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After much thought over the past few months, I’ve decided it’s best to move in the direction that I’ve been leaning towards in my life in general.  And that is towards minimalism.  I feel it’s inevitable that this food blog will mirror my own day to day eating habits.

I’ve been spending lots of time reading other blogs lately, and coming away feeling very inspired.  Two of them have little to do with food, although they do bring up food in light of minimalism:  Mnmlist.com (Leo Babauta) has two great articles, one on minimalist eating in general, and the other on veganism.   Far Beyond The Stars (Everett Bogue) also has an a good article featuring his seven rules for eating a “true food diet”.  TheStoneSoup.com is an excellent minimalist food blog, and I love her salads in particular, some of which are vegan.

Fortunately, with the exception of one, all my recipes have been fairly minimalist in nature.  I know not everyone has a juicer or a Vitamix blender, and probably not a spiral slicer either!  So in place of juicers, for example, I plan to mention how you can use a simple blender and cheesecloth or sprout bag for all your juicing.  This is good for people who travel and can’t take along both a blender *and* a juicer.

And after posting about the nut butter I labored over for well over thirty minutes as one part of the whole recipe, I thought…hmmm, this is just not an everyday type dish.  And it’s not something I do often anyway.  So, to stay true to myself, my habits, and my future (which will involve minimalist eating while traveling, at some point in time!), I will feature alternative ingredients that save time, as well as simpler methods of preparation.  I simply don’t have the time to make gourmet raw food three days a week, and I don’t eat more than 75% raw each day myself.  Most days, I eat fruit or juice and maybe a whole grain side dish for breakfast, a large salad for lunch, and steamed veggies and another whole grain for dinner.

My approach isn’t only to feature what I eat on a daily basis, and the recipes I post will be more involved usually than my typical simple fare.  But…I feel the need to simplify, and it’s best done now, rather than later.

In coming to this decision, I’ve been able to narrow my focus,  I’ve created a better tagline for my blog, and this will in turn allow my readers…you…to know what to expect in the future.  Vegan whole foods that are partially raw (aiming for at least 50% raw), prepared with minimalism in mind:  both, type and amount of ingredients, as well as the method of preparation.

So…

Here’s to simple, healthy, and most importantly…happy eating!