Day 2 and popcorn

Day two of the "master cleanse" and now I feel like hell. It's okay though because these feelings tend to dissipate by day 4. I kept myself busy by cooking the boys pancakes and sleeping off a monster headache brought on by no caffeine in my system.
I honestly cannot stand the taste of the ingredients when put together, so I decided to take each ingredient of the cleanse one part at a time. That was much better...  The worst part was the spoonful of maple syrup. I don't  know why, but it is just plain nasty when not on top of pancakes or waffles.

Here is a photo that the proponents of the master cleanse want you to think you will be drinking...

Here is a photo of what it actually looks like...

On an interesting note and substantially less disgusting note... (at least I find it interesting)
We've decided to only have popcorn if cooked over the stove, I read an article recently that stated that the bags in microwave popcorn leech chemicals into the popcorn as you microwave it. I think it's more fun to cook popcorn over the stove anyway. It's also extremely easy. So, for anyone who doesn't know, here's how...
1. Get a pot with a lid

2. place a small layer of cooking oil or butter at the bottom

3. place another small layer of popcorn (this is where I usually mess it up by putting in too much popcorn and thus creating a mountain of popcorn)

4. move the popcorn consistently over a medium to high heat so you don't burn the popcorn

5. The popcorn will begin popping (this is the fun part to watch). When the popping stops, take the popcorn off the stove, season, and serve.

I love stove popcorn. I think it tastes WAY better than the microwave popcorn... And of course I have to talk about it when I'm cleansing and can't have any, but I guess that's the nature of the beast.



I do have to thank Ivy McClarran for introducing how awesome stove top popcorn is, because I had never had it before a year ago.