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>> Saturday, January 10, 2009

Happy New Year!

Early January 2009
After eating and drinking my way through the holidays, I am really feeling that its time to take control of my body and lifestyle and make a change. 2009 will be my year! I am DETERMINED to make a change.

So I pick up the book I had bought some months back and carve out time to actually read it end to end. Gosh, it sounds like it might be a lot of work! But I get it - in order to set myself up on a path to a successful, happy and healthy lifestyle, I will need to put some effort in. Its going to take steely determination...but I have that...right? If I keep talking it up, I'm sure I can convince myself that I can do this....

To ease my way in, I start making my own vegetable juice daily. Its been a while since I've been doing this as a daily ritual, but I get back into the swing of it. Then I try out a few soup recipes from the book. No butter, stock, salt or meat but the soups taste suprisingly good. After about a week, I feel ready to start. But wait, I forgot that I had some friends coming to visit... Opps, I can't start a diet while entertaining....




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Detox Supplies

Juice of the Day

Carrot, Apple & Ginger

You will need: 1 apple, 3-4 carrots, and a slice of ginger.

Juice the apple and carrots and ginger slice in the juicer. Serve immediately!

Delicious!

This is a juice that I use as a baseline for other juices. To add more "power" try adding the following ingredients:

- Stick of Celery
- Handful of Alfalfa sprouts
- Some kale, spinach, other leafy greens


Soup of the Day - the healthy way!

Butternut Squash & Orange Juice

Split a butternut squash down the middle, and scoop out the seeds and set aside. Wash & dry and place on a baking tray. Place a tablespoon of orange juice in the cavity. Cover with foil and bake in a 375 deg. oven for about 45 mins - 1 hr. Test the flesh with a fork - when its soft, its done! Meanwhile, while the squash is cooking, wash the seeds, removing fibers of flesh, and place on a baking tray to dry. Remove baked squash from the oven and allow to cool. Pour the OJ into a blender, and scoop out all of the flesh into the blender, discarding the skins. Puree the squash, and then pour into a saucepan. Add about 6 cups of distilled or spring water (do not use tap water, as it contains chlorine etc which defeats your healthy mission). Bring to the boil and its ready to eat!

When the seeds have dried, bake them in the oven for 30 mins until roasted. Sprinkle on top of the soup and serve.

Enjoy!

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