Places to Eat in Austin, Texas ↠ Juiceland.

JuiceLand has been a favorite since we moved back to Austin, especially now that I'm pregnant...I can't stay away! I like knowing that their smoothies, juices, and food have all-natural ingredients and not unknowns like other smoothie places that use mixes.

My favorite smoothie, that I try to branch out from and keep coming back, is the Originator. It has fresh apple juice, banana, blueberry, cherry, peanut butter, brown rice protein, flax oil, and spirulina. So good. I also recently tried the Double Rainbow Quinoa Salad and it was delicious as well.

I'd eat here every day if my wallet wouldn't hate me for it...

Dave's favorite is the Morning Sunshine smoothie, which has fresh pineapple orange juice, banana, mango, goji berry, and local bee pollen. It's really fresh tasting and I enjoy it too, but I love peanut (or almond) butter in my smoothies!

Have you been to JuiceLand? If so, is there a smoothie (or something else) I'm missing out on?

♡ MALLORIE

Places to Eat in Austin, Texas ↠ It's All Good Bar-B-Q

So, now that I've shared our big news about baby on the way, I can also tell you another little secret. I've been eating meat again. Yep, after 5 years of being a pescatarian and not having a bite of meat other than fish, I'm a full-fledged carnivore again. I know, it's weird for me too. 

After trying for a long time to get pregnant, I saw a midwife to do some tests and talk about things I could try. One of the things she suggested was that I incorporate some meat back into my diet. I always knew once I was pregnant, if I craved meat I'd let myself have it, because I know your body knows what's best for baby...so it wasn't totally out of the question and I started to try it now and then.

Most meat just reminds me why I didn't miss it at all in my five years as a pescatarian (and honestly I haven't wanted it much at all since I've been pregnant), but I have to admit, there are some places that made me happy not to be skipping out anymore. It's All Good Bar-B-Q was one of them...

Dave drove us out here on his motorcycle (before I was pregnant) and we had some bacon wrapped jalapeños (to die for), macaroni (lick-the-bowl good), and beans along with our meat. I got the turkey plate and Dave had tried mulitiple meats. I have to say the jalapeños stole the show for me, along with the ice cold Corona (this was in the summer) after a long bike ride.

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