Aren’t cats tongues the craziest things?
PS- Eric has been really slacking in his photography lately and is the reason why we haven’t had our photography show down yet. Blame HIM! ;)
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I’m glad you enjoyed my ‘Vlogging’ (video blogging) last night.
I have been meaning to do more vlogs for a while now, so with your extra encouragement I just might try to make it a more regular feature again. Vlogging has its’ pros and cons. The main pro is that I don’t have to type out a post. Lately my back has been sore because I basically hunch myself over the keyboard when I am typing. With blogging 3x a day, responding to emails, and working on Glo Bakery stuff, I spend a lot of time at my desk. So vlogging gives me a nice break and allows me to move my mouth! Which I don’t do much working from home. Aside from talking to Sketchie of course. ;) The main con is that videos take a lot of editing at times and require a long time to upload. For example, last night’s video took about 1.5 hours to process. Waiting on a video to upload is not fun, especially when I have general ‘time lines’ that I like to have my posts up by.
But, it’s fun. And it allows you to see that I’m a real person behind these words! So I will keep doing it every now and then to mix it up.
I had a lovely green monster this morning. Even despite MORE thunderstorms!!
I used two new ingredients that I have never used in a GM before- GRAPES and Gena’s ‘banana softserve’!
Ingredients:
- 1/2-3/4 cup cup red organic grapes
- 1 cup PC low fat soy milk
- 1 scoop Ruth’s Hemp-Maca-E3Live powder (trying to use it up…blech!)
- 1 T chia seeds
- 3 cups lightly steamed spinach
- 1/4 cup banana soft serve (see below)
- 4 cubes ice
I totally forgot to blog about Gena’s banana softserve I made on the weekend!! It was nothing short of pure heavenly bliss. You seriously should try this if you haven’t already. All you do is freeze a banana or two (with skin removed! lol) and then pop the frozen bananas in a food processor for a couple minutes. The result is the most amazing creamy softserve you’ve probably ever tasted! AMAZING! I think I liked it better than any dairy or non dairy ice cream I have ever tried.
The banana softserve made the green monster REALLY creamy and cold. I loved it.
This green monster was good, but way too sweet! I think the grapes really put it over the top. Next time I would only use 1/4 cup probably.
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Last night I was going through some wedding gift cards that we still haven’t used (I know- we are SO bad for not using gift cards up quickly!) and I really want to buy a juicer. I have wanted to make funky green juices since I read Kris Carr’s Crazy Sexy Cancer.
I know nothing about good brands and haven’t done any research but I thought I would do an unofficial poll and ask you juicer-lovers if you recommend any brands! So let me know if you recommend any in particular- OR if you have a ‘dud’ that you want to warn me about. ;)
Speaking of DUDS…I am highly disappointed in my Kitchen Aid Blender! It has been used for barely 7 months and it is already leaking (among other problems!):
Gross me out.
I actually just read some reviews on Amazon and apparently I am not the only one who has had this problem! The lid also doesn’t stay on properly so I have to stand there and hold it on.
Hrmph! I am going to call their customer service to see if they can send me a new one. Worth a shot, right?
Yay!!! So glad you liked it!!!
That happened to my blender too! Not sure why.. we ended up just getting a new one!
Sketchie is just sooo adorable!!
And your GM looks delish!! I really need to jump on the wagon here!!
Will see if I can whip some up this WE!! Have a nice Day!
Nic(picpic) from Switzerland ;)
Hi Angela, your video was very nice and so useful!!!I too have read Kris Carr’s book last week…it was all new to me: green juice ( very good, something different from green monster), “the act cleanse life project” and…the rebounder!!I fall in love with it!!
Go Angela,our coach!!
M.Vittoria – from Italy
i have a jack la lanne power juicer and i love it~! it works really well and was pretty reasonably priced. i have blogged about it before in past posts. let me know if you have questions~
As far as juicers go, I’m a huge fan of mine – Breville Compact Juice Fountain. I actually just got it recently as a birthday present from my husband and wrote a post about it the other day! It’s pretty small (as far as juicers go) and it’s super easy to clean. I’m in love!!!
I, too, have the jack lalanne power juicer, and it seems to be a good juicer.
Honestly, I don’t use it that often — it’s costly to juice all the time, and I hate cleaning all the pulp and “leftover” out of the machine! Bleck!
I also vote for the Jack LaLane juicer. Gets the job done. And my mom used to work out with him on his 15 minuts TV show every morning…starting in 1963!
I have two green monster related comments/questions… do you think using the soft serve would make a difference over using a frozen banana? Also, I know you weren’t asking about blenders, but I would highly recommend a stick blender for the smoothies. So easy to clean!
I love that you 1) enjoy Kris Carr and b) want to get into juicing!! I have recently made the decision to start juicing and I have decided to go with a Breville compact after reading amazing reviews on them! They are apparently just as good as their bigger Breville brothers, but are smaller and at a great price point.
I am currently waiting for a store near me to call me when they’re back in stock! (I know I could purchase one online, but I would rather support a local store AND not have to pay shipping) I am really looking forward to making amazing juice at home on a regular basis soon.
Love the Sketchie pic!!
sorry to hear about your kitchen aid! I MUST try this banana soft serve! I have a banana in the freezer so I know what tonight’s snack will be :)
Hey, Ange! This is a REALLY dumb question, but what do you mean by lightly steamed spinach? I remember you saying we reap the nutritional benefits of spinach more when it is steamed/wilted, and I’ve been “steaming” the spinach in my microwave and didn’t know if this would suffice? :-)
First of all, that is a crazy awesome picture of Sketchie! Secondly, that’s a great idea to include banana soft serve in your Green Monster. I’ve jumped on the banana soft serve train, too :)
Hi Angela!
I just wanted to second katherine’s suggestion…the Breville compact juice fountain! I don’t have it (yet), but I’m planning on buying it soon. It has GREAT reviews at amazon.com.
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MDHH06/ref=s9_simz_gw_s15_p79_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=05JQSR267DVGCCCNQVHR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470939031&pf_rd_i=507846)
AND if you can get to Toronto, you can buy it for (somewhat) less money here: http://www.aroraelectric.ca/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=93_94_95&products_id=4062.
Hope that helps! Sorry for the messy links!
I need a new blender SO badly! Mine doesn’t even crush up ice :(
I think I sent you the link, but our Jack LaLanne’s Power Juicer Deluxe is AWESOME…I can’t wait until it’s orange-picking season again in AZ :-D
i love my juicer! i bought a cheaper one at wal-mart for $60 so it’s definitely not top of the line. it gets the job done but i do feel it could squeeze a little extra juice out of what’s left of the pulp.
the GM looks super yummy today!
Angela, I’ve just bought the Breville Juicer 800 and it’s amazing. It’s one of the higher end models (I totally saw it as an investment), but regardless, I think Breville does a juicer proud.
good luck on your search.
Hi Angela, I just post about some benefits of juicing today. And I’m in serach of a good juicer. I’ve done a little research on it and I’ve read good reviews about Breville juicers. If you have other recommendations, let me know. :)
1) I love my Breville juicer sooo much, but…
2) I do NOT love my Kitchenaid mixer either!!! We got ours as a wedding gift last October and already it has been leaking and yesterday it just STOPPED MIXING. AHHHH I will be calling customer service too, sadly…