New Camera

Hooray, I got a new camera! My life is complete again! I got a new Sony Cyber- Shot and I am lovin' it! So I am still doing the nasty herbal tincture for my heavy metal detox, but I haven't been doing so hot on the no soda thing. I am not giving up though. I will kick this nasty habit. I LOVE my vita-mix it makes amazing "Green Monsters" aka green smoothies, and lots of other wonderful things like soups, ice cream, salsa, etc. But, I must admit I began a love affair with Jack Lalanne! I borrowed my mom's Power Pro Juicer and I made the most amazing juice this morning.

Here are the goods that went into this juice.

And here is the final product!

Let me tell you, it was to die for! I had to remind myself to slow down and enjoy it rather than suck it down.

Yesterday, was a good eating day also, my Farm Fresh Delivery bin came with all of my mostly local fruit and veggies! Here is the loot! I love my green bin, yo! Matt came home as I was snapping this pic, his words were, "Oh my goodness!" He doesn't get the excitement I experience from supporting our local farmers!

And my Mom made Matt and I a rhubard cobbler! It was amazing! My sis and I ate it with dairy free ice cream! Delish!

I am preparing myself for a juice detox, we'll see how it goes! I'll keep you posted!

Peace, love, and organic veggies!

~Adrianne

Detox Day 1

Today started my heavy metal detox! Funny thing, I was so excited to get started and then the reality today of no pop is KILLING me! I know how horrible it is for me, but man there is just nothing like a cold soda. Today I made the fam lunch (we are all home for summer break now) and poured myself a glass of water to just sip as I ate, so why did my husband pop open a soda, take a drink, and then proceed to say AAAAHHHH!!!! Are you kidding me? I wanted to do the same so bad, but didn't.

My camera is broke, hopefully I will get a new one soon so I can continue to post pictures. In the meantime here is my menu for the day so far.

On rising- 8oz of warm water with juice from half a lemon

Breakfast- A "Green Monster" which consisted of: 2C. spinach, 1Tbsp. chia seeds, half banana, 1C. coconut milk, 1 scoop of amazing grass

Lunch- Veggie sandwich with goat cheese (I know not vegan) veganaise, cucumbers, tomatoes, avacados, spinach, and basil on a whole wheat bun. I also had a few pita chips. (we took these to the race and they are AMAZING)

Snacks today- handful of raw almonds, Naked juice

Check in tomorrow for Detox Day 2! Did I mention these cleansing herbs are NOT tasty!

Retreat in the Country

On Monday I visited an amazing place called Retreat in the Country. This is a place to leave your hectic routine and learn about health and wellness. My mom, sister, and I went and had our blood looked at under a microscope by a nutritional microscopist. It was amazing! We learned so much! I highly recommend it! Looking at your live blood tells you so much about your health. So now I have to detox, she found that my blood was very high of heavy metals. It really freaked me out, but she said it was probably due to the fact that I was already starting the detox process by drinking my green drinks. I sure hope so! Now I am going to finish the detox so my body doesn't reabsorb the metals. I plan on going for a follow-up in 12 weeks to make sure the detox worked.

Recent Eats

My morning green smoothie. Made with 3 C. spinach, 1/2 banana, wheatgrass, 1C. almond milk, & 1 C. frozen strawberries Lunch was an avocado and Mary's crackers (I think I have an avocado addiction 4 real)Dinner at the track, not an ideal dinner, but better than track food!

My little Indy fan! Everyone was eyeing her pink headphones!

Sorry, I was too tired to figure out how to turn this. This was my morning green juice today before church.1 1/2 C. water, 1 lemon, and 1 granny smith apple all blended in the Vitamix! It was very sour! Next time, I will use a Fiji or Gala apple and strain out the pulp. I think I will try this one again later in the week.

This was my AMAZING lunch today! A Sunshine veggie burger loaded whopper style with veganaise instead of mayo, zucchini and onions with veggie Parmesan, & parsnip fries.These fries knocked my socks off! They were to die for, even Matt went to town on them. He kept saying so this is parsley? I had to keep reminding him PARSNIPS!This was dinner, it is from The Kind Diet book by Alicia Silverstone. It is cheesy guacamole bean dip. It was made with vegan cheese and sour cream of course. It was really good.

If anyone wants any of the recipes let me know and I'll send them to you!

Forks Over Knives - Movie Trailer

This is the documentary version of the book, The China Study. This book is what really woke me up to changing the way my family and I eat. Do you think you will go see it?

Dinner

My favorite treat. This was a few hours after lunch.


Dinner was out tonight. I had chips and salsa and a veggie taco salad! YUM!

My Lunch

Mary's crackers W/Guacamole & tomatoes

Veggie Sausage with Zuchinni and veggie parmasean

Sophia's lunch

I also had a big glass of water with a whole lemon blended in my vitamix!