We went to the Mother Magazine Holistic Parenting Expo back in October, and DH went to a workshop about raw food which he loved.  He talked to me about trying to go more ‘raw’ on the way home in the car and I told him I didn’t feel ready yet - I enjoy my cooked meals too much!  Now I’m reading Primal Mothering in a Modern World by Hygeia Halfmoon, who is pretty dogmatic and self-righteous, but who is also a fruitarian.  It reminded me of DH’s thoughts about eating more raw food, and also about how much fruit and veg Flopsy and Mopsy choose to eat.  There must be a reason why, when allowed to choose what they eat, they favour raw fruit and veg (apart from frubes, which they are obsessed with!).  I’ve read in a few places how close to breastmilk in composition fruit is, and, when you think about it, it’s a much more natural thing for humans to consume, considering how we were living throughout most of our evolution, so it can’t be unhealthy for us.  However, I do love meat and cooked meals but I hate preparing our own evening meals (so much so that DH does most of them, but he’s also pretty fed up of it!).  The girls and I usually snack throughout the day rather than have a set breakfast and lunch-time and then we have an evening meal, so for the day time it would be much easier to grab fresh fruit all day long, with the odd handful of seeds/nuts.  So we think we’ve decided on a compromise: We don’t think we’ll ever be able to go 100% raw, and I’m sorry to say it does really annoy me when people on ‘extreme’ diets refuse to eat more mainstream food when they are guests, despite the fact I respect their reasons.  For these reasons we’re going to eat mostly raw when we’re at home, without being totally strict about it - in other words, just add more and more raw fruit and veg into our diets.  When we’re out with other people, we’ll eat whatever they’re eating (so long as we like it!), or when we’re guests in other people’s houses.  And, in line with our autonomous method of parenting, we’ll continue to let Flopsy and Mopsy self-regulate thier food intake, although as I’ve already said, they favour raw fruit and veg anyway!  Off to find some nice organic fruit this afternoon, and to dig out and work out how to use our blender!