A few of you out there have asked how to make kale chips. So this morning when I was getting ready to make our daily batch, I grabbed the camera and filmed it. Keep in mind that this was not a planned thing, and it is very much an impromptu sort of thing.
The main point I want to stress is that changing your diet from the "standard American diet" (SAD) to a plant based diet is a HUGE undertaking. You have to relearn everything you thought you knew about nutrition. You have to learn what foods you will even eat and you have to learn about foods and cooking techniques that you may have never used or heard of before.
It is virtually almost like learning a new language. If someone were to pick you up and drop you off in China, would you expect yourself to speak Chinese right away? Of course not. But I bet you would pick up pretty quick on words you need for everyday like bathroom.
If you are even considering changing one meal a day to a plant based diet, you are setting yourself up for lifelong changes and investing in your health. I consider myself to be an all or nothing type of person, but changing your life over night to things you don't know much about doesn't make that sort of change very easy.
Take your time. I started out by eating a new vegetable one time a week. If I didn't know how to make it, I would watch a video on youtube on how to cut it, or how to prepare it, or even what other things went good with it. Once you get the basics down and you learn that taste, you can start making your own recipes.
Another way to do it is by jotting down foods you already eat. For example, say you eat cereal for breakfast with cows milk. Instead you can eat raw granola with rice milk and top it off with berries or bananas. Or if you wanted to have tacos, type in vegan tacos on google. I try not to let my raw recipes get too elaborate.
For example, the other day I made raw chocolate pudding. The ingredients, 2 avocado, 1/4 cup agave nectar, 1/4 cup raw honey, and cocoa powder.
You don't have to go without the things you love, just find a better replacement that your body will thank you for.
Today my project is to hopefully make a video of a health food store and the produce section of a grocery store.
Set little goals for yourself each day. Such as, go to the grocery store and find one leafy green you have never tried before. Go home and watch a video on the web and find out how people use it, and decide if you want to try it. You just might like it.
One other tip. While raw is the best, don't kick yourself if you are in a learning stage and cook more of your foods. Your tastes need to change from what you used to eat. Once it does, the SAD diet doesn't seem so great.
Rock on people, make sure to do at least one nice thing for body today, it's been with you through everything in this life. Your body deserves respect and love. :)
Love the video! Educational and entertaining.
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