Oh My REJUVELAC! A live culture drink

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Oh My REJUVELAC

a live culture drink
made from sprouted grains

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e q u i p m e n t

• Sprouted Wheat Berries
  1.3c./3 dl
• Sprouted Rye
  0.2c./0.5dl
• Honey
  2 tbs
• Water
  12c./3 l
• A Jar or Bucket
• Bottles/Jars for storage

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a delightful discovery

The main reason to drink Rejuvelac is to boost and aid the digestive system. It will be in Top Gear of optimal performance. And as a result of a high peak functioning digestive system, I experienced changes to the skin. It was and is a delightful discovery. When drinking Rejuvelac on a regular basis the skins' texture changed. It became ELASTIC. Ladies and others of all kinds, it becomes ELASTIC!! The Rejuvelac is filled with active and alive enzymes from the fermentation process. e.g it's a Vitamin E boost of many boosts. Vitamin E is also known as a youth vitamin. It doesn't take long time to notice the change. Drink it for a week and feel and see the difference. Drink it longer and the needs for creams of all kinds will dwindle. Drink it daily and you will truly have a different platform for the body to work efficiently. And a radiant elasticated skin! It's some kind of 'magic' feeling when drinking it too. It's felt instantly. You just feel good. It taste good too. It take some days to prepare so some plans are needed.

First time learning to make this drink was 12 years ago, at the Living Food center Skeppsgarden in Valdermarsvik in Sweden. One get knowledge about Living Food in the spirit of Ann Wigmore’s Living Food. I was there for theoretical and practical course about Living Food with my mom. We both drink it since then. And dad! The recipe was invented by Ann Wigmore.

how to make rejuvelac, day by day

day 1

In the evening, rinse and wash the seeds well. Remove seeds floating up to the surface. They are dead. This is a living drink, we don't want anything dead in it. Soak in the jar over night, 12 hrs.
In the morning rinse well, drain, and put the seeds back in the jar. Without water. The seed will now sprout for the rest of the day.
Total sprouting time are 48 hrs.

day 2

Another sprouting day. No rinsing needed. Put a kitchen towel/breathable cloth over the jar/bucket. It's important to do a quick rinse before topping up the jar day 3. To remove any kind of mold. Just a quick rinse.

fermentation

In a fermentation process living bacteria and micro organisms are developed. Rejuvelac is a living drink! It's alive. Fermentation is not anything new. Fermented food has in history been a preservation method. And of course the Vikings made Mjöd, a fermented alchoholic drink. The honey activates the fermentation process.

day 3 & 4

Keep the sprouted seeds in the jar. Top it up with water. Add 2 tbs of honey. Leave to stand for 48 hours covered with a kitchen towel/breathable cloth. Keep the jar in room temperature. 70F/21C is at least needed to activate the fermentation process. An active fermentation process is shown with bubbles and a layer of foam. Color is milky cloudy. It's also slightly carbonated.

day 5

The rejuvelac is now ready. Smell it. Taste it. The taste is acidic, tart, fresh. The color is whiteish as milk (Latin Lac = Milk). Refill the jar/bucket with new water+add 2 tbs of honey. Leave to stand for 24 hrs (not 48 hrs) for another batch. Repeat this 24 hrs cycle three times. Pour the ready Rejuvelac into bottles and refrigerate. In warmer climate, lets say a la Spain, one have to keep an extra eye on it due to the heat.

storage

The Rejuvelac will keep fresh and alive for 7 days refrigerated. Drink rejuvelac at room temperature. It's easy to get addicted. One can also have a cycle of 2 or 3 batches, and have fresh rejuvelac ready daily, and less time stored. The enzymes and the micro organisms slows down in cold temp.

the after life of the grains

The sprouted grains used during the fermentation process does not need to thrown away. It can be used as food for the wild birds. Here is a Goose friend I met at the Ouse River here in York.

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Oh My Juice
FROM SEEDS TO JUICE IN A CUP IN 10 DAYS

the growing process
day by day

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• Seeds. e.g Wheat Berries/Rye/Barley
• Soil
Soil/Compost for seeds.
• Trays. Hard plastic drip trays are practical. But any tray will do fine.

