In my post about Zak’s juice fast, a couple of you asked about some of his favorite juice recipes.  Let’s just say that there has been a lot of experimenting on his part lately.  He often makes what he calls “Kitchen Sink Juice”.  I’m sure this title needs no explanation (but here I go anyway.) …
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The Fountain of Juice

April 3rd, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (4 Comments)

Yesterday was my 34th birthday.  Thirty four.  What a perfectly ordinary age. Although I think I’m officially in my “mid-30′s” now.  How about “early in my mid-30′s”?  That’s a little easier to swallow. Getting older isn’t so bad, it’s the looking older part that doesn’t thrill me.  There are more gray hairs sprouting from the …
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Intro to Collard Greens

March 28th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (6 Comments)

These are collard greens. These collard greens have been in my refrigerator for more than a week. My hesitation stems from the fact that I tried collards at a picnic over the summer, and they were awful.  AWFUL! There are enough people in this world who enjoy collard greens that I figured it was not the collards …
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Taco Salad

March 21st, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (1 Comments)

I made beef chili this morning.  It smelled so good that I decided to throw together an impromptu taco salad for breakfast. Yes, taco salad for breakfast.  Stop looking at me like that.  You don’t have to eat this for breakfast if non-standard breakfast foods aren’t your thing.  We can still be friends. I made …
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Have you seen Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead?  It was released in 2011, but I just watched it over the weekend. Holy Mother of Green Goodness this was an inspiring film!  If you’ve never seen it or haven’t heard about it – Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead is about Joe Cross, an overweight Australian man with …
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If the month March is about eating leafy green vegetables every day, and we’re now more than half way through the month – I guess it’s about time I stretch my wings a bit and eat some greens besides the ones I always eat. Spinach, kale, lettuce. There are other leafy greens you know, lady. …
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Oh, Kale.

March 14th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (0 Comments)

Day 14 of The Greener March Challenge has been a particularly green day – mostly thanks to this almost-past-its-prime kale that I’m trying to work through before I have to surrender it to the compost bucket. NO, this glass is NOT my compost bucket, thankyouverymuch. (I think those tulips are going to take a trip …
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Gimme Green Juice

March 10th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (2 Comments)

We’re 10 days into The Greener March Challenge. ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?! Greens today came in the form of green juice that I made and drank 45 minutes before I left for a run. We’ve had the Breville Juice Fountain Plus for about three and a half years now. I still love this little …
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A Greener Birthday

March 8th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (10 Comments)

My biggest gal turned 9 years old today. NINE! I guess that means I must have been 16 when she was born because I can’t possibly be a day over 25 myself. (What?) Ava’s birthday breakfast request was bagels, and so bagels it was.  After Deep Nutrition, bagels became more of a treat around here – this …
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The Greener March Challenge, Day 4! Today’s green round up started with an avocado (and spinach) smoothie that was so awesome I was forced to share. I eventually had to get out a bib and strap him into his seat because this “sharing” of my smoothie was getting out hand. (We’re going to revisit this …
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