Not bad for juice pulp, eh?
I decided to make a super quick chickpea salad using the leftover juice pulp!
Leftover Juice Pulp Chickpea Salad
Chickpea salad Ingredients:
- 2 T EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
- 2 cups cooked chickpeas
- leftover juice pulp (I had 1 cup’s worth?)
- 1/2 clove minced garlic (optional)
- pinch sea salt
- bit of water as needed
Directions: Throw above ingredients into a food processor and process just for a few seconds until chopped. Stir well. Throw about 1 cup of chickpea mixture on a romaine and cherry tomato salad. Sprinkle with paprika and black pepper. Top with favourite dressing (mine was homemade balsamic vinaigrette).
Perfecto!
I love big salads.
My mother in law’s favourite joke when I make myself a salad is, ‘Are you going to eat all of that?!’ She’s super impressed by how many veggies I can pack down. ;) I eat ‘em like a champ.
The lemon in the pulp gave the salad a fresh ZING!
Dessert was a yet-to-be-named GLUTEN-FREE Glo Bar, which will be hitting Glo Bakery in upcoming weeks!!! Eric and I are obsessed with this bar. I am so proud of it and I know it will do you guys proud! After 6 trials, I almost gave up hope, but I am so glad I did the 7th trial for this bar. :)
It is DA BOMB, my friends.
How Would Illness Change Your Diet?
Remember when I told you that an immediate family member of ours was diagnosed with testicular cancer?
Well I have good news to report!!!!!!!!!
He had the surgery and the cancer was removed. The CT scan and blood work all came back normal, so he was given the thumbs up for being cancer free! :D He does not need chemo like we all feared.
We are so incredibly relieved, and obviously so is he. He realizes how lucky he is and is so happy to put this behind him.
However, I thought it was really interesting to note that his entire diet has changed since he received his diagnosis.
Before the diagnosis he was eating a meat-heavy diet, few vegetables, and he ate out for lunch every single day at work.
Since being diagnosed, he has done a complete 180 with respect to what he eats.
Here are some of the things he is now consuming:
- Fresh juice from a juicer
- Green Monsters
- Healthy packed lunch to work everyday now
- New veggies like kale and avocados
- Reduced meat consumption
It has totally impacted his life in a positive way! I am so proud of him for the changes he has made. :)
Do you think your diet would change if you were diagnosed with an illness? If so, what would you change?
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I’m off to clean up the kitchen after a long day on my feet. Totally zonked & hoping I can fall asleep earlier tonight! Sleep deprivation and baking all day do not mix. On a brighter note, I had a crazy good workout this morning. Love getting it done first thing. :) Oh, isn’t American Idol beginning tonight with Miss ELLEN!? Please say yes! LOVE HER.
PS- Blogging is SO much quicker now that my hyperlinks work! I may be able to squeeze out 2 posts a day on some days now. :) I didn’t realize how much it was slowing me down.
GF Glo Bar!!! You rock! Can’t wait!
So glad to hear about your family member! Whoo hoo!
And I don’t think I would change my diet- it’s already pretty darn good! Maybe juice a little bit! Not sure… I do know that I would start an intense yoga/meditation program, read, read, read and laugh! Laughter heals all! ;P
First for all they look delicious and I am SO excited that you are making them for those of us who can’t eat gluten. you’re going to be a VERY busy lady now :)
I am glad that the relative is happy
Now…would you change your diet…? You’re looking at a girl who has had to.
I was hospitlised in Dec 2008 and have TOTALLY changed my diet. No more artificial sweeteners, hardly any meat, no gluten or dairy.
Veggies, rice, beans and tea. The only ways that my life was going to change is by changing my diet.
It’s saved my life.
~M
Too funny! My dad says the same thing when I sit down to a huge salad at their house “You’re gonna eat ALL that?”….They never understand…
In response to your question, I absolutely think that illness would make me eat a healthier diet!! however, I eat mostly healthy foods now in hopes of preventing illness and preserving my health.
by the way, your new glo bar looks awesome!
You know, I think my diet would stay relatively the same. Maybe bump up the antioxidant-rich things. And more green tea! :)
hi Angela! I have been following your blog and you are most inspiring…I went raw 7 weeks ago in hopes to ease my Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) . I am starting to incorporate some cooked veggies now, and I will probably end up a high raw person. I love your vegan recipes and I am so excited about your gluten free glo bar! I am staying away from all allergens, like dairy and gluten to see if that will help my yukky RA.
