Salt & Humor

During my cleanse I am realizing some things that I will be changing.  While I can’t see myself completely giving up coffee, sugar and bread (gluten).  I will most certainly be reducing my intake of these food.  While I am giving it my best effort to stick to these dietary exclusions during my cleanse I realize just how darn hard that is.  I made veggie sushi one night and only afterwards did I think to check some labels! Wheat in the soy sauce and sugar in the Sriratcha!!

SERIOUSLY!

Some meals I think I pulled off pretty good.  I wasn’t too into taking photos because salads get a little boring after a while.  I made lentil, bean and sunflower sprouts.  They were great in salads and wraps. 

Salad with avocado, lentil sprouts and tahini dressing with

brown rice wrap of hummus, sweet potato and marinated tempeh

Each day I had 1-2 servings of green juice. Mine usually consisted of cucumber, celery, romaine, kale/collards or dandelion greens, green apple and ginger.

Also, daily exercise, about 8 hours of sleep, meditating, dry brushing and journaling have been daily tasks.  While this has been what I have been up to, I realized how little time left I have had to read, draw, paint, sew, talk on the phone, clean, play or BLOG.  I have been getting up at 5:30 to have ensure enough time to meditate, dry brush, make lunch and juice before work.  It has been quite the project and adventure.  I realized that it isn’t all that bad to get up at that time and if I can make it a habbit I want to start exercising at that time rather than after work.  The chances of getting it done after work are about 50/50.  This is a stretch but I would LOVE if I would make it happen.  So this is my goal.  I also realized that my heart just isn’t into blogging like it used to be.  I have so many other things that I need to be focussing on right now.  So as I am not sure what this might mean for Salt & Humor, I do think it is time for a BREAK.

I wanted to leave you with a happy accident recipe for a salad I made last night and the recommendation of Kris Carr’s book; Crazy Sexy Diet. I am really glad that I came upon this book.

WILD SALAD

sliced red cabbage

sliced fennel bulb

chopped celery

chopped green onion

very lightly steamed broccoli, chopped

sliced almonds

raisins

chopped cilantro

toasted sesame seeds

poppy seeds

Dressing: tahini, apple cider vinegar, salt, garlic, and stevia

As you know, when it comes to providing recipes I am a bit vague.  Those are the ingredients I used, as for the measurements, uh, I just go with it.  I can say this though, please try this salad! It was fabulous!!

XOXO

A little while ago I made crock cheese from The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook.

I highly recommend this recipe! I have brown rice miso, which I think might be a little strong.  At first I wasn’t so sure of the taste of the cheese, but 1-2 weeks later it got even better.  Some things we just have to be patient for.  I used it as a cheese spread and as a dip.

wheat wrap, crock cheese, steamed collard green, sweet potato, adzuki beans, avocado and grilled tempeh

Friends, please try this cheese.  It was stellar and made my wrap CRAY-ZAY good!

That’s a wrap!!

Just a quiet Monday. Some how the day managed to go from beginning to end in no time, starting with the 5 snooze sessions it took to get me out of bed!  It will be a quick post tonight.  I ate clean today and actually didn’t feel very hungry all day. I say, when the hunger is like that, you go with it.

Came home and did Jillian Michael’s- No More Trouble Zones. I have not wanted to go to the gym for a while now.  So, I am just going with that too. Have no worries though. Between yard work, Jillian and Jackie I have been getting my workouts in.

Tonight was one of those nights when you are not sure what to fix for dinner as far as the planning.  I kinda just started fixing one thing and then another. I managed to mix and match until I saw that I made plenty prepared for dinner and tomorrow’s lunch. Before you know it, I had a big plate.  My hunger finally kicked in.  I waited until dinner was done.  One of my bad habbits is to snacking before and while making dinner.  Bad news! Then I am to full for dinner. I have been working hard to knock that off.

Spinach and tomatoes with cooked frozen veggies on top with feta dressing,

quinoa polenta

carrot and sweet potato fries with mustard.

Dang, let me  say, I didn’t realize I was this hungry and it was soo good. Tonight I cooked the sweet potatoe fries a little bit longer and must say I prefer them with the burnt spots.  WOW!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Monday!

If someone told me that I would LOVE massaged kale salead I would not have beleived it! Really!? I have enjoyed kale for years. Mainly I would just add it to soups. Then I strated adding it to stir fry and smoothies. Well, tonight I tried it. I couldn’t resist this purple organic kale.

I can actually say this is one of my favorites! I massaged half a juiced lemon and some sea salt with the kale for a few minutes. Then I added a little scoop of tahini. Topped with avocado, browned up baked tofu, and sesame seeds. A few sliced of sweet potato went well too.
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That’s all for now, I have a lot on my mind tonight.