absolute nausea.

NEVER.

EVER.

JUICE.

OR

BLEND.

BEETS.

ALONE.

I feel horrific right now, and just googled why I felt so bad (blended two raw beets with the juice of an orange), apparently it is a POTENT cleanser for the liver, and does cause nausea alone, with other fruits/veg not so much. I legit feel like puking now. LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES ughhh

GHETTO JUICINGGG.

What you need: one mesh sieve (metal/plastic) + a thick smoothie made in a low power blender + a pot + one glass mason jar (to pour your beautiful concoction into) + big spoon

ex. half a lemon, butt-ton of spinach, cucumber, half a green apple

ex2. half a lemon (Frozen: this is my trick, it makes your drink cold, and COMPLETELY infused with lemon), crap load of spinach, one ripe pear, 1 beet, cilantro

pour out your drink into the mesh sieve, making sure the pot is directly below it, and slowly lift away from pot, while stirring, keep stirring and pressing against mesh to remove liquid. Keep pulp for compost, soups, or raw vegan desserts.

THIS IS SO EASY, and SO QUICK, I can't drink smoothies anymore because I find them too chunky..I might just need a vitamix though.

ENJOY YOUR "JUICING".

FUNGICIDE ON MY COCONUTS.

So apparently the lovely baby thai coconuts I purchase from chinatown are not so lovely after all. It seems like as soon as something becomes easy in this lifestylce, ex. OPENING COCONUTS, buying fresh produce locally, pesticide free farming, etc. ---something changes.

The coconuts that are fungicide free are the typical ones you see where the shells are used as bikinis..

I bought a few, 99cents at No Frills (this place is magical...I just realized), and attempted to enjoy one. My mom and I hacked at it this morning. NEEDLESS TO SAY, the best knife in the kitchen was destroyed, and the water that I was able to drink out of the coconut lasted for 3 tiny sips..I thought it was a joke, but my mom said those were the kind they always had in Lebanon and there was never much water in them.

My favourite part of this was after the water was sipped out, I went outside to my backyard and WHIPPED it on the ground for a few times, till is shattered and the outer (BIKINI) layer came off.

Best Video on how to cut (should have watched this prior to destroying said kitchen knife):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-gJC2mcebs&feature=player_embedded

END RESULT.

too much green smoothie to handle..

If you live in the GTA..no frills has massive kale bunches for 1.79...SO CHEAPSIES!!

I went insane and made two giant blender fulls of pear + kale smoothie. I had 1.5 blenders full..I definitely overdid it, BUT I FEEL UNREAL NOW. My mom had the other half, which actually came out to one huge mason jar full plus some.

"getting JACKED on juice!!"

Soft Lemon Cookies

SUPER EASY RECIPE.

2T almond flour: take raw soaked and dried almonds and run them through a grinder.

0.5T lemon juice

0.5T agave nectar

1 small lemon grated

Take a small spoon and mix contents in a little bowl, this makes a serving for one person.

It is delicious!! You don't have to dehydrate it, but I'm sure if you did the title of this cookie would be, "soft and chewy lemon cookies".

look at that lemon rind ribbon FAIL..haha

fruit addict.

going through a grape FEST. i can't decide between the red ones or the green ones, they're both amazingg. ALSO. chinatown near school is officially selling ataulfo mangos!!! FREAK OUT!! I'm so happy :D

baking soda'd hair updatez.

i love my hair with baking soda!

TIPS (so far):

-make sure you REALLY rinse well

-experiment between dusting it directly onto your hair and dissolving it in warmer water first in a bottle (and shaking it).

-section your hair off roughly into 4 chunks, and massage/scrub then rinse that way.

-use your fingers to thoroughly brush out your hair (it will dry very fast so you want it to be brushed before it does)

People talk about transition phases, I'm not sure if I'm going through one, I need to wash it every other day or else..slickness will ensue. However I am much happier with my hair falling out less this way, and being very curly, see for yourself!

Good Shampoo Recipe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8mCMyQFwm4&feature=player_embedded#at=91

SHAM-POO FREE HAIRRRz. slash CUURRLz.