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Homemade Salad Dressing

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Pre-packaged salad dressings are, for the most part, junk! They are filled with chemicals and preservatives we’re likely to have never heard of! Not to mention, many salad dressings have gluten in them. I used to just use olive oil on my salads until I started making this Homemade Salad Dressing.

I could have whipped up a more creative name than Homemade Salad Dressing, but there is no need to be fancy when that’s what this is.

It’s basic. It’s homemade. It’s a salad dressing. And it’s awesome!

Homemade Salad Dressing

Ingredients

  1. Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar (1 part)
  2. Olive Oil (1 part)
  3. Cinnamon
  4. Honey

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What is your favorite salad dressing?

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Xox,
SKH

Juicing

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Juicing is marching right alongside me headed into spring. It’s all part of the spring training and revive!

What do you think of when you think “juice?” Perhaps it is, “I love the juices from Jamba Juice or another similar place.” Or maybe it is, “Juicing is for major detoxing.” Or maybe even, “Juicing is too much work.”

Here is why my “juicing” days are none of the above:

  1. Pre-made juices are not in my vocabulary. The amount of sugar in those is insane. And besides, if I’m going to spend money on a beverage outside of my house, surely it’s going to be Peets (or Caribou when I’m in MN)!
  2. I am not detoxing. Period! I’m not juicing to lose weight, and I don’t believe in liquid diets.
  3. I am busy – very busy. If juicing were too much work, I would not do it.

Juicing

I purchased my juicer a few weeks ago. I decided it was time to invest in a juicer. After my major flare-up last week, and various flare-ups during the past few years, I knew that a juicer would be a great investment. Juicing allows me to get a ton of nutrients, but without the stomach problems that typically accompany those foods when eaten raw.

Juicing allows me to get a ton of nutrients, but without the stomach problems that typically accompany those foods when eaten raw.

I’m still dying for a Vitamix, but I settled on a Breville instead (so that I could also get my iPad2 a few days later)! I’m okay with the Breville, but I’m not in love with it. It definitely gets the job done.

This has been my favorite juice recipe so far:

Ingredients

  • broccoli
  • carrots
  • apple
  • celery

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Once I place the items in the juicer, the liquid falls to the right. The “junk” dispenses to the bucket on the left.

I “top it off” with coconut milk.

And then I enjoy the final product.

Whatever your reason for wanting to try juicing may be, know that it reason enough. I believe in juicing for me, as a lifestyle.

Xox,
SKH

Homemade Vegetable Broth

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Ever wondered how to make the simplest homemade Vegetable Broth, and what it all costs? Don’t wonder for very long because I’ve taken all the guess work out for you today.

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