Using an electric mixer, beat the
butter and lemon zest on high until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes.
Reduce mixer speed
to low. Gradually add the sugar,
then the salt, and beat until smooth, scraping down the sides of the
bowl as necessary.
Oh, hello! Are you surviving the post- long-weekend week of work? My
week has been busy (newsletter time at work) so I’m kind of ready for
the weekend! You? workout: 45 minutes walking on
treadmill. I’m still really content with low-key exercise, so that’s
what I’m doing! Lots of walking, 7-Minute and barre workouts. Every once
in a while, I think about signing up for a race so I’ll start running
again – and then I decide against it. beverages: coffee + 1/2 & 1/2, per usual breakfast: blueberry bliss smoothie + a few kale cubes thrown in for good measure! snacks:
almonds + fresh fig. It was my first time trying a fresh fig and I’m
still undecided on if I like them or not. The flavor was nice, but the
texture was not my favorite.
If you’ve ever made a fruit salad, you
probably know that squeezing lemon juice onto the apples, pears, and
bananas will keep the fruit from turning brown. This brown color
happens because of a process called oxidation—a reaction between the
oxygen molecules in the air and the molecules in the substance the air
meets.
A similar type of reaction happens inside your body all the time.
Substances called oxidants, or free radicals, react with your cells,
harming healthy tissue, weakening immunological functioning, speeding up
the aging process, and contributing to chronic degenerative diseases.
These free radicals are formed through normal body processes, as well as
through environmental exposure to the sun, pollution, cigarette smoke,
too much stress, and the intake of alcoholic beverages and unhealthy
food. Antioxidants
are substances that work like that lemon juice on the fruit, protecting
healthy tissue by destroying free radicals before they do any damage.
Antioxidants are believed to play a role in helping to fight and prevent
cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and other chronic
conditions.
So how do you get these magical antioxidants to work for you? Not surprisingly, a healthy diet full of a variety of fruits and vegetables will do the trick. But are all fruits and vegetables created equally when it comes to antioxidant benefits? Not necessarily!
Citrus juice recipesCitrus juice recipes tend to be my favourite. When my husband & I travelled to Germany for our honeymoon, I couldn’t recover from how their fresh squeezed juice was in every café. Since then I’ve fallen in love (all over again) with the plain glass of orange juice.Things to note before you juice:Citrus usually take longer to juice. In the event you are in a time crunch & doing this for the first time, try another type. It takes more time to prep(peeling). Think me, though, it’s worth it.Most citrus fruits picked in the USA are picked before they are ripe, causing them to be acidic on the body. In the event you can, try to buy tree ripened citrus
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