Juicing + Sloppy Lentils

Is it bad when the workers in Yogurtini know you from coming in so much and you live an hour away?

Ha. We?re not ashamed.

As per every other Monday, it?s Lesley Lifting Life joins Originally Organic Vending en route to stocking vending machines ? thus a blog post is formed:

Juicing

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!! Ours went by too fast, but we got a lot of necessary things done.  Things like juicing carrots, you know.We decided that we?ll use our leftover fruits and veggies every week that we get from Door to Door Organics and make juice out of it.  Thus far, we haven?t had much extra, but we saved some for juice anyways.

The mix contained carrots, plums, and grapefruit. (I think that?s it?)  The grapefruit gave it a really nice flavor. We didn?t make very much, or this glass full of ice would also be full of juice ; ) Eating

This weekend I decided to utilize my crock pot.  Why don?t I use this genius invention more often?? It?s so easy to make something delicious with little to no effort.

Friday night while Erik and I were out, my crock pot made us sloppy lentils.  I saw this recipe, or something similar to it, floating around some blogs recently and bookmarked one of them for a time such as this. I was really happy with the results.  I think next time I might sub half of the lentils for black beans, though. Lentils are so fiber packed it?s almost a little much in my opinion.  I adapted this recipe.

Sloppy Lentils

Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup dry lentils, rinsed
- 1 small chopped onion
- 15 oz can diced tomatoes (drained),
- 1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 3 tablespoons agave nectar
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions: Throw all ingredients in a crock pot, cook on low for approximately five hours. Serve with bun and  side of choice.

And it made for awesome easy leftovers the next day: