We're in the holiday cycle once more. The cycle of looking at the store ads, magazine articles, and blog posts loaded with cookie recipe, boxed treats, cakes, candies, etc. You know what comes next, don't you? Of course you do because it's the same thing year after year. After the holidays we're bombarded with "healthier" choices, gym membership deals, and articles about how we can lose those 15 lbs. we gained in just 6 short weeks.
Let's just end this madness and do our bodies and minds some good. We feel so much better when we make choices that are good for us, guilt-free, AND delicious, right? For so many of us, the way we feel about ourselves day to day reflects the choices we have made with food. If we eat something that is both satisfying (filling and yummy) and healthy, that is the best of both worlds. Who wants to feel like they're missing out on something tasty? Who wants to eat healthy food, but not feel full or satiated? Nobody.
I'm hoping to put together some recipes that are quite delicious, filling, and healthy. This is the way to keep our bodies happy and our minds as well. We CAN eat and not be riddled with guilt. We CAN make the right choices this holiday season so that we don't have to lose weight in January. The way to do this is to find the recipes that work for you. There are a lot of raw and/or vegan recipes floating around out there. I'll gather some of my favorites and post them here.
If anyone has a recipe they'd like to share, then please send it my way. I love trying out new (dessert) recipes!
About Jungle Jim
Jungle Jim is a kind, vegetarian guy in his 20's who works from home. He interacts regularly with four co-workers who are roughly the same age. They work for a local company doing web-based tech support, and through their interaction online for work, they have become friends and enjoy spending free time playing <lt;$%^@>> together.
JungleJim has some rescued animals he has taken in over the years. These include Chloe, the three legged dog; Richard, a flamboyant and fancy male cat; and Matilda, the condescending and brainy dung beetle.
JungleJim has some rescued animals he has taken in over the years. These include Chloe, the three legged dog; Richard, a flamboyant and fancy male cat; and Matilda, the condescending and brainy dung beetle.
His online friends assume he is a cool guy who has it all, although he actually is pretty insecure and unsure of himself socially. They all envision Chloe as the super sexy girlfriend he shares his apartment with. Richard is considered a gay man they took in after he was kicked out of his home and abandoned by his family. The bunch surmises that Mathilda is an old woman related to Chloe, perhaps a grandmother or great aunt.
PixieWolf is a pretty girl who is swearing herself off men after being burned one too many times. She has intentionally distanced herself from her old life and is currently immersing herself in the world of online gaming and being great in her tech support role.
SolSurfer is very comfortable in his job and at gaming. He enjoys movies of all kinds, but particularly old 70's films. He sometimes wishes he had the courage to go out more into the real world to find a soul mate (thus the online name), but he's stuck in a vicious cycle of longing and insecurity that prevents him from doing so.
TribbleLover8 is a Star Trek and NHL fan. She is fascinated by JungleJim's life and finds herself fantasizing about him as her BF. She loves the original Star Trek series and makes references to it. She mentions hockey on occasion and only PrimeDirective follows beause he is the only other hockey fan in the bunch. Once in a while PixieWolf will contribute and this gives us some insight into her past (she used to date a famous hockey player).
PrimeDirective is a self-involved guy who thinks he's awesome. He's good at what he does, works out and comes off very confident. So much so that people find it off-putting. He is often very lonely and doesn't realize that he doesn't need to try so hard. He's always trying to prove or point out that he's right and good at what he does. He is also caught in a bad cycle of pushing people farther away by trying way too hard to be liked.
PixieWolf is a pretty girl who is swearing herself off men after being burned one too many times. She has intentionally distanced herself from her old life and is currently immersing herself in the world of online gaming and being great in her tech support role.
SolSurfer is very comfortable in his job and at gaming. He enjoys movies of all kinds, but particularly old 70's films. He sometimes wishes he had the courage to go out more into the real world to find a soul mate (thus the online name), but he's stuck in a vicious cycle of longing and insecurity that prevents him from doing so.
TribbleLover8 is a Star Trek and NHL fan. She is fascinated by JungleJim's life and finds herself fantasizing about him as her BF. She loves the original Star Trek series and makes references to it. She mentions hockey on occasion and only PrimeDirective follows beause he is the only other hockey fan in the bunch. Once in a while PixieWolf will contribute and this gives us some insight into her past (she used to date a famous hockey player).
PrimeDirective is a self-involved guy who thinks he's awesome. He's good at what he does, works out and comes off very confident. So much so that people find it off-putting. He is often very lonely and doesn't realize that he doesn't need to try so hard. He's always trying to prove or point out that he's right and good at what he does. He is also caught in a bad cycle of pushing people farther away by trying way too hard to be liked.
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