Hello all!
I had a pretty great week this week. My friend Jessica took me to a great vegan restaurant in Palm Springs. Nature's Health Food and Cafe. I had the blacken tempura tacos, they were incredible. She really is amazing and I have already learned so much from her.
Then as you probably know the interview I did with Juicing for Health was posted online. The response has been so overwhelming. Sara Ding told me the response was so good that it crashed the server. I have no idea how many people read the interview but when it was added to Facebook it received over 4000 "Likes", shared over 500 times, and over 200 comments. It also brought over 5000 hits to this blog, which by the way has now went over 25,000 hits. I want to thank everyone for taking a look and for leaving all the great comments. And of course thank you Sara for sharing my story.
I received some great messages this week:
Hi Jeff!
So, I read your blogs last night. WOW! what a transformation! You've really inspired me to change my eating habits. I've kicked around the idea if becoming vegetarian or vegan before but never took the plunge. Juicing never even occured to me until I read about your journey. Like you, I feel I don't know if I can become fully vegan ( I mean come on, I like my steak and chicken) but I'm willing to give it a shot. I ordered my juicer last night ( same as yours) and am excited to use it. Probably won't start a fast until beginning if April though because we are going on vacation and I can't take the juicer with me, but I plan on a shorter fast...maybe 10 days or so to begin with. Maybe I can inspire Joe to do the same. I'm so looking forward to all of this energy you referred to...thanks so much for sharing and keep it up. You look great!
Followed by:
Hi Jeff
Just a quick note to tell you that today is the day I started my juice fast! I made your recipe that you shared in your interview and I have to say, IRS very good! My 2year old grandson said, with wide eyes, "Yummmm!" Lol. I've titled that juice as 'Jeff's juice' with other juice recipes. Anyway, I promise not to bother you, but just wanted to let you know and I hope I am as successful. Til next time...
I am so excited to hear how she is doing.
The next message really blew me away. I've lived in Southern California most of my life. I've met many TV, Movie Stars, Athletes and other famous people. I've even worked on movie and TV sets. I tell you this not to brag but to let you know that I'm not starstruck easily.
amazing mate....have you spoken to my team?? Please send your story with photos to xxxxx@rebootwithjoe.com Thanks for letting me know...Joe
As in Joe Cross from Fat Sick and Nearly Dead! I sent Joe a message to say thank you for the inspiration and he took the time to reply. That is pretty awesome. Now if we could just get him to come speak at New Year New You in Marshall Tx next year.
So after a great weekend hanging out with Jessica on Sunday I went to a cooking class at Chef AJ's house. AJ is so much fun, I encourage anyone that lives in Southern California to get to one of her classes. And definitely buy her book Unprocessed. She also travels and does events all over so check out her website. At her intro class we learned how to make:
- It's Easy Being Green Smoothie
- Nutrient Rich Chocolate Smoothie
- Fresh Almond Milk
- 8-Minute Split Pea Soup
- Quick 6 Fat-Free Salad Dressing
- Hail to the Kale Salad
- Nutrient Rich Smokey Black Bean Soup
- Chocolate Fundue
- Peanut Butter Fudge Truffles
- Fresh Banana Ice Cream
- Raspberry Coulas
All the recipes were not only Vegan Plant Based meals and desserts but they were all Salt, Oil, and Sugar Free.
I met some really great people there including Amanda who drove all the way from Bakersfield to be there. Can't wait until the next event.
Ok well that's enough for today. Happy Juicing :)
