Juice Feasting Day 2 & 3

Day 3..... fifth juice of the day from rasa juicery

Yesterday was day 2 of my juice feast.  It was a good day.  I had to work in the morning and my job requires a lot of physical movement/energy, so I sipped on juices while working.  I did not have any cravings or detox symptoms.  My energy levels were stayed level and very good.

I attribute this to my high raw nutrient dense diet.  

Many people will have detox symptoms, such as headache, or fatigue, etc.

Today (day 3) has been good.   I stayed home and worked around my house.  I walked 3 miles with no problems...(I also walked 3 miles on day 1) with the exception of needing a bathroom, because of all the liquids I am consuming.

This cleanse has been so easy this time, that I thought I'd continue the juice feasting for an undetermined period of time....I will modify whenever I feel the need to begin eating again.

 I made some green juice for tomorrow.  

Kale/beet greens/parsley/celery/cucumber/zucchini/lemon/ginger.  

I also made some watermelon/mint juice.  

I froze most of the watermelon juice because I had so much!  

I only like to drink one watermelon juice per day, so freezing it will keep it good for a longer period of time.

My juices from rasa still taste as good today, as they did the day I picked them up.  

For convenience I will definitely purchase from rasa again.  They use high quality organic produce and they are cold pressed juices, which allows them to stay fresh for up to three days.

You can find rasa juices at Georgetown Market.

Juice for Health....

follow the links below and educate yourself about juicing

All about Juicing

Joe Cross's 3 Day Weekend Cleanse

Watch the Documentary Free on Hulu:

 Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

 Be Well~

Kathy

3 Day Juice Cleanse with rasa juices

Today I began a 3-day juice cleanse.

 I am doing this for several reasons......rejuvenation, reset, eliminate toxins, restore my adrenals after a very stressful period of time, I also have a rotator cuff injury that needs healing, so I really wanted to alkalize my body to relief some of the pain and discomfort and aid in healing.  As you can imagine, it is difficult to prepare veggies and then push them through the juicer if your rotator cuff is not cooperative...  :)

Thanks to Georgetown Market I did not have to make my own juice.

rasa  had my juices fresh pressed this morning and ready for pick up bright and early.

24 bottles bagged and ready to go, with instructions. Each bottle was numbered in the ordered to drink.

They also included instructions for those who are new to juicing.

I received 5 fresh pressed juices, a nut milk and 2 alkaline waters per day.

As you can see...this one was already gone..........

rasa juices and nut milks are absolutely fantastic!!  Delicious, Smooth and Juicy!  If you are out on the West Side and need a pick me up....try one of their juices!!

On my way to pick up my juices this morning I drank 1 bottle of my homemade mineral broth (pictured in the kombucha bottle) and a bottle of Fire Water (AVC, lemon juice, cayenne and water, pictured in the pitcher)

I also supplemented with an additional bottle of mineral broth in the afternoon.

I only had a few moments when I wanted to eat....so far not too bad...

Day One over and out!!!

Juicing and Carrot Cake, Banana Bread and Eggplant Bacon

My daughter and I are juicing again.  We like to cleanse periodically by juicing for a few days and then continue cleansing by drinking smoothies.  We usually do not set a time limit on our cleanse. We listen to our bodies and come off the cleanse when we need to.

Today I made a gallon of green juice and a gallon of carrot, apple, romaine ginger juice.

My Green Juice consisted of:

celery

baby swiss chard...our first taste of the CSA this year!

parsley

romaine

fennel

cucumber

ginger

lemon

liquid stevia to sweeten

This is what I store my juice in.

After juicing I thought I'd use some of the pulp to make a carrot cake for the hubs and if there is any left after our liquid fast we may get to partake.

This is one of the most delicious raw cake recipes I have ever made.  Compliments of RawDawg Rory.

You can watch his video of how to make it here.

Carrot Cake ~ Rawdawg Rory's recipe

This batch is for either 1 layer or a small cake! For an approx 2″ high by 8″ round cake, go ahead and repeat this recipe! 

1+1/2 cups of almonds 
1 cup of rough chopped carrot
1 cup of dates
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
pinch of sea salt



Place the almonds, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in your food processor and grind until you’ve turned them into “flour”. Remove to a bowl. Put your carrots into the processor and grind down finely. Now here’s a tweak option, you can use the carrots as is to make an extremely moist cake or you can place them in cheese cloth or a juice bag and wring them out a bit.. I left mine juicy.

Mix the carrots and flour together in a mixing bowl and divide in half . Place half the carrot/flour mix into the processor and grind with half of the dates, repeat with the leftover ingredients, this step may seem tedious, but it’s to make sure the dates are finley ground down and the finished cake well combined. Now gently press the mix into a greased 8″ spring form pan and allow to set in the fridge for 30 minutes while you make the frosting..

