#365 - Day 1 of a few days of Detox

Prepping my body for a few days of juice detox (why juicing? check here :) Need a plan to go by, voila)

Breakfast: (Out of habit, sigh - from tomorrow on a no-go) 1.5 cup black coffee, 1 large Smoothie cup (1 Banana, 1 apple, 1 Kiwi and a few Oats - those will be left out from tomorrow on) - added some water to get it blended

In between: Lemon juice water (here's some Info on that - you need to scroll a bit), an Avocado (also not from tomorrow on), water - lots of it

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Lunch: Cucumber juice (was planning on tomato juice but my cucumbers got a frozen behind from being stuffed to close to the fridge wall, sigh)
Later in the afternoon Tomato juice (4 tomatoes, 2 carrots, 3 pieces of Ginger. Note to self, 2 pieces are sufficient, uff!)

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Evening: Hibiscus tea

Got more veggies and fruits this morning, one big haul from last week is already almost gone.

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I know, loads of plastic :-(

I will check out the open market on my next haul and see how the prices are there

and use my reusable bags there. At least it all went into reusable bags and not another load of 

plastic bags which they love to drown you with.

The cost of this haul was around $35 that is minus the Bee pollen and the Hibiscus.

And this 15-minute morning yoga practice will be my routine for the week :-)

6pm over here now, I have some cravings for bread or could have inhaled the rice, but otherwise I am fine.
I didn't take a nap, instead walked the dogs a bit more and did the 15min Yoga Video.
Overall not much, but more than I have been doing.
I could go right to bed now though :D
But I have some more knitting to do :-)

#Handmade - DIY stuff with garlic

The other day I had to make use of a bunch of garlic and came upon a recipe for garlic paste.
You can adjust the amount to your liking, I used about 5 pieces of garlic and had only Cilantro, but it worked.

500g garlic
100g parsley
100g chives
100g sea salt

peel garlic, wash the herbs, let them dry a bit
put all together in mixer, fill in clean jars and keep in a dry, cool, dark place (mine's in the fridge)
But if you have a pantry that fits the above, will work as well.
Paste lasts for approx. a year

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(Knoblauchpaste Rezept auf Deutsch)


What I used it for

Garlic butter
Just add the paste to some butter and mix well

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For spicing Veggies

For homemade salad dressing

Just use half a tsp of the paste, add about 6 tbsp of water, apple cider vinegar and about 4 tbsp of olive oil,
salt and pepper - adjust to your liking.

A healthy alternative to the ready made bags. Just check the ingredient list of the bags:
Sugar, Flavor enhancer, Lactose, potato starch, palm oil, more cheat flavours, ...

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One tip of mine for your general health benefit: READ FOOD LABELS

#365 - Hearty Vitamins

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#365 - Butterfly pit stop

When I saw all the butterflies sucking on my Burlap bags this morning (don't know why they love them)

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I remembered something from a butterfly garden near my home town.
And started a little butterfly pit stop :-)
They seem to love it.

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Also, my 'garden' without the cover, more to come ;-)

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And an experiment with the bottom of an onion - roots in water,
3 -5 days later, green sprouting from the top.
Now, I only got to get this stuff into some ground, lazy me ;-)

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Happy gardening ;-)!

#Handmade - Detox Juice and Face mask

Two quick and easy things I made today.

Lemon Juice freshly pressed with some water.
Helps to detox your body - more Info here.

I'll do a longer 'real' detox some time next week for a few days.
At least I hope I can manage a few days :)

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And a face scrub, using up the last bits of sugar that are left in the cupboard
(banned from the kitchen for food since a few weeks) and some fresh pressed lemons.
Rise and shine :-)

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