HiHoRosie's Place

While I’m not currently on a juice feast like so many others at the moment I do like my share of fresh juice. Before doing any sort of raw, I enjoyed juice but tried to be aware of the ones with HFS (high fructose syrup) but now, being mostly raw I actually make fresh juice from time to time and of course, it’s HFS-free! So much better for me and very tasty I might add. Pixywinks and Londoner (as I love to call her) have been posting some great sounding juices they’ve been creating. I want to try some of them. Over the weekend I made this one: 2 red delicious apples 1 jalapeno 1 golden beet 2 red bell peppers 3+ handfuls of baby carrots ½ cucumber 4 or 5 celery stalks My hubby thought it was pretty good; could’ve lessened the amount of carrots. Hee hee! We both agreed the whole jalapeno was a little too hot but it still felt good. Very warming. You never know with jalapenos sometimes…some are so mild and then others are pretty hot-cha-cha. Hubby later made watermelon juice. YUM!!!!!!...

I spotted a link posted in a discussion found on Give it to Me Raw that is quite interesting. Now, before some of you who may not have heard of this website start thinking “Wha???” it’s nothing naughty . But it is totally addicting! Ha ha! Anyway, this Cosmetics Database is very interesting because you can check products you’re currently using or are thinking about using as to what their ingredients are and if they’re any good for you. Anything from deodorant, lotions, and toothpaste to shampoo, soap, and makeup. Even perfume. But then again, maybe you don’t want to check! I’m not providing this to scare or upset anyone but just found it to be an eye opener for me. You won’t find me preaching or pushing my beliefs on anyone about anything. I’m typically not that way. Besides, I’m not about to all of a sudden dump my expensive makeup in pursuit of new stuff…just yet. As I run out of things I will find some healthier replacements. I know some people who come to my webpage are not raw f...

I spotted this fun little game on Pixywinks' blog and thought I'd play too! If you want to do it, just post this list on your blog with your one word answers and then let me know about it so I can check it out. 1. Cellphone: off 2. Relationship: solid 3. My hair: clean 4. Work: busy 5. My sibling/siblings: best 6. My favorite thing: naps 7. My dream last night: confusing 8. Favorite drink: grape 9. Dream car: BMW 10. The room I’m in: office 11. My shoes: slippers 12. My fears: bugs 13. What do I want to be in 10 years: wealthy 14. Who did I hang out with this weekend: myself 15. What I am not good at: drawing 16. Muffin: banana 17. One of my wish list items: camera 18. Where I grew up: Calif 19. Last thing I did: TV 20. Wearing: sweats 21. Not wearing: contacts 22. My pets: none 23. My computer: pc 24. My life: happy 25. My mood: relaxed 26. Missing: sister 27. What I am thinking about right now: family 28. My car: Element 29. My kitchen: clean 30. My weather: wacky 31. Favori...

Mandolins hurt if you’re not careful! Especially the less sophisticated, less expensive ones. Case in point: Have you ever wondered how kids get food in strange places (i.e. elbow crease or back of their neck, etc)? Well, that was ME today. Some of my lunch was on my forehead! How in the world did I get food there and not know it?!?!?! Good thing I wasn’t in public at the time. Small zucchinis don’t make very good chips. Ha ha! The flavor is good but they are so stinkin small! And they only get smaller when dried. I don’t really care though because I was just looking for a way to use the rest of them up. It’s spring now, which means it’s time for some wacky weather. We’ve been having a little bit of that but I love it anyway. Everyday there’s more evidence of new life. And seeing the cherry blossoms and magnolia trees in bloom makes me very happy. We might live in the Evergreen State but it sure is nice seeing c o l o r again. I chuckle every time I go past our outdoor community poo...

Recently, we made more pizza crusts . Actually, too many! I think because I made them a little thinner it yielded more crusts than we needed. Oh well. That’s when you find new ways to use up the leftovers. And that’s what we did… Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Mexican food (maybe I should’ve mentioned that in my five facts ). So with the leftover crust (they were all individual size) I thought why not Mexican pizza? I’m sure it’s been done before but I hadn’t seen or heard of any raw version so I winged it. I made the spicy “beans” recipe found in the Raw Food Real World (un)cookbook. Hubby thought of the “beans” more as “meat.” So whatever you’re craving, meat or beans or possibly both, this recipe fits the bill. I did change things a little from the original recipe based on preferences and items we had on hand and I also skipped the dehydrating step. Also leftover was some cheese mixture inspired from The Daily Raw , Terilynn. I use that mixture for everything, from a ve...

