Thursday, March 6, 2014

my favorite green smoothie

Not really sure I should say my favorite just yet.  I've only had my VitaMix for a few weeks.  But so far this is my favorite green smoothie and I make myself one every morning.  Matter of fact when I had to skip it this last weekend I felt like something was missing from my day.  I adapted the recipe from one I drank at the Center of Symmetry in Nashville when I took an herb class.  They actually didn't give me the recipe when I bought the refreshing smoothie there so I had to make up the proportions on my own.  I did pretty good because I am hooked.

Also this being March and all and for my love of the color green in anticipation of spring I thought I'd share a few recipes this month of which the end result is green!  Pretty fun.  It beats my time when I chose to wear green every day for a month a few years ago.  I pulled that one off like a pro.  Maybe it doesn't beat that time... but it's still just as fun!

No peeling necessary if you've got a good, high powered blender.

Do peel and de-seed the avacado.




 Don't let the color fool you!  She's awful tasty!

Good morning!!


Wednesday, March 5, 2014

literally on the library hold shelf

some of these books i am on the waiting list for and others are waiting on me.  in my quest to eat healthier and overcome my autoimmune disorder, psoriasis, i check out lots of books on eating healthy and a more plant based diet.   i have to realize that these things take time.  my psoriasis did not come up over night therefore will not go away over night.  but with studying, learning and a bit of creativity i feel i have a symptom free future.  

learn to let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food  ~Hippocrates

this does not mean getting the low fat stuff.  it is a whole diet change and a tough one to stick to.  i already feel better.  i am more conscious of what goes in to my body, i am becoming a label reader, i am a daily green smoothie drinker, i sprinkle flax seed on my whole grain cereal.  this may not sound strange to some but it is strange to the way i learned to eat.  not that it is wrong, it is just hard to get away from.  i don't know where i will land, be it vegan, vegetarian or raw.  there is a difference you know between vegan and vegetarian.  i didn't know that before... see how much i'm learning?

anyone else have a total change in eating?  do you want to or need to?  
a support system wouldn't be bad either.  i will be yours if you will be mine!


also another really good book on smoothies that i also checked out from the library is 
by Kathy Patalsky of Healthy-Happy-Life.com

this book not only has tons of smoothie recipes, it also gives you the low down on different ingredients further than oranges are full of vitamin c.  awesome book.

i am also wondering, can you freeze smoothies for later? like a couple of days later? like if you were going camping you could stick the frozen smoothie in a cooler later?

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

a march snow

And ice!  Sunday afternoon and evening it rained and rained then, as the temperature dropped, it turned to ice and snow.  Monday morning my truck warmed for forty five minutes and still didn't come near melting the ice on the windshield, I decided to try to get down the driveway to the day care in my car which is two wheel drive and she was going to make it until I got to the first of two trees down across the drive.  I backed up and Shaun took me to work in the Blazer with the door open to see.  I wound up only having two kids show up that cold day but at least I can be the type of facility that doesn't close on days like this which is a big convenience to parents if they can make here because they have to.  Monday afternoon the sun peeked out and made all the snow and ice look so beautiful and clean.  I hope this is out last hoorah.  I am ready for spring.  I have noticed all the bulbs trying to pop their heads up and trees beginning to bud after the couple of sixty degree days we had recently.  It's coming and I can hardly wait!


My snow man.





My poor little chives that were popping up.  Sweet things.

The next few shots were from Tuesday morning.  It turned a little foggy after I got to work.  Kind of like life in the mountains, up in the clouds.  It's cold that's for sure.



DC panoramic... kinda.

Monday, March 3, 2014

weekend shots

Well, we have another fantastic four wheeling trip to Oliver Springs Tennessee, aka Windrock, under our belts.  Luckily, our ohv didn't have any breakdowns and no one got hurt.  We had such a great time playing in the mud and dust and hanging out with good friends.