The juice is worth the squeeze

Hey hey hey,

Glad you liked my recent cherry blossom pics. From what I'm reading, a lot of you are also experiencing some pretty crappy weather today. Booooo.

Hope this brought you a little sunshine.

Michael is sure excited for warmer weather.

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Guess what? I broke in the my new juicer this morning! I choose one by Breville because it had great reviews and is supaaaa easy to clean (all parts are dishwasher friendly!)

It was simple to operate and actually quite a blast (side note: I'm clearly getting old. I now consider juicing a fun activity)!

My first attempt included:

- mango

- kiwi

- green apple

- carrot

- celery

- beet

- ginger

- garlic

-parsley

And a papple!

The label said Pear-Apple but my sis and I call it a 'Papple'. It looks, feels, and tastes equally like a pear and apple. Perfect lil hybrid.

Sooooo good! I loved the garlic/ginger zingggg!

 (Made 4 servings)

Clean up was a easy-peasy. Scoop out pulp (rainbow-esq, eh?) and toss in dishwasher...

I can't wait to experiment more!

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Dinner tonight was reeeeeeeeally good! I bought fresh cod yesterday and whipped up a feast in no time :)

Baked cod topped with brown-rice & veggie crumbles (gluten & dairy free)

Ingredients (serves 3):

1 lb fresh cod

yellow onion, 1 medium chopped

tomato, 1 medium chopped

brown rice bread, 2 pieces toasted/chopped into tiny cubes

fresh parsley, 1 T finely chopped

garbanzo bean flour (~1/2 cup)

vegetable broth, 1/4 cup

3 T dry white wine

garlic, 4 cloves finely diced

honey, 1 t

olive oil, 3 T

garlic powder 1t, divided

sea salt, pepper, to taste

Directions:

(Topping)

1. Add 1T olive oil, wine, onion and fresh garlic to frying pan

2. Cook over medium heat until onions soften and brown

3. Add parsley, tomato, honey, broth, 1/2 t garlic powder. Cook until tomatoes soften.

4. In a separate bowl, combine bread crumbs, flour, 1/2 t garlic powder, pinch sea salt/pepper. The inside of brown rice bread is naturally sticky so flour easily coats crumbs. If this isn't the case for your bread, simply pre-spray bread with olive oil before mixing. 

5. Remove coated crumbs from flour and brown in 1 T olive oil in separate frying pan. Add to tomato mixture. Add salt/pepper to taste.

(Fish)

1. Rub fish with remaining flour (use same from crumb topping). Brown over medium heat ~1 min each side.

2. Remove from heat and transfer to tinfoil coated pan sprayed with cooking spray.

3. Transfer topping equally over each piece of fish.

4. Bake for 10-15 mins at 425F or until fish flakes.

I served the fish with a side of quinoa (cooked in vegetable broth and mixed in remaining topping)

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Whelp, it's officially waaaay past my bedtime. I leave you with this video I've probably watched 12 times today. Peeeee ma pants!