Food Mood

Sooo....I'm on a food journey: to find food security, peak health: and the pressure's on because I will be giving Pono food soon- that won't be too challenging, I will stick with organic fruits and veggies for a little while, but my plan was/is to get good @ food prep, keeping in mind choices that I would make/be able to afford were I not in my parents' home. I am transitioning slowly from high raw, quick-eating vegan, (snacking okinawan sweet potatoes on the go, munching this and that veggie/grain all crazy) to setting a good example for Pono: having at least one beautifully presented, balanced meal a day, LOCAL, mostly raw, organic vegan. I know, a lot of words and may sound extreme to some people out there, but I don't find it extreme to feel I only have time and money/resources for pure NUTRIENTS, AND working on the meal time/scene/company nourishment dealyo...finding that culture...... Anyway, let's just say this girl misses her Hawaiian home, because after reading "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" and beginning to feel as passionate about eating mostly local organic as I do raw vegan (a) I always say I'd eat an animal if I knew and like who/how it was killed etc, just have no desire really to seek it, and haven't had a cow or a cow's friend offer me her milk any time of recent and b)I've never been 100% raw so I'm still experimenting and learning, I just know I feel heaped of energy and life when I eat mostly raw) BUT arriving in Michigan in March and reading that book.....put me in quite a pickle for that passion..... so the other day I thought I'd try my hand @ foraging and help my ma out @ the same time, removing her proclaimed enemy from the front lawn, dandelions, and gobble 'em up. My problem is trying to combine many new ideals @ once- I've been meaning to start drinking green smoothies for a while, and forage, and so I thought, why not throw my dandelion greens into my smoothie? (ps the Vitamix is the single piece of technology I think I'd like to take into the wilderness @ this point, assuming I had a small solar device to power it....) Well....even with a nasty cold that I thought had taken my tastebuds away, the fact inspiring me in the first place to recommit to eating for nutrients and energy on that faithful day, but this bitter jug touched my buds differently. I plugged my nose and swallowed the jar, but getting a little overjealous, I made about.....30 oz. of it....so, I escaped my responsibility for the blessed minerals and vitamins and kindly shared with my mother's beloved chicken pets, who kindly allow her their eggs to consume and sell.....and....they loved it ;) well- it's a start- I can make a pleasing lunch for a chicken, hopefully soon I can say the same for a child :)