Juice Fast Challenge : Day 13 - Happy Days!

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Story of the Day: 

I'm Happy! Why? Not only is it day 13 but.... Guess What? I found in E-mart today? CILANTRO!!! What is the big deal? You don’t know!?! Oh that’s right, you probably don’t live in South Korea. Do you know that I’ve been looking for cilantro for the past 3 years in Korea, and the only place I could find it was in Army Bases and remote International markets?..But now Korea is finally Mexicanizing or Thailandizing themselves! Finally.. Wow! Even though it is 3x as expensive as the USA. I was so happy that I almost bought all. YUM! If you’ve ever lived in South Korea, you’ll understand my exuberance for finding cilantro in a grocery store here. It’s unheard of, but now the truth of Cilantro is spreading.. Now this made my day! Look isn't it beautiful..?© www.ingekathleen.com/blog, juice fast, juicing in Korea, Cilantro, vegetables© www.ingekathleen.com/blog, juice fast, juicing in Korea, Cilantro, vegetables Today hasn't been quite been as exciting for Juan... it has been a rough one actually, and I’m hoping that it all will speed up. Today, I have good energy, but it wasn’t the same for Juan. He’s not experiencing as easy of a ride. He really misses food and CHICKEN! Like I said yesterday, we’re thinking that perhaps that we might need to switch it up as far as the greens go, because he doesn’t feel the energy and he can’t focus. There is a green that I got recommended today called Angelica, but upon further research, I’ve found that this herb can be very good for your health but also have very dangerous side-affects. So I’ll skip buying that one. Thank-you!We had our Bible study in our house it was good, Chan Mi cooked an amazing-looking chicken curry and we smelled and watched everyone eat it as we nursed our juice. Live is hard, eh? But it is better with cilantro. That is for sure :-)

Stats of the Day: 

Juan:Juice: 2 Liters / Water: 1 liter Food: Vegetable Soup for lunch and a salad for dinner Weight: 6 kg less than the start  Energy: Up and Down Mood: Not Good Hunger: A lot today Detox Symptoms: achy, sore throat, fever, tired....But his skin is glowing :) Cheats: None Cravings: Pollo (Chicken), PizzaIngeJuice: 1.5 liter Liters / Water: 1.5 liters  Weight: 3-4 kg less than the start  Energy: Really good. Quite happy that it has returned and feels really constant no afternoon lull Mood: Good. Hunger: Yup, hungry at times, but not too bad, and cleaning the juicer again doesn’t sound appealing Detox Symptoms: None really Cheats: Nothing Cravings: Salad that is not in a cup and chocolate

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Read The Juice Fast Series 

1. Juice Fast Introduction2. Juice Fast Day 1 ~ Juicing Resources3. Juice Fast Day 2 ~ Special Guest4. Juice Fast Day 3 ~ Think Long Term5. Juice Fast Day 4 ~ $$$6. Juice Fast Day 5 ~Juice Your Greens7. Juice Fast Day 6 ~ Keep Going8. Juice Fast Day 7 ~ Give Your Veggies a Shower9. Juice Fast Day 8 - Coffee Enemas and Detox Dreams10. Juice Fast Day 9 ~ Lazy Saturdays and Honey Masks11. Juice Fast Day 10 ~ What To Do with Juice Pulp? 1 of 212. Juice Fast Day 11 ~ Juice Fast Challenge: Day 11 - What to do with Juice Pulp? 2 of 213. Juice Fast Day 12 ~ How Do you Start to Eat Again? Step One = Make a Plan14. Juice Fast Day 13 ~ Happy Days!15. Juice Fast Day 14 - Cranky Days! & Transition to Food16. Juice Fast Day 15 - Before and After Photos

Dear Sister, Please tell me you Remember!

  So I got this email from my sister this week. Here is how it went...Heyyyyyyyyy Inge,We are trying to remember what you put in the salad that you made for Christmas last year... it was soooooo good and I really want to make it again. Please say that you remember???? :)My first response?? Oh, Did I make a salad last year? really? I forgot that I even helped with the cooking...Oh and you liked? cool... hehehe because usually when I cook, I just put random things together and pray to the Lord above that they taste good and luckily! Last year's Christmas,  I managed to score a hit.. Good timing, God! :DSo I couldn't remember for the life of me what salad I had made last year.. Until I went back into time in my pink polka dot time machine and realized for Christmas 2011 I was then obsessed with Thai food.. And then the pieces of my salad making brain started to come together :) I love time machines, don't you? They are all the rage in Korea now.. I named mine the super Western Digital Harddrive... ;)So here is my response to her recipe request... just incase you feel the need to make A Thai inspired salad for Christmas or any other day of the year ;)Hello, Hello!

Ok so the most important thing in the salad is the dressing...So here is the deal, traditionally it is a Thai dressing which uses basil but I used cilantro last time your choice both are good :) Here is the dressing recipe, but this is just one serving :) Make lots more.. :D and mess around with the spicy, sweet, sour, salty balance to your liking...
You can make the dressing with the blender if you like..
Dressing
1 Garlic4 tbsps soy sauce4 tbsps fresh lime juice
with cilantro or basil a big bunch4 tbsps palm sugar or white sugar (put this sugar into a couple of TBS... of warm water to dissolve it.)
fresh chili, quantity as desired
Salad ingredients - you can change as desired ---
All of these are prepped separately and then put on the salad after... not a lot of mixing going on..
1. Boiled Eggs
2. Avocados
3. Onions -- mixed with salt and soaked in lime juice.
4. Red Bell Peppers mixed with salad greens...
5. Blueberries
6. Strawberry slices
7. Orange slices
8. A saute of mushrooms and onions
9. Cherry tomatoes sliced in half
Mix the salad greens with the dressing
Put all of the other goodies on top and then put extra salad dressing on the top :D
How do I remember this salad so well?!?! because I'm a genius of course! photographic memory! could you expect anything less from a real Hooker? ha! No do you want the truth? Luckily, I took a photo and that is the only reason I remember this.... And I attached the photo to the email
P.s. Are you happy you have a cook and photographer sister in the family? I'm not even home this year, and I'm contributing to the Christmas dinner merriness! Boom.. I impress myself... hehehe
Love you guys and I hope it turns out even better than you remembered maybe put some delicious bacon on it to take it up a notch? good idea, eh?
Merry christmas and send me a photo of your salad creation! :D
p.p.s. I remember as well that we had eggs benedict last year? wow! sooo good ! I want to learn how to make those!