Showing posts with label raw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label raw. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2014

Zucchini & Cucumber RAW Pasta Salad- Perfect for Vegetarian and Vegan!


For the past 6 months or more I have been turning my diet into more of a Gluten free one due to my stomach reacting to pretty much anything with flour in it. While I've never been a big pasta fan, the few times I would have it my stomach would really put up a fight. So while changing my diet over to more fresh veggies and fruits I started noticing pictures on Pinterest of people making Zucchini or Cucumber "pasta". While on the phone one day with my mom I mentioned it to her and she told me she had seen this cool little contraption called the "Vegetti". 


She ended up picking one up for me and since then I've been LOVING the combination of veggies that I come up with along with using different types of dressings or "sauce". In fact the Vegetti comes with a little booklet filled with various recipes and sauce recipes. I've recently seen the Vegetti at my local CVS and Walgreens but you can also get it on Amazon here 
And at Bed Bath and Beyond here .
I also came across a blog and YouTube channel called Fablunch. A girl by the name of Olga has amazing recipes that range from vegan, to vegetarian, gluten free etc. She has amazing recipes for dressing so make sure you check it out.  Now onto the recipe!

Ingredients used:



  • 1 Cucumber
  • 1 Zucchini
  • 1 Orange Bell Pepper
  • Handful of chopped Baby Bella Mushrooms
  • Handful of Cherry Tomatoes
  • 1 Avacado
  • Lemon to taste
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Rice Vinegar
  • Sea Salt
  • Pepper

Watch my Youtube video here to learn how I made it :)



Make sure you leave a comment here or on my Youtube video if you have tried this or if you have another great recipe! 

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Raw Food Diet- Wild Kitty Cat Food & What I feed my cat

I just posted a video on my second channel "Discovering Amy", that's all about what I feed my little guy Diesel. 


After researching what is the best diet for a cat, I came across feeding your cat raw food. By nature cats are carnivores and really don't have the ability to process glucose in their systems like we do. So therefore all of those cat foods out there on the shelves with rice and grains etc, are actually doing more harm than good. That's because they contain anywhere from 40%-60% carbs. It wouldn't surprise me if this is part of the reason why cats are more and more being diagnosed with diabetes and cancer.
There are several great videos on Youtube for recipes, but I also came across a company called Wild Kitty Cat Food. They make it super easy with their food kits. All you need to do is buy your meat of choice and add it to their mix. 


Here is what it looks like all mixed up with some ground turkey

Diesel loves this stuff. As you can see he's quite anxious to taste it


He gobbles it up like it's going out of style



Check out Wild Kitty's website here:

They offer a variety of different size mixes and they are very reasonably priced and the price includes the shipping & handling. When it comes to my pet I'm not going to feed him crap just to save some $$!! 
Another great perk is they offer a trial size for free to try out for only $1.99 shipping & handling. It's a great way to test out how your cat will react to raw food. Although I do recommend slowly adding small amounts to their regular dry food. If they are anything like my little guy, they will end up spitting out the dry food.