Soy Perfect!

Practice makes perfect and I think I've finally perfected this recipe for a "no guilt" soy pie.  The crust is made of pecans and dates, the center is tofu with grated lemon peel, the top is any crushed fruit you choose.

No fancy name attached to the recipe I haven't thought about one.  I've made this pie about 1/2 dozen times and finally I think it's soy perfect!

The thing about this recipe it is so healthy I eat it as a meal sometimes.  It makes an awesome breakfast.

Here's the recipe and some photos to show the proess.

Recipe

6-8 dates soaked in water for 4 hrs (or until plumped up)
1 cup raw pecans (I have used other nuts)
1 banana sliced
2 pkgs of extra firm tofu
zest of 1 lemon
2 tbsp grade b maple syurp
1 pint of blackberry, blueberry, or raspberry

After soaking the dates but in a large bowl and smash.  Chop the nuts and add to date mixture.
Mix together then press into pie tin.  Slice banana and place on the flat surface of tin.  This keeps any liquid left in the tofu from making the crust soggy.

Break up the tofu with a large fork and make into tiny pieces.  Add the maple syurp and mix with tofu then add the entire zest of one lemon.  Mix together and pour onto crust. Press tofu down to make a nice uniform mound.  Smash berries so that juices flow and pour over top covering it completely.  You and your guests will love this!

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Sugar Reborn! Hallelujah!

I found a big old plastic bag of white sugar packets in my pantry the other day.  I was ready to throw the bag in the garbage when I thought what if I have guests that want sugar in their cofee...what kind of host would I be if I couldn't offer sugar to a guest!   I should have thought what kind of host would I be offering poison to my guests....but let's just say I'm still working on the programming in my head that says sugar is yummy.

I put the bag back in the pantry unsure why I was reluctant to throw the white poison away...was it me just being thrifty, not wasteful, or was I becoming a hoarder!  So what was I to do with a huge bag of white sugar packets that for some reason I was having difficulty parting with?  

And then last night at around 11:00 pm I had the light bulb moment!  I grabbed a bowl and start tearing the packets open three at a time. I then squeezed the juice of one fresh lemon into it and then added about 2 tbsp of aloe vera juice.  Mixed it all together and gave myself a face scrub.  It was just awesome.

I was surprised that the sugar did not disolve in the lemon juice and aloe vera.  When I rubbed it into my skin the mixture felt like sandpaper, so I lighted up on my rubbing pressure.  The result was it tightened my skin up and it felt so soft...I couldn't stop looking in the mirror.    I'm going to do a scrub again this morning because I had enough left for another application, this stuff is just too good to throw away.  I want to mention that I did get some of the mixture on my lips and I did taste it, of course it tasted yummy.  It was pretty funny and ironic that the thought ran through my head that I shouldn't do that again....don't want to ingest poison, knowing the poison that white sugar is and how horribly it affects my body when ingested.

***Update when I went to use the leftover scrub the sugar had dissolved so rather than throw it away I just added more sugar.

New official habit in my daily ritual!

Recipe

1/2 cup white sugar

juice of one fresh lemon

3-4 tbsp of aloe vera juice

For my next batch I'm going to add more sugar to make it a little thicker, I'm going to scrub for at least one minute and then I'm going to leave it on for 5 min....can't wait to see those results!

Fill pretty bottles with this scrub and give it away as gifts...it's that good.

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Juicy Juice

I love juicing....it takes time and energy but it is so worth it!  My basic ingredient in my juice is carrots...from there I go crazy.  The juice pictured is carrot, ginger, beet topped off with a shot of wheatgrass.  I juice for a couple of days worth  at a time just because juicing does take time.  The wheat grass however, is juiced as needed, I want to squeeze every drop of nutrition out of my wheatgrass because I grow it myself and the yeild is a paltry 6 ounces per tray.

I had an Omega juicer until about 2 weeks ago.  I paid $25 for it on eBay and it served me well for years until I decided to try juicing my wheatgrass.  Just a handful of wheatgrass in the Omega Juicer froze the motor and it never worked again.  That expensive mistake forced me to look for a new juicer.

My new juicer costs $265 on sale from Amazon.  It did come with free delivery and my Chase Amazon Credit Card had accumulated $100 worth of points so it ended up costing me $165.  I purchase a Breville Juice Fountain Elite and when I first used it I thought...this will save me hours thank god my other juicer burnt out!

With the Breville I no longer have to cut the veggies small enough to fit in the hopper!  I can fit 2 large carrots in the Breville hopper at once.  It can handle whole apples and beets, now it takes me minutes not hours to juice.  My Omega had a basket that needed emptying after 4 or 5 carrots.  The Breville has a huge basket that I may only empty once or twice per 3/4 gallon of juice depending on the veggies being juiced.

Since I've been juicing the benefits are evident.  My skin is clear and my eczema gone, gone after years of nothing else working.  My energy level zoomed upwards especially after adding that shot of wheatgrass.  I even think my eyesight has slightly improved with all the carrots, I find myself looking less for my reading glasses although I still need them often.

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