Today is a public holiday, so I’m off. The other three members of my human family are in professions where there are no public holidays (husband – airlines, son – airlines, daughter – hospital), so they are all at work and I’m home alone.
Being the lazy cook that I am, it’s going to power juicing all the way for me today….
Here’s my breakfast:
Let’s see…there’s choy sum, green apple, broccoli, pumpkin, carrot, sweet potato, green papaya and a bottle of Yakult. Everything’s organic except for the green apple. Can’t afford organic apples!
As a general rule, have 5-6 different colours in your fruit and veggie. You can add red capsicum, which I often do. You need variety to get a wider spectrum of nutrients.
Dump everything into the trusty blender.
Start the blender.
By the way, this life-saver blender is all thanks to Mary. She got it for me from Singapore. Apparently, you can’t get this brand or this model here. It was only RM230, after conversion from S$99, and it’s super powerful. I only need to use Speed 1. It’s glass, not plastic, and cleaning is SO easy, too. If it’s difficult to clean, I assure you lazy me would not be using it.
Oh rats, I forgot my walnuts…that’s my brain food.
How to do maths without walnuts?
In goes the walnuts.
Sometimes, it’s almonds.
Sometimes, it’s both.
Nuts will take care of the fat that I need.
Walnuts in…start the blender again.
All in, about 30 seconds, it’s done now.
There..my energy for the morning. It’ll probably last me past lunch-time as it’s so filling (because of the potato).
Later, when I’m hungry, I’ll have another power juice with different stuff.
This is how a lazy person eats her meals when she is home alone. Yups, she doesn’t cook. That is how she has so much time to do other things….
Cutting up the veggies and blending it probably only takes 3 minutes or so.
Eating/Drinking it takes maybe 5-10 minutes at most as I read we should keep the juice in the mouth long enough for the saliva to act on some of the carbo. Digestion begins in the mouth.
Washing the blender takes less than 1 minute because it’s so, so easy to wash up.
And the best thing is, we don’t have to eat animals.
Eat conscientiously, healthily and compassionately and do enjoy your meals knowing that no animal has directly suffered because of it.
Have a good public holiday today (if you are not working, that is).
Comments
8 responses to “Breakfast for absolutely lazy people (or, breakfast for dummies)”
Yes! Another recipe that I can copy! But must ask permission from Dr Chan 1st…
After reading yesterday blog, I search the fridge & found : green apple, carrot, pumpkin & cucumber. For the yakult, I rushed to the nearest Giant shopping mall.
The next thing is to search the blender…hmm I thought I saw it somewhere in the kitchen cabinet…hmmm.
Voila! My first ever power juice made by myself. Taste quite nice too.
Thanks Dr Chan for letting me know such tasty things do exist.
Regards,
Connie
Hi Connie, OF COURSE you may use the recipe. Actually, there is no recipe, it's called "dumping whatever you have in the fridge"! For nutritional balance, I was told to have 5-6 different colours for variety and a good mix of nutrients.
Experiment and enjoy!
Thanks Dr Chan!
Hmmm…now only notice that fruits & vegetable got many colors.
Regards,
Connie
mine is usually apples and carrots.
somehow i cant take vitagen and yakuklt. ribena too. i'll always have a bad case of colds.
yougurt and lassie im ok.
there was a time when yakult first came out, i didnt know and had two small bottles. the day after that i started sneezing and blowing my nose til it turned red. took me a week to recover fully.
Hmm…just goes to show what works for one might not work for another. Listen to our bodies…it will tell us what we need!
whoa that's healthy! never thought of adding nuts into my shakes. thanx for a new suggestion!
I love smoothies too! Definitely will eat more greens … better for health too.
By the way, you spelt Walnut, Walmut … after the oh rats 🙂
ha ha….walmuts!! Thanks, Joy!