I'm sick of smoothies. I don't know if I'm sick of making them, or sick of drinking them; I imagine it's a little bit of both. I was missing that heavy feeling of something starchy sitting in my belly and keeping me full for longer than an hour. So I decided to experiment!
This morning, after making pancakes and eggs for Emma, I decided to concoct my version of "raw oatmeal." All of the recipes online basically call for nuts and fruit, and maybe some flax. But I wanted "real" oatmeal.
I found some raw oats (which are surprisingly difficult to track down, due to their short shelf life) at Greenlife Grocery. Before leaving for dance this morning, I poured a cup of raw oats into a bowl with a cup of ground flax meal. I threw in some fresh blue berries, diced apples, and a tablespoon of organic raw blue agave nectar. I added about a cup of hot tap water, loosely covered the creation, and headed out the door. When we returned about 2 hours later, the oats had softened and the flax had soaked up most of the liquid. I stirred it up and enjoyed a bowl of room temperature oatmeal! The flavor and texture were very satisfying, as was the feeling of having eaten something hearty for the first time in nearly 7 days.
I would have taken a picture, but I ate it too fast.
Of course, I had to be at work at 4:15 again today, so I was pressed for time after nap this after noon. I decided to put the fruits and veggies in my fridge to good juice!
I juiced a bunch of kale, a bunch of parsley, 2 celery stalks, 1 carrot, 1 apple, 3 beets, a handful of broccoli florets, 1 cucumber, a container of blue berries, 6 strawberries...and I just now realized that I forgot to add a banana!!! This blend yielded 2 full glasses of juice, and all of my fruit and veggie servings for the day!
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