Two months since my last post! Sorry about that. It’s not that I haven’t been baking, working on sorting out my food allergies, etc. I just haven’t had the time or energy to write about it . . . Here’s a slideshow of some of my baking efforts. I will try to add a few posts to summarize the highlights.
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And a second slideshow of non-baking efforts:
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“Try for the next 24 [hours] to say yes to whatever lessons life is handing you.”
Today’s “Little Bird” message from the Brave Girls Club
Well, this morning (before even reading the BGC message) I finally said “YES” to the “Green Smoothie”.
I apologize for not posting in quite a while . . . some projects I’ve been putting off finally needed to be tackled, some health issues came up that I’m not yet ready to blog about, my few attempts at new GFDF recipes were frustrating failures that didn’t seem worth sharing . . . BUT, for the past week or so I’ve been “cleansing” on many levels and am starting to feel a bit better.
SO, this morning I decided . . . “time to try that Spring Green Smoothie you’ve been resisting”.
I used the Spring Green Smoothie recipe found here. (BTW, The Whole Life Nutrition® Kitchen site has LOTS of good info about cleansing and elimination diets . . . plus recipes!)
Also looked at this Parsley Juice introduction to “Hero Foods” after seeing Seamus Mullen on the Rachael Ray Show yesterday.
I don’t have a VitaMix, just a rather wimpy blender, so I halved the original Spring Green Smoothie recipe:
I peeled the fruit, then cored and diced it. I know the “smoothie gurus” would say to leave the peels on, but (1) the fruit I had wasn’t organic, so peeling makes me think I’m removing some of the pesticides, and (2) even the organic fruit is usually coated with “corn-based vegetable spray” (I have a corn allergy) . . . SO, I peel my fruit.
I peeled the ginger and cut it into four small pieces.
The fruit goes into the blender first . . . wasn’t sure this blender was going to handle it, but eventually it worked. Once the fruit was blended I added the greens and some water . . . and with a little patience and occasional mashing down . . . I ended up with this:
Had a small glass and was rather pleasantly surprised . . . The green slime didn’t feel as slimy as it looks . . . and though it tasted rather like grass clippings (no, I’ve never eaten grass clippings, but you know what I mean) . . . it was rather refreshing!
And I know, mine didn’t turn out the “Spring Green” color of the smoothie on the recipe page . . . probably because my Spring Mix contained some red/purple lettuce and I decided not to bother separating it out in order to use only “greens”.
Still not convinced it wouldn’t be easier to just eat a big bowl of salad . . . but can see how making a big pitcher of this stuff and then drinking it throughout the day will be cleansing.
My “Life Cleansing Inspirational Quotation” is:
In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired.
In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.
—Lao Tzu
