Juice recipes

     Recipes for the juicer....

Not all juice recipes are amazing, but here are a few of my favorites.  I rarely steer away from these four recipes.    Enjoy!

Carrot-Orange Spritzer:  Juice 4 carrots, 2 oranges, and 1 inch of fresh ginger (peeled).  Stir in 1 cup of sparkling water.

Beet-Lime Juice:  Juice 6 beets, 4 carrots, 2 limes, and 2 stalks celery.

Kale Lemon Juice:  Juice 6 cups kale, 1 lemon, 1 cup blueberries, and 1/2 cup green tea.

Coconut -Pineapple Juice:  Juice 2 cups pineapple, 1 cup mango, 1 banana, and 1/2 cup coconut milk or fresh juiced coconut (1 and 1/2 cup).

Farm Scenes

I.
Snow falls in the feeding lot
All afternoon.  Everything is white
Except for the dark lumps of hay
The horse has pushed away with his nose.

2.
We talk for hours.  Long after midnight
I carry water to the chickens.
The flashlight sways over the snow
Like a single thought alone in the night.

3.
One rooster and five jolty hens
Shift uneasily in their stall.  The barn
Is shadowy-one or two
Strands of hay hang from the horse's jaw.

                           - by Robert Bly

Snack!

Roasted Vegetable Tartines with Avocado

A great snack in lieu of other junk food alternatives!

8 oz red peppers, seeded and sliced in half

8 stalks of asparagus, with tough ends cut off

2 TBSP extra-virgin olive oil

Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

1 avacado, mashed

2 tsp lemon juice

4 slices whole wheat bread, toasted

Heat the oven to 450 degrees.  In a dish, toss the peppers and asparagus in the olive oil and season with the salt and pepper.  Roast until the skins become dark, about 20 minutes.  Peel the skins off the peppers and slice thinly.  Chop up the roasted asparagus.  

Season the avocado with the lemon juice and a salt.  Divide the mashed avocado among the toast and top with the roasted vegetables.  I love this snack/lunch!  

"Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in a perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition."

                                                                     

"Our torments also may, in length of time, Become our elements."

                                                                           - John Milton

"Hell is the inability to love."

               - Father Zossima in the book The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Black-Eyed Peas

Happy New Year!!!

Black Eyed Peas and Stewed Tomatoes

1 pound dried black-eyed peas, cooked

1 can whole, peeled tomatoes

1/3 cup agave nectar

2 TBSP olive oil

1 large white onion, chopped

3 garlic cloves, chopped

2 quarts vegetable stock 

kosher salt and freshly grated black pepper

Drain the tomatoes and add to a pot with the agave nectar.  Bring to a boil, then simmer until thickened.  Set aside.   In a large pot, heat the olive oil and add the onions.  Cook until clear, then add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.  Add the peas and the vegetable stock. Cook for 20 minutes, or until most of the liquid is reduced.  Stir in the stew tomatoes and serve over brown rice.  

I cooked this meal after returning home from an evening of skiing.  I set out small dishes of diced peppers, onions, sour cream, and tomatoes so everyone could pick their toppings.  Everyone went crazy over this recipe and wanted more!  Enjoy!

From John Ortberg's book The Life You've Always Wanted:

"We are not the passive victim of other's opinions.  Their opinions are powerless until we validate them."

"Receiving praise gracefully, without becoming an addict, requires a well-ordered heart."