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March 22, 2013 · 5:23 pm

The Juice Feast Chronicles – Day 10 of 90

Wow, day ten!! After today this will be the longest I’ve ever gone on juices. I woke up feeling just awful, headache, a bit of nausea and exhaustion so ended up calling in sick for the day. After lots of rest, juice and the usual protocol I’m actually feeling pretty great! I’m sucking down the Photo on 3-22-13 at 1.31 PMlast of my juice today (pineapple/orange, omg) and loving it. Also, no pesky cravings which was nice.

A couple of things I learned while taking it easy today:

1. Boiling orange peels with cinnamon sticks and cloves an then letting it simmer makes our apartment smell amazing. A nice use for all those orange peels I would be throwing away!

2. I need to stick with basic juices I know I like more often than not. I think I’d generally be happy sticking with a couple basic green juices and a couple orange juices. They always satisfy me which is more than I can say for some of the more “creative” combos.

Lots and lots of juice:

24 oz celery/romaine/cucumber/lemon juice

32 oz pineapple/orange juice

8 oz coconut water/romaine juice

probiotics (sample from the natural foods store)

32 oz celery/romaine/orange/green onion/tomato juice blended w 1 Tbsp raw honey

40 oz pineapple/orange juice

plenty of spring water

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October 10, 2012 · 7:39 pm

What I Ate Wednesday

Ahhh it’s so good to be back to normal days like this…


Yesterday I went in search of a thermos to bring on the airplane with me so I have hot tea all morning long. I had success with this one, opening it hours later, my lemon gingerade was still steaming!

Breakfast was Cinnamon Ginger Green Juice.

Lunch was carrot/romaine/fennel juice blended with avocado, raw sweet potato, maca, cocoa powder and stevia.

Dinner was the roasted sweet potatoes you see below wrapped in romaine leaves with a side of homemade marinara and delicious olives.

Dessert! I rarely splurge on these Omega Truffles as they are quite expensive but I do love the treat once in a while.

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August 15, 2012 · 8:03 pm

What I Ate Wednesday

The return of “What I Ate Wednesday”! I didn’t take pictures of all the liquids I drank today but it’s been quite hot so there was a significant amount of water and herbal tea outside of what you see here.

Rooibos Superfruit tea hot chocolate (steeped the teabags and added raw cacao and stevia).

Cinnamon Ginger Green Juice with a little cayenne. I’ve really been loving cayenne in my juices lately.

A bag of carrots, a sliver of avocado, and a little bag of black olives for lunch.

Dinner was a huge salad of romaine, raw corn, green onions, garlic, cherry tomatoes and brussel sprouts baked in sunbutter, stevia and coconut aminos.

A rare non-chocolate bar dessert, Coconut Secret’s coconut bar.

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August 10, 2012 · 5:18 pm

Portland Road Trip

I’ve been a bit MIA on my WIAW lately…honestly I feel like my weekly eats were looking rather boring and repetitive so I’ve decided to post “What I Ate’s” a little more randomly. Yesterday was a bit out of the norm, I have a dear friend visiting and we road tripped to Portland for the day so I could get a tattoo finished. I did pack a green juice but we also stopped at one of our favorite coffee shops where I got a deliciously nutty hemp milk latte.

Since I was going to be lying around in pain all afternoon and was hoping for as few bathroom breaks as possible I got a package of kale chips from the vegan grocery next to the tattoo shop.

My gorgeous phoenix was finished up in *just* 4.5 hours.

Before driving back that night we stopped for dinner at Blossoming Lotus. I got a tasty Kale and Wakame Salad…

Brit got an even more tasty raw falafel wrap dish…

and we shared a yummy raw lemon cheesecake for dessert :)

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April 26, 2012 · 9:54 pm

Juice Fast Day 2 and My Can’t-Live-Without Detox Treats

Day two was very smooth! I ended up running more errands than anticipated before getting juicing groceries so I did end up quite hungry at one point but other than that it’s all going very well.

Today’s juicy goodness:

32 oz basil/garlic/lemon/celery/carrot juice
24 oz Tazo Passion herbal tea
8 oz parsley cilantro juice and young coconut water (with a probiotic)
30 oz Casey’s Mexicana Green Juice
32 oz Gena’s Nourishing Vegetable Broth
34 oz romaine/carrot juice with vanilla stevia and cinnamon

I also thought I’d share my favorite ways of assisting my body in the detox process. As previously mentioned, I’ve attempted fasts before without employing anything of this sort and either failed to finish the fast due to uncomfortable symptoms or didn’t end up with any noticeable benefits at all. It doesn’t do any good to hydrate all the old stuff in your body if it doesn’t leave, and my body seems to appreciate all the assistance it can get.

My can’t-live-without detox treats:

1. Booty cleansing (colonics and enemas)

2. Castor oil packs

3. Indian Healing Clay (my absolute favorite facial mask, I mix it with Apple Cider Vinegar)

4. Inversions (I have a cheap board that works just fine).

5. Rebounding (this! and this! and this!)

6. Yoga (stretching, twisting, and deep breathing are very helpful and feel wonderful, I got a stack of new yoga dvd’s from my library this week!).

and a few things I love but haven’t indulged in this go round…

6. Massage

7. Hot epsom salts baths (I’m freshly tattooed so no baths for me right now…pictures when it’s finished :) )

8. Infrared sauna (I used to have this one and it lasted about a year, not bad for the price and I loved it).

Do you have any suggestions to add to the list?

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March 30, 2012 · 6:12 am

The Final Green Juice Giveaway and Homeward Bound!

Four exciting weeks of green juice giveaways have come to an end! The final winner is Ritchie Benevedes so Ritchie, just shoot me an e-mail at veggiecentrickitchen@gmail.com and I’ll let you know what I need from you :) If you are not Ritchie do not despair! We are going to make everybody a winner. If you’d like to try out these fabulous juices, Michael is offering a discounted sample pack, just like the winners got, for one time only and the offer expires April 15th.

All you need to do is head on over to Vegus Juices and put in an order for one wheatgrass pack (don’t worry, you’ll get the whole sample pack of 4 wheatgrass and 3 broccoli sprout juices). In the “notes” section of Paypal when you’re checking out, just enter “Veggie Centric”. I definitely recommend that you try these if you’ve been looking for a juice substitute that’s 100% raw, full of life, and easy-peasy to travel with.

On the rare occasion I’ve been able to get to a Whole Foods this month I’ve snatched up this extraordinary treat from Exotic Superfoods: frozen, raw young coconut water. No need to risk your life hacking open a coconut (in a hotel room no less). Actually I quite enjoy a good fresh coconut but in this situation, the bottled version was perfect. I’ve been making travel-friendly (are you sick of that phrase yet this month?) versions of my Coconut Water Green Juice which you can do by tossing in a shot of Vegus Juice or a scoop of spirulina. I had Britney try a sample while she was here. She deemed it “horrific” and said it tasted like “cereal milk”. She managed to say it sweetly ;) All that to say, this one may not be for your less-than-green-crazed friends.

I’ll leave you with a fun sign that was outside my hotel. Not that I was interested in their hormone-laden, pasteurized cow dairy offerings, but I was amused by the stevia factor. As I write this, I’m in the Phoenix airport waiting to go home! The extra dose of sunshine was appreciated but I could not be more excited to get back home. Happy weekend!

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