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just like the seeds

Down they go, inside they go, deep into darkness and the soil they go. Away from light. Away from the other seeds. Making an inner journey. Alone. But with awareness of other seeds around, some doing the same prep, some still in the bag, some not even knowing they are a seed. Dwelling there for a bit, not much to do. Then, when it seems to be a good day, breaking the seed shell. Readiness is there to sprout and head for the sunlight. Day by day the transformation is taking place. Humans are just like seeds. To bring out the uniqueness of oneself, one has to jump into the mud, enter darkness, absorb nutrition. Then, transform to the wholeness of self. There is more to life than being a seed. We can sprout, expand and head for a greater expression of light! But as we know, down into the mud we have to go. Just like the seeds.

the growing process, day by day

about the seeds

The seeds to get is called wheat berries or hard winter wheat. At 70% humidity and 70F/21C wheat seeds has a shelf life of 2 years. Store the seeds in a dark, dry and cool place. Any grass (Barley, Rye) can be juiced. But wheat grass is something special! It's flavor is also very sweet.

day 1

May 4th. SOAK SEEDS. Soaking seeds over night, to awaken and prepare the seeds to germinate. Approx 12 hours.

day 2

May 5th. RINSE, DRAIN AND GERMINATE. 3 X DAY: Rinsing and draining. The seeds are drained well before they go back in tray. Keeping a lid (another tray up side down) over the tray to prevent the seeds to dry. Many seeds needs darkness during the germination process. Wheat grass seeds are tolerant and will germinate either way. A tiny little root will be visible before the day is over.

day 3

May 6th. GERMINATING
Rinsing and draining. 2-3 times/day. Keeping the lid on, air needs to come through. The root is now visible and growing rapidly. One can also use sheets from a newspaper as a lid.

about the soil

Use soil/compost for seeds. Soil for flower pots are heavier and stronger, the roots will get burnt if using ordinary soil. No need for fertilizer. It's a good idea to have the compost bag avaible in a practical way. Mine is in the kitchen. Part of the lifestyle. One gets used to a huge bag of soil indoors quite fast.

day 4

May 7th. SEWING DAY.The seeds are rinsed and drained well. I use less then 1" / 2.5 cm soil. More like half an inch/1.25cm.

More soil = less time watering
Less soil = more time watering

Wheatgrass does not need much soil to grow.The roots are developing very satisfyingly!

day 5

May 8th. The tray is covered and seeds are sprayed with water. Now it's Coffee time! As the only thing to do today, is to spray in the evening.

day 6

May 9th. The grass has popped during the night! It's called gravitropism. A seeds natural navigation system to be able to navigate and orient itself in a tray or elsewhere. In the germination process the roots are going down and the shoots are going up. Now and then, I do wonder if I got any natural gravitropism system within.

day 7

May 10th. Today we can call it grass.

day 8

May 11th. The Grass is growing faster then the speed of light!

day 9

May 12th. Well, It might not be so very obvious, but it's taller and just more grass in the tray. I will redo this process later. Redo with an angle plan for the camera/tray. But as one can see we have had SUNSHINE in the morning two days in a row. Around noon rain and thunder. Rain in the evening. That was a weather report as there is not much to say about the grass more than it is growing.

day 10

May 13th. Growing nicely. But needs another day to be ready to juice. It has been a cold and rainy week. I have new seeds (Barley) to sew tomorrow and I will do one close up photo and one whole tray photo. I always wanted to capture a seeds developing process. A photo every 12 hrs or so. Tomorrow juice time!

a wild one

Even if we are waiting for another day to harvest and make juice. We don't want the grass to be over grown like this! This tray, from this morning (13th), has gone wild. The peak of nutrition has been reached 2-3 days ago and are now going downhill...The dark green healthy fresh grass is becoming more yellowish. Half the tray has been juiced during the day. The other half, first thing to juice tomorrow.

