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A smattering of thoughts......

It's been a while since I have posted, I was supposed to post menus right?  Well, I have most definitely been slacking in the meal making department at my house.  We have been eating a lot of salads and grilled chicken with some salmon thrown in here and there and honestly that's about it.  It's summer. It's grilling season and I'm lazy :)

We got a puppy, a cute, cuddly, energetic, jumping, biting puppy.  We love her and she is a lot of work! I will post a picture soon. We also just got a new computer (switched from a PC to a MAC) so I am in the midst of figuring all this tech-y stuff out!

I hope once fall rolls around I will have more time to post delicious mouthwatering menus!  Ha! I always think I will eventually have more time. Once my oldest is back in school I should have more time, right? I made this mistake last year thinking, "what will I do with all my 'free time'". Then I realize I have a three-year-old at home and there goes my time.

Speaking of fall, I am not ready. Not one bit.  My little girl will be in first grade, gulp!  It seems so grown up. She is already showing signs of maturity at her ripe old age of 6.  Sigh, I am relishing the last two weeks I have with her.

For the next two weeks I am juicing.  I'm feeling gross and in need of detox. Lighten the load a little internally and externally.  When I juice, I usually make a protein shake for breakfast, a light salad with lean protein for lunch and then juice for dinner.  I will post my dinner juicing menu here for you, officially kicking off my menu posts!  Each recipe makes approx. one 10 ounce glass unless otherwise noted.


Monday:
The Smooth and Green
1 Green Apple
1 Cucumber
5 Large Red Lettuce Leaves
1/2 Peeled Lemon
1/2" ginger (optional)

Tuesday:
Red Beet Cooler
1 small beet
4 carrots
2 oranges
8 mint leaves

Wednesday:
Mean Green Juicing Machine
6 Kale Leaves
1 Cucumber
4 Celery Stalks
2 Green Apples
1/2 Lemon
1 Piece of Ginger

Thursday:
The V-8
2 Carrots
2 Stalks of Celery
1 Cucumber
Parsley (to taste)
1 Red Pepper
Several Handfuls of Spinach
1 Red Tomato

Extras:
A great breakfast juice is grapefruit and oranges, you can also add a handful of strawberries or blueberries or even spinach.

Dessert:
In my opinion a day is not complete without dessert but dessert doesn't have to be counterproductive to all the healthy juicing! Try a smoothie for a healthy alternative! This week I am making these for dessert! YUM!

Tooty Fruity (serves 2)
1/2 Banana
1/4c. Strawberries
1/4c. Blueberries
1 Scoop Protein Powder
2 C. Almond Milk

Cinnabon Smoothie (serves 2)
2. Cups Almond Milk
1 Scoop Protein Powder
1/2 T. Flax Seed
1 t. Cinnamon
2 Ice Cubes

Almond Butter Smoothie (serves 2)
1/4c. Almond Butter
1 Frozen Banana
3 T. Cacao Powder
1 T. Maca Powder
2 C. Water or Coconut Water
1 Scoop Protein Powder
1/4 t. cinnamon

Hope you all have a great week and Happy Juicing!!

huevos

Short and sweet this morning....

Love your morning eggs?  I like to eat eggs a few times a week.  They always tide me over till lunch without that feeling of starvation that can occur if I have a low in protein breakfast.  Eggs have a great mix of protein and fat to fuel you up without weighing you down.  Here's a small breakdown of an egg.

                             Whole egg   White      Yolk
Energy calories         72            17            55
Protein grams            6.3           3.6           2.7
Carbohydrate grams  0.4           0.2           0.6
Total Fat grams         4.8           0              4.5

Lately, I scramble one whole egg and two whites, keeping it lean, in a small amount of coconut or olive oil. This gives me a total of 106 calories 13.5 grams of protein and only 4.8 grams of fat (does not include oil).  I also add some steamed spinach- an easy way to steam spinach is micro for 30 seconds or sautee in your pan before the eggs- and salsa to get my veggies in and keeping it green! How do you like your eggs?  How do you keep it lean and green? What's your favorite-tide you over till lunch-breakfast?