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My liver and I are feeling not so innocent and WE cannot wait for our detox deliveries to commence tomorrow. In preparation, I've been trying to live life relatively purely since New Year's Eve. And what's more pure than an innocent smoothie? I always like to start the day with a mug of hot water and lemon, and a juice. A classic is carrot, apple and ginger, but wanting to support my liver's regeneration I poured over innocent smoothie recipe book for a miracle cure combination... There were a few that gave me that 'halo' feeling : the Carrot, Beetroot and Celery (2 carrots, 1 raw beetroot (or 2 baby ones), 1 stick of celery & 1 apple), and Celery, Apple and Mint (2 crunchy apples, 1 stick of celery, some fresh mint). These concoctions were my pick of the bunch. I'm already feeling more detox than retox... Another thing, when sugar is off the menu, instead of "the proof is in the pudding", I like to think "the proof is in the peeing". And I think the gang at innocent drinks agree with me... Why else would they include an 'innocent wee-ometer'? It is tricky to perfect your water intake when away from your usual routine, and when the weather is bbbbbrrrrrrrrr, oh so cold. Not that many people feel like drinking a cold glass of water when it's winter, le
t alone the recommended 8! It's not so hard when you're back in your routine at work. I always aim to fill up my 1 litre water bottle before I sit down to work, and then have another 500ml to work/on my way home. Plus the herbal teas through out the day. Well, at least there are some good things about returning to the office and a regular routine. Further positives to this 'juicing and water' habit is that I feel alert, and am better able to concentrate. Although, I think some of my increased concentration levels is having to get away from the desk and have a break...well...what with all that water and all!
For me this book embodies the essence of comfort eating (without the hot chocolate brownie, with chocolate chips covered with hot chocolate fudge sauce and vanilla icecream,
and chantilly cream for the truly sinful). It's like a crisp Autumn day with soup from a flask and hot sausages after setting the bonfire alight...and maybe a refreshing cider on the side. I could almost dedicate this blog to recreating each of the McEvedy's recipes, just as in julie and julia when Julie Powell (Amy Adams) blogged her way through Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking'. Except not being a fan of all that cream and butter...I think I'd have way more fun. The imagery, the family connections, the personal recipes gives me that warm fuzzing feeling of happy childhood memories in times gone by. One of my 
favourite, both at the restaurant and homemade, is Sweet Potato Falafel. It's given me inspiration to experiment with different vegetable flavoured falafel...watch this space. The Leon Original Superfood Salad was a roaring success at our Summer BBQ - no soggy salad leftovers with this one. However, my all time culinary love at Leon is the the Leon Gobi...the perfect balance of spices and sweetness. Apparently, it's all down to the ground almond...who knew!? I recently experimented with Susi's Pumpkin Pie for our annual University Thanksgiving supper and it went down confusingly well. I'm not always a fan, but when teamed with my Nutmeg Icecream...sweet veggie pie wasn't the conundrum it usually is for me.
For the all encompassing Leon dining experience follow the directions to: http://www.leonrestaurants.co.uk/ ....or even order a takeaway!
On the infrequent occasion when I have the day off and have nothing planned, one of my indulgent treats ...is to deposit myself for a good hour or so in my favourite bookshop. The best o
nes have the cookery section downstairs, so only the truly committed will trouble themselves. No time wasters, no passers by waiting for their companions to make an appearance, no unwelcome space occupier to hover just in front of my coveted tome of 
resplendent recipes. I usually pick up my take away coffee on the way in so I can take my time in the exceedingly difficult and ruthless decision of which one to take home with me. Decision made...it's back home, most likely via the supermarket (or market if it's a Saturday) for those exciting new ingredients, and then the experimentation begins. And thus I'm overdue a fair few cook book reviews. To follow...
My liver and I are feeling not so innocent and WE cannot wait for our detox deliveries to commence tomorrow. In preparation, I've been trying to live life relatively purely since New Year's Eve. And what's more pure than an innocent smoothie? I always like to start the day with a mug of hot water and lemon, and a juice. A classic is carrot, apple and ginger, but wanting to support my liver's regeneration I poured over innocent smoothie recipe book for a miracle cure combination... There were a few that gave me that 'halo' feeling : the Carrot, Beetroot and Celery (2 carrots, 1 raw beetroot (or 2 baby ones), 1 stick of celery & 1 apple), and Celery, Apple and Mint (2 crunchy apples, 1 stick of celery, some fresh mint). These concoctions were my pick of the bunch. I'm already feeling more detox than retox... Another thing, when sugar is off the menu, instead of "the proof is in the pudding", I like to think "the proof is in the peeing". And I think the gang at innocent drinks agree with me... Why else would they include an 'innocent wee-ometer'? It is tricky to perfect your water intake when away from your usual routine, and when the weather is bbbbbrrrrrrrrr, oh so cold. Not that many people feel like drinking a cold glass of water when it's winter, le
t alone the recommended 8! It's not so hard when you're back in your routine at work. I always aim to fill up my 1 litre water bottle before I sit down to work, and then have another 500ml to work/on my way home. Plus the herbal teas through out the day. Well, at least there are some good things about returning to the office and a regular routine. Further positives to this 'juicing and water' habit is that I feel alert, and am better able to concentrate. Although, I think some of my increased concentration levels is having to get away from the desk and have a break...well...what with all that water and all!