To date, I have lost 35 pounds. Yippee!!! I’ve never had to lose this much weight before – it’s funny to think way back when (when I was a lot smaller than I am now) that I thought I was FAT! Sheesh. I’m 15 pounds away from achieving my first goal, which is the weight I was at (approximate) when I first started dating my husband. At the time I was very active with volleyball, playing 3x a week (I was slim and trim and didn’t realize it! UGH!) but soon that took up too much time away from dating! :) So I stopped. Meanwhile, I was eating crappy as usual and drinking LOTS of Mountain Dew. But that was the norm among my peers, for my lifestyle, etc. I was young still. Then one day I noticed in the mirror how bloated and “fleshy” I looked, had become. I knew I had gained weight but it wasn’t until that one day I actually noticed how much (no scale required) and was horrified. I didn’t do anything about it though. I just became comfortable, complacent, lazy, whichever. Hubby and I acknowledg...

I was recently tagged by the adventurous and always adorable Raw Goddess Heathy to share five things about myself you don’t know about. I’ve been a little slow with this particular post, my apologies, but hopefully it was so worth the wait! Hee hee! So here we go – five things you’ve been anxiously wondering about: 1) My real name, first name that is, is Heidi. Between my first name and my last name, I have many nicknames. If you know a Heidi most likely you have called her or heard someone else call her Heidi Ho. Well, yeah, me too. I’ve known other Heidis who despise that nickname but not me. I’ve been called worse! So anyway, from that nickname and others I combined them to be HiHoRosie. You can call me Heidi, Heidi Ho, HiHo or Rosie (that’s another nickname too), just don’t call me “ Shirley .” 2) Once upon a time, a long time ago, my best friend and I went to the mall. Across the street from the mall is a beautiful park with a lovely fountain. You know what people do at fountai...

My husband stumbled upon a great recipe for “ bread ” awhile back by Russell James . I have to admit I was a little weirded out by the list of ingredients, including herbs de provence . Never used that one before! Anyway, feeling adventurous one day we mixed up a batch. I say we because the first time this was made I was getting frustrated with mixing and spreading and making it more difficult than it needed to be so hubby came to the rescue. The second time, I managed to make it all by myself and it was a smooth and painless process! The aroma filling the house was amazing. It was nice and comforting, especially during the dreary winter. When assembling our sandwiches, we spread cashew mayo (you’ll have to scroll down the page for the recipe or just see below) and topped it with fresh avocados, tomatoes, sweet onions, lettuce and cucumber. Hubby likes it to eat it open-faced with a little olive oil and red wine vinegar drizzled on top. That’s good too. No matter how you eat it or wh...

When speaking of traditional pizza, oh how I miss it from time to time but not the greasy/heavy feeling afterwards because let’s face it, I have no self-control when it comes to pizza. I can’t just eat one slice and call it good. We’ve had several raw versions of pizza at various restaurants ( Blossoming Lotus , Chaco Canyon and Dalene’s ) and they’ve all been different and all delicious. Going to a restaurant and treating yourself is always nice but not economical so it’s not something we do too often. That’s where knowing how to make it yourself comes in handy. If you google raw pizza crust you will find a plethora of recipes so I have yet to try most of them but started out with one that I thought was easiest and I had most of the ingredients on hand. I did tweak it based on what I had and personal tastes. For the fresh herbs I used dried and omitted rosemary since I didn’t have any; just increased the other herbs to make up for it. I also added a pinch or two of salt. I didn’t wa...

In case it's not obvious, I'm new to blog world so there will be things you'll notice from time to time (i.e. templates) that change or are a little funky and it's usually because I haven't learned any better or have no clue (and I write this as though more than 2 or 3 people read this blog - ha ha). For instance, dates. When I first started this blog I could've sworn there were dates displayed on each blog post. I then switched templates (a blogger-approved one) but none of the dates were there (I have since learned about this particular template that there are steps I'm to follow in order for the dates to display properly). I switched back to the original template, thinking that would correct things but no. Now no matter what template I use no dates appear. I've gone thru the settings and all seems to be okay but whatever. Maybe I'll restore the default settings and then customize again. I just need to set aside some time to figure this out so just...

My hubby calls it "fake-achinni" but it can also be called Zucchini Fettunine Alfredo - raw style! Of course, his label is more catchy and clever than mine. :-D I've been interested in trying this dish for some time now and finally got around to making it (guess I had to since we bought a bunch of zucchini). It's fairly simple and requires only a food processor and veggie peeler. The recipe for the alfredo sauce I used sounded pretty good so I followed the list of ingredients. As is, it was too oily (especially the taste) for us. I'm not sure that a 1/4 cup was needed or at least that much. I think next time, for us, I'd only put in a tablespoon of oil. When it comes to the kitchen I'm not real patient sometimes so I didn't soak the nuts first as required. I just threw the pine nuts in and manually chopped the macs pretty good, then threw them and everything else into the food processor. To offset the oil taste I tweaked it based on our own preference...