I have been an accidental vegetarian now for two weeks. After the surgery I was on a liquid diet that may or may not have included a very bad decision of a chocolate shake and I say very bad decision because all that dairy was the worst idea ever and it turned my stomach upside down. I definitely don’t recommend a giant chocolate shake immediately post-surgery, FYI. Unless you keep it small, maybe, which I didn’t.
The liquid diet lasted about a week, which included a lot of soup. Among my favorite was leek soup, strained. I did some broth and some smoothies and then I was allowed to move on to “soft” things like bread, mashed potatoes, etc, all because when your innards are shocked, it takes a while for them to be able to digest anything, let alone do anything else. *cough cough*. So you want to make it as easy for your innards as possible whilst they wake up from the trauma of surgery.
I am able to do a little more solids now but I am still not up to doing meat, in fact, the very thought of digesting meat right now scares my innards to death, it’s not even my decision, I feel like my insides quiver at the very thought of meat.
And so I’ve stuck to soft foods and lots of veggies, including the comfort and great delight that I’ve found in avocados, which are both. They are, in my opinion, the perfect soft food.
Come to find out, it is actually one of the best foods for a person with cancer because it is a wonderfood. A person fighting the Cansuh wants to have a wonderful, non-acidic ph level in their body to fight & beat cancer, and if avocado were a superhero it would be one of The Avengers. It is considered an “alkaline food,” one in which reduces the your body’s acidity. There is a big long list of foods that do this. You see, cancer cells thrive in an acidic environment, and things like processed foods and preservatives and sugars increase your body’s acidity. This is all very fascinating and I have more to come on this.
But it’s crazy to me also that I was craving and obsessed with avocados before I actually found this out. Yet another reason that I truly believe your body craves what it needs.
Over the past couple weeks, I have had avocado on toast and made avocado spreads and I just can’t get enough of it. So I give you one of my favorite recipes of the moment:
Ingredients: Directions: There are two ways to enjoy this. First, you can blend. Spread on toast or crackers, and enjoy. OR, instead of blending, mash it all up really good with fork. I like doing the latter one because I really love CHUNKS of avocado as opposed to blended avocado but I really do enjoy it both ways. In this photo, it is blended. My kids love this not only on toast, but also on these awesome Wasa crackers that I was introduced to by a nutritionist and triathlon junkie at our last tri meeting.
Ps. If this sounds good to you, feel free to pin it! xo
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I’m am definitely going to try this recipe as a dip for other veggies. I’ve been reading Wheat Belly by Dr. William Davis. He delves into the science behind what wheat and other high glycemic foods do to the body. Wheat is also an acidic food. I wonder how the spread would taste on rice cakes?
I bet that would be DEELISH!
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I may also try this with artichoke hearts
Yummy. You are a genius dear lady.
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If you reduce the chobani, and add cumin, tomato and cilantro, you’ve just made amazing guacamole.
OOOOH yes!! And I LOVE me some guacamolemolemolemole!
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I pinned!
Hope you get feeling better & better soon! Love this recipe! I like the guac recipe too! 
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