Perfect pasta!

On Sunday, I caught up with some old school friends for lunch.  We had a great time and hope to do it again soon.

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When I got home later in the afternoon, Gus and I made fettuccini and spaghetti pasta while Kirby made a bolognese sauce.

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The sauce had dark chocolate in it - Gus and Kirby liked it, me not so much...

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 The pasta was a triumph, cooked to perfection!  We had leftover pasta and spaghetti so I put it in zip lock bags and froze it. We'll eat it in the next week or two.

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I am back juicing each morning. I'm trying to get more veggies in than fruit so the sugar content will be less. Normally I'd do 2 apples and oranges but I've cut it back to one. I will get some fresh beetroot today too.  This makes 2 large glasses.

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Not much else happening here, just work! Glurg!

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Cheers - Joolz xx

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

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

Meet George the Juicer...

This is my new Breville Juice Fountain Plus - I shall call him George ...
It came recommended by Aussie Joe Cross from Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. Do yourself a favour and watch the trailer for his inspiring film and the testimonials. I am not contemplating a juice fast just yet, but can see the benefits of doing a 10 day fast. But I think I love my food just a bit too much at the moment...
RRP is $229 but it was on special in Target for $169
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It has a wide chute for juicing whole fruit and vegetables (fits a large apple whole) ... but I learned that it is still best to cut into fruit to make sure nothing nasty is lurking inside...
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This orange looked a bit 'woody', like the flesh had dried out...
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This is what it looked like inside - yuck! I threw it away and got another one out.
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This juicer extracts heaps more juice from the fruit than my old juicer (the pulp is so much drier). This is 1 apple, 1 orange, 2 carrots, 1/2 small raw beetroot and 2 sticks of celery with green tops on - and it made a good one and a half large glasses full. It is becoming part of our morning routine to juice and I will try and have just veggie juice when I get home from work each day. I need to be a bit careful of having too much fruit juice (the extra sugar won't help with my weight loss). It really is delicious!
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This afternoon I tried silverbeet (chard/kale), celery, cucumber, carrot, beetroot and kiwi fruit (just for a bit of sweetness) - not as nice as the above mix but still drinkable and it has stopped me having any snacks until dinner time.
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