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What Are Those Black Things?

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Why, those are Dulse Flakes . They’re basically seaweed. I think Sea Vegetable sounds better, so we’ll go with that.

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Quicker than you can say Mona Vie Acai Berry, I decided to jump on the Dulse Flake Bandwagon . My friend VeggieGirl is a big fan and I’ve recently seen Gina sprinkle them on her salad beasts.

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Here’s a close-up of the Dulse Flakes laying ever so daintily across the rest of the Raw Veggie Goodness: *Greens *Yellow Peppers *Tomatoes *Cukes (Cucumbers for Justine :)) When I sent dear husband to WF to pick them up, I thought for some reason they came in a spicejar sized little container. I was surprised at this big package, but the little flakes are so light and airy, kinda like black cotton candy . Cotton candy should probably never be discussed on a raw food vegan blog, huh!

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Nutrition Info for all you Need-to-Know-It’s And here was another Dulse Creation: *Broc *B.S. *Tomatoes *Orange Peppers *OJ/Agave/Crack Black for Dressing

The Dulse Verdict? Good, they impart lots of flavor, they have tons of health benefit s because they are a sea vegetable so where else are you going to get those really unique micronutrients? Probably no where.

But (you knew it was coming).. I am really sensitive to sodium and even things that have salty flavors make me prone to uber-bad dry mouth. And after Da Flakes, I have found myself guzzling water like it’s goin’ outta style . Scott likes them , and after I slather his salads with dressing he says that the flavor kinda disappears and he doesn’t seem to have the dry-mouth issues from them that I do. Just for the record, It’s not just dulse flakes that gimme dry mouth, it’s all salty foods and so I am a low sodium kinda chica. The funny thing, the flakes don’t actually have that much sodium, they just taste like they do. I tried them out on Skylar and she said she didn’t want to eat the dirt on her plate . The honesty of kids cracks me up!

Onto More Juicy Matters…60 ounces were cranked out of the Breville this morning !

I decided that I really dig the way green juice makes me feel, but that I have to streamline the process. So, I am Breaking All The Rules, and juicing enough for 48 hours at a time . Yep, lighting, strike me down for juicing in bulk.

Just some of what went in is pictured, but for all 60 oz I used:

*1 bunch of kale

*1/2 head Romaine *3.5 cukes (cucumbers) *3 apples *4 carrots *2 inches ginger

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60 oz of Green Power . Oh here’s another Rule Break: Refrigerating the Juice . Yeah, call me a Naughty Girl.

Prior to the Juice Fest, I went for a quick run around the ‘hood and then came home for a little yoga . Here were some yoga shots du jour.

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Averie

Tip of the Day: For all your bloggers out there, I found some new publishing software called Ecto . It’s compatible with both MACs and the Blogger platform which, I am learning, is not the easiest combo out there. I am neither a PC or a WordPress girl. There’s a free download for Ecto with a 3 week trial and then it’s only $19.99 for the full package later. This is my first post with it, so we shall see once I click publish how things look…Did I mention, I don’t really like surprises? Drumroll….Ok postscript here, terrible surprise. Publishing failed and I had to re-do the entire blog in blogger. Ahhh…yoga breathing. So question for the bloggers out there who use a MAC, what publishing software do you use? Or what are your time saving tricks for blogging?