V-Whoa!

Today I decided to try making a tomato-based juice for the first time.  Allow me to say that I have always been skeptical of tomatoes.  They can be acceptable, but when I see/hear people getting all excited about tomatoes I feel the need to look at them just a little askance.  Nonetheless, I was feeling today that I did, ultimately kind of have a bit of a craving for them.  Aleesha has been a big inspiration for me the past couple of days, I recently discovered her blog and have been devouring it from the beginning.  She gave a recipe for a tomato juice that I have modified as follows:

5 Tomatoes

1 Red Bell Pepper

1 Stick Celery

1/2 bunch parsley

1/2 tsp cayenne

(her recipe included kelp powder and smoked salt)

Well, all I can say is that I think I am in love.  Chugging is too strong a word, but I am really loving this.  I am regretting that I chose to be cautious at the store and buy only enough tomatoes for one batch (I didn't want to not like it and then have the tomatoes go bad on me).  I could very easily see myself having plenty more of this.  On the other hand, maybe it's a good thing not to have TOO much.

I'd like to add that my GreenStar did a very good job with the tomato juicing.  I used the coarse screen and the fruit nob.  The pulp came out plenty dry and only got a little bit backed up towards the end.  Alternating the tomatoes with the other ingredients did help keep things moving.  There is quite a bit of pulp in the juice, when I return to Boston I may by a straining bag—but for now I don't really mind the pulp.

I also seem to be getting myself into a juice fast.  I think that I will switch back to smoothies tomorrow—they do a much better job of keeping me full when I am in class all day.  I am strongly considering doing a juice fast when I get back to Boston and seeing how that takes me. 

I have a very strong desire to get myself in some semblance of order before law school starts.  I want to have a solid foundation before going in there—I know that if I do I'll be in amazing shape, and so very much prefer that to feeling like I'm trying to catch up.

I am also putting out there that I want to make sure to take time for me and DF to really spend some quality time together over the coming month.  I cannot wait to see him on Wednesday! It looks like he's still going to be working at least on Sundays, so as much as possible we are going to make Saturdays a day for us.  During the week both of us will be so busy that it will require intention to make sure that we are really living together, and not just beside one another.