Cucumber Mojito juice

There are 2 definite camps in regards to juicing: either you love it or you hate it. I am in the love it group. For me, it replaces soda-sometimes I even add it to carbonated water for that kick. Most mornings I make fresh juice in my juicer. It's a great addition to the breakfast table, and it encourages me to try vegetables that I don't normally eat, like beets. 

After I do my weekend grocery shopping, I peel my veggies for juice. I keep them in a container in the fridge so it's easy to get my morning going. If I know the next day is going to be crazy, I will make my juice the night before. My juices all have a basic formula:

Ginger

Lime or lemon

Celery

Pear or apple

Kale or spinach 

Carrots

After that, I go a little crazy. So,stones it's beets, sometimes it's cucumbers. Many times it's both.

This morning, I wanted something a little more jazzy. I tried cucumber Mojito juice.

My basic juice recipe (I used pear, lime & kale)

1 cucumber

Handful of fresh mint

I ran everything through the juicer. 

Then drink up buttercup.

Easy, Like Sunday Morning

A long, long time ago, we used to have leisurely Sunday breakfasts. We would linger over the New York Times & Trentonian (best of both worlds!) before id go to church. Sometimes it would be bagels, lox & cream cheese, others something more fancy.
Fast forward nearly a decade. Sunday mornings can be chaotic at best, downright ornery at the worst. I am attempting to slow things down this summer, and breakfast is a good place to start.

Waffles and orange juice. So simple yet so filling on so many levels.

I adapted the waffle recipe from Two Peas in their Pod (http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/waffles/)

BASIC WAFFLES
Adapted from Alton Brown

1 c whole wheat flour
1 c all purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 T sugar
3 eggs
2 T butter, melted
2 cups buttermilk
Cooking spray for the waffle iron

Preheat waffle iron as directed.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar. In another bowl whisk together eggs and melted butter. Then, whisk in the buttermilk. Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until . Let it rest 5 minutes.
Cook the waffles according to the directions for your waffle iron. Serve immediately

I served mine topped with blueberries. So yummy!

To drink, I made orange juice. In the blender. It was so easy.
I peeled 6 oranges, put them in the blender and hit the liquefy button, and let it run for several minutes. If you want it a little thinner, add more water. The oranges I picked were so sweet nothing else needed to be added!!

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