Day 72

What a relaxing day, I usually work Wednesday's but today I had an RDO scheduled which came at a great time after a demanding few days last week was overtime earlier this week. A colleague is on leave this week and he flicked a matter that was listed for a hearing yesterday so I spent half of Monday preparing and yesterday in court. We worked up quite an appetite visiting our favourite vintage haunts and by 12:30pm my green smoothie and raw bircher was definately burned up so I decided to make my first attempt at raw sushi for lunch. It was quick and easy - grated courgette in lieu of the rice, your favourite raw fillings and voila! Light and delicious! This evening we had Wine O'Clock, one of our casual networking functions with the local women's network. It was lovely to see everyone and a few of us took the opportunity to linger a little longer discussing life, work, fashion, food, politics & relationships. It's so important to make time to meet new people and then follow up on the 'keepers' by investing quality time in building healthy, supportive friendships. So another gals night is booked and I look forward to getting to know these two gorgeous gals some more.   

Day 24

Happy Australia Day! I bet you're all wondering what I ate today right? BBQ's being the usual on such patriotic occasions! After a leisurely sleep-in I enjoyed a green smoothie and fruit in the morning and made Shaun a veggie omelet with a side of sauteed shrooms, swiss chard and toasted burgen. We hit the gym around 12pm for a workout and then I prepared two huge salads, peppered with pepitas, sunflower seeds, walnuts and avocado for lunch. His salad also got two eggs and some chicken wings on top! Whilst he hasn't taken completely to raw, my man definately feels as though he is eating better at the moment as I have been paying more attention than usual to food preparation which has been a plus for him! Here is a lovely post with some tips on being more raw inclusive. We spent the evening with my sister-in-law and her family - playing in the garden with Uri (2) running around 'in the raw' after the chooks and both squealing when they copped a cheeky spray from the hose whilst watering the veggie patch! Hayley showed us documents from the Brisbane Organic Growers Group (B.O.G.G.) c.1980's that she discovered in her grandmother's archives - we poured over the hand-typed papers with sentiments around the importance of saving seeds and educating people on how to grow vegetables. I found this fascinating as it was at this time when our parent's generation ceased to grow food and inspired me with what is possible through the Ipswich Kitchen Gardening Community that we are launching in February - stay tuned! We enjoyed a delicious salad with courgette, cucumber and rocket from her garden, marinated mushrooms and the others had some snags on the side too. This weekend I want to try raw sushi using quinoa!