Orange Vanilla Creamy Frosting ~

1+ 1/2 cups of cashews, soaked for an hour to soften (you can sub macadamia nuts if you like
1/2 cup of dates, pitted
juice of 2 oranges
3/4 tsp of the fresh orange peel
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract (or a 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla bean seeds)
pinch of sea salt

Blend everything until smooth and creamy in your blender. If using a standard blender, you can soak the dates in the o.j. before blending to soften them up.

 

       What to do with Almond Pulp???

My family drinks almond milk every few days so we always have almond pulp leftover.  Most of the time I just place it in a glass jar, then stick it in the freezer~adding to it until it is filled.  When I have several jars, I thaw them out and place the pulp into the dehydrator and dry it, then blend it in my Vita-Mix and I have almond flour.  Sometimes I thaw the almond pulp and make almond cheese ....But Kristen's got a great recipe that I will be using , and playing with in the days to come.....
        Kristen's Raw~Cinnamon Banana Bread Squares
Kristen's recipe is sooo simple and these squares are so yummy!  Next time I will be making a couple of batches.  I added broken raw pecan pieces to mine before dehydrating. You can follow the link above for Kristen's recipe.  You could also layer 2-4 circles of this bread and make a cashew frosting  for each layer to have a nice layered cake!!!  I had my cashews ready to do this, and when I was pushing my plunger into the Vita-Mix I pushed too hard and shaved off the bottom of the plunger....therefore I had plastic shavings in my frosting....oh well...next time..

Thanks Kristen for the great recipe!!

 

FAKIN MAPLE BACON

2 eggplants sliced on mandolin

Blend the following ingreds in blender and pour over eggplant to marinate for an hour or two

3/4 c. extra virgin olive oil

1/4 c. apple cider vinegar

2 T. raw agave

2T. pure maple syrup (optional)

Black pepper to taste

spread  eggplant on teflex sheets dehydrate @ 105 degrees until crispy

 

I will not be eating of this yummy food during my liquid cleanse....but it will be waiting for me when we are finished.

Juicing Day and Carrot Cake~the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15

Today's fare~
Rawpuchinno
1 1/2 qts. Green Juice

Blended Salad~I made enough for lunch and supper
cherry and grape tomatoes/celery/cilantro/spinach/avocado/jalapeno
raw crackers and 1T. Macho Nacho Cheese...it is all gone :(

Peanut Butter Smoothie
Raw carrot cake cookie (recipe below)~I just ate this before dehydrating to make sure it tasted good. It has a light taste and not too sweet.

Cherry/Vanilla Smoothie
raw almond milk
banana
dark sweet cherries (frozen/organic)
vanilla
cinnamon
ice


I prepared 1 gallon of Really Really Green Juice today~
3 heads of celery
1 pound of spinach
handful of Swiss Chard
2 1/2 gala apples
ginger
lemon
water

I also juiced
5 pounds of carrots
1/2 head of celery
1/2 gala apple
ginger

Total juice for the next couple days: 1 gallon 1 1/2 quarts

I didn't want to see all that good pulp go to waste so I used the carrot pulp to make some kinda carrot cake/bread/cookie
they are in the dehydrator right now and I have some cashews soaking to make cashew cream cheese icing

Kathy's Carrot Cake/bread/cookie

Carrot pulp from juicing 5# of organic carrots
1 pineapple (I mashed up about half of it with my hands & the other half I blended in the Vita-mix)
1 c. raisins
3 c. of almond pulp from making almond milk
1 to 1 1/2 c. of soaked golden flax seeds
1 c. sunflower seeds
unsweetened organic dried coconut
allspice
cinnamon
Mixed it together and spread some on teflex sheets, some I made into cookie shapes and put a raw pecan on top.

I always use as much organic produce as possible. I do not always list when I am using organic. It gets a little redundant. I highly recommend that you use organic whenever possible. To help you determine the most important produce that you need to buy organic I have posted a list below with a link. Follow the link for more information.

These are the Dirty Dozen
Buy these organic
Peach
Apple
Bell Pepper
Celery
Nectarine
Strawberries
Cherries
Kale
Lettuce
Grapes (Imported)
Carrot
Pear

Here are the “Clean 15″ – the least amount of pesticides found, in descending order with the cleanest first:

- Onions (lowest pesticide load)

- Avocado

- Sweet corn (frozen)

- Pineapple

- Mango

- Asparagus

- Sweet peas (frozen)

- Kiwi

- Cabbage

- Eggplant

- Papaya

- Watermelon

- Broccoli

- Tomato

- Sweet potatoes

Source: Environmental Working Group; http://www.foodnews.org