Top 5 Rules of A Cheat Meal

Oh The Glorious Cheat Meals We All Love! 

We LOVE our cheat meals, there's no doubt about that...Until we step on the scale Sunday morning and realize we gained everything back that we had worked so hard to lose, right?  Carefree weekends can easily destroy a weeks worth of hard work and lets face it, nothing makes us feel more defeated than gaining back weight that we lost.  

So here are the Top 5 Rules of a Cheat Meal: 

1. No Guilt.  Enjoy every single minute of it.  If you allow yourself to feel guilty, you are missing the point.

2.  Plan Your Cheat Meal Place In advance.  Spur of the moment decision could lead to over indulgence. Do not wait until the last minute to pick where you are going to go out to eat.  (But lets be honest, we have our cheat meals planned to a T by Monday afternoon haha)

3.  Don't Forget Everything You Know About PORTION CONTROL.  A cheat meal should be treated as a small indulgence,  it's not a license to binge.  

4.  Limit Your Cheat Meals.  This varies on personal goals but for those just trying to maintain weight, you should not have more than two cheat meals a week.  If you are trying to lose weight, you should only have one cheat meal a week.  

5.  Move On.  Say addios to the calorie and carb consumption you just took in.  HOWEVER, Don't allow a cheat meal to be a trigger to more bad eating.  Do it, love every second of it, and move on.  

Happy Weekend Eating To You All! ;) 

Xoxo, 

Ashley 

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15 Ways to Use the Leftover Pulp from your Juicer!

If you are anything like me, one of the not so great parts about juicing is feeling like you waste so much. (and after spending a fortune on fresh produce this thought can be very aggravating... I know) Well, here are a few ways you can use all of the pulp from your juicer!

1.  Freeze it and save it for later use! It may lose some of the nutrient value by sticking it in the freezer however, you will still have a significant amount of fiber left in pulp!  (Place fruit and Veggie pulp in separate containers)

2.  Fruit pulp can be used to add a little kick to your smoothies, muffins, bread, cookies, bread, granola bars, pie or cobblers. You can blend it up or cook it! 

3.  Meat Loaf:  Add some fresh vegetable pulp to your meat loaf to make for a healthier and more delicious meal! (Use ground turkey to make it even more healthy)

4.  Omelets:  Add some veggies to your eggs with fresh vegetable pulp... so good!

5.  Soups:  Try making a vegetable soup with fresh juice and add some pulp for flavor and texture

6.  Lasagna:  There are some REALLY good spaghetti squash recipes out there, add some fresh veggie pulp for even more flavor with a healthy lasagna!

7.  Put it back into your garden:  If you have a garden you can use pulp as fertilizer or maybe you don't want to cook with the extra pulp,  just throw it anywhere in your backyard and let the earth do it's thing with it.  Might as well not waste it!

8.  Bulk your burgers up with some vegetable pulp.  

9.  For those with young kids:  You can sneak some of pulp into some everyday food.  For example, take some traditional Mac&Cheese and add some spinach, tomato, or kale pulp into their food and BAM, kids are gettin' more veggies! 

10.  DIY Salad Dressings:  With some fresh pulp, a little olive oil, and some vinegar you have your own homemade (and healthy) dressing! 

11.  Hummus:  Ok, I have had an obsession with hummus lately.  I just recently made my own and added in some fresh vegetable pulp and it was SO GOOD! A must try!

12.  "Tea":  Add some fruit pulp to some hot water, add a pinch of cinnamon, let it set and then run thru a strainer.  

13.  Pancakes:  Add some flavor and moister to some oatmeal pancakes! 

14.  You can use leftover pulp to make some homemade scrubs and face masks. 

15.  You can dehydrate the pulp and make crackers with it. 

This weekend I made muffins with my leftover pulp.  Here is the recipe for 

Orange Nut Muffins 

2 cups of gluten free flour 

3 tablespoons of honey 

3 teaspoons of baking powder 

1/2 teaspoon of salt 

1 cup of fresh juiced orange juice 

3 tablespoons of coconut oil 

3 tablespoons of orange pulp 

2 egg whites 

1/4 cup of chopped nuts (pecan, macadamia, or walnuts) 

 Preheat oven to 400.  Mix everything together and then bake for 15-18 minutes at 400! 

Peel Oranges 

Juice Oranges 

Save the pulp 

Put your gluten free flour in a bowl 

Add Honey 

 Add baking soda

 Add  Fresh OJ

 Then your coconut oil

 Two egg whites

 I crack my egg whites in a separate bowl 

 Add em' in

 Chop up whatever nuts you decided to use and add them in!

