Scrumptius Carrot Cake with Orange Frosting RAW

I got this recipe off of www.goneraw.com Submitted by earthintruder

Here's what I did different...

Cake: Instead of shredded carrot, juice carrot and use pulp and juice - makes for a more cakier cake

Grind Cinnamon sticks in a coffee mill so that there's little chunks of cinnamon

Topping: Shredded coconut on the icing. The decoration is carrot slivers and parsley!

Servings: 

 6-8

This cake was adored by everyone I shared it with at work. It is highly fiberous with just the right amount of sweetness.

Ingredients: 

2 cup shredded carrot
2 cup soaked seeds + handful walnuts
½ cup diced pineapple
½ cup raisens
¼ cup agave, honey, yacan syrup, add more or less to taste
1 sprinkle cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
1 sprinkle fresh ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract or scrapings of bean
1 pinch celtic sea salt
½ cup shredded coconut, optional

Preparation: 

Soak seeds 6-8 hours in purified water, or overnight.
Rinse and Drain. In a food processer, combine seeds and walnuts. Grind until smooth, but be careful not to make into “butter.” You may have to scrap the sides down more than a few times to get well blended. set aside.

Combine all other ingredients in large bowl. Taste as you go along. After mixing all the ‘sweets and spices’..add the seeds and form into a round circle. I then freeze this cake for about 2 hours, then frost it with the orange frosting I posted earlier. =) peace and love, enjoy!

The first time I created this cake, I put way too much cinnamon, and apparently Jonny ( my BF ) claims it tasted like ‘Big red’ the chewing gum.

Servings: 

 enough for one cake-or about 1 1/2 Cups frosting

this “frosting” is a perfect compliment to carrot cake. I absolutley love making carrot cake with pinnapple and raisens and topping it off with this decadent fluff. Make sure to adjust sweetner to your tasting as I don’t like that sweet of stuff. enjoy! peace and love

Ingredients: 

1 cup coconut butter
1 tablespoon orange zest
juice of an orange
1 teaspoon vanilla, or scrapings of bean
pinch cinnamon
pinch sea salt
extra water for consistancy
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed

Preparation: 

In a food processor, combine all ingredients except extra water. Add water slowly as needed to make that “fluffy” dollop frosting.

Elimination Communication

Basically, it's being in tune with baby's nonverbal cues of when they are going potty and putting them over a potty instead of in the diaper.

I've been doing EC with Zoamore since she was 6 weeks old, about 2 weeks now. We go through the whole night dry as I can tell when she needs to go better when I'm sleeping! When she needs to poop she'll kick and sometimes make a funny squeak. She's often content sitting on the potty and sometimes after she's done her business she passes out! As you can tell from this picture.

She often cries when she's wet herself in a diaper until I change it so I think she likes using potty too. Plus I rarely have to change a poopy diaper now, yay :)

This is a great website about EC... http://www.tribalbaby.org/ECindex.html

6 Week Checkup

Zoamore and I went to our 6 week check up two weeks ago. She weighed a healthy 10lb 13 oz! Wow is she getting big. At least I think so, people keep saying how tiny she is but she's growing too fast for me.

My midwife also checks her heartbeat and listens to her breathing. I got a physical exam and everything is well with both of us.  :D

Ten Days After Zoamore's Birth

Belly is almost back to normal and have been back to prepregnany weight since the day after the birth. I definitely ate a lot during the pregnancy but for the most part ate really healthy, mostly raw fruits and veggies. I'm still craving oranges and pears, which I've been munching down on since the first trimester. I eat about 3-5 oranges a day now! yumm

Breastfeeding Difficulties

I count my blessing that I have not gotten thrush - Which I'm told feels like shards of glass when the milk lets down. Ouch... As wonderful and pain free as the labor was, breastfeeding started with difficulty and pain.

Poor latch - Baby girl did not like opening up wide, leads to sore nipples, which lead to blisters, which leads to scabs, which leads to cracked nipples (didn't get cracking, as they healed). But with blisters it leaves the breasts susceptible to mastitis. Which I did get. I had the chills and sweats one night and 101.7 degree temperature and one of my breasts was painful near the armpit, where the lymphnodes are. I didn't want to call the doctor, knowing that an MD would just prescribe me antibiotics... which can lead to developing yeast and then thrush... as I mentioned before... ouch!

So this is what I did and it cleared up within 48 hours...

• Lots of prayer!
• Husband gave awesome neck rub to help with tension I was carrying in neck and shoulders
• Kept a good diet of fresh fruit, veggies and Glenn juiced for me yumm
  
• Lymphonest added to my water (this helps to strengthen the immune system and clear lymphs)
• Echinacea (the one I took has shitake mushrooms added, it's called Lysine and it tastes awful)
• Cabbage or a slice of potato placed over the painful area (this draws out toxins)
• Before feeding on the effected breast I would place a warm pack on area (this helps with the flow)
• Stayed in the bedroom and got lots of rest
• Super hydrated, I upped the pH on my alkalizing machine too as bacteria (which is what mastitis is- a bacteria infection) cannot thrive in a high pH environment
• As I read on several other sites, Nurse, Nurse, Nurse
• While nursing, massage effected area to help unblock any blockages
• Keep areolas clean
• Don't wear a tight bra, better to go bra-less during this time

My temperature dropped really low, from 101.7 down to 96.6. This is the body's way of fighting off infections, best not to mess with it as it knows what it's doing :D

Within 48 hours my temperature was back to normal, with no pain in effected breast and no need for antibiotics.

If you are having high temperatures, it is recommended that you seek professional care. Mastitis left alone, untreated, without healing, can lead to the breast needing to be drained surgically.

Daddy Loves His Baby Girl

First Cloth Diaper

The first two days I decided to use Earth's Best disposables, so that the meconium wouldn't stain the cloth diapers. Today Zoa is 3 days old! Since she's already passed all the meconium, she's now wearing her organic cotton prefolds with either a sugar pears wool cover or wool pants. Here she is in her prefold with a snappi (the yellow thing-has claws that grip the cloth instead of using pins)