“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you’re hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” — Rocky Balboa
Detoxify Your Body – My Secret Juicing Recipe
After the Thanksgiving holiday, I believe some of you feel a lot of meat/turkey in your stomach.
Now, it’s time to get rid of all the “trashes” from your body. Let’s DETOX!
What is Detox?
- Detoxification is what your body does naturally to neutralize, transform or get rid of unwanted materials or toxins.
- (Source: http://www.drfranklipman.com/what-do-you-mean-by-detox/)
There are multiple ways to detoxify your body.
- For example: you can drink two quarts of water a day
- You can sweat more by doing more exercise
- You can take more Vitamin C to drive away toxins ect.
- (Source from: http://life.gaiam.com/article/10-ways-detoxify-your-body)
Today, I am going to share my favorite way to Detox – Juicing!
Why I choose Juicing?
- Tasted Good (I love nature juice)
- Easy to Make
- It Works Very Well
Are you ready for my secret Juicing Recipe?
Let’s go!
Yes, first of all, we need a juicer!
I got my juicer (above) around $90 on amazon last year, it still works very well now after one year and an half use. I give 4.5 stars for this brand and this specific juicer that I have.
Just for more info, if you are interested in getting one Breville Juicer, check it out here:
Recipe: (for 2 people)
- 4 celeries
- 3 carrots
- 1 apple
- 1 asian pear
Step:
- Wash them
- Cut the apple and asian pear into pieces
- That’s it! Ready to make some healthy yummy juice!
Done!
You can add some honey if you like something sweeter.
The reason I choose these fruits/veggies is because they contain a lot of water inside. I don’t recommend you to use banana, orange, grapefruits etc for juicing because those fruits are not that watery. (But for smoothies, these fruits work very well)
Many people don’t like the celery taste, but for this recipe, you can barely taste the celery because the flavor of apple juice and asian pear juice have covered the celery flavor.
I hope you will enjoy this juicing recipe and have a great detoxification after your holiday!
Best,
Tracy
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Sukiyaki
I am a typical asian girl who loves asian food a lot so today I am going to share a simple and tasty Sukiyaki recipe with those of you who want to try out asian cuisine at home. I got the recipe from two of my Japanese friends, I tried it out a few times and I loved eating it every time. I hope you love it too!
(The picture above was my first attempt with my Japanese friends, it looks a little different from the one in this recipe but they are both delicious.)
So are you ready to experience Japanese Style Beef Sukiyaki? Let’s go!
Ingredients: (2-3 Servings)
- 2 trays of Kobe Style Beef Chuck Shabu Shabu
- 1/3 bottle of Sukiyaki Sauce
- 8-10 Baby Bella Mushrooms
- 1 bag Shirataki (Yam Noodle)
- 1 bag Enoki Mushroom
- 1 Leek or 2-3 Japanese Green Onion
- 1 tablespoon of Cooking Oil
Note: I used a wok to make sukiyaki, but a pot would be fine too.
I got all the ingredients from Marukai Japanese Supermarket in Cupertino, but you can basically get all the ingredients from any Japanese or asian supermarket. Below are some popular Japanese supermarkets in California:
Mitsuwa – http://www.mitsuwa.com/tenpo/eindex.html
Marukai – http://www.marukai.com/inquiry-en.html
Nijiya – http://www.nijiya.com/store-location
Directions:
Here’s all the ingredients that you will need:
Step 1: Clean and Cut the mushrooms and green onion/leek
Step 2: Add the oil to the wok and stir-fry Kobe Beef until it’s slightly brown, then place the rest of the ingredients into the wok
Step 3: Cover and Cook under Medium Heat for 15-20 minutes
Step 4: Ta-Dah! Gourmet Sukiyaki is ready to eat!
I hope all of you will like it! Please feel free to leave a comment about your experiences with this recipe or if you have any questions. =)
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