So I had my lovely lady party on Wednesday. As of today I am still "digging out from under". Not that there is a mess but as usual there are lots and lots of goodies to be disposed of.
Anyone who knows me realizes that there is no "In Moderation" switch in my head. If I'm doing something it will probably be done in excess. This is a problem for my oldest son, a delight to my daughter and an expectation for our youngest son. I like to party and give gifts so any occasion is an all out free for all as far as I'm concerned.
Back to Wednesdays gathering . . . I invited 15 ladies, 5 told me right off the top they had previous engagements. It is the week before Christmas week after all so I expected as much. Two of the guests called the day of the party to say something had come up and they could not make it. So the count was now at eight. Naturally I had planned for 20 so there was an excess of food and drink. I managed to get a few of the gals to take home the spiral sandwiches for their hubbies dinner but the rest of the food remained after the door closed on our last guest.
My fridge OVERFLOWETH ! What does one do with 2 quarts of cold strawberry soup? I'm eating it as a dessert figuring it is made from yogurt so how fattening can it be. The remaining sandwiches are packaged up and Ger seems to be working on bringing their numbers down. But the huge bag of fruit and vegetables from the trays is sitting in the fridge begging to be used before they all start to rot. The fruit bag not so much of a problem as I will throw the apples, grapes, melon, and strawberries on my strawberry yogurt soup covered cereal. (Is it any wonder my stomach acts up?) But that bag of assorted vegetables is just not going to go any where. I thought about making a nice vegetable soup but since it is 82 degrees outside and I know Ger will NOT eat vegetable soup that didn't seem like the best solution. Then it hit me ! THE JUICER ! Here I have all these cut up and clean fruits and vegetables to just throw into the juicer and viola, I have a healthy drink. (Is this how the inventor of V8 got started?)
As Ger walked into the kitchen and gagged at the sight of my maroon glass of juice I was enjoying the most delicious juice I have yet to make. The contents of the juice included, zucchini, yellow squash, beets, carrots, celery, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, apple, grapes, kale, and mint. IT WAS REALLY GOOD ! I can never repeat this recipe because it just was a mix of what ever was in the bag and the few things I had going soft in the fridge. The beets and kale were on their last leg since I have had them sitting in there for over a week. (With candy and cookies in the house you think I'm going for the kale?)
The juice was especially tasty with the chocolate covered fruit from the tray I had bought at Ross. There is nothing like topping off a good healthy juice with some chocolate. But since it is chocolate covered FRUIT . . . well then need I say any more?
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