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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Fresh juice!  It’s time to haul it all out of the fridge and run the numbers. Today I made green lemonade from: 1 bunch of dinosaur kale Beet greens from three beets 1/3 of a head of celery (3 – 4 stalks) 2 gala apples 2 lemons 1/2 seedless cucumber a hunk of ginger about …
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A Few Juicy Details

March 25th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Healthy Habits - (8 Comments)

I am definitely on a green juice kick right now.  Let’s chat a little bit about juicing today. We’ll start with a quick primer on the differences between fresh juice and smoothies because this is a question that many people have. Fresh Juice (This was Carrot Apple Ginger Juice - it’s one of my favorite non-green juice …
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First Day of Spring Greenery

March 20th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Breakfast - (2 Comments)

It doesn’t look like spring outside, but for now it can look like spring in my kitchen. My forsythia exclamation mark was dotted with today’s green juice breakfast. Good morning Greener March Challenge Day 20! Here in the northeast we’re all reeaaally ready for some greenery outside too. Today’s juice was so bright green it …
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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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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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The most exciting thing to report on around here would be the fact that I’ve been eating breakfast cookies all week. After Linda left a comment on an old post, I was reminded how much I use to love this odd yet fabulous oatmeal concoction. It’s been a long time! Good thinking, Linda. I went to my favorite …
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Last Minute Marathon Lessons

October 3rd, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (2 Comments)

So it’s the first week in October, and that means this is marathon week over here. I’ve had a couple of training trial and errors through the month of September, and there’s a couple things I’ve learned over these past 4 weeks.  This little ditty is for you long distance runners out there who might …
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