I have been hungry.

Not just like, “meh, I want something to eat”.

More like, RAVENOUS.

Like I could eat my phone right now. I am so goddamn hungry. Oh my god.

I have no blender.

It’s really quite tragic.

Oh the woes of a teenage vegan.

Those of you who don’t know, I happen to live in Toronto, and I live overlooking the water.

There’s a main road right in front of my building, and if you travel along it for a mere few minutes, you’ll find yourself at the Quality Meats Packing plant. They produce pork.

Every single day, I watch at least 20 trucks travel along in front of my building. Full.

And then the come back across empty.

And it’s so, so, heartbreaking and vexing to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMfEjCQoU6c&feature=relmfu

A number of people frequently protest this plant. It’s really quite appalling if you watch the video, to see the state the pigs are in for hours as they make their way to slaughter.

I may just be one person, but I know that my guilt can rest knowing I am not paying into that. It’s not enough, but at least I am not financing and supporting this.

Watch and spread the message okay? This is not alright.

Okay so it’s my third afternoon, and I’m doing really, really well.

I normally need to sleep, well, 24 hours of the day. It’s that bad. (Screw you, thyroid) And I haven’t needed to sleep throughout the day at all. This is actually huge for me, I’m so used to this constant, heavy fatigue that just completely takes over.

Currently sprouting almonds, which sucks because I have to wait at least until tomorrow, but I’m having lots of vegtables, water and banana’s so life is good at the moment :3

It’s 10:00 AM and I want a massive bowl of quinoa with lime, herbs and olives.

Hmmmm.

These are from Susan at Rawmazing :)

Buns:

• 5 dates
• 1/4 C Water
• 1 C Ground Flax
• 1 1/4 C Almond Flour
• 1 C Spelt Flakes
• 1 C Chopped Pecans (chopped fine)
• 2 t. Cinnamon
• 3 T. Olive Oil
• 1/4 C Agave
• 1 C Water

Soak dates. Blend with 1/4 C water to make a smooth date paste. Set aside.

Combine flax, almond flour (I use the dehydrated almond pulp left over from making almond milk), finely chopped pecans, and Spelt flakes. In a separate bowl, combine date paste, olive oil, 1/4 C agave and 1 C water. Mix wet ingredients into dry. Spread in a rectangle on a non-stick dehydrator sheet. You want this to be a little less than 1/2 inch thick. Dehydrate at 145 for 30 minutes. Flip onto screen, peel off dehydrator sheet and dehydrate at 115 for another 20 minutes. While the bun is dehydrating, you will want to prepare the filling.

Filling:

• 1 Young Thai Coconut (the white part)
• 1 C Cashews
• 1/2 C Almonds
• 1/4 C Raw Agave
• 1 T Vanilla (not raw)
• 1/2 C raisins

Soak Almonds and Cashews for at least 3 hours to soften. Place in food processor with remaining ingredients except raisins, process until smooth. Stir in raisins.

Assembly:

Place “bun” on parchment paper. Spread filling on bun. You can spread to the edges on the long sides but leave an inch or two on the short sides. Gentley roll up the roll. Slice and top with icing. Makes 12.

Icing:

• 1 C Raw Cashew Butter
• 3 T Maple Syrup (not raw)
• 1 t. Cinnamon
• 3-4 T Water

Mix all ingredients except water. Add water 1 T at a time to desired consistency.

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

I have a bit of an issue comparing the holocaust to the slaughter of animals.

I am full heartedly for animal rights, welfare, you all know that.

But it just bothers me to see them compared.

We know it’s awful, and yes, shock tactics do work.

But some people (Who have direct ties and loved ones lost in that event) are really bothered by that.

I don’t know. I can’t even express it clearly. It just disturbs me to see the holocaust used as advertising persuasion.

So it’s my second day  in, and I’m good so far! I’m expecting some big detox symptoms to come, but hey, can’t be much worse than what I’m used to. I’m trying to get creative with my meals, so I use my favorite restaurants online menu (that lists the ingridients on it) to get inspired :) 

http://www.freshrestaurants.ca/pdf/FINAL_MENU_2011.pdf

So yeah, have a great Saturday, hopefully it’s as beautiful where you are as it is here! 

http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/ideal-real/idealism-realism-1a.shtml

Comparison of “idealism” and “realism”, relating to raw foodism. 

Definitely check it out!