 Stir Everything together until there are little to no clumps

Bake for 15-18 minutes on 400 and then these babies are done! 

I also made some "Carrot Cake" muffins with fresh pulp that were TO DIE FOR! 

Carrot Cake Muffins 

3 cups of gluten free flour 

1 tablespoon of baking soda 

3 1/2 cups of carrot pulp 

1 cup of pineapple pulp 

1 cup of honey 

4 tablespoons of cinnamon

1 teaspoon of nutmeg 

6 egg whites 

1 cup of coconut oil 

1 1/2 cups of chopped walnuts 

preheat oven to 350.  Mix all ingredients together.  Bake for 45 minutes!

Enjoy!!!


Xoxo
-Ashley

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50+ Juicing Recipes

There's nothing like starting the week off with some brand spankin' new juice recipes, so here ya go... 50+ of my favorite recipes!  

*** Just a few little tips***

Kale is pretty tasteless, so I like to add it to almost every recipe!  It's an easy way to sneak some greens in your juices.  

If you're craving a coke or maybe you're doing a cleanse and need a little boost, add sparkling water to any of the recipes and it adds a little flare to your juice.  I love adding sparkling water just to switch things up and trick my mind! 

Another fun thing to do with your juices is add chia seeds! They add a little bit of texture and they're packed with health benefits! Check out Chia seed benefits online when you get the chance, you wont regret it! 

There are a lot of fruit recipes in my blog... I get asked all the time if drinking mostly fruit juice is ok because of the high carb and high sugar content. Well, for me it was not only ok but drinking mostly fruit juices is how I lost 20lbs.  When I first started juicing I jumped into these crazy veggie juices thinking I would magically love the taste of vegetables but boy was I wrong.  In fact, drinking those straight veggie juices was kind off a turn off because I thought "juicing" was gross.  So my advice to you is start off slow... make those really yummy fruit juices and then slowly start adding in the veggies.  Before you know it, you will be craving fresh produce and a homemade V8 will sound and taste delicious BUT it's no change your taste buds will make over night.  

 Happy Monday and Happy Juicing!

Bluepeary

2 Pears

1 cup of Kale

1 cup of Blueberries

Replenish (A fav of mine)

½ pineapple

Mint Leaves

2 Green Apples

1 to  2 Lemons

Morning Glory

10 Strawberries

3 peaches

Half a mango

Half a cucumber

Chunk of Ginger

Metabolism Booster

2 Green Apples

1 Small cucumber

1 small beet root (beets are very earthy so use sparingly)

1 lemon

chunk of ginger

Simple Green Juice

Cup of Kale

2 Pears

1 Cucumber

Chunk of Ginger

1 Lemon

Fire Me Up! (All Time FAV!!)

2 Oranges

2 Green Apples

2 Limes

3 Medium sized Carrots

1 to 2 Jalapenos

SOO GOOD!

Anit-Flammatory

3 purple cabbage leaves

2 sticks of celery

2 pears

chunk of ginger root

Afternoon Pick Me Up

4 carrots

2 apples

1 lemon

chunk of ginger

Cranberry Cleanser

1 pear

1 apple

1 celery stalk

1 cup of spinach

1 cup of cranberries

Green Juice (Not for beginners)

Kale

Celery

Cucumber

Broccoli

Romaine Lettuce

Spinach

Green Apples

Lemon

Thyroid Remedy

1 cucumber

5 celery stalks

5 carrots

1 lemon

1 cup of pure coconut water

Thyroid Tonic

6 Carrots

1 cucumber

½ lemon

10 radishes

Allergy Reducer

1 medium sized carrot

2 large oranges

½ cucumber

handful of mint leaves

chunk of ginger

Immune System Booster

1 apple 3 stalks of celery

4 stalks of kale

½ lemon

chunk of ginger root

V8 (Not for beginners)

