Breakfast of Champions

A year or so ago, maybe longer, my little brother gave me a very nice gift - a Breville juicer.   It is REALLY a nice one.   He had watched "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" and fallen under the spell of juicing, and shared with me because he knows I love veggies.

I made a place of honor for that juicer on my kitchen counter, and I started to experiment with making juice.  I enjoyed some, and poured some down the drain.  After a while, I quit pulling the juicer out, and it has fallen into being a thing that takes up space but is only rarely useful.  

What a waste!

Yesterday, I pulled it forward to make some celery/carrot/apple juice - to use up the carrots and celery before they went bad.  Rich and I each had a nice glass of juice 😃

Of course, now that I am going vegan, breakfast is a challenge most days, and today was no different.  As soon as I got my day going (5:30 a.m.) I started, as usual, to wonder what I could fix for breakfast because I no longer eat the eggs that have for most of my years been a breakfast staple.  They are still in my fridge, but they are lasting longer than ever these days!

Oh, and I should  mention here that lately I too have been watching "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead."  Back to breakfast.....

I started off at 6:00 a.m. with coffee and 2 pieces of toasted home made French bread.  By 8:30 I was definitely in need of Second Breakfast.  

Yes!  I thought of juice!    I put in 1 bunch of kale, 1 cucumber, and 3 apples.  And I stirred in a pinch of powdered ginger. 

It made 2 medium-sized glasses of juice (one for Richard) and it was really, really good!  I was surprised, since my experimental kale recipes last year all went down the drain.  

Then, I topped that off by making some carrot/raisin salad.  I just ate 1 cup of it - put the rest away for tomorrow's breakfast.  Eating carrot/raisin salad is like eating Wheaties - you get lots of crunch and satisfaction from it.  

Gradually, I am finding new things for my vegan breakfasts, but it seems to be my biggest challenge in giving up animal foods. 

Happy veggies!
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