Creamy Spinach Soup, the inaugural concoction of a Raw Food Duchess, commenced with a grand shopping adventure! The experience rated as insurmountably delightful!
Carrying raw groceries, oh-so-swiftly to the check-out station, we were quite impressed by the conveyor belt which created gorgeous, clean stage for this photograph! We love Whole Foods!
Fancy recipe book! Vibrantly coloured raw ingredients!
Creamy Spinach Soup: (4) Cups of spinach, (1) Avocado, Several pieces of celery, (1) Small onion, (1) Red Pepper, (1) Jalapeño pepper for warmth, and (3) Cups H20.
LOVING THE VITAMIX!
Toss ingredients into Vitamix!
Toss a few chopped peppers into Gwendolyn’s monkey mouth!
Blend!
The motor’s sound, quiet and lovely, was like a symphony to Gwendolyn’s ears. Notice how they are flying backward. :)
Will it taste deliciously?
“Is this how the famous chefs do it?” wonders Gwendolyn and boyfriend.
No, this is how the Raw Food Duchess does it!!! ;)
And voilà!
A fabulous concoction.
Two bowls were devoured! One bowl saved for a friend! No joke. It’s in the refrigerator.
Recipe adapted from We Like It Raw.
I have found my diet.
The Raw Food Diet.
What is your experience with raw foodism?
© Nicole Marie Story Enterprises, LLC and nicoleandgwendolyn.com, 2011 – 2013.
maybe you should say raw food lifestyle, since you have said multiple times you are not on a diet. you talk in circles constantly and it get’s a little aggravating!
Actually, it seems as though you might flaunt a limited vocab.
Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group.
Wikipedia. Thanks;)
Main articles: Dieting and Diet food
A particular diet may be chosen to seek weight loss or weight gain. Changing a subject’s dietary intake, or “going on a diet”, can change the energy balance and increase or decrease the amount of fat stored by the body. Some foods are specifically recommended, or even altered, for conformity to the requirements of a particular diet. These diets are often recommended in conjunction with exercise. Specific weight loss programs can be harmful to health, while others may be beneficial (and can thus be coined as healthy diets). The terms “healthy diet” and “diet for weight management” are often related, as the two promote healthy weight management. Having a healthy diet is a way to prevent health problems, and will provide your body with the right balance of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.[3]
Wikipedia. Thanks ;)
Copy and paste the entire entry in the future.
Why would I paste data that does not substantiate my claim?
You just admitted you lie to yourself.
How can one lie to one’s self? How is that rational?
People do irrational things all day every day!
Actually, I do not ever act irrationally… “My principles are to embrace productive achievement, to think rationally, and to dress fashionably” (Nicole Marie Story Autobiography). By thinking rationally, I act rationally. Regardless if my decision is the best, it’s something that’s been carefully thought through.
* And I know that you were sticking up for me, MG! I just had to add in my little two cents. Thank you for your kindness toward me. It is much appreciated. xo
Yes, I wasn’t speaking to you per se, just people in general.
:D
I want you to publish something here about fashion and EDs!!!
Eating in a high fashion world.
N&G drinking game…
- 1 shot everytime you see the word “gorgeous”
- 2 shots everytime one of Nicole’s mindless groupies kisses her ass
- Chug your drink everytime Nicole starts a new diet
Show of hands please…. does this blog make anyone else want to stick a fork in their eye?
Ew! Chug? College kid. Clearly;)
just quoting your own words, deary
whoops, that was meant for my first comment :)
Why the anger about my interpretation of my words?
not angry, just wish you were accountable for your own voice! i’d be much more inclined to take you seriously! it’s crazy looking back at entries from even a year ago, when i actually really respected you a lot more, and to see how many positive and happy followers you had. what the heck happened?
What did wishing ever do for anyone? ;)
awww seeee? you just talk yourself in circles! you can’t have an intellectual discussion AT ALL from what i’ve noticed, and it was silly for me to even comment! pouring gasoline on a fireball of batshit crazy, i am!
You’re wasting my time. Get back to your homework.
and kat… me me me!
If you don’t already understand this, I can’t help you. My point is about Sonja.
So email Sonja?
