Some more juice recipes to inspire you and delight your senses. Do you have any favorite recipes you'd like to share?
Utopia Juice
1 canteloupe (get organic and it can be rind and all)
Mint (I juiced 20g and then added about 1/3 of that)
3 sticks of celery (smallish sticks)
Olfactory Delight Juice (makes one pint)
60g of alfalfa sprouts
60g of roquette/ arugula (It is arugula season right now and it is sooooo good! I would have added more but this was all I had).
20 strawberries (they were on the small side)
juice of 1 lime
1 cucumber
Blow your mind green juice (makes more than 1L)
3 handfuls bean sprouts
2 zucchinis
1/2 large red pepper (or 1 small)
knob of ginger
1 cucumber
3 pears
Yum yum yum!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Juicy Green Italian Soup
Today is Day 3 of my first ever juice fast. I am doing the fast through an online program offered by Natasha St. Michael on Raw Radiant Health. So far, so good! My sense of smell has improved enormously -- to the point where I can smell the traffic fumes on my morning ride to work. No wonder fasting causes people to radically change their lives!
Last night I made a super delicious green juice, poured it into a bowl, sprinkled a few spices on top, and ate it as a soup. Really delicious and filling! Above is the picture of ingredients before going through the juicer, below is the recipe. Enjoy!
Tguch Green Italian Soup
1/2 head of red lettuce (could increase this to 1 head)
5-6 stalks of basil
1/3 bunch of parsley
6 tomatoes
1/2 a large cucumber
1 red pepper
3 carrots
1/4 fennel (yum, juiced fennel is awesome!)
2 garlic cloves
cayenne pepper + paprika sprinkled on top
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Consciousness and the restaurant
Occasionally a vision jumps into my head of me sitting in a restaurant with friends or family and ordering a meal off a menu that someone else has purchased ingredients for, prepared, and served to me. This vision is accompanied with a warm feeling of comfort. A comfort that comes from being taken care of by someone else.
When we eat out, we trust that the restaurant is offering us food that will benefit our bodies. And in response to this trust, we turn off our brains. Eating out is enjoyable in part because we allow ourselves to turn our brains off and eat without consciousness -- consciousness of where the food came from, how it was prepared, what it's nutritional value is etc. In part, the comfort of eating out comes from the comfort of not having to think.
On a raw food diet (and sometimes on a vegan diet) eating out is no longer a comfortable experience. One, most menus do not offer more than one raw option. And two, eating together is a communal experience and I am always concerned that my eating companion will be uncomfortable with my side salad or plate of crudités in comparison to their appetizer, main dish and dessert. As a result, unless it is a raw or vegan restaurant, I no longer eat out with friends. So what else is there to do? you may ask. Good question! It has been fun finding other social activities to invite friends to that do not involve eating.
But unfortunately, I miss that comfort that comes from turning off my thoughts and just indulging. I am ashamed to admit that because one of the reasons I strive to live a vegan raw lifestyle is because I want to live consciously. But there is something relaxing about not being conscious... perhaps with time I will find that same sense of relaxation and comfort in this choice as well.
When we eat out, we trust that the restaurant is offering us food that will benefit our bodies. And in response to this trust, we turn off our brains. Eating out is enjoyable in part because we allow ourselves to turn our brains off and eat without consciousness -- consciousness of where the food came from, how it was prepared, what it's nutritional value is etc. In part, the comfort of eating out comes from the comfort of not having to think.
On a raw food diet (and sometimes on a vegan diet) eating out is no longer a comfortable experience. One, most menus do not offer more than one raw option. And two, eating together is a communal experience and I am always concerned that my eating companion will be uncomfortable with my side salad or plate of crudités in comparison to their appetizer, main dish and dessert. As a result, unless it is a raw or vegan restaurant, I no longer eat out with friends. So what else is there to do? you may ask. Good question! It has been fun finding other social activities to invite friends to that do not involve eating.
But unfortunately, I miss that comfort that comes from turning off my thoughts and just indulging. I am ashamed to admit that because one of the reasons I strive to live a vegan raw lifestyle is because I want to live consciously. But there is something relaxing about not being conscious... perhaps with time I will find that same sense of relaxation and comfort in this choice as well.
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