baking - Forum - The Frugivore Diet

Making A Pizza

2014-11-21T03:51:11.000Z

Hello people of the fruits

I was trying to make a pizza-esque potato based bake in the oven. Can you make suggestions for it to be more worthy of holding together like a pizza slice?

I grated 6 potatoes, 2 onions, 1/2 cup spelt flour, tablespoon of baking powder, a little nutritional yeast…a brief spray of coconut oil to the pan to stop sticking before smearing the whole thing into a nice deep dish looking pie. It was pretty good, I will add other vegetables next time but I'm wondering about a crust. 350 for 25 minutes.

Thanks in advance if you have advice to make it work better.

Testing the "No-poo" theory

2014-04-19T01:44:20.000Z

Hey guys!

Today is day 18 for me completely and 100% raw vegan! I've been known to be an extremist although I don't know if I would consider myself one. About two weeks ago I decided that since whatever goes on my skin is absorbed…I'm ditching everything chemical. Here's what I shunned:

Shampoo

Conditioner

Hair products

Hand creams (I use coconut oil)

Body lotion

Shower gel

Skin products/Facial products

Lip balm

Makeup

Toothpaste (I dry brush & floss)

Soap (For hands, dishes, etc EXCEPT when dealing with meat at work or canned food for my dog & cat)

So anyways, instead of using shampoo I head that you can use baking soda & water and instead of using conditioner you can use watered down apple cider vinegar for the first week. Then after that only once a week. After I month my hair is supposed to ease off the oil production and become soft and shiny. I have super long, damaged hair that has been dyed. I was wondering if anyone else has done this? My hair feels like it has a thick, heavy coating on it and I have white flecks all over like dandruff! :( Will this go away? I'm not tempted to use other products again, I just feel a little embarrassed when people notice.

Oily hair and baking soda instead of shampoo

2012-11-22T14:04:21.000Z

I have tried washing my hair with baking soda a few times now...its been a little over a week. The first time I was amazed, 3 days later I washed it again and it was kind of ok, but my hair didn't feel that great. Last night I washed it for a third time with baking soda (and ACV after, as I saw suggested) and it was just gross and oily after it dried. I can feel a thick residue on my hands when I touch it now.

Today is Thanksgiving...my mom will yell at me if I have oily hair today LOL. If this is a transition phase, I don't want to screw it up by using shampoo today, but I can't let my hair stay this disgusting. What should I do?

-Becky

Baking soda damages tooth enamel?

2012-08-09T19:20:20.000Z

http://www.examiner.com/article/alkaline-substances-may-damage-tooth-enamel

I use it everyday after every meal so this concerns me a bit. I swish it in my mouth and than spit it out + no rinsing after that.

Any thoughts??

how to go no poo ?

2012-06-29T10:23:51.000Z

Im doing my second attempt with going no poo. first time I tried it I simply rinsed my hair with water, and it was a disaster ! my hair got so greasy from it that I didn't feel like leaving my apartment. and it wasn't even dirty beforehand !

so now I wanted to try out the baking soda-approach, hoping for a more gradual transition. - I don't mind my hair being a little greasy during this phase, but I don't want people to think that Im insanitary either ;)

SO today was my first day. It has been 5days since my last hair wash, although normally Ill wait 7-8 days in between washing. I wanted to break the wash-cycle a little early so that the risk of my hair turning out like last time, would be smaller.

step1 - I mixed 3tbs of baking soda w 150ml of water.

step2 - after rinsing my hair in warm water for a couple of minutes, I put the mixture in my hair and massaged it in for another cpl of minutes, and then I rinsed it out completely.

step3 - panic ? I must say that my hair feels really thick and unmanageable ! It hasn't dried yet, so idk how it will turn out, but experience tells me that when it feels like this wet, it wont improve much in its dry state.

what do you say ? do you think that I need to just stick it out, and maybe wash it everyday for a while w the baking soda until my hair adjusts ? or should I try adding lemon to the mixture maybe ? Im open to any suggestions and/or stories of experience

thanks fruities !

Before Going Noo Poo

2012-03-18T12:09:27.000Z

Hello all,

My name is Maor and I would like to discuss the no-shampoo issue, which I have been reading about extensively lately. A short introduction: In my highschool years I suffered from exhaustion and used to skip showers every now and then, and I ultimately learned from experience that there was no harm in abstinence from body soap and stopped using it altogether. Naturally, I began to doubt the need for shampoo, but when my hair became greasy after a short no-shampoo period I gave up. I have come across information on the subject lately and would be glad if you can help me sort things out:

1. Some of the no-shampoo adherents wash their hair with baking soda and vinegar. In my eyes this is effectively substituting one unnatural substance with another one, and the option of water-rinsing only appeals to me more. Is it actually preferrable?

2. If I use water only, I understand that I would need to scrub the scalp from time to time. What is the frequency?

3. I have read about the transition period, when the scalp becomes extra greasy. Is there a way to relieve this condition?

Many thanks,

Maor.

Is Baking Soda Natural?

2010-09-26T03:34:15.000Z

I was trying to figure out if baking soda is actually raw and natural. I found this "Arm & Hammer are made with soda ash, water, and carbon dioxide"

Since soda ash can be created by processing different plants, even by processing simple table salt.

What is your take on this? Is baking soda something that can be considered natural and safe or has it gone through too much processing?

Thanks for any ideas.