last night, this morning, and now again tonight (as well as intermittently throughout the day), my nose has quite suddenly tried to do its best impression of a water faucet. the clean book talks about all the “mucus” that’s built up in your body and that the cleanse is working to get rid of, but i didn’t really think it meant it would literally all come out of my nose. so maybe it’s a cold? what fun. freaky food and i can’t smell or taste anything. hmm… maybe that’s for the best.
actually, this morning’s smoothie (or “smoooozie” as the happy toddler calls them) was surprisingly delicious. way better than i’d thought it might be. it’s called “cinnamon rolls for breakfast” and i found it on the website. i had some pretty serious doubts about it. if the recipe calls for their powders and i don’t have them, and also calls for protein powder which i don’t have, will it still taste “right”? will it still keep me satiated until it’s time for morning snack? and biggest of all, as mr. happy stuff pointed out, “if it’s not really a cinnamon roll (oh man, that sounds really good right now), you can’t call it a cinnamon roll.” but i wanted to give it a try anyway. it’s not much to look at:
but the vanilla and cinnamon are genius additions and the dates aren’t half-bad either. mr. happy stuff chose to go the pink smoothie route again since this one was almond-milk-based. i’ve learned that in the same way he doesn’t like a “milk” based smoothie (or one with nuts in it), i’m really not fond of smoothies with teeny little chunks of unblended food. like coconut shreds or chopped pecans that are too small for the blender to catch, or if i don’t blend it long enough. i like my smoozies smoooooth.
since lunch for me was leftover buckwheat noodles and veggies and lunch for mr. h-s was leftover quinoa, and since we both ate them at work, there’s no photos of that. i also took dried fruit and nuts for snacking (and some avocado and radish, but i never got around to eating that today) and mr. h-s took some carrots and hummus, rice crackers and an apple for his snacks. oh, and i also ate a pear for my “dessert” at lunch and it was amaaaaaazing. i had to apologize for the slurping. i do love a comice pear!
i thought i’d try a dinner smoothie that i’d hoped would be a “comfort” food for mr. h-s after a long day–“warm apple smoothie” (see recipe at end of post if you’re interested). he loves baked apple desserts, but this one was a bit disappointing. he did manage to drink a glass of it, but i obliged him with a pink smoothie chaser.
first of all, two tan smoothies in one day is a little visually uninspiring. secondly, this apple smoothie was extremely frothy. sort of similar to drinking the foam on the top of a latte, but apple flavored and it was the whole cup full, not just on the top. i forgot to ask mr. happy stuff if his was this frothy too (he got the bottom half of the blender), so maybe if i try it again, i won’t blend it quite so thoroughly. the flavor was nice and it was comforting to have a warm, sweet smoothie. maybe i’ll try it with pears and apple cider and pie spices and we’ll see how that turns out.
tonight i had the pleasure of cooking a (somewhat) familiar meal with a few alterations and omissions, so we’ll see how that goes for lunch tomorrow. i must remember to photograph it! i also got that turkey roasted, so now we should be pretty well set for quicker “slab o’ chicken + a green salad” type lunches when mama oversleeps. i feel much less frantic now that we’ve got an “emergency backup plan.” we also now have the default, “if this tastes like crap, we’ll just make a pink smoothie” agreement (similar to the more usual, “if this tastes like crap, we can order a pizza” agreement) which has helped us get through my experimental cooking tendencies. i have no idea if mr. happy stuff is getting sufficient nutrients from his pink smoothies, but i figure there’s always snacks and lunch to fill in the gaps.
yeesh. i gotta get to bed!
warm apple smoothie
1 apple, cut into chunks, skins on
1/4 c. water or unpasteurized cider
1/4 t. cinnamon
pinch sea salt
1/8 t. nutmeg
1/8 t. ground cloves
1 c. almond milk
1/4 c. walnuts (optional)
combine first six ingredients (through cloves) in a small saucepan and simmer until the apples are soft. add the almond milk until it is warm, then carefully transfer all of the ingredients (including the walnuts) into a blender. blend til smooth.
