goodies: (All Raw): Pumpkin Seed Butter, Chlorella, Maca Powder, Dried Persimmons (these are so good!), a Tongue Cleaner, Gopal's Power Wraps, a Boku Bar, Olives and a Fig Bar. 

Kristen is always talking about Boku Bars, so I was excited to try them. Yum, tastes like a healthy brownie! They reminded me a little of the Raw Revolution Bars.

T had brought me home more raw bread from the health food store. Baby A and I shared a few sliced with hummus on top.

I also picked up another Blue Print Juice from Whole Foods. I know how easy it is to make green juice at home, but when you have no time, these are perfect! Lately, I've been addicted to green juice again!

This was the fig bar that I mentioned earlier. Delicious! I love the company that makes them (Mom and Me), I have had some other goodies from them and they are always really good!

One night for dinner we ordered food from our favorite bistro. I had a big salad with chickpeas, shredded veggies, dried artichokes, mushrooms and broccoli.

Everyone was asking me about the coconut wraps that I showed in my last post. I am pretty sure they sell them online. Just Google! The Raw Food World might even carry them. 

No One Messes with my Chocolate!!!

Hey All! I hope you had a great week. Mine has been rather challenging. We seem to have squirrels living in our attic.. As soon as I close my eyes at night, I hear them and they sound like mice. It's very creepy! We set up humane traps to set them free today, so we will see how tonight goes. I really don't want to hear them crying in the trap! T says he will take them outside as soon as they are caught. Eek! I was very "squirrel friendly" up until yesterday, when they took a chocolate bar from my package of raw goodies that I ordered from The Raw Food World. Yup, right off my porch! This.Means.War!!! Ha ha! No, of course we will continue to trap them and set them free, but I was MAD!! No one comes between me and my chocolate! HA HA!


Anyway, I spotted this raw vegan drink at Whole Foods and although I didn't like the other flavor that I tried, this one was delicious! It contains Turmeric, Ginger, Cardamon, Lemon, Spearmint, Sea salt, Cinnamon, Cayenne, Black Pepper and Coconut Nectar. YUMMY and so healing!

I had this Raw/Vegan Sacred Chocolate bar. The flavor was "Mylk" and it was delicious! So creamy!!

We hit up our local juice bar during the week. They now carry pressed juices! I had "Green Apple Express": Kale, Parsley, Cucumber, Spinach, Celery, Romaine and Apple. 

When I visited Dean's last weekend, I grabbed these Chipotle Chia Crackers by New Earth to try. They were really good! Filled with flavor!

I had them with some raw hummus.

At the bottom of the bag, I found this little note!

I also picked up some Pure Wraps. These are raw, vegan and gluten free, made from just coconut, water and sea salt. They are super thin and hold together really well! A lot better then the gluten free wraps that I've had in the past.

I made a raw wrap one day: raw hummus, raw kraut, mesclun, avocado and Bubbie pickles.

I also had the same sandwich with a Sunshine Burger! So good!!!

Have a great weekend!!!

No Heat, But We EAT!

Hey All! Thanks for all the Happy New Year wishes! I had a few comments about the cookies. I am sorry to say, these were not from scratch! LOL! I used an organic gluten free boxed mix, a flax egg and coconut oil in place of butter, then added my own cacao chips. This was the first time that a boxed cookie came out good. 


Anyway, while I was on my little "No Heat Vacation", I spent a lot of time at my favorite health food store: Deans. They have so many great raw products! I grabbed lunch one day to take with me to my mother's house. These were Live Nori Rolls made from Live Jolly Foods. Baby A and I shared these, she doesn't chew well enough to eat the seaweed, so I gave her pieces from the middle, she loved them and so did I!

We also shared a large organic fruit salad! Baby A doesn't like Kiwi, but she loves blueberries and strawberries!

And the last part of our lunch (which we actually had before anything else), was a green juice: spinach, kale and apple. Baby A drank almost half of it! She didn't want to share! Hmph!

I also picked up some Go Raw Ginger Snaps. Yum!

On New Years Day, I made black eyed peas with kale (Whole Foods was out of organic collards).  This meal is suppose to bring prosperity in The New Year! We will see..

Finally, another Blue Print drink from my Whole Foods: gold pineapple, apple and mint. For some reason they didn't have any green juices, but this was just as delicious! Of course Baby A had a few sips as well.

Have wonderful Wednesday!