Because I know of her from your panel. Again, the responsibility lies with you, not me. I’ve said all I’ve had to say. It is up to you be more responsible with your counsel.
Definition of RESPONSIBILITY
1
: the quality or state of being responsible: as
a : moral, legal, or mental accountability
b : reliability, trustworthiness
2
: something for which one is responsible : burden
Ah ha!
I am responsible for the failures and successes of others!
Comrade!
When you give counsel, yes, that is correct. You become responsible. These are basic definitions, I’m glad you are beginning to learn that words and actions have meanings.
For example, if you yell for a man to jump off a bridge, you are legally and morally bound to take responsibility in his actions. These are basic societal rules upheld by man.
Your personal beliefs do not have any influence on the reality of law or commonly held moral obligations. Your beliefs are yours alone. They have no place outside of your head, when your beliefs collide with reality, your belief become inconsequential.
You should have simply said “I’m here if you need me” to Sonja. Please refrain from counseling any other women in hospital, whom you have not met, from leaving. Sonja expressed desire for help, you told her to walk away. That is irresponsible.
Haha. End of discussion, Fiona.
I thought “Joe” was Fiona?
No wait, it was someone else.
You are paranoid.
Amused is more like it ;)
Patsy, ???. if it’s about what I think it is: I had already made my mind up.
Replace ‘Patsy’ with ‘Fiona’ then realise that you’re wasting your time defending your decision. LOL. Did you ever think that you’d need to defend your decision to listen to a friend’s words about leaving a loony bin? A bin that exists for people who can’t control their consumption? Pretty fucking stupid! But at least we’re being forced to more sternly realise what happens in conventional treatment theories through your experience. And if you ever want to go back, get your ass back there! Uh oh. Now I’m contradicting myself. ;) Each person is responsible to do what THEY want so long as it’s moral and legal. (And as our society becomes more and more socialist, that legal thing is pretty annoying). Too bad I’m not drinking because I could have a hell of a fun time with this discussion. xoxoxo I love you! Glad that you’re free from the bin!
Everyone can’t be Fiona.
Sad that you have ditched a chance to work on your ED, Sonja. EVERYONE gets cold feet in hospital. It’s part and parcel of it. I’m sorry that you were only led further astray by your so called ‘friend’ here.
One person can’t comment using several names?
Well I”m certainly not Patsy, nor have I ever been Joe!
What happened to your ability to tell exactly who and where people were commenting from? Biggest joke in the blog world #fail.
Agree with Patsy on everything she’s said re Sonja and your encouragment. People in psychiatric hospitals are there because they do NOT have the capacity to rationally make this sort of decision. I hope you don’t end up with a friend’s death on your hands and your conscience.
I am so intrigued by the raw diet. Just as I started my vegan lifestyle almost a year ago, I want to attempt one month of complete rawness. I can see myself falling in L.O.V.E! I love the Vitamixx eeekk!! Delicious looking soup. Did the Vita baby do work and HEAT this for you!? Such an amazing machine.
I am Fiona? I thought I was comrade.
Brittany, I have never felt freaking better, from a nutritional perspective in all of my damn life!!! Sure, it’s only day five, but I am flying sky high! It’s funny, but my body (mind included) feels very chemically balanced. SO! The Vitamix did create warmth in the soup, and the jalapeños were the gorgeous kicker. I have a new recipe coming out for my WIAW! Come back for more! Mwah!
Congratulations on the grocery run! I know that keeping food around has been stressful for you in the past, and it’s really cool to see your relationship with food developing.
I wish you the best with your new system.
I love your comment!!!!!!!!! Thank you:)
Nicole, The soup looks luscious!
Just wanted to say that I read your blog every day and love your writing. You’re a very captivating writer with such a strong voice. Keep doing what you do.
Isn’t crazy how there are so many people out who insist on telling what you can and cannot say on your own blog?
That’s precisely of why I dismiss it. ;)
I adore your comment, and please tell me if you concoct this raw food design! It was simply scrumptious!!! :D Thank you for reading and for commenting. :)
No, it will not “taste deliciously.” I doubt it tasted delicious either, but that’s a matter of opinion.
