Wishful Wednesday

A clone for the day

It would be pretty weird, but very helpful to have a clone for the day. Especially when I'm at work. I would want my clone to carry on tidying, sorting out my stuff and arranging everything into neat piles: sell, keep, donate.

Clone Jennifer would not need food or water. Actually, I'd rather send my clone to work because tidying is more fun!

I think cloning is perhaps a bad idea, but the thought made me chuckle.

Jennifer x

Try it Tuesday

Juice feast

I received a suggestion about weight loss, which is to try out a juice feast (still consume high calories but without the fibre of a high fruit diet.) I'm considering it for two weeks before I leave.

What are your views and experiences? I am 60kg, which is the most I've weighed in my life, but I've been stuck on this for over a year and a half now. 

It was inevitable considering the amount of fat I ate in cakes, biscuits and pasta sauces, but it's about time the fat started shifting itself. 

I know people talk about being healthy, but at the end of the day I've only ever had one goal - to be a skinny bitch!

I'd like to hear from you if you've successfully lost weight doing a juice feast, especially if you're female and had a similar build to me (5`6", 60kg, belly and thigh fat!).

Yes I want to be healthy, but I also want to be sleek.

Jennifer x

Make it Monday

Durian "pasta" sauce

Steven and I went to Wing Yip in Manchester today for some frozen durian. We buy it in a packet, but today they had whole frozen durian (5.55/kg) and fresh durian (10.89/kg). 

Steven had the idea to make a pasta sauce as he said durian tastes cheesy anyway. The result was amazing!

Recipe is here

I recommend this recipe. Although we used lemon instead of lime, I think perhaps it would have been better without lemon, but it was still an amazing taste sensation.

I hope you all get to try this one day!

Jennifer x

Shoptastic Saturday

I have been to the wholesale markets in Manchester more recently so I've not been keeping a record of my shop due to storing it at Steven's.

This week we got some really red and ripe tomatoes for £3 for 5kg, the tastiest I've had. Bananas are also really hard to get cheap due to a crop disease so they're £17 a box. I've been going to Aldi and buying two boxes from there instead at 69p/kg (16kg boxes).

Courgettes have been around £3.50-£4 for 5kg and I bought the most gorgeous round lettuces for £3.

I'll be going to the Liverpool market next weekend, I shall report on that next week so stay tuned.

Jennifer x

Favourite Friday

Bank holidays

I love bank holidays! The extra time off at the weekend is such a good feeling, knowing that I can spend as much time in bed or watching films or snuggling up to my loved one.

4 days off :-)

Jennifer x

Think Thursday

Can vegans do more?

Most people I've met on a raw/mostly raw vegan diet say they came to this lifestyle to be more healthy, there are few people who change because of the cruelty to animals, but we all become compassionate some point on our vegan journey.

I (briefly) read an article that says just being vegan isn't enough. The animals will die no matter whether we eat them or not, if they're not used for human consumption they will be used as animal feed.

It did make me stop and think, but we cannot change something overnight that took years to build momentum. 

I do wonder what it will take for all the unnecessary death to stop. Do you think we need to do more than just stop eating and wearing animals?

Jennifer x

Wishful Wednesday

Party

Today I wish for a party.

Before I depart I'd love to get together with my friends and family and have a good party. I want it to involve games, dancing, raw food goodies, laughter, chatter, hugs, memories and love.

I really hope my new raw friends will attend along with my family, so they can see how us fruity people eat (or in most cases devour) our raw fruits and veggies.

I imagine it to be a sunny day so we can chill outside and relax in the sun. I'd love to make it a tropical theme and decorate accordingly.

I hope you can join my party. RSVP now on Facebook or comment on this post.

Jennifer x