Backyard Farmgals

This is the most beautiful juice.  I love the pink color and it tastes absolutely scrumptious.  I have been trying to put more raw food into my diet and juicing is a great way to do just that.  You get all of the vitamins and flavors, and it makes your skin glow.  I needed a big boost of vitamin C a few weeks ago and this did the trick.  I snagged a similar recipe from This Rawsome Vegan Life and now I am hooked. An awesome side effect of juicing is that you crave sugar a whole lot less.  When you do snag a little sugary snack, it tastes way too sweet, and you are stunned at how sugar packed it is.  Juice has a way of resetting your tastebuds.  Let's face it, I need all the resetting I can get to keep me eating healthy and glowing!  Another side effect is energy, oodles of it.  I feel so energized when I juice.  I love that feeling! As for juicers, I don't have the million dollar juicer.  I have a mid-grade one that do...

I love beets.  I love the way they smell, the earthiness of their taste, I even love the way they stain your hands pink.  The problem with beets is that I feel there are so few ways to prepare them, and I think that people get bored with the same old steamed beets.  I love mine roasted with sea salt, olive oil and balsamic, but that heats up the kitchen, and in 100ºF weather, I can do without heating up the kitchen! A friend gave me a recipe for beet salad, and I have given it a bit of a Farmgal makeover, adding a few things, and getting rid of a few ingredients.  This is lovely and fresh.  Best of all, it is raw and requires not one bit of heat (which is good news for my kitchen!).  All you need is a mandolin with a small julienne attachment - just be sure to use the finger guard, those beets are slippery!  My seven-year-old gobbled this down, the four-year-old was a bit more cautious but eventually ate it too.  It's tasty and has definitel...