I had a really busy day yesterday. It started off by being trapped and chained to my desk reading and answering emails, doing blog-related computer tasks, and trying to keep my inbox under better control than the ever-growing national debt. My inbox can relate to the ever-growing part.
Then I went to the post office and mailed package to a friend. She wants to start brewing her own kombucha and I am helping her get started.
Speaking of fermented beverages, Zukay Foods sent me some of their products to try.
The Zukay beet juice was refreshing and there are many benefits to consuming beets:
Information from Zukay Foods:
– Beet juice can help to strengthen both the liver and the gall bladder; even more so when mixed with other juices such as carrot or cucumber.
· Beet fiber such as Pectin, binds toxins, heavy metals, and excess hormones that build up in the liver, and removes them from the body, as opposed to being reabsorbed.
· They are a blood building herb that detoxifies blood and renews it with minerals and natural sugars.
· Beets have been found to have a regulating effect on blood pressure
· Because beets are so beneficial to the bloodstream, it has been found that they can also protect from heart disease and help to fight off anaemia
· The folic acids found in beets are especially helpful to pregnant women, as they are known to prevent birth defects.
· After long, tiring days, raw beets have the ability to reenergize and rejuvenate.
· Beet juice reduces the uptake of oxygen, thus allowing an increase in endurance and stamina in those physically active. It allows for longer workouts because of less fatigue.
· And of course, Zukay’s Beet Kvasses (and other kvasses) are all fermented and probiotic, so they have all the natural enzymes of the veggies intact, and are naturally probiotic and low in sugar
This Carrot Ginger juice was sweet with a bit of heat. Tasty stuff.
And although I am not a fan of onions at all, Scott seemed to really enjoy this salad dressing.
I’ve been dipping all my veggies in Spicy Doritos Cheezy Dip
The dip is really fast and easy to make I use it as either a salad dressing or as a veggie dip.
If you like nooch or Doritos, make that dip.
After errand running, it was time to fix Skylar a snack.
She requested a Microwave Blueberry Banana Oat Cake
Smart choice. For her and me since I was rushing around and the microwave saves me. Not a fan of it? That’s ok, I am. Just a tool that I use as needed.
From my previous post, Learn Something New Every Day, can you believe that about koi fish? 200 year old “pets”? Crazy but true!
Questions:
1. Do you like beets? Ever tried beet juice?
I love beets and have a recipe post coming soon with them but until about 6 years ago, I used to think I didn’t like them.
It wasn’t until getting my first CSA share and learning how to roast them properly that I fell in love with beets. A little too in love and I gave myself an unintentional liver cleanse but I survived and was, ahem, cleaner and purer, afterward.
If your only experience with beets is from a can or something that’s been pre-cooked and is a strange plastic container or can, and the texture is really ahem, unique, yes, I can see why you wouldn’t like them either. Ick!
Real beets, prepared properly, are amazing. As is beet juice if you’re so inclined to juice them. I am such a crybaby about juicer cleanup that I almost never juice anymore.
I captured the shot of those gems at the Farmers Market over the weekend
2. What Busy Beeter Busy Beaver tasks have you crossed off your list today or recently?
Yesterday I also hit up the grocery store
Cleaned my shower
Changed the sheets on Skylar’s bed
Went for a great run
And oh yes, went to my paid job. The rest of that list is just unpaid manual labor.
3. Do you get sucked into your computer, your email, blogs (reading them, writing your own, maintaining your own, etc.), websites, and just things that keep you sitting at your desk and staring at your screen?
I sure do! Some days it just seems never ending the sheer volume of computer work I need to plow through!
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I absolutely ADORE beets, and I love juicing them as well.
I have cross SO many things off my busy-bee list lately … with school winding down, there are things to cross off each day. It is a good feeling!
I LOVE beets….especially the greens! My MIL always plants them in her garden and I secretly think she does it for me b/c I don’t see her eat beets much. ;) That carrot juice sound really tasty! I’d love to drink more juice like that but don’t own a juicer and most products that you can buy have apples in them. Can’t do apples so the juice stays on the shelf….Bummer.
