Back to Juicing

We took a week off of juicing (mostly by accident - we forgot to take our juicer when we traveled over Thanksgiving, and then we had to wait and get my paycheck so we could buy apples), and I can tell - I have not been sleeping well (woke up several times last night) and I'm waaaaay more tired. I've been eating oatmeal for breakfast and smoothies for lunch the past two days so I'm not as bad off, but man...we need to get back to the juicing!

I found some smoothie recipes for the blender, which would a) get rid of the need to use pulp and b) pack in more fiber, so I might try that for myself for a while.

We still have kale, carrots, and part of a sweet potato, so all we really need is fruit. Stu has now found that soda is too syrupy to drink very often (???!?!?!) and has gone to drinking juice when he needs something sweet. Progress!

We also got a lot of venison from Stu's parents (I adore it) so we have been making venison spaghetti, venison steaks, etc. I eat a tiny bowl of it for dinner and am quite full. Although I just learned that you should not eat protein late at night as it will hinder sleep. Who knew. So I need to eat more protein at lunch - hence the yogurt in my smoothies.

I'm going to try beets this time around for juicing to really help with the detox. I'm also considering purchasing some organic greens with cilantro (or maybe just some cilantro). I just love that taste, and one of my friends did beets, greens (including cilantro) and...I forget what else. They sent me the recipe. But they blended it and really loved the taste, so...I'll try (most) anything once!

Next on the cook/bake list:

1. Orange-glazed shortbread cookies (my new obsession - I've made lemon glazed and lime glazed so now that we've got oranges I want to try that and see how it works)

2. Baked Kale chips - finally found a recipe that just requires kale, olive oil & salt.

3. Cauliflower crust pizza - who knew.

4. Roasted Cabbage with Lemon

5. Crackers (olive oil, flour, salt & water) & Hummus (easy recipe with canned garbanzo beans)

Hopefully between all of these I'll get back to a healthy energy/sleep level.

...Until Christmas rolls around. Maybe I'll remember to bring my juicer this time.