Courtesy of grammarbook.com:
“A special -ly rule applies when four of the senses – taste, smell, look, feel – are the verbs. Do not ask if these senses answer the question how to determine if -ly should be attached. Instead, ask if the sense verb is being used actively. If so, use the -ly.
Examples:
Roses smell sweet/sweetly.
Do the roses actively smell with noses? No, so no -ly.
The woman looked angry/angrily.
Did the woman actively look with eyes or are we describing her appearance? We are only describing appearance, so no -ly.
The woman looked angry/angrily at the paint splotches.
Here the woman did actively look with eyes, so the -ly is added.
She feels bad/badly about the news.
She is not feeling with fingers, so no -ly.”
Oh yes, I insist! It tasted DELICIOUSLY. ;)
….. she said dumbly!
She says whatever she pleases. Or did you miss the memorandum? ;)
Ma petite Nicolette,
I am not usually a fan of raw foods but even ‘I’ would eat that soup of yours! I bet that kept you full for a long time, too. I would be curious to try some raw foods, maybe in the summer when I am not so attached to eating something that warms my entire body. I’m sort of fascinated with dehydrators, too ah ah. :)
I have been concocting mixed greens every morning before my oat bran breakfast and blending them in my tiny-sized blender, and I love the way that tastes! I cannot wait to see more soups and other raw experiments from you!
Love you (as you know!!!)
Francoise
Oh my goodness, yes! I ate that around 10/11pm on Monday night; and I had a green smoothie (very low cal) on Tuesday at 8am. Then nothing until around 3pm. And that was very small, as was dinner. I feel so calm with this diet. I love it!!!!!!!!!
PS: I know that your restriction radar is interpreting yesterday’s consumption as lower than necessary for my output, but remember that I am losing weight; but even more so, I just wasn’t craving lots of FOOD which is a huge milestone for even a former bulimic. xoxoxo
It looks tasty! I’ll have that spare bowl if I may, please!!!
It’s still sitting in the fridge! Almost 24 hours later! My housemate claims that he likes it, but I don’t believe him!!! ;)
You’ve inspired me to try some form of this sort of raw soup. Next grocery trip I’ll get some ingredients. I only have a Ninja but it’ll do I think. Have you run across the 70 some year old raw food lady yet? (Mimi Kirk) I just learned about her today. (although some of the videos do look like she had some “work” done (which is OK for her). She’s still going strong!
You just will NOT get in that box and let people nail it down for you will ya???
xoxo
WOW. Made my freaking day to know that I’ve inspired your diet!!!!!!!!! I’ve had the Ninja, twice. And I’ve returned it to the store, twice. It works very nicely. Not as good as the Vitamix, but it shall work nicely. I’ve only returned it because I hate clutter (as you know), and I just wasn’t using it / decided not to blend things. The Vitamix is also a self dish washer. I love it so much. My friend Cindy Engler‘s in her early 60s; and she’s been a yoga girl / raw dabblist for the last 30 years, and she looks just like Ms. Kirk! I am so excited to read more about this woman, and I thank you for introducing me!!! I hope she has a website with recipes!!! :D
What gives you the authority to give such wreckless advice? If something grievous were to happen, will you be willing to take responsibility? You are advising a patient to check out of hospital. What authority do you hold to give such counsel? This is actionable and morally bankrupt. answer the questions, insults will not be acceptable answers.
NicoleAndGwendolyn Omg! Sounds like the juvenile version of the sappy ED blogs written by women in their 30s and 40s! Get the hell out, and hop on the raw train again. I feel and look AMAZING after only 4 days. Want me to check you out?
9 hours ago
Sonja Deschrijver yes please!
9 hours ago · 1
NicoleAndGwendolyn In proper NicoleAndGwendolyn fashion, I shall counsel, “Check the f*ck out!”
9 hours ago · 1
Sonja Deschrijver did it
8 hours ago
NicoleAndGwendolyn THAT IS MY GIRLFRIEND!!! Hahahaha! Yeah!!! People are staring bc I am laughing so hard that you’ve had enough and that you can now live cleanly and freely and prettily! On your own terms. So happy for you, Ms. Raw:) xo Raw Food Duchess:)
8 hours ago
Please be advised, eating disorders have the greatest mortality rate of all the mental illnesses.
Mental illness is a myth.
See my autobiography for more details on that.
