Organize Happy

Juice Fast day 2 & 3

Margaret — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:25:23 +0000

Day three: It is snowing. It has been snowing all day…. I made a big pot of fresh veggie miso soup. It was fantastic. Between my juicing I had my soup.

I have decided that for my true three day juice cleanse I will wait until I have three days off in a row and also wait until the weather is a bit warmer. All of my juice has been delicious. Pineapple, mango, kale, parsley, carrot….etc. I even put some garlic in my juices.

My daily morning juice will commence as usual and as for a juice cleanse: I highly recommend anyone, who is able, to dabble and experiment as I am doing!

Cheers:}

Juice Fast day 1

Margaret — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:23:13 +0000

Today was great.
We had our morning juice, mid morning kombucha, lunch juice, mid-aftermnoon juice and a dinner smoothie. Throughout the day I had plenty of water w/cayenne pepper & lemon juice. It is 6:30 right now. Around 6:00 I felt very hungry. Although I tried hard to read about why juice fasting is so good for us to inspire me- I broke it and had some of my delicious cabbage salad. So I did not do a complete liquid fast but I feel great.

I plan on following the same schedule tomorrow. Maybe Ill have a very light dinner like miso soup. I know that I would like to do a complete juice fast in the future and I’m very happy to be teetering with the idea. I do know one thing: I want to only put good whole foods into my body. Possibly a juice fast one day once a month or so? Im not sure what the exact timing will be but I can see how a cleanse can realign the body.

Juice Fast

Margaret — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:47:51 +0000

Tomorrow my husband and I are going to embark on a juice cleanse. I am going to try a three day cleanse. Kyle is opting for the one day cleanse. We went to whole foods and bought a plethora of veggies and fruit. I am so excited:}

I wrote down a three day itinerary of my juices and smoothies. I will track my progress and write down how I am feeling.

Thank you to my brother in law for inspiring this exciting time:}

In my drawers I stored kale, spinach, carrots and pears.

Step by step kombucha

Margaret — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:16:04 +0000

Jack Lalanne’s meal plan

Margaret — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:12:24 +0000

Homemade kombucha step by step

Margaret — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:04:21 +0000

I’m feeling more and more confident with my brewing techniques and I am loving my kombucha! here goes:}

The other night I brewed my tea for a new batch of kombucha. I use about 16 cups of water, let the water boli then add, 2 cups sugar {any nice sugar I find on sale} and 5 black organic tea bags {from whole foods}. Then I let the tea sit all night, covered, so it becomes room temp.

Next I prep my bottles. I set them all up on a nice towel to catch spillage.

Then I get my kombucha that is ready 2 be put in bottles. {My kombucha brews two weeks and maybe a few days}.

Take out SCOBY and place him in a clean glass bowl and stir your kombucha.

Cover scobs with enough kombucha so he looks comfortable:}

I like to stir kombucha one more time before I poor it out into the bottles. Yes FIZZ!!!!

Get out measuring tools {or wing it}.

I put in 1/4 cup of juice. Today I did blueberry and acai!!! YUMM

1/4 cup in each bottle

I use my bigger measuring cup to poor kombucha into bottles.

I rinse out my jar that is now empty and poor in the new tea that is room temp.

Take scoby from glass bowl and put him in his new batch of tea. Poor the kombucha that you used to cover him in the new batch right on top of scobs.

Get a new clean cloth {I use old tee-shirts} and cover your new batch.

I make sure I keep a little sign with the date of when I started new batch in front of my kombucha.

I leave my bottles out for a day or so and then put them in fridge:}

Have fun with your kombucha brewing! Also don’t ever touch scoby with metal -it somehow kills your scobs.

Cheers to a happy kombucha day!

Closet Organization

Margaret — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:13:11 +0000

I need organization in my life. I have peace when there is order. I also like things around me being bright and fun:} This goes for every part of my home including my closet. I was so tired of looking at my hangers that were a hodge-podge of colors and sizes.

I decided to go to the container store for some ideas. I found a big box of all pink and green hangers {there were other colors as well}. I switched the hangers and donated my old ones.

Now my closet feels more fun, bright and peaceful:} Thank you container store for actually having fun and bright colors!

Raw Cacao Buttons

Margaret — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:59:24 +0000

Killer at Large

Margaret — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:23:00 +0000

I watched this on netflix instant play…

I believe we need to make our own choices about food. I also believe that if you are unaware of your choices its hard to make the right ones. The way soda, sugar cereals and fast food are presented to the public, would make one assume that it was in fact food. The way “fake food” is presented to children is really a disservice to our human race. Commercials and advertisements want children, and everyone for that matter, to believe soda will make them happy and sugar packed, artificially colored cereal will give them great energy.

One step we can take is educating ourselves about food. We can watch documentaries like this and read about food. We can go to a farmers market and simply admire all of the beautiful produce. Then we can take our knowledge and feed ourselves as we see fit. I love having the freedom to choose what I eat and having the understanding of why I chose those foods.

Killer at Large

Sleep Soundly

Margaret — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:03:29 +0000

This is a sound machine. I never knew that I could sleep better with this machine. Now I can’t imagine how quiet it would be without it. The nice steamlined hummm is what makes it so comforting. This particular machine is borrowed but we are definitely going to invest in one for ourselves!