Day 10:

Juice: Apple Tropics

Apple Tropics:

3 Apples
1/2 Pineapple
1/2 Lime
1/2 Passion Fruit

Sweett, tangy and delicious! Yum. This is a new one for me and I think I'm in love. If only I could be in Aruba instead of in rainy New York. This is the first time I have used a passion fruit in a juice, so I was very excited. Don't be put off by the gelatinous seed filled insides, 'cause it's worth it. 

Passion fruits (or Passiflora edulis) are native to Southern Brazil through Paraguay to Northern Argentina. However, now they have migrated all over the world. It is in season in June, July and early August. So I had to hunt, but I managed to find some.

Passion fruits are known for their amazing aroma and flavor. But they also pack a nice nutritional punch. It is a good source for vitamin A & C and potassium. The seeds are also a good source for fiber. Passion fruit also provides an array of minerals: Iron, copper, magnesium and phosphorus.
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This juice is filled with photo-nutrients, vitamins and minerals, but most importantly it is Oh So Good!

Happy Juicing!

Emotional Lifestyle:

What is it about rainy days that makes people sleepy or cranky?
I was working today, giving tours, and man oh man were there some cranky, sleepy people on my tours. Most of my co-workers were one or the other or both. I was tired to and it was a short and easy day!
Is it the loss of the sun?
I know we get Vitamin D from the sun and Vitamin D helps regulate moods and makes us happy, but I can't imagine that less than 48 hours of exposure to Vitamin D creates such a deficiency that one will proceed to frown through and hour long tour. (And I'm funny...my jokes have been time tested).
I swear, I had a the sour faced old crown who invented the frown - truly. I have never seen anyone's lips head for the ground like this lady's. I know you can't ever be sure how they feel (blah, blah, blah) because even at the end of the tour she came up to me, pursed her lips (still frowning) and said: "very informative." Yeah, well maybe if you'd smiled or laughed it might have been enjoyable or dare I say fun.
But it is ultimately something to do with the weather, because I know it irked me more than usual today. Is is the grey color? Or the wetness? It was also humid today - really humid - like shoot me in the face humid - maybe that was part of it. Is it just people are cranky when they are uncomfortable?

Well, whatever it is, its annoying.