RAW guilt?

Ok, I just had a croissant. It’s been at least a year or so since I tasted the buttery, doughy goodness. It was fabulous. I couldn’t stop eating it. My plan was to only have half… but then it was melting in my mouth, my mind was yelling no, my devilish sweet tooth side was screaming “yes!!!”. I ate the whole thing. Do I beat myself up the rest of the day? Well, that remains to be seen. I’m pretty good at the guilt trip, especially when I’m in one of my “gotta get disciplined” mode. I think I will just counter act it and eat an apple now. Once it’s past your lips, you have to just let it go. That’s why stocking your kitchen full of good and good for you foods is the only way to go. Yes, temptation is there even if you’re a RAW food Chef. Temptation will always be there, it’s how we handle it and what we do with it which is important. The fact of the matter is, we as a society are addicted to fat. It taste good, there’s no getting around that. Even when you start eating a much healthier raw food diet, you still have to watch your fats. Let me repeat that. There is still fat in a RAW food diet. It’s good fat. It’s not saturated. It breaks down much more efficiently in the body and is converted to energy. But the fat is still there and you still need to be aware how much of it you eat. I like to make a mental note during each meal. I guess that comes with the many months studying to be a RAW food chef. We pay attention to which fat goes into what food all the time. Especially in recipe development. Sometimes you need the fat to mellow out a taste, or to beef up a flavor. We learned how to massage the amount to get the perfect flavor which makes you as a customer love it! Back to the croissant. There will never be a RAW croisssant. it just won’t happen. It’s texture can’t be copied without heating the hell out of it to get a crispy texture. My mind is now wondering all over the place, trying to figure how close could I get to the taste? See that’s what happens when you get pretty deep into RAWness. I’m there, fully. It’s when the brains starts switching over and you start wanting to create and recreate some of your favorite foods. You pick something up and put it in your mouth (raw or cooked) and you automatically take notes. What’s it look like, what do you like about it, what’s the smell like, what memories come with the smell, how does it feel in your mouth, when you are chewing, when you are swallowing, what’s the after taste if any? You take not of it all. It doesn’t take long, maybe a minute for your brain to run through it and make mental notes. I am now in RAWness. I’ve arrived in the lifestyle I’ve chosen for myself. I remember my Spanish teacher saying when you start dreaming in Spanish, it means you are truly learning the language. I didn’t really believe him at the time — until it happened. I would wake up and remember speaking Spanish in my dream. Crazy as it sounds. I do now find myself day dreaming about recipes, creating up combinations in my head as I’m riding my bike down the street to yoga. Ingredients scrolling through my head as I walk the aisles of the Co-op. Gotta say I’m digging it. This is why I want all of you to experience RAW, get into it, give it a chance to seduce you! I’m over the croissant guilt. 🙂

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