Congratulations on Cleanse

Sat Naam,

Congratulations on completing the Cleanse! .....and a public THANK YOU to Christie for her inspiration and holding the space for so many of us.

Thanks to Nirbhe Kaur for sharing many yummy recipes and her commitment to eating well!

When the going got tough I thought of our circle and how each of us is willing to work on enormous change - after all eating is a 3X a day habit!

Love&Light

Beets!

One of the best parts about putting a raw beet in your morning green smoothie is that no matter how many greens you put in, the color of the smoothie stays red!
:)
Kendall

Week four!

Congradualations to everyone for making it through the liquid week. Isn't it amazing how fast this time has gone?? I am excited to try some new recipies this week: for dinner tonight I'm going to make the Stuffed Collard Wraps, and already have the 15-minute black bean salad marinating in the fridge for Tuesday when I get home from school.
This whole process has flowed so organically. I am so grateful to you, Christie, for sharing this with us.
Last night we finished our first batch of maple syrup!! It's been several long nights out by the fire boiling down gallons and gallons of sap, and is so rewarding to be able to see and taste the syrup that all of our hard work has brought us. We still have at least 25 gallons left of sap (!!) so it's going to be a long couple of nights this week finishing it all up.
I hope that everyone enjoys this last week of the cleanse!! Spend some time outside...it is finally feeling like spring up here in new york...Looking forward to seeing you all again on Sunday :)

Love!!
Kendall

lemonade tip

Something I've really been enjoying as an evening dinner treat is drinking my lemonade hot as tea. I squeeze the lemon juice into a mug, add maple syrup and cayenne, and then pour in some hot water from the tea kettle. It's really comforting and yummy.

kendall

Clarification re Salt Water Purge

The headache and achy joints were BEFORE the salt water purge. The purge (the effects of which did last about 2 hours) actually helped with both pains. Achy tonight again so am loading up on the tumeric.

Did the saltwater purge. Achy all over like the flu. Bad headache like a hangover.
Was hot and am now cold. Want to stay in a hot tub all day but rather difficult to work from there. I think it was John Updike who had a special board he would place across his bathtub so he could work naked in the bath for hours. My tub won't accommodate such a board, alas.

Fermented Stuff

Here's the link to the water kefir website. http://www.eatcavemanfood.com/Site/Products.html I was wrong about it being fermented with raisins it's actually turbinado sugar. I was thinking of kvass which is another fermented drink. It's sometimes made with raisins and sour dough bread! Another great fermented company is Zukay. They make a couple different kvass  drinks, fermented dressings, and salsa! http://www.zukay.com/ Happy Cultivating!! Charanpreet Kaur

Week three...

I am feeling very ready for this next week. i hope you are, too. So much is changing inside of me already.
For the past few weeks we have been tapping the maple trees on our land and collecting the sugar in buckets...we will be boiling the sugar in a few days...this is my first time ever collecting and making my own maple syrup and I am excited to be putting the syrup from these trees into my lemonade cocktail this week..
Good luck to everyone! Happy cleansing!
love, kendall

Inspiring story from Jennifer*

My 11year old son, Nicholas, decided to join me on the cleanse after having one of my awesome vegan meals.  While he is not doing the pills or shakes he has been a vegan for almost two weeks.  He was very nervous about going to the annual youth group sleepover last weekend at our church as it is filled with pizza, ice cream, soda, and other evil snacks.  I called his youth leader to clue her in and ask that she check in with him and she said...I will do it with him for the night...so they shared lentils for dinner and nuts and berries and tea!    God is good!

If he can do this so can we...keep the faith

jennifer