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Sunday Morning Juice

On a Sunday morning, when the world seems to move at a slower pace, there is a certain charm to indulging in the lazies. I don’t know about you but cravings of something refreshing invigorating and decant all come to mind. What’s a better combo than fresh juice paired with flakey buttery and perhaps chocolate filled pastries with a side of strawberries? Nothing in this morning moment.

Sunday Morning Juice

Ingredients:

  • 4 large carrots
  • 2 medium-sized golden beets
  • 1-inch piece of fresh ginger
  • 1-inch piece of fresh turmeric
  • 2 oranges
  • Honey or agave (optional for additional sweetness)
  • Squeeze of lemon (optional for additional brightness)

Instructions:

  1. Wash and peel the carrots and golden beets. Cut them into smaller pieces to fit into your juicer chute.
  2. Peel the ginger and turmeric using a spoon or a peeler. I like the spoon. Cut them into smaller chunks.
  3. Peel the oranges and separate them into segments.
  4. Set up your cold press juicer according to the manufacturer’s instructions. I use Omega.
  5. Start by juicing the carrots, followed by the golden beets, ginger, turmeric, and finally the oranges.
  6. Once all the ingredients are juiced, give the juice a good stir to combine the flavors. Add optional honey/agave and squeeze of lemon here.
  7. Pour the juice into a glass or a jar and refrigerate for a few minutes to chill.
  8. Serve the cold press juice immediately and enjoy its refreshing and nutritious goodness!
  9. Best served with fresh strawberries and pastries or a pancake, if you feel like cooking. It’s Sunday after all.

Note: Cold press juicers extract juice by slowly crushing and pressing the ingredients, which helps retain more nutrients compared to traditional juicers. If you don’t have a cold press juicer, you can use a regular juicer or a blender. If so, you may need to strain the juice using a cheese cloth to remove any pulp or fiber.

Cheers!

Where to buy the goods? You know glasses, juicer, plates, and stuffs? Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront of course. Duh! (wink wink)

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Les-Rendez Vous De Billecart-Salmon No. 1

This wine is clear. This wine is a golden yellow. This wine is sparkling. This wine is Old World. This wine is apple and pear. This wine is citrus. This wine is brioche. This fresh crisp lively and delicate with fine bubbles. This wine is dry with subtle minerality. This wine is personality and finesse. This wine is Pinot Meunier. This wine is from maison Billecart-Salmon. This wine is limited edition. This wine is Les-Rendez Vous De Billecart-Salmon No. 1. This wine.

Those that may have underestimated this one will figure out with a few sips that it does just fine all on its own. No. 1 is a fun sparkling wine that pairs well with shellfish, sushi, patte, caviar, soft cheeses and French fries.

This wine retails $65-$110 USD depending on the site. Drink now.

Pinot Meunier is Pinot Noir’s fraternal twin, let’s say. This grape is one of three grapes that is often used in many non-vintage champagne blends to balance or soften the non-vintage.

Billecart-Salmon is located in the village of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ in northern France near Épernay. (Épernay is left bank of Marne and the capital of Champagne.) It was founded in 1818. This house has been family owned and operated for seven generations.

Where to buy the glasses ice buckets and stuff?

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Please be of the legal limit drinking age and please drink responsibly

Vanilla Terrarium Smoothie

I have been getting creative with my morning smoothies. This one exceeded my expectations in the flavor department. It’s a vanilla creamy juicy sweet tart frozen dream topped with a little bit of magic. The goji berries and hemp seeds offer texture and a tangy earthy flavor while the mint adds a dose of freshness. A terrific way to start the day. This smoothie made me happy this morning. I am lucky I was able to get this many photos for you to reference. I was drinking it out of the blender.

Vanilla Terrarium Smoothie

1 cup of Whole Foods beans 365 frozen black pitted cherries

1 cup of Costco Kirkland’s Signature unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1 scoop of Truvani vanilla plant based protein powder (only five ingredients)

1 scoop of Agent Nateur holi (mane) collagen powder

1 packet of CYMBIOTIKA Super greens with chlorophyll greens supplement citrus lime flavor (this is a mixture of alfalfa powder oat grass powder, spinach powder, spirulina, kale, broccoli seed powder, 13% Glucoraphanin powder with other ingrienrs of citrus, pectin acid and syrup)

2 tablespoons of Navitas goji berries for the garnish

2 tablespoons of Manitova hemp seeds for the garnish

1 sprig of mint (I have a mint plant. I recommend this-green thumb or not; I predict it will grow)

Visual always help

Method

Swirl your half of you packet of CYMBIOTIKA super greens inside the glass and save half for the top. The liquid is slightly sticky and will stick to the glass. Get creative here. Set glass aside or in the refrigerator until ready to use.