4 tomatoes

4 green onions

½ green pepper

2 carrots

2 s talks of celery

handful of cilantro

handful of parsley

2 lemons

chunk of ginger 

pinch of garlic

Vitamin C Blast

2 Oranges

1 cup of Kale

2 Lemons

Handful of Mint

On Fire

2 Carrots

2 Oranges

1 Lemon

Chunk of Ginger

Cayenne

Green Ocean

½ Pinapple

1 Cup of Spinach

2 Green Apples

Pure Coconut Water

Skinnie Minnie

1 Cucumber

2 Green Apples

1 Cup of Kale

1 Cup of Spinach

1 Lemon

Chunk of Ginger

Cayenne

Carrot Cake

4 Carrots

2 Oranges

2 lemons

chunk of Ginger

ABC’s

2 Green Apples

3 Carrots

3 stalks of Celery

Princess Juice

4 Carrots

2 Apples

Chunk of Ginger

Veggie Lover

2 Celery Stalks

1 Cup of Spinach

2 Carrots

1 Cucumber

Handful of cilantro

Shine and Sparkle

2 Celery Stalks

2 Green Apples

1 Cup of Spinach

1 Jalapeno

handful of cilantro

Blood

2 Apples

Beets

Chunk of Ginger

2 Limes

Power Green

2 Green Apples

Cup of Kale

Cup of Spinach

Handful of Parsley

Romaine Lettuce

2 Celery Stalks

 2 Limes

Chunk of Ginger

Detox Juice

2 Apples

Beets

Cup of Kale

2 Celery Stalks

1 Lemon

Chunk of Ginger

Pretty In Pink

Beets

½ Pineapple

15 Strawberries

2 Red apples

Chuck of Ginger

Immunity Booster

2 Carrots

½ Pineapple

2 Oranges

2 Grapefruit

1 Lime

Chunk of Ginger

Hangover Helper

2 Green Apple

1 Cucumber

1 Cup of Kale

Ginger

1Lemon

Aloe Vera Juice

Pinch of mineral salt

Calcium Cleanser

2 Green Apples

½ Pineapple

1 Cup of Kale

2 Celery Stalks 1 Cucumer

1 Lemon

Dessert Juice

2 Medium Sized Carrots

1 Orange

handful of Strawberries

Handful of raspberries

1 Lemon

For Your Skin

2 Carrots

1 Cup Of kale

2 Cup of Cranberry

2 Golden Apples

Sleepy-Time Juice

1 Carrot

2 Green Apples

2 Stalks of Celery

Lettuce

Handful of Mint Leaves

1 Lemon

Kale Yeah

2 Cups of Kale

2 Green Apples

2 Pears

1 Lime

Summer Lovin’

1 Watermelon

1 Cup of Blueberries

1 Cup of Pomegranate seeds

Apple Pie

1 Sweet Potato

2 Carrots

1 Orange

Dash of Pumpkin Pie Spice

 Peach Chia

3 Peaches

10 Strawberries

Chunk of Ginger

Chair seeds

Cranberry Crush

1 Cup of Cranberries 

1 Red Apple

1 Orange 

Ginger Ale  (Great for soft drink replacement)

2 Green Apples 

1" of Ginger Root 

Lemon 

Kale 

Pour over ice and add Sparkling Water 

 Don't let the color fool you! (Good Green "starter" drink)

1 cup of Kale 

1 Pear 

1/2 Pineapple

1 Lemon 

1 Green Apple 

Immunity (Great for the Immune system) 

2 Oranges

1 Cup of Strawberries 

1/2 Pineapple  

2 Medium sized Carrots 

Healthy Orange Julius

1/2 Pineapple 

2 Oranges 

1" Ginger Root 

Pour over ice and add Sparkling Water

Cran-apple 

1/4 Cup of Cranberries 

1 Lemon 

1/2 Cup of Green Grapes 

2 Green Apples

Raspberry Lemonade 

1 and 1/2 cups of Raspberries 

1 and 1/2 cups of Blueberries 

2 Lemons

Pour over ice and add sparkling water 

Liquid Sunshine 

1" of Ginger 

2 Medium sized Carrots

1 Pear 

1 Tangerine 

1/2 Pineapple 

1 Lemon

Wine and Dine Me

2 Green Apples 

1/2 Cup of BlueBerries 

1/2 Cup of Blackberries

1/2 Cup of Raspberries 

1/2 Cup of Strawberries 

1/2 Cup of Grapes 

Skinny Margarita 

4 Celery Stalks 

2 Green Apples 

2 Limes 

1/2 Cup of Kale 

Pour over ice and add sparkling water 

Citrus Soda 

1/2 Pineapple 

1 Orange 

1 Lemon 

Pour over ice and add sparkling water

Green Machine 

1 head of broccoli

1 cucumber 

1 Green Apple 

1/2 Cup of Green Apples 

1 Cup of Kale 

2 Limes 

1" of Ginger Root 

Strawberry Lemonade

1/2 Pineapple 

1 Cup of Strawberries 

3 Lemons

Pour over ice and add sparkling water 

 If you have any questions about the recipes or how to juice certain fruits or vegetables, please shoot me a message! I have juiced almost everything so I know all the ins, outs, tips and tricks!

Well, Until Next Time :) 

Xoxo, 

Ashley

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