See my article on the DSM for further data.
Am mobile so cannot link to them presently.
I don’t care what you think. I don’t care about your philosophy. Those are YOU problems. My question is, are you going to take responsibility for encouraging an Internet friend to check out of the hospital? Your philosophy is not of interest or consequence to this question.
Responsibility for what? For her self control or lack of control of her actions?
The question is very, very clear.
For encouraging her to check out of hospital? Are you you willing to take responsibility for advising a woman you have never met to check out of hospital? She states that she needed to go but the food was bad and the girls are young, yet despite those meaningless details you encouraged a woman to leave help she said she needed. She followed your advice.
Do you see the danger in what you have done?
She followed my advice? Or she made a decision for herself?
Do you fail to see that what works for you may not work for anyone else? Your philosophy is meaningless to anyone but you. Don’t push it on others.
1 hour after you advised her, she did it.
Your philosophy is yours alone. Please don’t force your ignorance on others who do infact need and want help.
Answering questions with a question is generally seen as an admission if ignorance.
Ah! So if she had waited two hours, then she would have been responsible for her own decision? Well, fuck! Shame on me!
The time frame cannot be argued with no matter how much you dodge and protest.
Medical monger. ;)
Reading that an hour after your counsel, she left the hospital makes me a medical monger? That is called being able to read time stamps.
Your vocabulary must be quite limited.
You are talented.
NicoleAndGwendolyn In proper NicoleAndGwendolyn fashion, I shall counsel, “Check the f*ck out!”
9 hours ago · 1
Do not counsel if you cannot take responsibility.
My attorney counsels me. Does that mean I’m required to listen?
That all depends on if you can be financially and morally liable. If yes, then continue to encourage people you never met to leave a hospital against medical advice.
I wonder if Ayn Rand would be disgusted by you inability to be responsible for your actions. I suspect she would find you to be an emotional looter.
Good luck. I hope Sonja will be alright.
See: Thomas Szasz.
Good night!
For fuck sake, I made the decision myself. obviously. I actually already talked it over with my partner and had already contacted my ambulant therapist before I had that little conversation with Nicole, so really I had made the decision already. ME!!! And I did not do it on a whim. I am able to think, Patsy, although you seem to think I am mentally ill and therefore cannot take decisions on my own, I am actually quite sane. I gave it a fair go and found that all the reasons why I am against hospitalization for myself, are still very present. Not that it is any of your business, but while being there, I learned about a weekly one-day program that specializes in BED, which would make more sense for me. Good day.
Good day, indeed.
Welcome back, Sonja.
I have missed you!!!
I’m glad you are well. I hope you take yourself more seriously than Nicole does. After reading the “panel” articles, I am alarmed that Nicole is counseling her “friends” that their problems can be cured with a raw foods diet and alcohol. The amount of denial and lack of mature problem solving is troubling to an outside view. Those articles read like a “cry for help” but nobody wants to help for fear of one-upping Nicole.
Example: ignoring Sarahs alcoholism.
What “qualifies” you to deem Sarah as an “alcoholic,” Fiona?
What “qualifies” you to deem Sarah as an “alcoholic,” Fiona?
I am replying here as the reply button to your comment is missing. Sarah has shakes (Delirium tremens) and consumes a large amount of alcohol daily. She expressed self-concerns about her alcohol consumption. These statements as well as her physical symptoms point to alcoholism. However dealing with her concerns would force you to deal with your own alcoholism, in this case you laugh off her concerns.
We love happy hour! ;)
I think Ayn Rand would fucking hate you and your incredible wannabe-ness. (I, of course, made that word up, in case you want to try to “counsel” me on my vocabulary.)
I want to be like Ayn Rand?
Or I rather love that we boast similar philosophies?
Jesus you are such a prat.
You may not want to BE LIKE Ayn Rand, but you would love it if Ayn Rand liked YOU. Or admired you.
http://nicoleandgwendolyn.com/new-year
“Happy Birthday to the woman who breathed life into mine.
To my mentor.
To someone who would have been my friend, if we had met.
I am Ayn Rand’s true intellectual heir.”
She would have been your friend, of you had met? BULLSHIT. She would have flicked you off of her sleeve like the “intellectual heir” (snort!!) clinger you are.
