What's YOUR favorite juice? Today we are celebrating the most refreshing thing you can put in your body. I am a juice girl through and through. There is something about a cold fresh pressed juice that just makes everything feel better. And today we are talking about four of my absolute favorites and why each one deserves a permanent spot in your life. 🌿 🍎 🅰🅿🅿🅻🅴 🅹🆄🅸🅲🅴 First things first — fresh pressed apple juice and store bought apple juice are two completely different things. Store bought is essentially sugar water with the good stuff stripped out. Fresh pressed? That's where the magic is. 🌿 Fresh apple juice is loaded with quercetin — a powerful antioxidant that has been shown to reduce inflammation, support brain health, and even protect against certain cancers. It also contains vitamin C, potassium, and malic acid which supports liver function and gives you that gorgeous tart flavor. Green apples give you a sharper more tart juice. Red apples give you something sweeter and more mellow. Mix them together and you've got something really special. 🍎 🥤 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲: 🍎 4-6 apples of your choice 🫚 Optional — thumb of ginger for a kick 🍋 Optional — squeeze of lemon to brighten it up Run through your juicer. Drink immediately. Feel fancy. 😄🌿 🍊 🅾🆁🅰🅽🅶🅴 🅹🆄🅸🅲🅴 Again — fresh pressed only. The stuff in the carton has been sitting in oxygen depleted storage tanks for up to a year before it hits shelves. A YEAR. 😳 And then they add synthetic flavor packs to make it taste like oranges again. Fresh pressed orange juice tastes like an entirely different drink and once you go fresh you SIMPLY cannot go back. PERIOD. Fresh OJ is one of the richest sources of vitamin C on the planet — one glass can give you over 100% of your daily needs. It's also packed with folate for cell health, potassium for heart health, and flavonoids that reduce inflammation and support immunity. 🌿 🥤𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲: 🍊 6-8 navel oranges 🍋 Optional — half a lemon for brightness 🫚 Optional — pinch of turmeric for an anti-inflammatory boost.

My hubby spoiled me today. He asked what I wanted and I was like I really want nachos 🤣🤣🤣🤣 HE FOUND ME VEGAN NACHOS!!! These were the best damn nachos I have eaten! Chips, pintos, black beans, roasted red potatoes, baked tofu, THAI PEANUT SAUCE (instead of plant-based queso), corn salsa, cabbage, cilantro, and house made pickled onions! ( I'm totally re-creating this as a nacho rice bowl!!!!!!!!!!) She let me add pickled onions after she asked my hubby if he wanted any. And I was like did someone say pickled onions 🤣🤣🤣🤣 The gal who built these was incredible! I knew I was going to get a good plate as I watched her place each chip individually by hand. No joke. She wasn't building me a plate of nachos she was building me a masterpiece! Straight up. Turns out she works Monday-Wednesday. Now I know where to go for the best vegan nachos on the planet! It was a hole in the wall burrito shack! Been open for 50 years! And I can say I have NEVER stepped foot into a bathroom quite like this one. Of course I took photos 😆😆😆😆😆😆

Today's Watched & Rooted Wednesday feels extra special because today marks 7 years alcohol-free. 💚 For 25 years I was a horrible alcoholic. When I first got sober, I thought I was just quitting alcohol. Ditching the hangovers. I had no idea I was about to create a entirely different life. Annnnnd the greatest gift wasn't better sleep, more energy, or even better health. It was my family. I was given the opportunity to rebuild relationships with my kids and the people I love most. There were bridges I nearly destroyed forever, and over the years, one conversation, one apology, and one day at a time, those bridges were rebuilt. It has not been easy. Some days I wanted to throw in the towel and grab a bottle of Jack! BUT – my kids got their mom back. And now my grandkids get the Oma they deserve. And I was saved. Sobriety introduced to me Big Daddy J 🌱 That will always be my greatest victory 💫 Sobriety also gave me the clarity to rediscover my love of cooking, heal my relationship with food, BELIEVE IN MYSELF, and eventually create this incredible Rooted & Wild community. None of it would exist without that decision I made seven years ago. None of it. One of the biggest things I've learned is that healing isn't just about removing something. It's about creating the life that comes next. I think this is the part sober people struggle with the most! For today's Watched & Rooted Wednesday, I found a podcast that feels especially fitting. If you're curious about the connection between nutrition, cravings, brain health, and alcohol-free living, I think you'll really enjoy it. 🎧 No More Booze with Dr. Brooke Scheller: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ck5UGrj5j4Qv5M3p2m6bJ Whether you're alcohol-free, sober curious, supporting someone you love, or simply interested in how food affects the brain, I hope it gives you something to think about. Here's to healing, second chances, and showing up for the people who matter most. THANK YOU for letting me share this milestone with you. 💚

I didn't feel like cooking a lot today, so I made a simple Chickpea Salad Tortilla Wrap. Drained and rinsed the can of chickpeas, added some mayo, chili garlic paste, chili powder, curry powder, cumin, lime juice, turmeric, salt, pepper, and an avocado. Wrapped it up in a large tortilla and put on a bed of lettuce and had some mango chutney on the side. OMG, so filling.

Keeping it simple this week because healthy eating doesn't have to be complicated 🫶🏻 This week's food prep: • Bell peppers sliced • Cabbage & cucumber salad • Steamed lentils • Roasted red potatoes • Marinated tofu • Homemade parsley pesto • Homemade Thousand Island dressing • Falafel for the freezer • Raw date brownie bites —because balance 😆 A couple of hours in the kitchen today means I can throw together quick and easy nourishing meals all week without overthinking it 🫣 Food prep doesn't have to mean spending all day cooking or filling your fridge with dozens of containers. A handful of simple staples can make healthy eating so much easier when life gets busy. What's on your food prep list this week? 🌱