Sunday, January 5, 2014

Toasting the New Year

Happy New Year! Lordy, I have so many resolutions for 2014, but for now I just need to get through these last few gosh-danged Retro WW RULES. So here we go...



RULE #7: Limited Vegetables - Select any one of the following vegetables and use at dinner only. Only one serving, or 1/2 cup, permitted. Vary your selections from day to day.

artichokes 
bamboo shoots
beets
brussels sprouts
carrots
eggplant
okra
onion
oyster plant (WTF?)
parsnips
peas
pumpkin
scallions
squash
tomato
*tomato juice
turnips

* Tomato juice may be taken at any time. Limited to 12 oz daily.

So there you have it. The vegetables with which we must be ever so vigilant. God forbid you eat an extra beet or something.

Since I eat enough carrots to choke a rabbit, I could never follow this rule. But in the spirit of celebrating the New Year, I decided to find a nice healthy vegetable juice "cocktail" recipe to help me toast 2014. Which, by the way happens to be the year I plan to complete this insane experiment. What does that mean? I don't know. But this has to end somehow. Right?

Anyhoo--I boiled it down to a choice between 2 recipes: "Cucumber & Tomato Cocktail" and "Carrot Milk". After a very deep conversation with myself about how I might feel after drinking warm, cooked carrots blended with skim milk - I opted for the "Cucumber Tomato Cocktail"


It was a good choice! Just pop a few ice cubes in a blender with some dill, 3/4 cup tomato juice and 6 slices of cucumber, and you've got yourself a very refreshing glass of Retro WW deliciousness! CHEERS!

I hope the New Year brings lots of good health and happiness to all of my fabulous readers! I love you all! I would also like to dedicate this post to a very terrific lady who was recently taken from our world too soon. Heidi from "kitschenfeast" was one of the first people who inspired me to start blogging, and although we never met in person, I feel like we became friends through this crazy world of writing and retro cooking. I will miss her "voice" every day.

Here's a truly awesome guest post Heidi wrote for the Retro WW Experiment a few years ago. Rest in Peace, my friend.

4 comments:

Jana said...

"Oyster plant" is another name for salsify. Which is a very obscure vegetable anyway. I did a thing on it, and it was weird. http://timetravelkitchen.blogspot.com/2013/09/mock-white-fish-vegetarian-dish.html

Mimi said...

Jana- that whole Salsify thing sounds like a bad dream. I am now obsessed and must try it. I especially love the way you describe its odor.

yinzerella said...

Happy New Year, darling!
The only thing that drink is missing is VODKA.

Shoes15 said...

Cheers to you, Meem. Sorry in advance if I eat MY beets at lunch.