My new favorite thing: Breakfast smoothies.
The babe and I have been loving them - introducing all sorts of fun ingredients but sticking with that same basic recipe. We've added in frozen raspberries, ginger, spinach (you can't taste it!), unsweetened apple juice, blueberries, peaches. Yum yum yum.
Second favorite thing: Homemade granola. (Recipe at the bottom!)
The "detox" in general has been going well, though my mom laughed at me today when I told her what we've been eating - You're not really doing a cleanse, are you? Well, perhaps not in the traditional sense, but I'm not going to spend 7 days eating just cabbage soup. I'm still sticking to the goals I set for myself, and I think I'm doing a pretty good job of it, if I do say so myself.
I had a wicked caffeine/sugar withdrawal headache the first night and into the second day, but I just kept drinking more water, and eventually it went away - thank goodness because at one point I did think that my head was actually going to explode. Just goes to show how much my body's gotten used to the caffeine and sugar. While I can't see myself going cold turkey for any extended length of time, I hope this will help me change the balance a little - more water, less caffeine.
I've been loving all the time in the kitchen cooking up yummy healthy vegetarian meals, though I did buy some chicken today at the farmers market for when I'm back to eating meat. We had friends over last night, and I made some delicious whole wheat crust for our veggie pizzas. While the lack of cheese made it difficult for my veggies to hang on to the pizza, it was quite delicious.
Drinking more water has been shockingly challenging - I just forget! But I'm working on it. And I've got plenty of energy for cooking, playing the wii, doing yoga, and bathing the Jamster.
And now, for the homemade granola recipe!
Easy granola recipe
Adapted (ever so slightly) from our dear Vermont ladies' granola
7 cups rolled oats
1 cup each:
toasted unsweetened coconut (I toast it myself)
wheat germ
sliced almonds
pecans
sunflower seeds
pumpkin seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup oil (I use olive oil)
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Mix all of the ingredients in a pan (maybe two pans) and bake for 3-4 hours, stirring once every hour.
Your house will smell amazing.
2 comments:
I've never tried it, but I hear that kale works well in smoothies for a healthy punch of vitamins and minerals in the AM.
beth
Yeah, I've also heard that kale is good for that - somehow spinach seemed more understandable and less obtrusive to me. Kale's just so much thicker and, at least to me, has a stronger taste than spinach. But I'll have to try it.
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