Month: October 2023

Making Sushi

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Last week, I made my daughter sushi.

This sushi was mainly vegetables; however, I added a small amount of cooked salmon. Results? She loved it, and I’ll be making more. I’ve never been a fan of raw sushi, so when I have prepared sushi, I’ve always sauteed or steamed the meat added to the sushi.

This past week, I picked up two boxes of apples from my local farm for $20 per box. The photo is a box I purchased two weeks ago; the most recent boxes purchased are green apples, which I prefer; however, they weren’t available a few weeks ago. I’ll be using the apples for juicing, and I’ll be making apple butter, apple jelly, and applesauce.

 

Healing: One Day At a Time

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Yesterday, I met with my colonic hydrotherapist. It was my first visit, and I’ll write about that in another post. During our consultation, I decided to take her advice and add smoothies to my daily routine. Why? Although my diet is extremely healthy, I still have problems with sluggish bowels. I’ve talked about gut bacteria with those close to me and rebuilding, so it was nice that she was focused on that, too.

Fermented Foods

During our discussion, she asked me what I knew about fermented foods. I was familiar with fermented foods and told her I was currently fermenting foods in my kitchen: cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, and yellow onions. They’ve been on my kitchen island for a few weeks! I told her I’d be willing to introduce that into my daily intake slowly. Slow since some fermented foods can cause a flare-up with auto-immune disease. Flares are typically triggered by sugar and fried foods, so I will check to see how these fermented foods do since they contain neither.  I had two slices of fermented cucumbers this morning, poured some of the fermented juice into a small jar, and drank that.

Triphala Digestion & Colon Cleanse

The hydrotherapist also suggested that I take a digestive supplement three times daily. I used to use Triphala many years ago and had great experiences with it, so I’m willing to try it again.

Smoothies

Instead of focusing on juicing, she suggested that I include smoothies, which will add more fiber and assist my sluggish bowels. I enjoy smoothies and prefer savory smoothies over sweet smoothies, so I have no issue creating mainly smoothies and supplementing them with juices.

Colonics

I decided to do a series of colonics; with the challenges I’ve been facing, this is most helpful, and the great thing is I don’t have a set time to use them. I purchased five. I decided to schedule my next colonics this Friday.

 

Juicing Only – Day #7

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I’ve always enjoyed taking a brief break from eating solid foods. No, I did not starve myself; I just consumed freshly made juices. When I only juiced, I looked at a slight break for my digestive system since it did not have to work as hard breaking down liquids. The first few days, I usually have even more energy than I already have. Which, at times, can be hard to fathom for those who know me since I have a lot of energy. It’s been several years since I’ve consumed only juices for over a few days, so I’m enjoying reacquainted with some of the feelings I had as fasting from consuming only juices.

What I’ve observed drinking juices only the past seven days

  • My energy, which is already high, has increased.
  • I started having cravings for solid food around day #5. I wasn’t hungry; however, I missed the texture/feel of solid food in my mouth. I chew my juices; however, it’s not the same as eating solid food.
  • Today was the first day I felt extremely tired around 11:00 a.m. Thankfully, I am off of work, so today, I took a nap for about an hour. I awoke feeling refreshed. I felt tired again around 6:00 p.m. However, I did not take another nap; I’d be awake within a few hours if I did.

To stay on top of juicing, I make sure that I have a well-stocked refrigerator to make my freshly pressed juices quickly. Tomorrow, I’ll be purchasing the following produce.

  • Celery
  • Bok choy
  • Watermelon
  • Pineapple

Celery is the only item on the list that I still have at home; however, I need more. I used the last watermelon this morning when preparing juice. My daughter loves the watermelon juice blend that I make. I have enough celery to last for another day. I have plenty of ginger and turmeric and typically add them to all my freshly pressed juices.

Food Cravings While On A Juice Fast

For the past few days, I have had food cravings. I wasn’t hungry; however, I was missing the texture of solid food. For myself, I found that drinking a large cup of herbal tea was helpful. I have a few herbal gardens, and so some of those teas.

How I’m feeling

Overall, I’m feeling great. I’m still trying to decide how long I will consume juices only. Then again, perhaps I shouldn’t have a set time in mind and just go until my body tells me to stop.

 

First Two Days – Juicing Only

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I love the Nama J2 juicer, and since it arrived, I’ve been juicing with it almost daily. There were a few days I didn’t juice; however, I’d batch juices the day before, so I had enough juice to sustain me. My huge selling point is that I can load the hopper with a lot of produce, and I don’t have to feed Ever. Single. Piece. Into the juicer.

Yesterday morning, my daughter and I went to the local farm, and I bought two more watermelons, a box of apples, and kale. It would be fresher if I harvested from my garden. I typically don’t use many ingredients in my juice; however, yesterday, I did add a lot of different produce. Today, I will have less produce.

Saturday’s Juice

I had six juices total, rotating between the two listed below.

 

First Juice

  • Apples
  • Watermelon
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Lemon
  • Lime

Second Juice

  • Red Cabbage
  • Kale
  • Cilantro
  • Apple
  • Turmeric
  • Ginger
  • Lemon
  • Lime

Third Juice

Sunday’s Juice

First Juice – First juice from Saturday

  • Apples
  • Watermelon
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Lemon
  • Lime

Second Juice

Freshly squeezed grapefruit juice

 

Third Juice

  • Celery
  • Kale
  • Carrots
  • Cilantro
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Lemon
  • Lime
  • Apple

 

My brother and nephew visited, and I made juice for them and my daughter. Results? My brother and nephew loved the juice. I sent them home with the remaining juice. I’ll make more for my daughter tomorrow.

  • Watermelon
  • Apple
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Lemon
  • Lime

Fourth Juice

(I drank the juice I made for my family. It is delicious!)

 

Fifth juice

  • Apples
  • Watermelon
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Lemon
  • Lime

 

Thoughts

Day #2 is winding down for me. I baked chocolate chip cookies and made a pasta dish for my daughter; however, I was not tempted to eat anything. I might need to increase the daily juices.