Thanksgiving

I made it through my first ever raw Thanksgiving. There's something to be thankful for! Here is my Thanksgiving menu:

For breakfast I had pineapple/orange juice and two persimmons.

Mid-morning snack was frozen cranberry salad. This came out really good and tasted a lot like the traditional SAD version I was trying to imitate.

Also for a snack was marinated stuffed mushrooms. These were so, so, so good. I had a few left over so I can pop them back in the dehydrator for supper tonight. These were stuffed with Maraw's corn nut dressing which is excellent!

Ok, main meal was steak mushrooms, corn nut dressing, and spinach salad with cranberry dressing. This was very good and very satisfying.

I am quite pleased that I was able to go through this major holiday and stay raw. I even resisted my homemade crescent rolls which are my favorites. A huge benefit to eating raw was I did not need to lay down and relax to give my body a break so I could digest all the food I had consumed. I felt great. Everything was very tasty. I am very happy to have done this!

Dessert was the pumpkin pie and date sqaures. The pumpkin pie was so delicious. I made the crust using pecans and a little bit of vanilla and it just complimented the pie so nicely. Even my husband said that it tasted good, which is huge! I just have to say that everything that I have ever made of Maraw's has been delicious! The date squares were very sweet and satisfying. This was a perfect ending to a woderful raw day!

I also made a sweet potato soup that ended up going down the sink. I soaked the potatoes all night like I had read but they were still starchy and the soup did not taste good. I am glad that I had not depended on that as a main part of my meal!

All in all it was a great day. We played games and did crafts with the children, watched the parade and a little football, read through our Thankful jar and just had a wonderful time enjoying our family, which is really what Thanksgiving is all about.