In a blending machine, add all other ingredients and blend until smooth. Pour into prepared green swirled bucket glass. Add more green goodness to the top. Add hemp seeds and goji berries. The great thing about gojis in our frozen drinks is that they harden which provides a sweet texture. No boring smoothie here. Lastly add sprig of mint. Sip or enjoy with a spoon.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: goji berries hemp seeds and mint sprig

Isn’t it beautiful. Delicious. Yup, more than a pretty face.

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the factory wine

This wine is clear. This wine is ruby in color. This wine is berries. This wine is cherries and cranberries. This wine is light in body with little to mild but elegant tannins. This wine is strawberries. This wine is spice. This wine is silky smooth. This wine has oak. This wine is a red wine. This wine is New World. This wine is California. This wine is 2018. This wine Pinot Noir (also a grape found in champagne). This wine is Sleepy Hallow vineyards. This wine is l’usine 2018 Saint Lucia Sleepy Hallow Pinot Noir. This wine is art. This wine.

l’usine translates from French to English meaning the factory. Yes, Warhol tribute. This wine in particular hangs out in French oak barrels in Saint Lucia Highlands Monterey County California for several months. It is available for purchase on their website and through select retailers (New York and Los Angeles looking at you). Unfortunately, at this time, there isn’t a formal tasting room on location. Drink it now or hold.

This wine pairs with pork, duck, salmon, tofu, and morel mushroom dishes. It also pairs well with brie cheeses charcuteries caramels and chocolate mousse.

The pricing of the l’usine is $100-110 USD.

l’usine cellars

Oh, I’m not sure who the model is on the bottle. I have a vague recollection of a couple of conversations about this from pre-COVID days. Is she a daughter, a niece, a friend, or a sister? I can’t say for sure. I called the number on the website, and the lady I spoke to wasn’t sure who the model was either.

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Billecart-Salmon Rosé Champagne

This wine is light pink. This wine has hints of citrus and berries fruit. This wine has rose. This wine is sparkling. This wine has medium body with tannins. This wine is fresh. This wine is dry. This wine is bright. This wine is chalk. This wine is right amount of fruit perfectly moist crust doughy pie? (This is my kind of pie.) This wine is Old-World. This wine is a blend. This wine is from is from Champagne, France. This wine is non-vintage. This wine is champagne. This wine is elegant. This wine is finesse. This wine is Billecart-Salmon brut rosé champagne.

This wine retails for $90-$100 USD. This wine can be enjoyed immediately or for the everyday or held and reserved for any special occasion. This wine can be enjoyed on its own or with food. This wine pairs perfectly with caviar, lox, salads, or anything really. Certain foods will be better of course but if you want this with steak or a burger with caramelized onions on brioche, by all means.

This one is almost always in my refrigerator. The only reason it wouldn’t be is because an empty bottle sits on my counter. This house is over 200 years old located in Mareuil-sur-Ay near Épernay and has been making rosé champagne since the 1800s. It’s is Chardonnay dominate wine followed by Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. This wine.

More about champagne check other blog posts here.

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an example of an ISO glass
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The Best Smoothie Ever Today Recipe

the best smoothie ever today recipe

1 cup of Costco Kirkland’s Signature unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1 cup Whole Foods 365 frozen pineapples chunks

1 cup of Whole Foods frozen cherries (I love the Whole Foods 365 brand frozen fruits)

1 frozen Sambozon original açaí packet or two who’s counting ok me, just one

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon of ground cayenne pepper

1 1/2 scoop of Agent Nateur holi (mane) collagen a powder

1 heaping scoop of Sakara protein and greens protein powder

Blend until smooth. Pour into coupe glass. Gold stars and candles optional.

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Chocolate Chia Seeds Smoothie

This swirl looks like a Magnolia cupcake frosting, doesn’t it? Ok maybe only a little..right?

Someone told me my blog was boring because there are only pictures and recipes. Uh-huh. Perhaps. To that I say, Cheers! To your health. Tequila! And my boring blog that is slowly but surely going to become less boring or not. Happy mixing. Let’s face it, don’t most of us skip to the recipe anyway?

