 good as an afternoon pick-me-up.
Now that I no longer work or go to school near Bliss in Victoria, British Columbia, and because the beautiful cookbook somehow got lost in my travels, I’ve started to create inspired recipes in my own kitchen. One of my favourite juices from Cafe Bliss was Green Ginger Ale, and I’m so pleased with the delicious result of my ‘blender juice’ version. Have you made blender juice before? All that you do is blend the ingredients together with a bit of water and strain through a fine mesh sieve or nut milk bag. It’s the poor man’s/woman’s juice/juice for people who live in small apartments with limited storage space. 🙂
I love the subtle spice, sweetness, and freshness of this juice. It doesn’t taste ultra green, but it isn’t too high in sugar, either: there’s just one apple in an entire 16-oz juice!
I’m keeping things short and sweet today, but I have a delicious black bean burger recipe coming your way on Tuesday. Have a beautiful weekend, all!
Green Ginger Ale
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup filtered water
- 1 large sweet apple (Ambrosia or Gala)
- 1/2 lemon, peeled
- 2 celery stalks
- 1 4-inch knob ginger, peeled
- 2 kale leaves (green kale results in a green juice- I photographed purple kale but used green kale)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender (Vitamix or Blendtec work best) and blend until almost smooth.
- Strain into a large bowl through a fine-mesh sieve or nut milk bag. Pour juice into a jar or glass and enjoy. Juice is best fresh, but should keep in the refrigerator for 24 hours or more.
Did you make this recipe! Share a photo on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and tag me #holisticallie and @holisticallie.While NASA and other organizations around the world are setting their sights on Mars, China appears to be ramping up preparations to send astronauts to walk on the Moon’s surface.
The United States was the first and only country to successfully send human beings to the Moon, and they did so several times with a series of Apollo missions. A grand total of 12 United States astronauts have walked on the surface of the Moon since Neil Armstrong became the first to do so in 1969.
If successful, China would become the second country to put mankind on the Lunar surface, even before Russia; the United States was racing with the Soviet Union to put a man on the Moon back in the 1960’s.
The Soviet Union quickly moved a Lunar landing to low priority after the United States made it there first, and the goal never actually materialized. The Soviet Union then later dissolved and became Russia, where higher priorities like the International Space Station have since ensued and clogged up the nation’s space resources.
China has sent unmanned spacecraft to the Moon before, which proves the country has the technology to make it there. On the other hand, manned missions are significantly more complex because the visitors need to make it there safely and be able to return to Earth.
China’s intentions were initially unveiled last year, but officials are just now reporting that they’ve started the planning phase for the mission and that approval and funding for the project are likely. It may be just a few more years before the mission materializes.
Like the United States’ Apollo missions, China will create a spaceship, a propulsion vehicle, and a Lunar lander that can safely put space men on the Moon for study so that they can return home when they’re finished.
There’s no solid date estimate yet for when all of this might happen, but if one thing’s for sure, it isn’t going to be this year, or next year, or the next. Developing the technologies to take men to the Moon and then testing them for safety and reliability takes both time and patience.
It should be interesting to see how China fares in sending mankind to the Moon, especially since the ESA has expressed interest in building a research base on the Moon similarly to the way NASA wants to set up research quarters on Mars.
Our first discussion of Words of Radiance, written by Brandon Sanderson, covering the prologue - chapter 3! Featuring: Jono, Joe, and Tom. Uh idk, an episode happens.
Our LIVE discussions from Jordancon 9, Friday and Saturday nights tWoTcast panels. Featuring: Jono, Joe, and not really Tom with guest-host Kenny! Special guests Jason Denzel author of Mystic and Dragonmount.com founder, Alan Romanczuk and Maria Simons from team Jordan, Wheel of...There are plenty of traditions from my childhood that I look forward to passing on to Cash. One in particular being pancakes for breakfast. My mom would wake up extra early just to make us blueberry, banana, or chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. To this day, breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Give me some eggs, waffles, pancakes, orange juice, and I’m happier than a clam on Christmas.
Taking the traditions my mom made with us by making banana pancakes with Cash. I always loved waking up to the smell of banana pancakes in the morning. Once I saw this perfect pancake maker on Jane.com, I had to order it. Getting Cash comfortable in our new home is a major priority in my life along with making those traditions he will remember 20 years from now.
My mom used to make her pancakes with Bisquick.
I wanted to tweak her recipe and make it a little healthier by adding some Greek yogurt and blueberries to our pancakes. It makes the pancakes a little more nutritious without changing the flavor of delicious banana pancakes. Our whole family devoured them and I felt good knowing they had a healthy breakfast! If I don’t have time to whip up pancakes from scratch, my favorite pancake mix is Kodiak Protein Pancake Mix.
What are some traditions in your family?I did not perform the float test. It is not accurate and has been debunked many times. 

I am not 100% sure that I have low porosity hair. But when I treat it as low porosity, it behaves. And when I’ve treated it as medium porosity, it does not. 

I have performed the spray test where I sprayed water on clarified hair, it sits on top of the strand, and it did not absorb through the hair shaft. It only sat on top. 

You’re right, I should ask a professional, and I do recommend that people do that. However, I have not yet. I am working on the research that I have done from Manes by Mel who is a certified hairstylist performing professionally.The Practice of Recording Meetings: Good Custom or Overload?
I’ve been navigating my new 100% remote-work environment for a few months. I’m still figuring out a few things, such as when to be on/off video, or where to position my camera. When I should book a meeting instead of reaching out by chat for a quick call. Or how to make it through a day of back-to-back meetings. At least for the last challenge, I’m implementing new guidelines to shorten meeting durations by 5 (or 10 minutes) to allow for some breathing room in between.
However, one new thing is how easy it is for anybody in the meeting to make a recording. I think before everybody was 100% remote, recording meetings didn’t happen. Or at least it didn’t happen frequently. This might have been because in a face-to-face scenario, it wasn’t as easy to record without special equipment. Also, making a recording would have required someone to gain consent. And all of this could have been more complicated if some attendees were remote and joining in through phone or video calling.
Now, recording the meeting is as easy as clicking a button. Instantly the recording starts. Participants give their implied consent by remaining in the meeting. To be fair, nobody has made a recording without first mentioning, or asking if this would be okay with the attendees. A red signal indicates recording so everyone knows.
Since I’m in the business of Records and Information Management, I always have to wonder, what happens to all these recordings? Where are they stored? And more importantly, is anybody going to watch through a 30-60 minute recording of a video to refresh their memory? Sometimes when I do interviews, I like to record them for referring back, or filling in gaps in my notes. These recordings are done with consent and only maintained for a limited period of time. Also, without any indexing done on a recording, it can be challenging to find a specific section. Videos are difficult to search.
All of this to say, just because something is easy to do, doesn’t make it a good practice. Additionally, just because something has a perceived usefulness, doesn’t make it useful. Without following up, or reviewing our practices, we can’t know if making these ad-hoc videos is beneficial. Something I’m sure I will have to assess in the future as someone assigned to clean-up these things.
The 2nd match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers will be played on 18th April 2009 at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town.
He’s not going to do anything. He’s going to tweet that America is going to show restraint, and that China is the aggressor. Probably