just before harvest

May 14th. Before juicing lets check the grass from above, underneath and the side. One can see the root mat has had too little oxygen due to too much water as the roots are brownish in color. The grass has now it's optimal nutritional value and is ready to be juiced. To harvest, cut the grass just above the compost surface. Quick rinse, juice the grass and drink it in a flash.

juice time! light energy transformed to chlorophyll

May 14th. The grass is juiced and floating in my veins. This grass was very very sweet. More than usual. Super Tasty! Back in history, in Sweden at least, picking nettles and birch leafs (when they are at the size of a mouse ear) in early spring, was the method to keep people healthy. Both are two blood cleaners. Wheat grass is known to be an excellent blood cleaner and blood builder. (More about that in another post.) I was picking nettles during March here in York. Drank fresh tea daily. I picked as much nettles to last me the whole year. There is a saying; You are only as young, vital and healthy as your blood is clean. Or something like that. I believe that. This is one reason I drink wheat grass juice; to keep my blood clean. Please Enjoy a cup of fresh juice! I will keep refilling it! (I drink it in small Spanish coffee cups!)

Oh My WAX & BALMS! Arabic sugar wax & wheat grass balms

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Oh My
ARABIC WAX & WHEAT GRASS BALMS

made of sugar &
wheatgrass juice

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• 16 ice cubes of white sugar
• 1 ice cube of lemon juice
• 1/2 ice cube of salt (I mixed Himalaya salt to powder )
• 1 ice cube of water.

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mix, stir & boil

Use a stainless steel pot. Stir! Low/Medium heat. Wooden spoon, a steel spoon will get HOT. The wax will be H O T!

...keep stiring!

Sugar bubbles. This is 3 mins later. Or so.

tricky!

In this part of the process I did a mistake. If the color gets dark like this, it has boiled too long. The total time of boiling is a approx 5-6 minutes. The pot needs to be removed when the color is light golden, not dark like this Amber color. This wax got too hard to use. The texture shall be soft like a bubblegum. to be able to attach to the body, remove, and attach again. After I created a wax ball hard as a ROCK, I decided to continue tomorrow with a new batch, due to lack of sufficient light for taking new photos. The Wax Ball became a piece of ART (see below), but for the desired result, completely useless.

hot!

Pour the boiled mix into a oven pan. Add one spoon or two of water in the pan first. Writing this it is another day and wax. Less boiled and light golden in color. As a compass use the color instead of time. If using dark sugar...well, good luck.

loose!

Play around and work with the Wax as it gets thicker and thicker when cooling off.

getting firm!

Keep the wax moving.

it's a dough!

For at least 10 mins, work with the wax just like a bread dough. Use water on the hands now and then, otherwise it gets sticky. Drag it in and out. It's like a golden yellow chewing gum in texture and color.

it's ready to use!

Use the amount of wax needed. Put the rest in plastic film (small packages ready to use) and then store in the fridge. I will use a bowl of hot water and wax in a small plastic bag to make it soft for the next use.

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2 WHEAT GRASS JUICE BALMS

made of
coconut oil &
wheat grass juice

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e q u i p m e n t

• 1 ice cube of
  wheat grass juice
• 1.5 ice cubes of
  coco nut oil

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balm 1

Pure fresh wheatgrass juice. Apply pure wheat grass juice on the body. Add another layer when it's absorbed by the skin. It's an almost INSTANT removal of itches and irritation, also wheat grass juice is disinfectant. Using either pure juice or a blend with juice and coconut oil; both are optimal balms after waxing.

balm 2

Mix coconut oil and wheatgrass juice. If temp is over 70F/21C the coconut will be liquid. Put the blend in fridge and use when solid. Or just do it before the wax and it will be ready to use to sooth the skin after waxing.

WAX BALL ART and testing result

I used the wax above my eyebrows. The result was satisfying. The texture was good, but my hands got sticky. Practice - Experience - Knowingness. The key is to play with the boiling time = the temp. To the left is the first batch of wax, that after a while became hard as a rock. Can you see the BEAR?