first kale recipe

so like i said last night, i finally got my hands of some kale. woo hoo! i wasn't really sure what to match with it, so i looked online at some recipes. i didn't use any of those though. lol i just grabbed a little of anything available to me in my kitchen.

this is what i ended up with:



handful of spinach
2 kale leaves
2 apples
1/8 pineapple
1/2 cucumber
handful of raspberries
5 strawberries
5 small carrots



i'm just now finally tasting it and i must say i do like it. a friend of mine told me to be careful with the kale, he didn't like it. but i honestly don't see what's wrong with it. maybe it's b/c i've matched it with a whole lot of other things. maybe i'll be a little more venturous and use less fruit. but my parents have bought so much fruit i don't want it to go bad. regardless, i'm able to get in my daily dose of fruits and veggies and it's WONDERFUL!!

Happy Monday

I didn't start the day off right today, but I definitely ended it the right way. I didn't get to juice last night so I didn't have any juice for my work day. That already put me in an off mood. And I didn't eat too well while at work either. Uh-oh!

But, I made sure that I got my workout in and I was determined to make sure I worked out hard. The second part was easy b/c what I was expected to do was hard in itself. But, I made sure that I pushed through every movement and finished strong. The feeling you get when YOU surprise yourself is simply AMAZING. I tweeted this today, and I've tweeted it before, but I just have to say it again. "I am truly a believer in muscle memory!"

After my workout I stopped at Pak n Sav. I thought I needed more spinach (I didn't know my parents had already got me some) and cucumbers, annnddd I wanted to try to pick up some kale AGAIN. And I FINALLY found some! I made sure to pick up 2 bunches.

I wasn't sure what I should pair with the kale, so I picked up a little bit of this and that in my fridge. I'll let you know if I liked it tomorrow. I've been warned that kale is not too tasty. I think I should be fine though.

While juicing I was dancing around and humming a made up tune to myself. I don't know if the endorphins were still running through my body or if I was just elated with the fact that I finally got my hands on some kale. Hahaha! The simple things are what make me smile.

And to top that all off, I got a call from one of my closest friends who now lives in Chicago. We had an intense conversation, but the companionship is always refreshing.

I am now decompressing by writing this and catching up on Top Chef b/c the Criminal Minds episode is one I've seen too many times. I hope you all enjoyed your day as much as I did, or made it a positive one like me. GOOD NIGHT!



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Juice 01.25.12

Handful of raspberries
1 pomegranate
1/2 cucumber
1 mango
2 apples
2 celery
5 carrots
slice of ginger
small lemon


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01.23.12 juice

Handful of raspberries, 2 celery stalks, 1/2 cucumber, 1 apple, 1 lemon, 2 oranges, 5 carrots, & 1 slice of ginger

I really like to use ginger. It adds a different flavor and it's good for cleaning your system out. And for some reason the lemon has been calling me. So, I used it. I really like this recipe, so I definitely will be doing this one again.

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01.19.12 juices

My juice: 1 pomegranate, 1/2 cucumber, 1 mango, 1 kiwi, 1 apple, handful of spinach, 1/8 pineapple, and 2 stalks of celery

I totally forgot I had carrots. So I made sure I put them in my second batch of juice.



Family juice: 5 carrots, 1/8 pineapple, 2 oranges, 1 apple, and 1 pomegranate

Both of these were totally yummy. REALLY GOOD!

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juice 01.17.11

here's a picture of what i juiced yesterday.

5 carrots, 2 apples, 1 mango, 2 celery stalks, 1 orange, 1 kiwi, 1" ginger, 1.5 handful of spinach

here's the end result.

the ginger root was a little thick, and i knew it was gonna be a little strong, but why would i leave just a sliver. for me the ginger wasn't too strong, but you could definitely taste it. for sure, my parents wouldn't have liked it. but, it's ok, this batch was for me. and ginger is good for cleansing the body.

if you don't like ginger all that much, you can definitely put less or skip it all together.
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Breakfast today

Here's my breakfast for the day. I normally don't like microwave oatmeal, I'm trying to save money and it's in the house so why not. So I brought a couple of packets to work. To my surprise, I actually got it to the consistency that I like. Woo hoo! And I put a couple of blueberries in there too. And of course my juice. Today's juice consists of: 5 carrots 2 celery 1 mango Spinach 1/2 cucumber 2 apples Black/blue 2 kiwi


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01.14.12

Highlights of the day: First of all, the NINERS BEAT THE SAINTS!!! But we'll get back to that. When I got up I decided to have some juice for breakfast, of course I used my juicer. Luckily for me, my mom loves the idea of the juicer and stocked up on lots of fruits.


We actually have a box of blueberries and blackberries in the fridge and a box of regular size oranges not pictured. Anyhow, here's what I decided to juice this morning.


After I took this picture I decided to add a cutie orange too. Here's the end result:


The next thing I had to look forward to was, of course, the Niner game. The playoff game today was against the Saints. And if you are from the city and did not watch the game, SHAME ON YOU!!! And your sure did miss out on a great game. Let me give you a brief review. We ended the first quarter up 17 - 0. HELL YEAH! But the Saints came back quickly in the second quarter bringing it to 14 - 17. The game was back and forth from there. The last couple minutes of the game were intense, we made a touch down and tried for the 2 point conversion, unsuccessful. All we had to do was hold them with only a few minutes left, and then they killed our joy and made another touch down. But we came back and made our own touchdown with less than 2 minutes left of the clock. The game ended 32 - 36. HOLLLERRRR!!! We were yelling and blowing horns, high fiving, jumping up and down. There were only a few of us, but I wouldn't want to watch without my FAITHFUL family.


