Quote of the Day

Juan: “Baby, what day is it today?” Me: It is Sunday, Baby. Him: No, I mean what day is it?” Me: Oh, it is the 21st of July. Him: No, what day of the fast are we on, when can we eat? Me: Oh, we’re on Day Ten, 5 more days left. Him: Gracias, Ah Dios!!!

Story of the Day:

Day 10 has arrived and the end of our fast seems close at hand. It makes me excited! 5 more little days of liquids. Though all of this juicing has been fun, and I plan to continue to drink juices, man, I do like to eat and cook. However, on the more the positive side, since I've started to cooked steamed vegetables for Juan at night to curb his detox symptoms, I get to cook, and he he feels less detox too. Which even though I don't get to eat, just the simple act of cooking relaxes me. I'm weird I know.Today was good, good, good, I had energy, my skin feels softer, I went for a run, to church and then Juan and I went to church and then went to the mall to catch the yearly blowout sale at UNIQUE-LO, it was amazing. We bought the whole store, and it only cost pennies. I am so happy to finally start feeling more energy. The only hiccup in our juicing today was that we were out all afternoon, and we had no time to come home to juice in between church and shopping. We opted to split a Strawberry Banana Smoothie without sugar at Smoothie King, yes I know, it was not true juice and it wasn't the perfect choice, but it wasn't a bad one. Don't hate. :-) I confess that it was delicious though. I think the coldness of the smoothie though hit our stomachs a little weird. It's interesting how when you're eating/drinking all natural for a while, you are able to immediately notice how temperature or synthetic foods affect your body. The body is crazy and amazing.My topic for Sunday is Juice Pulp.. What do you do with it? Good question. One of my friends told me that she stopped juicing because she felt guilty about wasting the pulp. But let me tell you something! Don't stop juicing because of this! Why? Because there are so many things that you can do with this pulp! What do we do with it? Absolutely nothing! We throw it away before the fruit flies get it. But don’t worry, this doesn’t have to be your fate you can be more resourceful than us. I'll give you some ideas. But first some pretty pulp pictures, because no post is complete without pretty pulp pictures. © www.ingekathleen.com/blog, juice pulp recipes, juice cleanse, carrot pulp, Juice Fasting, South Korea

Juice Pulp Uses

1) Use it for your compost pile in your garden (Juicing Compost Instructions)2) Feed it to your chickens3) Mix it with your dog's dry food for extra taste and vitamins4) The best idea? Eat it! Here's some recipes!Beet-Carrot Salad Crackers Banana Bread Carrot-Coconut Dessert Chicken Soup Vegetable Broth 1 Vegetable Broth 2**There is even a Pintrest Board dedicated to Juice Pulp Recipes here --> http://pinterest.com/juicersbest/pulp-recipes-what-to-do-with-leftover-juice-pulp/All of these ideas are great aren't they? People are super creative beings.. Unfortunately, we don't have a garden or an oven so the bread, or the crackers won't work for us (even if we did have one, we can't eat now, so say GOOD-bye! to the soup and the dessert too!..,) And we had a little chicken but the poor fellow ran away last week, so no little birdie to feed. What can we do, you ask to be more environmentally friendly and resourceful with our pounds of pulp? Tune in tomorrow and I will tell you what solution we've encountered. :-)

Stats of the Day...

Juan:Juice: 2 Liters / Water: 1 liter or more Weight: 5.5 kg less than the start Energy: Normal Mood: Normal Hunger: Normal Detox Symptoms: In the morning, light fever and headache, but it went away. Cheats: 1/2 Strawberry Banana Smoothie @ Smoothie King Cravings: Dominican Food - Good Dominican Food.Inge:Juice: 2.3 Liters / Water: 2 liters Weight: 3 kg less than the start Energy: Pretty good, I went out for a run, church and then went shopping. Mood: Good Hunger: Not too bad Detox Symptoms: I have a coated tongue still. : Positive side my skin feels smoother Cheats: 1/2 Strawberry/banana Smoothie@ Smoothie King Cravings: Not too many, today our juices were delicious, so I feel satisfied.