Really Raw - Dairy Queen and french fries

So, around on the 8th of December, I ate some cooked food at my Art Fair Open House for my new office (cooked carbs!) No biggie. Except that it seems like everyday since then I've had something cooked. Overall, no big trauma, since I've managed to maintain about 60-80% raw on average. I had been working up to raw over the previous 3-4 months, so I've made more headway in my diet than I think I would have had I just jumped from SAD to RAW. I really admire those who can do it, but I've had emotional eating patterns that are well rooted in my family tree, and it was important for me to establish that comfortable feeling with things like whole grains, and veggie soups, rather than DQ and french fries!

The diet that I was raised on was HORRIBLE! Pop (or soda to y'all south of the border) flowed like water in my house, and there was always wonder bread and processed cheese, soy margarines and ground beef. The most exotic fruit we ever had was bananas, or the clementines at Xmas. Every year in our stockings my mom would give us a huge navel orange:)

So, in honour of diet re-patterning, for christmas this year for my family (I have two sisters and 1 brother, and 9 nieces and nephews between them!) I want to make up organic exotic fruit gift baskets. I have a wholesale account with an organic grocery company that I used to work for, so I can get loads of goodies for a lot less than conventional!

They're not going to appreciate it. Okay, some of them might. But, I want the ones I love to be healthy, and to cultivate a love of mangoes and fresh pineapple! I think it will be the first time some of them have ever even had these things.

I'm inspired to strive more and more towards raw. Especially since cooked foods are just plain boring compared to the yummy raw creations I have begun to make. That was a bit of a shock for me...how disappointing cooked foods are after being REALLY RAW!

Namaste all, Thanks for reading!