Day 6 of my Husbands High Raw Cleanse

Today when my husband and I were talking, he told me after he left yesterday he was so happy! I quote, "I was singing and I didn't even know it, I was singing to the dog! I can't believe how good I feel!"
This is Great! He is finding out how what we eat affects hormones which in turn affect our moods and just about everything else.
Most of the time we do not even realize how bad we feel or what kind of attitude we have. We may be exibiting a negative, unhappy character that could be influced for good by making some positive changes in our lifestyle. I encourage you to examine yourself today and see what you can change today to effect a postive change in your character.
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While making almond milk yesterday I had a wonderful thought about using my almond pulp. Normally I will make Valya's Spicy almond cheese or some almond cookies. Today my thoughts went to Pesto!
Here is my recipe~

Almond pulp Pesto!(this is very light and fluffy) and Stuffed Portabellas

almond pulp
lemon juice
dried basil (you can use fresh)
olive oil
sea salt

mix and enjoy!! I tried it on some raw crackers and it was delicious..
I also used the four Large Portabella mushrooms I had in the fridge and stuffed them. First I washed, de-stemmed and removed the gills and then filled them with stuffing. Ours have been in the dehydrator since last night and we will enjoy them for lunch today.

I try not to let anything go to waste. Food cost can be expensive so be creative. If you don't have time to use the pulp from making nut milks, dry it out in the dehydrator or pack in glass jars in the freezer for later use. We drink a lot of almond milk around here with my family of five so that makes a lot of pulp. If time allows I will be grinding up the dried pulp and making almond flour to sell at our local CSA this season. This way I can bless my friends and my husband by being a good stewart of his hard work. Who knows I may even offer almond cheese/pesto for sell once a month....mmmmmm.....get those creative juices flowing....


my hubby's eats~

32 oz green lemonade

Large salad~
red leaf lettuce, red onions, cukes, alfalfa sprouts, pumpkin seeds, roma tomato, dressing*

*Dressing~avocado, tomato, sweet red pepper, lime juice, cayenne pepper

Stuffed Portabella~half of one

Raw Crackers~pulp from juices I made last night~celery, spinach, lemon, ginger, tomato...I added... soaked golden flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, onion, cumin, gourmet italian herbs, oregano, nutritional yeast, mexican seasoning (from frontier)
these came out very light and crunchy

lunch box menu~

1 cantaloupe
2 pears
celery, carrots
black bean soup
green smoothies 1 1/2 quarts


My eats~

Smoothie~almond milk, banana, maca, lacuma, mesquite, cacao
I usually add chia seeds to all of my morning smoothies but I have neglected to post this

16 oz green lemonade
16 oz virgin mary

Blended salad~red leaf, alfalfa sprouts, celery, carrots, cuke, tahini, braggs and topped with diced red onion, a few shredded carrots, hemp seeds

raw crackers

1/2 Pesto stuffed portabella (it was a little dry so I drizzed a small amount of cold pressed olive oil on it) (recipe on yesterdays post)


Shopping for my Mother of the Bride dress~I packed
28 oz. Amazing Green Grass Chocolate Smoothie

16oz Virgin Mary

Time for a movie with the kids, so I'm taking
16oz of freshly made Grapefruit juice with a dash of stevia

My husband called tonight and we are going to endeavor to do a 3 day JuiceFeast this weekend!!!

An evening in the kitchen~preparing for at least a few days

Have you ever looked up on your cabinets, ceiling and the side of your fridge after a time of juicing, making smoothies and blended soups. Yikes!!! What did I see....green chunky stuff hanging and splashed upon the surfaces. Funny!!
Anyway, for some strange reason I decided to just have a time of prep...a lot of prep for the week.
I started with 1 gallon ofGreen Juice then 1 gallon of Carrot Juice blend, followed by 9 pints of smoothie...then I said, "Why stop now??? I finished off with a gallon of Blended salad and some raw cracker/bread.
Here are my recipes today~

Green Juice
6 bunches of organic celery
5 organic granny smith apples-large
2 thumbs of organic ginger

Carrot Juice blend
5# of organic carrots
3 bunches of organic celery
5 organic granny smith apples-large
2 thumbs of organic ginger

Smoothies
water
8 bananas
2 huge handful of organic swiss chard
1 pint of blackberries
3 c. strawberries
2 c. blueberries
2 organic gala apples

Blended Salad
water
1 bunches of organic celery
8 organic roma tomatoes
2 big handfuls of spinach from my CSA
small handful or organic romaine
handful of cilantro
1 mango
2 limes
4 tangerines juiced

After I made the blended salad I spotted that I still have some baby cukes~so when I eat my blended salad I'm gonna dice some of them and put on my salad

Raw Crackers
Juice from carrots and celery
flax seeds ground & soaked
almond pulp
sunflower seeds
sesame seeds
dried onion flakes
oregano
basil
Mrs. Dash~chipotle spice

spread on dehydrator sheets and dry until crisp...I think these might be more like a bread...we'll see

Busy Day on the Homefront~

Busy day here. Trying to catch up on things and preparing for an adventure. Therefore, everyone is in action. My little one is down with a sore throat, headache and runny nose. Not sure what is going on here. She has been eating loads of watermelon, so she may be in a detox mode. She has a slight fever right now, but that is okay. It means her body is just doing it's job.

Her diet has improved quite a bit over the last few weeks. She is eating less and eating higher nutrient dense foods!! Yippee!

God made our bodies to know what to do, how it repair itself and how to cleanse. Think about it...our skins heals when it's cut our liver gets rid of poisons and our eliminatory organs eliminate them...lol...down the drain they go. We just need to give it the fuel it needs so that it can run efficiently. The better fuel, the better results we get.

May we consider the fuel we are giving our bodies today...how about it...is it fuel that imparts life or death....??? Our cells need water, minerals, oxygen and activity. Are you clogging them up or releasing them to do their job?

52 oz of green lemonade

strawberries, blueberries, banana & walnuts


late afternoon~

bed of mixed greens
1/4 c. beet salad
1 garlic clove
1 tomato
1/4 red bell pepper
nutritional yeast
lemon juice

snack
NUTTY BANANA

1 frozen banana sliced
carob powder
raw blue agave
vanilla
1 t. water

mix & eat

snack~
almond cheese & whole wheat wafers

herbal tea


I made some juices today

carrot/beet/cucumber


Green Lemonade

4 bunches of celery
5 lemons
3 beets
3 c. kale
ginger
stevia

I also made some RAW CRACKERS

RAW CRACKERS

pulp from carrot/cucumber/beet/celery/kale/very little lemon pulp
soaked golden flax seeds
soaked sesame seeds
chopped sunflower seeds
oregano/basil
dried onions
nutritional yeast

mix together and spread on teflex sheets, score and dehydrate @ 108 degrees until dry and crispy
sorry I don't measure...be creative!



30 mins on the rebounder and some upper body with weights