Smooth & Green

Soon I'll get back to posting on art and posting more infrequently ;) - but I'm on a roll this week and keeping on track with bringing in the year with healthy, drinkable meals. Went soooo chocolately yesterday, so calmed back down today with a smooth green one - here it is:

in my Vitamix....

1 grapefruit, peeled and chopped (seeds and pith too)
juice of 1 lime
1 avacado, peeled
1-2 stalks of celery, diced
1 big handful of romaine lettuce
1 cucumber, diced, skin on
1-2 T agave nectar
1 pinch Himalayan sea salt
1-2 cups spring water
1 cup ice

This would be a great tangly cold soup with 1 cup water and no ice. I wanted to drink mine, so I added more water. This was so easy to chug down - had to pour another and 'eat' it more slowly.

Happy Tuesday!

Chocolate Monday

Going on day 3 of my juice week... today was in the mood for chocolate, so here's my mix:

in a blender...

2-3 cups almond milk
1 heaping T raw powdered chocolate
1-2 T raw cacao nibs (feelin' REALLY chocolatey!)
1T tocotrienols
1T mesquite powder
2T coconut oil
2 T agave nectar
1-2 cups frozen cherries
pinch of Himalayan sea salt
1-2 T Vitamineral Green (optional)

I added the full 2T of Vit Green, but that's me. Hold off on it or add just 1T to balance out the sweet and it's so good!

Orange You Feelin' It?

New Year, fresh day - jump into it all like a kid - expectations of joy and lots of play. Snatch onto that thought if even for a moment. To celebrate the next day of my week of juicey eating, I went orangey! This recipe is inspired by visions of light and sunny new days and from what's in my kitchen...

1 apple, unpeeled and diced
3 oranges, peeled and diced
1 cucumber, unpeeled and diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 handful of spinach
1 inch knob of fresh ginger, peeled and shredded
2 T tahini
1-2 T Manuka honey
pinch of Celtic sea salt
extras..I added vit C
enough water to desired consistency

This could all be juiced, but I wanted all the pieces and parts so I threw it all into my blender (VitaMix) fruit first, then veggies bit by bit, then the rest.(Also, all ingredients in anything I list are always organic and raw whenever possible).

I love the fact that "juicing" doesn't have to mean thin liquid juice. It can mean a smoothie, fresh soup or foods broken down by juicing or blending small enough that your body doesn't have to work hard to assimilate it. Plus it's so easy and my meals are all done and in the fridge! I think tomorrow I'll make something chocolate.

Today's recipe is my big lunch with the leftovers for dinner. My husband mad a yummy fruit shake with all the super extras this morning, so that was my breakfast. Lots of water, some tea this afternoon and my Kombucha by the fire will be a perfect easy eating day. Happy day to you and whatever it brings go at it like a kid :)

Starting the New Year Green!

Going green is becoming more of common phrase nowadays and has come to mean anything to reduce, reuse, recycle and live more simply. Still a challenge, but not so overdone that you go to sleep when you hear it...

But not so commonly used is Going green... FOOD! That's how I'm starting my first week of then new year - blending up my greens and fruits to juice my way into a healthy start, give my digestion a rest and clear the 2009 fog away from my thoughts. I signed up for the Juice Club with Cafe Gratitude to give me that extra push.

Day one was tough - family party. I did eat fresh, salad, veggies and Kombucha

Day two has started great! With a green shake recipe inspired by One Lucky Duck, I filled my blender with:

1 grapefruit
juice from 1 lemon
juice from 1 lime
1 cucumber
about 1.5 teaspoon vanilla
handful of dinosaur kale
1 handful of spinach
1 teaspoon sole (spring water saturated with Himalayan sea salt)
and a big squirt of agave nectar.

Off to a good start - had a cactus wren fly inside for a look around!!! Finally led him to freedom. Feeling motivated and inspired. Weather is great and today we pack away the Christmas stuff.

However you choose to begin your new year, I hope it's filled with all good things.

I Found Art Project Launched!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family... even if you don't live in America or don't celebrate Thanksgiving, this holiday is unique in its focus on gratitude - something that helps us all. So, happy Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for YOU.


I Found Art...

So, I started a little project...( like i need another one!!) - but this one lets me give and create - two great things! Read my post on Wax Art here...

Check out the blog for the ifoundart project here...

Have Some FUN!! Fun Theory Score: 10

Fun Theory

Atlanta Airport Show - Exhibition Book

Just received my copy of the Atlanta Airport Show - Exhibition Book...




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