Day 187 Cucumber Smoothie

Cucumber Smoothie

1/2 Cucumber
1 Cup Green Grapes
1 Leaf Kale
2 Kiwis
1 -2 Cups Ice Water

Mix everything in a blender and enjoy.

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I am doing 2 days on this post because I have not been taking pictures of many meals.
5/5
Breakfast - Apple Banana Muffin with apple butter and an orange
Lunch - Barley with Tofu Stir Fry on top and tomato and corn mix on the side
Dinner - Sun Dried Tomato Risotto and Tomato Cucumber Salad, wine
Snacks - muffins, crackers with Green Pea Hummus

5/6
Breakfast at Atwaters - Bagel with jam and fruit plate

Lunch - Pasta Salad and Apple Banana Muffins

Dinner - Vegan Mac and Cheese and Tomato Cucumber Salad, wine

Snack - muffin, cracker with Green Pea Hummus

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I made for infused olive oil for the future.  This one is a mix of chives, thyme and oregano.  I used a mix of olive oil and canola oil.  This mix will sit for 2 weeks before using it.  I also roasted a head of garlic for later used.  That left a wonderful smell in the house.  For some reason, it was impossible to photograph the garlic without the pic being blurry.  I took a dozen pictures and this was the best one.

For breakfast, I went a smoothie instead of juice today.  This one was a mix of unsweetened cranberry juice, lime juice, lemon curd, pecans, ground chia seeds, rice milk and frozen peaches.  A little tart, but very tasty and more filling than just juice.

Lunch was leftover stuff. I reheated the Potato Asparagus Soup and added some cooked parsnip to enhance the taste.  I added some raspberry juice to the Apple Slaw.

For dinner, we started with some Crispy Kale topped with salt and nutritional yeast.  I made some veggie burgers from textured vegetable protein, oatmeal and garbanzo bean flour. One of the nice things about homemade veggie burgers is that you can shape them to fit your bread.  In this case the bread was the last loaf of the whole wheat olive bread that I had froze. I caramelized some onions for the burger and added romaine and cucumber slices.  The bread was spread with BBQ sauce and tofu mayo.  The burger patties were a little bland, so I added some Braggs Amino Liquids for a fuller taste.

Cucumber

I am learning more about the juicing process each day.  Many recipes call for cucumbers and I can see why. There is an amazing amount of juice in them.  I would have thought that the honeydew melons would be equal to cucumber in juice, but not so.  I like cucumbers when I eat them with salads or on sandwiches. However, the juice is not a pleasant taste.  I should have known I would not like it.  I don't like mixed drinks with cucumber juice or even the Hendricks Gin that tastes very cucumbery. This is not good since I have 3 more juice meals that will use cucumbers. If the strawberries had been sweeter, it would have tempered the bitter taste.  These out of season greenhouse strawberries do not have much of a taste at all.  This is what the finished juice looked liked

This one was not very filling either.  So far the pineapple, orange, grape one has been the most satisfying for hunger and taste.  For lunch, my mix was 2 cucumbers, 5 kale stalks, 2 bell peppers,  and 2 apples.  The apples helped to smooth out the taste of the cucumber.

I added some soda water to make a sprakling cooler.  I bought a soda stream over a year ago to make my soda water.  It definitely helps the environment by eliminating the use of lots of plastic bottles.  I am not a regular soda person, so I just use it for soda water.  I drink about a liter a day 3 days a week. 

The quantity of juice is very dependent on the fruits or veggies used. This one made a good bit. About half of the foam disipates after a few minutes.

I slowly sipped this while reading internet articles.The champagne glass was a nice touch. This  was probably the least filling of all the juices I have made.  I had to munch on a few pecans during the afternoon to keep the hunger away.

Dinner was a flour tortilla wrap spread with BBQ sauce and topped with romaine, seitan, and sauteed onions.  Seitan is a wheat protein that tastes like the 'chicken' in chicken nuggets or those fried chicken patties at fast food places. I had a side salad of romaine, orange bell pepper and carrots topped with my everyday vinaigrette. 

Nicely browned onions.