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Juicing with spinach

I went to the grocery store after my workout last night. I wanted to pick up some kale and spinach, but there was no kale. Boooo! So I picked up some spinach, cucumbers, and just one sweet potato. Haha! I know kindda random, but I seen one juicing recipe that called for sweet potato and I wanted to try it out. Last night, I tried juicing with spinach. Spinach doesn't yield too much juice, but I wasn't sure how strong the taste would be so I just used about 2 handfuls. Here's what I did last night: 2 handfuls of spinach 1/2 cucumber 4 carrots 1 apple 2 kiwis (I added the second kiwi after I tasted the juice. It needed a little more sweetness.) - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Juicing at work

So I said in one of my prior blogs that was gonna juice and bring it into work and I totally have. I've only forgotten it one day so far. But, I am the queen of forgetting stuff, so I'm pretty sure that won't be my last. Here's what I brought to work today:


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Sunday = Food day

There was a whole lot going on in the Lopez Dome kitchen this morning. My sister asked me to make the furikake chex mix again. And my dad had already made some crab. So while I was on the stove melting the ingredients together, my mom was on the burner next to me making her spaghetti sauce. And while I was baking and stirring the chex mix, my mom was again on the burner beside me, but this time making afritada. And of course I got to juicing. Here's what I used today: 2 pomegranate 2 handfuls of blueberries 2 handfuls of blackberries 2 apples


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juice for 12.05.12

i still have yet to go to the grocery store, so i had to make with what was due in the house. but, as i said i made juice last night for me to take to work today.

we have a massive amount of oranges in the house, so i used more oranges than i have before. and i'm quite pleased with how it tastes.

3 carrots
1 apple
3 large oranges

for my parents last night, i used:

3 carrots
3 oranges
and i mixed in some mango juice we had in the fridge

i still want to try using kale and i want to use cucumber too. and i just seen a recipe today that calls for sweet potato. i was very intrigued. i'll let you know how it tastes.

weird weight loss tips

i came across an article this morning about weird weight loss tips and ideas were pretty interesting.

1) Eat with your non-dominant hand. A study showed that we eat 30% less if we eat with our non-dominant hand

2) Look in the mirror while you eat. A study showed that when you watch yourself eat, consumption of high calorie meals dropped by a third. -- I guess we don't wanna watch ourselves eating the heart attack.

3) Immerse yourself in blue: blue table cloth, blue plates, maybe even paint the room blue. A study showed that the people ate 30% less. They think it's b/c the color blue is associated with toxic or moldy food. Whereas the colors red and yellow do the opposite. -- I can think of plenty of fast food restaurants that use these colors. Good marketing!

4) Smell an apple or a banana or peppermint. A study showed that you will eat less. They think that smelling the food makes your brain think that you ate it.

5) Instead of a food journal, take a picture. Keeping the photos and looking at them before you eat, may make you think twice about overindulging. -- I don't know if this would work for me. It might make me more hungry. I mean the term "food porn" is now a part of our everyday lives.

6) Eat in silence. They say that a noisy environment makes us eat faster, so our brain doesn't know when we are actually full.

7) Wear tight clothes to dinner. That way when we feel our clothes getting tighter, we know it's time to stop. -- So wearing those sweats to Thanksgiving b/c we knew we were gonna eat a lot, worked against us.

8) After a meal brush your teeth with minty toothpaste. The flavor of mint makes us think the meal is DONE! And mint doesn't mix well with a lot of food, so eating after your brush isn't so appetizing. And the feeling of fresh clean teeth is so enjoyable, that eating again, or grabbing those extra calories may not seem worth losing the freshness. -- SEEEEE, I'm not weird. I've seen this on a couple of articles now.



Here's the link to the actual article if you wanna read more: http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/weird-weight-loss-tricks-really-work

Juice for the night

After my workout tonight, i wanted to get something in my system. Of course my first thought was to juice. Tonight I wanted to try something different to juice. I need to make a trip out to the grocery store b/c I want to try other fruits and some leafy greens like kale and such. But, I did remember seeing some recipes that used ginger to juice and I knew we had ginger so I decided to try it.

Here's the recipe I followed. It's actually a detox recipe:


I thought it actually tasted pretty good. You can definitely smell the ginger, but I didn't think it was over powering at all. My dad thought the ginger was too strong, so I added the pomegranate that I deseeded earlier.


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starting 2012 off right

ever since i got my juicer for christmas (thank you, sister!), i've been able to take in more fruits and veggies. woo hoo! it has always been a constant goal of mine to be more healthy and i loveeee fruits and juice, so this juicer has been perfect. it's given me an easier way get my fruits and veggies in. and the parentals too. lord knows filipino food is NOT the healthiest.

today is my first day back to work and i woke up early enough to make some juice to take to work. i'm gonna have to do this the night before for now on though, b/c i don't like the thought of not cleaning the juicer right away and leaving it in the sink.

and after work i'm gonna try to get a run in at the lake. i need to start running again. and perhaps really train for my marathons this year. lol i'm still contemplating on my workout schedule. but as long as i do SOMETHING at least 3 - 5 times a week i'll be happy. i've been a bit to easy on myself, so i'm gonna have to intensify everything too. 30 is just around the corner, let's see how much i can improve in a month.