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Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

#ACLFest Recovery Juice

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Beet Carrot Lemon Ginger Juice

I’m totally beginning this Austin City Limits adventure keeping the end in mind. Not in a negative way, but in a positive preparation sort of way.  In a start your day with the good stuff before consuming junk all day kind of way.  And my new Breville juicer arrived just in time.

Beet Carrot Lemon Ginger

And since I’ve been picking up Juiceland’s Moderator juice whenever possible, I figured my first good stuff would contain beets, lemon, and ginger.  I only swapped apples for carrots because my memory failed me.  But it ended up being a wonderful mistake.

Juicing

I juiced everything separately so I could mix to taste.  This was my first solo juicing adventure, after all.

Beet Carrot Lemon Ginger Juice (yields (4) 8 ounce servings)

2 large beets, washed and trimmed

1 pound carrots, washed and trimmed

1 – 4-inch (approximate) hunk of ginger, washed

juice of two lemons

Cut beets, carrots, and ginger into manageable sizes and add to juicer.  Use a handheld citrus juicer for the lemon and add the lemon juice to the vegetable juice. Pour in a fancy carafe, refrigerate until chilled, and drink!

Interested in listening to some ACL sounds?  Check out this post!

A Super Speedy Lunch

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Turkey Avocado Lettuce Wraps

During the final stretch of hundred degree days, I’ve had constant a craving for cold food.  Sandwiches, salads, seafood, juices – they’re all I want.  So when I found this giant (bacon variety) avocado, I swooped it up and went on a hunt for what I could wrap around it.

Bacon Avocado

Nitrate-free turkey breast, dill havarti, and crisp romaine.  Good solution.

Turkey Havarti Avocado Lettuce Wrap

And a fast solution.  I was able to run home during lunch today, quickly prep these wraps, and then spend the rest of my hour laying out potential outfits for ACL. Priorities!

The Gameday Breakfast

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Game Day Breakfast

As a second generation Florida Gator, I learned the importance of a substantial gameday breakfast early on.  And since I’m a savory breakfast kind of gal, egg sandwiches have always been my gameday go-to.

HEB Spicy Corn Relish

When I opened my September HEB Primo Picks box, visions of spicy egg goodness immediately popped into my head.  I toasted up some sprouted wheat bread, topped with sliced avocados, an over-medium egg, and HEB‘s Spicy Relish that Corn.  I dove in with a fork and knife (which were oh so necessary) and immediately wished I had more avocado so I could treat myself to seconds – it was SO wonderful.

Texas Tea and Vodka

Wonderful and… hot!  I dug through the box to see what I could snack on to calm the burn, when I found the perfect thing: Peach Texas Tea.  And then I thought “if this is a gameday breakfast, then surely this tea should be turned into a cocktail”.  So there ya have it!  As I cheer on the Gators in Austin this season, I’ll be enjoying a Texa-fied start to my gameday with a spicy corn relish egg sammie and a Texas Tea with a splash of Tito’s.

Carbs And A Makeover!

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Bow Tie Pasta with Sauce

“What’s this about you not liking arugula?”, Molly asked as she plopped down on a bar stool.  Our conversation continued as we munched on raw greens and I articulated my exact dislike, which ended up being the pungent tasting stem.  The plan is to let this taste grow on me.  We’ll see how that plays out.

Arugula Marinara Sauce

Knowing that tonight was the night FoodFash was getting an impromptu make-over, I opted to keep it simple by jazzing up some jarred tomato sauce with copious amounts of arugula, ground turkey, crushed red pepper, and parmesan.  After all, a hardy/carby meal is totally necessary to power this brain for things like html code, rgb colors, widgets, and sidebars.

Bow Tie Pasta with Fork

It had been a while, weeks maybe, since Molly and I caught up over the dinner table. And as we chatted about our day, I didn’t mind that the night was growing old and my to-do list long.  We were enjoying our Tuesday time and that was all that mattered.  And then I successfully launched FoodFash 3.0 and was even more thankful I didn’t stress my way through dinner.

Take a look around and tell me what ya think!