Juicing: Day 15

Today's juice:

1/4 bunch kale

3 carrots

1/2 cucumber

3 apples

Stu said his tasted like apples...mine did NOT. There was a bit too much kale in mine so I guess I didn't mix it properly after juicing. Urgh. BUT we drank our juice today and had a healthy brunch: omelettes.

I've been needing to eat more protein so I fried some ham and tomatoes next to my bell pepper/scrambled eggs & cheese concoction. So good. But that paired with the juice meant we were extremely full, so it looks like we're just eating two meals today.

I tried making kale/carrot "crackers" (even wrote down the recipe) but it looks too much like elephant poo. Seriously. So I'll try it but the smell made me slightly nauseated.

Tonight I'm making potato soup with my own recipe -- I love it because of the secret ingredient: chicken broth.

Here's the (loose) recipe:

6-8 potatoes (basically, 1 potato = 1 serving)

1 can chicken broth (I might half that)

1/3 c. half & half (might up it to 1/2 c.)

onion salt

pepper

(suggestions: rosemary, thyme, celery salt or garlic)

Peel/slice potatoes. Boil until soft. Drain some of the water and then mash the potatoes until you've got a soupy mashed potato mess. Put on low and add broth and half&half. Sprinkle with spices and let simmer for 1/2 hour, roughly.

cheese and/or bacon go on top (we don't have any bacon so I'm eating mine with cheese) after it is ready.

I might also make croutons:

3 slices bread

enough olive oil to dip each piece in

garlic, onion salt, & thyme

Cut bread into cubes and dip in olive oil before putting on cooking sheet. Bake at 350 until brown.

(These can be saved in the refrigerator for a week - They're great on salads too)

I took my first serious jog/walk today. I mapped it out and it is over a mile, very hilly, and I had to take a few minutes here and there to catch my breath. I did stretches beforehand (5 minutes) so I didn't curl up and die like I thought I might. :D I also drank two servings of water afterward.

And now, back to work - I've got dinner to cook and a few thousand works I want to write, plus some harp music to practice.