i wanted to share some thoughts on juicing. i think i mentioned it before, jordan i got a juicer for Christmas. excited to put it to use we went on a 3 day juice fast. and i have an overload of information to share. watch this documentary and i bet you will be joining the juicing train too.
hopefully soon i will have recipes to share, there are some on our window up there, but i didn't keep track well enough to really give you a solid recipe with good reviews. i do have some advice to share though. we started this in true kaytea fashion, on a complete whim, we watched a documentary, got a juicer and immediately juiced all the fruits and veggies on hand. i did do some research before going to the grocery store, but mostly just picked up things that i liked, i avoided the tomatos and beets, and stocked up on lots of citrus, apples, spinach and kale. i think that's my number one suggestion... is to start juicing things you already like. it will make it a lot more enjoyable.
even though i looked up recipes, i didn't follow them, so my second is, that maybe you should? although mostly enjoyed everything i made, i got a little too excited to juice all kinds of things that i would just put everything through the juicer. even if you don't have a juicer, maybe stick to 3 ingredients and if it tastes bad, add an apple (i did this many times) you can see above that i did write down what i put into the juice, this was helpful in figuring out what i liked together like oranges and blackberries, yum. and add a giant handful of spinach to anything and you're golden.
even though i looked up recipes, i didn't follow them, so my second is, that maybe you should? although mostly enjoyed everything i made, i got a little too excited to juice all kinds of things that i would just put everything through the juicer. even if you don't have a juicer, maybe stick to 3 ingredients and if it tastes bad, add an apple (i did this many times) you can see above that i did write down what i put into the juice, this was helpful in figuring out what i liked together like oranges and blackberries, yum. and add a giant handful of spinach to anything and you're golden.
lastly, if you want a pretty looking juice, stick to the same color family, so you don't end up with that ugly brown guy there in the middle (even though it was pretty good!) this didn't make sense to me at first because i've trained myself to eat different colored fruits and veggies, but it really helps to make something taste better when it looks pretty. like that dark green or pink. i hope this is helpful, i definitely recommend juicing. i felt so clean afterward. although, i'm still not sure if it gave me energy (though i started training for a halfmarathon at the same time, another bit of advice: that's a bad idea) i want to do this again soon and share pairing ideas! like how great cantaloupe and carrot go together. in the mean time we've been making fresh orange juice, which is as good as it gets.
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i am staying in indy tonight. tonight i am laughing at this picture, at my husband in his cardigan and field jacket, reading the newspaper. tonight, i cannot wait to grow old with him. tonight i think about what it will be like, and i can really just imagine us arguing about more pointless things. (debating is our favorite activity) i miss you tonight, jordan.
sorry for the radio silence over here. i'll explain. for starters, it's february. i love january, for it's newness, it's exciting. and i don't know why i always give into this, but every single year i think that it means spring is coming soon. then february comes and the groundhog tells me it still has a while yet. and i just want those peaches again, forget spring, i want summer!
secondly, i got a new job. i am now teaching art at an elementary school in indianapolis (it's a good eighty minutes away from here) it's really tough, i wish i had better things to say about it, but i'm ready for summer already. teaching, especially in a city is no easy task. since it's such a long commute i've been staying with family through the week. (thanks!) jordan and i will be moving up in may! so hopefully by then i will have my bearings and you will see some updates on here. (and it will be spring! oh, i can't wait!) i'll try to squeeze in a few here & there too!
just now getting around to sharing these photos, i did share some in a couple posts, i just noticed them sitting amongst the photos, and thought that this snowy indiana day was perfect. there wasn't that much snow, but it was surprising, did you hear about the elephants on the highway? crazy!
oh, and happy february! here's to hoping spring comes soon! we have a big weekend with young life, hopefully i will remember to take and share photos!
just found this photo from the holiday that i never posted. these two are just too cute.
this was actually a part of our advent calendar, for the last week before Christmas, jordan and i took turns writing down secret dates for one another. (here is another date from our advent calendar) jordan chose one that included making foil-pack dinners over the fire. jordan made them, but i think all he did was put in lots of veggies and some salsa and wrapped them up in foil and we placed them in the fire until they were nice and toasty. it was very good.
I'm Katelyn, a creative who finds beauty in the little things. I like the windows open and vases filled with flowers. I photograph and write about the mostly small but sometimes big adventures we find in our daily lives.
