Very cherry!

Again, on the weekend, I was gifted a bag of cherries from our girl's lovely old Italian neighbour.  Instead of just eating them, I decided to process them but I can't say anymore on that just now...

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Secret Santa stuff, you know!

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It took forever to pip them!

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Yummy, yummy!

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My good old, go to juice recipe - apple, orange, carrot, celery and beetroot...

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My banana smoothie which I have at about 8.30am with 1 tspn honey, 2 medjool dates, cacao and maca powder with almond coconut milk - it was delicious but contains too much sweetness to be good for me. I revised it today and its much better.

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Thick and filling...
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A meal in a glass!

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I thought it was time I got organised with my sister presents and I found this fabric which will help me finish the gifts...

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I'd better get going with them!

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I put more carrot in this morning's juice and yes, I know there should be greens in there but I'm not a big fan of the taste.  I willstart experimenting with my bullet soon.

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Now, my smoothie makeover - I had a bit of left over fruit salad (melon, pineapple, watermelon) so that went in, a big banana, cacao and maca powder and 1 medjool date.  I have decided almond milk is not for me - its expensive and I could care less about the flavour so I just used my regular no fat milk which has .25gms total fat per 250ml serve or .10gms per 100mls. We've been using this for years.

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I also left out the honey as the date makes it quite sweet enough...

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A delicious glass of goodies to keep me going until midday...

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I have also cut my coffee and tea consumption right down.  Maybe one coffee during the day and a cup of tea before bed.

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What's on the agenda for you today? I'm off to work as usual after doing a few jobs here first...

Cheers - Joolz xx

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

Back into it!

When we got home from Adelaide yesterday, I thought a curry might hit the spot.  I love that they can just bubble away...

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Julie Goodwin's Homemade Takeaway cook book has lots of curries so I chose the Massaman Curry...

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It delivered!

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Back into the healthy stuff this morning after the weekend, although we didn't do too badly with what we ate.  Juice first - apple, orange, celery, carrot and kiwi fruit with super greens powder...

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Later, a frozen smoothie or frappe - banana, pineapple, mango, strawberries with almond coconut milk and LSA...

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Yummy!  It took a while to get through it as its so cold, maybe I'll leave the frozendrinks for later in summer.  I'm taking the remainder of this to work with me...

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Not sure what's for lunch!

Cheers - Joolz xx

 
 
 
 
 
 

Joolz juices...

So after a few weekends of this beautiful food (dinner with Kirb at Andre's Cucina) I decided I need to clean up my act...

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No more pub grub! Deep fried and colourless! 

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I was gifted some lovely fresh, picked straight off the tree cherries by the girls dear old neighbour, Mario.  I think we have him confused because we come and go like we live there but then we take off again!   Gus gave him a jar of my apricot jam so we reciprocated with the cherries. Dear old guy!

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So my first smoothie out of my NutriBullet was a banana, cherry, almond milk, organic honey and maca powder...soooo good!

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I bought these additives - cacao for a chocolatey hit, LSA (linseed, sunflower and almond) for liver cleansing and cholesterol reduction and maca powder for energy, increased mood and libido and health...

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I bought this great little book, packed full of yummy juice and smoothy recipes - Lola is a sweetie!

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I'm trying to cut bread out of my breakfast and lunch...

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A veggie and fruit juice to start the morning...

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Then a smoothie to get me through until lunch time.  
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This one was quite thick and maybe my knob of ginger was a bit big - it was quite spicy! 

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crispbreads with cranberry sauce, avocado and turkey...

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Fresh stir-fry ingredients...

Sweet and spicy pork...

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Oh, my feet have been aching lately! Nothing like a good old soak in my foot spa with an effervescent peppermint foot cooling tablet from The Body Shop!

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This juice was called Love Elixer - beetroot, strawberry and apple! 

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I went to MtG to have my sleep machine data taken and normally I'd sneak a cheeky cheeseburger in for a snack...not this time! I bought a fresh fruit salad...

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...and this delicious wrap - fresh chicken breast meat, carrot, spinach, lettuce, bean shoots, red onion, slice of cheese, balsamic dressing - gosh it was good!

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This smoothie is Piney Tropicana - frozen banana, fresh pineapple, mango, spinach, coconut water, coconut oil and chia seeds - delish!

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Another salad plate, this time with skinless, boneless salmon, four bean mix and my own beetroot...

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Banana and cherry smoothie - this kept me going until 1pm yesterday.  I believe all the bread I used to eat only made me hungrier sooner.  I could have two poached eggs on 2 pieces of toast at 8.30am and be hungry by 11am!

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Kirb and I were going to go out for a quick dinner night but instead chose to make nachos instead.  Not really healthy but a small portion - ya gotta live!

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Today, I am making Kirby a birthday cake for tomorrow and some Chocolate candy cane cookies for her to take to work. She loves them and I didn't get to make any last year.

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We are hoping to replicate Rachel Khoo's one tray roast for dinner if we can find some quails...

Stay tuned!

Cheers - Joolz xx