Oh. Thank you for clarifying what Ayn Rand would think of me!
PS You do not have similar philosophies. Yours is TAKEN from her. Nothing of your own is original, but cobbled together from the philosophies of others. (See: Rand. See: Szasz. See: Anyone but you yourself.)
;) xoxo Raw Food Duchess
Aaaand as usual you have nothing constructive to say. Why don’t you insult me for good measure?
Let’s not make war. Let’s make love! ;)
Christ on a crucifix Patsy. Sonja knows very well what Nicole’s opinions are on this subject.
Nothing she says is ‘making” Sonja do anything.
While I disagree with Nicole that all mental illness is bullshit, I will say with vehemence that when it comes to the INDUSTRY that preys upon people with disordered thinking is worse than bullshit. It’s near criminal and a hypocritical, disgusting way of “caring” for people who need and want help.
These college ignorated , puffed up shit heads are doing what they do for the fucking money. They bought in to the system of being “smarter” and “more highly educated” than everybody else and thus “worth more”. When it became economically more viable to kick them all to the curb years ago that is exactly what happened!
The new shit is coming out very soon ( DSM-5 and ICD 10 ). Insurance companies can now better stick in the straw and suck out the money from a new vein. Nursing “rehabilitation” centers are admitting hoards of junkies/alcoholics and giving them PT/OT/ST for as long as the law allows so they can skim medicare/medicaid as much and as long as possible. (After the corporately controlled facility spends them down if they had anything to begin with.)The elderly are being sidelined until they’re sick and tired enough for hospice to off them from the planet with morphine and ativan while the continuous care staff does crossword puzzles and can’t even help people rest.
You and the gomiers who spill out over here and the trolls who wander by for the lulz are deliberately hateful and spazzing all over yourselves in frustration because you just want to to watch Nicole bleed to death before your eyes and the little bitch just will NOT do it.
Everybody loves to hate on Nicole for her philosophy of self . How are you so fucking pure and true and right? Who dies because of the way you get YOUR money ?
If all of a sudden everyone was on their own to survive I’d rather have one Nicole around than 50 of you zombie treats holding meetings and singing kumbaya. She would be an asset just by being while your ilk would be busy deciding who was worthy enough to be in your little group.
Fuck you.
I want to hug you for this comment!
To avoid being mushy, I shall just say one thing… thank you for calling me a ‘little’ bitch instead of a ‘big fat’ one. :D xoxoxo
I’m applauding!!!!!! Can you hear me? :)
Well said.
I can hear you!!!, and you sound like a pretty cheerleader. Gwen Stefani style:)
Why are you so angry? I simply questioned Nicoles counsel and her qualifications to do so. I don’t want to see anyone bleed or any of the other dramatic theatrics you described. Perhaps you are an actress. I have no opinion on therapy or hospice, I do have the opinion that a dog walker should not be advising people she has never met to leave the hospital.
Ah. So owning a very successful dog walking business mandates that such owner not express their opinion to friends? Bahahahaha.
Not to leave a hospital. No you are not qualified.
Wtf? Qualified for what?!
You are not qualified to give advice – to leave a hospital – where a woman you have never met – checked herself into for help. You are not qualified to make direct advice as you did. You have never met this person and hold no authority to make “counsel”.
I hope that statement was clear enough for you to understand. I fail to see how you cannot understand those words.
Ah, so it’s against the law to voice my opinion! I see! Comrade! :D
PS: what has hospitalization and crying boo fucking hoo done for you, besides allowing you to continue as an unproductive member of society? (Unless this is ‘Sarah’ the nasty from NY who reportedly maintains a marvelous career).
I love the picture of Gwendolyn and her boyfriend.
She enjoys their interracial relationship. ;) xo
Well you know how I feel about black girls.
:D
I have no experience with a raw food diet, but Poseidon and I are talking about doing a raw detox diet for a few weeks. I’ve been researching a bit online, but if anyone has any experience with a good short term raw food body cleanse/detox diet, I would love recommendations.
Sonja emailed me with a ton of “Raw for Dummies” type of material. I shall spirit them off to you now! xo
You and Sonja are awesome. Much, much appreciated dear sister : )