Start off your day focused and Green

If you are like me, your day starts early with a jam packed schedule that will leave you drained and sluggish if your body isn't getting the proper fuel. To stay focused and on task with ample energy, I like to start my day off with a delicious green goddess juice.

In addition to fueling your body with the right fuel, you must first feed your mind and spirit with the right information to keep your thoughts positive. You manifest what you have in your life so keep your thoughts positive, meditate, have a vision, focus on it, mix in some positive affirmations, a big dollop of prayer and you have part of the recipe for a successful abundant life. I juggle 2 girls, one a teenager headed to college next year, and a nine year old who thinks the world revolves around her. I want the best for myself and like to lead by example for my little girls seeing me do it all by myself. You have the option to put the ingredients in a blender, which is more filling or juicing them in a juicer. Add this juice to your morning routine and watch your energy level increase while your waistline will decrease. The following recipe yield was from a juicer. Be careful not to get the Chlorophyl directly on your hands or clothes. it does stain. Think of it as a super concentrated grass stain... get the point! This morning, I saw a pineapple and some cilantro I bought last week starting to spoil so I tossed it in the juicer. If I didn't, they would have been in the trash and I don't like to waste my hard earned money. I have been re-training my self not to waste so much food and I've been doing a great job at it. You night be thinking, "I don't have enough time in the morning to juice!" The same applies to me depending on what time I go to sleep so I like to juice the night before so I don't have an excuse and I stay on track. When incorporating something new in your routine, you must plan properly until you have adjusted or will set yourself up for failure and we are winners! Once your start juicing, it will be hard going back to the concentrated juice that is so conveniently available. Believe me, you and your kids will love it. Winning!!!!



Green Goddess
3 Apples
8 leaves collard greens or kale
1 lemon, free of rind and pulp
1 tsp agave(optional)
1 dropperful Chlorogen Chlorophyl Concentrate
Makes 10oz



Feed all ingredients through a juicer I have a Breville Ikon Multi-Speed Juice Fountain which I absolutely love, I like to start with the kale for easier clean-up followed by the apple, then lemon.Add a dropperful of the liquid chlorophyl and stir. Pour in a glass and enjoy your newfound energy.

My 5 ingredient fix...

Westfield Topanga Plaza has got to be one of the luckiest places on earth! No, Disneyland is not located there but they've got the next best thing...at least for your taste buds...ICE CREAM!!!! L.A. Creamery produces the absolute best Fresh,organic, ultra-rich ice cream with no more than 5 ingredients. She sources her products locally and puts tons of love in every scoop that is served. For those of you who will say you that all ice cream is the same please check that rhetoric at the beginning of this post! Let's start with some of the flavours: Brown Butter Pecan, Cookies and Sweat Cream, Dom Perignon, Jack Daniels, Green Tea, and Meyer Lemon sorbet are just a few. I know I had your attention with the Jack Daniels and Dom Perignon! So unique and tasty. I had a single scoop which I split between two flavors(brown butter vanilla bean and green tea).

The store is simple and nostalgic and the employees were very helpful. You can taste anything you want on a cute silver demitasse spoon...I love the touch of class that the L.A. Creamery brand offers. A single scoop is about $3.50 and worth every penny. When you make something with the highest quality of ingredients available, your taste buds will notice. As you can see, even our celebrities are ice cream lovers, they just know how to work it off better than we do, or should I say their trainers do!