Is your couch from West Elm?? My couch looks just like that! If so, how do you clean it?
yes it’s west elm, good eyes!
my entire house has been phased in with west elm over the past few years :)
and i dont clean it, per se. I guess I am just really careful with it and I have spot cleaned it with water on a towel but Ive never had anything horrid happen to it. I would use an upholstery service honestly rather than try to do it myself if i ever really needed a major cleaning…
Gotcha. Yeah–I’ve been afraid to clean it myself. I have a dog and so I have some little spots on it that I wasn’t sure how to get out. Thanks!
I enjoy eating beets, but have never tried the juice.
Crossed off my list: paid job, travelling to/from my parents, paper / computer work for the paintball field, answering the phone for the paintball field, cleaned the bathrooms, made dinner, did laundry (ours) and started the laundry for the paintball field … oh, and mowed the front yard.
My computer & I spend WAY too much time together. My paid job, my unpaid job (paintball field), reading blogs, personal email, facebook, etc. Good thing I unplug during the weekends – WiFi is terrible at the paintball field this year.
I think you have completely read my mind with this post.
1. I was going to answer that I hate beets until you explained getting them fresh and not the gross mushy canned stuff. I don’t think I have ever tried a fresh beet in my life! So I bet I’d like them.
2. JUST yesterday I tackled so many chores around the house that I have been putting off for weeks and weeks. And now everything looks so beautiful.
3. And finally, yes, yes, and YES! I can totally get sucked into e-mails, blogs, and Facebook. Where does the time go??
canned and fresh are NOTHING alike so you will like properly made beets, i promise.
Ahhahaha… I can totally related to the “unintentional” cleanse. Valentine’s Day, 2 years ago… I ate a whole pan of roasted beets before going to my night shift. I peed pink, and went OMG, WTH, (I have frequent UTI’s but that wasn’t something I’d ever seen before)– thank God for Google! First three hits on pink urine were about beets. Well… my hubs and I went up to a nice mountain town after I got off work, and I had several sudden “detours” to the restroom. Let’s just say I’ve never pooped so much in my life. It was *unreal.*
I still love roasted beets tho!
I like beets! But specially red beets… (they are good grilled, as a sauce, steamed, … you can do just about everything with these precious ones).
I get stuck on my computerscreen way too many times… Specially when I actually have to study (like, uhm, now).
I always feel conflicted about the microwave. We use it here, and it is definitely a time-saver, and for me it reduces my stress, especially when my family often eats different food than me because they like their gluten and mac and cheese…lol. And I hate turning the stove on in the heat. But I always worry that I may be causing damage to my family that I shouldn’t be. Well, i guess I will think about that more tomorrow…after I make a snack in the microwave. lol.
I love beets! I was just talking about them with a friend today. I know- very exciting conversation! I want to try them roasted. Looking forward to your recipe.
love beets! they contacted us too, cannot wait to try them
Microwaves are a challenging one! There was a time where I swore off microwaves for months, but I just realized it wasn’t practical for me. I can go weeks without a microwave in the summer, but winter at the office, freezing weather, and I need a warm bowl of soup! I guess it’s like anything to do with our health: make the changes you know you can, and stick to them. Realize that you’ll win and you’ll lose, but if you have the best intentions and you make educated choices [and love yourself!] everything will sort itself out.
In the grand scheme of things, giving Skylar a microwaved oat cake vs. a store bought sugar laden granola bar (not saying you’d give that to her, but you know what I mean), is a much better choice!
ps–I get sucked at my computer for HOURS all the time since blogging. Staring at the screen…it’s like a sickness! Nothing gets done!
I never liked beets until I was pregnant. Then I became OBSESSED!!! I feel like I recently sampled Zukay products in Whole Foods…or something like it? Looks great nonetheless.
Are you going to HLS this year? I think you went last year, or was that just Food Buzz?
not going to HLS b/c I have some other things that I am allotting time/money for in the budget.
last year i only went to FBuzz, never to HLS.
Have fun if you’re going!