Thanks for your blog…I love reading your posts and following your workouts. I guess I will have to start whittling my middle!
when i was diagnosed with something, i already ate a clean diet but honestly, getting sick had an opposite effect on me. for some reason i was like: if i take all this effort and time to take care of myself how am i getting sick? though i stick with eating healthy even with my sickness, it can be frustrating when healthy people do get sick. thats great that your fam member was the opposite in that he used his sickness to overcome his eating habits and get healthier. good story!
I eat very, very healthy as is, so I don’t think I would change much. But I have witnessed through other people how much impact changing one’s diet can have in terms of beating illnesses (even cancer). Pretty impressive!
There’s a really great book in the psychology field on this topic. It explains that SO MANY people faced with a situation in which they are told they need to make adjustments to lifestyle (eating, drinking, health, working out, etc) or they will die actually DON’T make a change. We like to think we would if faced with that decision, but so many don’t. There are certainly exceptions out there, of course. And then the other question this book raises is if we think we WOULD change our habits if faced with that decision, why aren’t we already changing them? It’s really interesting!
I’m so happy to hear that your friend’s cancer is gone AND that he has made such healthy lifestyle changes! What a wonderful outcome!
My mom had breast cancer and ever since, i’ve tried to take care of myself really well. I really feel like hers was more lifestyle related than it was genetic. I also believe diet plays a huge factor in whether or not we get certain illnesses but it’s never too late to start eating healthy, either!
xx
My diet actually has changed because of an illness.
With Crohn’s disease I am free of gluten, dairy, refined sugars and a few other foods.
I eat tons of veggies, minimal fruit (as there is too much sugar) and lean meats with healthy grains and fats!
Check out my blog :)
I like gigantic salads too! It’s interesting you bring up the topic of food and an illness. It’s not something I would have given much thought to until I met a fabulous blogger named Alicia (http://veganepicurean.blogspot.com/). You should read her story. I won’t go into all the details, but they now follow a vegan diet and it seems to be make a major difference for them. It certainly has made me think a lot more about what I eat.
I second this! The recipes Alicia makes up are amazing, inspired and very healthy!
I can’t wait for the GF Glo Bar!! It looks good! Can you give us a hint as to what’s inside???
That is scary to think about illness … but it is important to think about. The way I would eat if I was very ill, is how I should be eating now. I think I should keep that juicer.
Wow your salad looks delicious! This makes me want a HUGE salad for dinner!
mmmm I love huge salads so much I eat them out of a serving bowl! That’s such a relief about your family member!!!
p.s. I absolutely love your blog, your recipes (just ate a huge bowl of lentil soup for dinner yumyum), your attitude, your drive, etc etc you are such a role model for other young women :)
I would LOVE two posts a day from you!! I just love seeing what you eat too even things that are not recipes per se inspire me on things to put together for meals!
I doubt I would change much about my diet. Maybe try and buy more organic produce and eggs (don’t eat meat or dairy). But I would like to do that soon anyways, right now I just can’t afford it, although I do some, I eat such huge quantities of veggies my bill is too high already!
I’ve changed a LOT of my behaviors since my cervical cancer diagnosis. I eat much, much differently now, following the suggestions from my naturopathically-minded doctor; I’ve lowered my meat consumption, drink fresh juices, increased my consumption of green veggies, eat mostly raw, think about the order/mixture of my food types, etc etc etc.
I’ve also committed myself to daily exercise that is heavy on yoga. There’s a wealth of health psych research out there about the positive impact exercise, particularly yoga, can have on cancer prognosis. I also pay attention to the chemicals I’m putting on and in my body. I now only use cosmetics and hygiene products that are free from carcinogenic chemicals. It’s really amazing the absolutely terrible things we’re routinely sold under the pretense that they’re safe. There’s a reason breast cancer rates, for instance, have been soaring in our society.
While my diagnosis was and is scary, and I’d certainly take having a complete cervix any day, I am thankful for the changes I’ve been encouraged to make. I am very much in remission and feel healthier than I ever have in my life.
Wow, that salad looks delicious Angela!!! I just LOVE chickpeas. :)
I’m so happy to hear the good news about your family member!!! Cancer is one of the scariest diseases to have to fight, simply because we all feel so helpless. But it’s so true that lifestyle changes can make all the difference in healing.
xxoo
Heather
Very interesting thought about changing your diet after finding out you have an illness. Also, good luck falling asleep tonight!