Chocolate Chia Seeds Smoothie

Ingredients

1 scoop of Sprouts Epic Kingdom Protein and Greens powder

1 cup of Whole Foods 365 frozen black cherries

1 cup of Whole Foods 365 frozen passion fruit chunks

1 cup of Costco Kirkland’s unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1 tablespoon of chia seeds

1 tablespoon of dark chocolate chia seeds

Method

Blend all ingredients together in a blending machine except the chocolate chia seeds. The chocolate chia seeds are for the garnish but who and I to say you should add some to the mix. As for blending machines, You know I love a Cuisinart.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: chocolate chia seeds

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Mango Mango Pistachio

Mango mango pistachio
Mango mango pistachio

Mango Mango Pistachio

1 1/2 cups of frozen mangoes chunks

1 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1 scoop of Agent Nateur holi (mane) collagean powder

5 tablespoons of hulled hemp seeds

2 tablespoons of ground pistachio and some for the rim

1 tablespoon of date syrup

1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

1/8 teaspoon of ground ginger

1 tablespoon of avocado oil

Method

Add all ingredients to a blending machine and blend until smooth

Rim glass with date syrup and coat with ground pistachio

Garnish: ground pistachios powder

Glass: bucket glass

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Doogh 2.0

Doogh 2.0

Years ago.. I’m talking twenty plus years I met a friend on a random job in NYC.. we became friends after a few hours and went to shop at Bloomingdale’s for swimming suits after work that day….
When I moved to Los Angeles, she came to visit. We went to a restaurant in Westwood and after my first doogh I was hooked..
I bought mint a few times but it went bad as I was working on something else…today I finally made it. I blended some ice and mint with plain non fat yogurt (this one is cow as I ate the vanilla sheep yogurt the other morning at 4:am). I added dried rose petals sugar and a raspberries rose probiotic drink and of course rose water…

If you want alcohol you can use sparkling Crémant rosé.. it’s excellent without it though..
Yogurt works with the spicy foods from Middle East Africa and India ..
Garnish with mint and sugar. I highly recommend a rose petal sugar rim.
I bought the rose petal sugar at Surfas Culver City, CA location which if you are local to Los Angeles this could be great news. I will put a similar one in my store Blonde Behind the Bucket storefront if you aren’t though.


AND No! No! no..
This drink is not sweet and isn’t meant to be although it translate to mean« treaty »..
Maybe that’s what I will do with my mangoes…

Doogh 2.0

Ingredients

6 oz of plain nonfat yogurt (this Norr organic sure does taste full fat to me)

10 sprigs of mint (and one for the garnish so 11 sprigs of mint)

1 cup of ice

2 oz raspberry rose probiotic drink

2 Tablespoons of agave or honey one for the drink and one for the sugar rim

Pinch of fine salt (think Maldon because it is a fine flakey sea salt and dissolves almost instantly)

Dried edible rose petals to mix with sugar or premade rose petal sugar

Method

Place rose petal sugar on a saucer. Add honey or agave to the rim of a glass. Roll glass in the sugar mixture and set aside or refrigerate. The remainder sugar in saucer can be used to top the drink.

Add all ingredients to a blending machine except sparkling water and one sprig of mint. The sparkling is the topper and that one extra mint sprig is for the garnish. Blend until see a crushed ice consistency. Kinda slushy like. Pour into rose petal sugar rimmed glass. Top with sparkling raspberries rose water. Top with rose petal sugar sugar and mint.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: dried rose petals sugar and mint sprig

Arti Berry Cynar Granita Slushy

Before we get to the recipe, let’s talk about what Cynar is and how to pronounce it. Cynar is an Italian artichoke bitters digestivo that belongs to the amaro family. It is pronounced Cee-NAHR or CEE-nahr, depending on who you ask. The suggested serving recommendation is to enjoy it on its own or with cola and lime. You can find more information on the back of the bottle. I decided to have a little fun with it on a couple of occasions, adding fruits, molasses, and agave. Last October, I featured it in a post (see last October’s post here), and just recently, I created a delicious concoction with it. After all, who doesn’t love a frozen boozy treat to complete dinner?

Arti Berry Cynar Granita Slushy

Ingredients

1 cup of mixed berries (blueberries raspberries strawberries)

8 oz Cynar

1 oz agave

1 oz molasses syrup

Scrape using a fork to break up the mixture
Aren’t these ice crystals beautiful
In the glass..

Method

Muddle mixed berries. Add Cynar and berries together in a plastic container with a lid. Store at room temperature for about three to five days. Remove the berries by straining them from the mixture, if you like. To slow the infusion process refrigerate for the same amount of time to about a week. Check and taste to determine whether more time is needed for the berry infusion. Add agave and molasses. Stir. Place in freezer. Check it every few hours and break up the forming solid with a fork. I forgot one batch longer and left it I there longer than a week and after removing I did the scraping process with a fork and it worked fantastically. The mixture only partly freezes because of the alcohol content. I figured that out once by leaving my Lillet in the freezer. Once you have scraped a few times, add to a coupe glass and enjoy.

Glass: coupe

Garnish: extra frozen berries

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Please be of the legal drinking age and drink responsibly