Many of my loyal readers, of which I know there is at least ONE, know me as a insane juicing freak who’s opinion about regular people food cannot be trusted. I wear that badge proudly, if not with a great amount of shame. However, I must say a recent article I read recently really spoke to me and I could not help myself not to share.

As an computer person, Hot Pockets hold a very near and dear place in my heart. I can remember many a night up late into the wee hours of the morning pouring over code for whatever recent programming project I was working on while sustaining myself on nothing but Mt. Dew and Hot Pockets. The aforementioned article was about producing your OWN Hot Pocket at home in a MUCH healthier way! Let me list the ingredients:

2 Cups Zucchini

1/2 Cup Chopped Portobello Mushrooms

1/2 Bag of Spinach

1lb Ground Turkey

1 Jar of Pizza Sauce

12 Ounces of Pizza Dough

1 Cup Mozzarella Cheese

2 Cloves of Garlic

Olive Oil

Salt/Pepper to taste

Cook the turkey and zucchini together until the turkey is no longer pink. Add all the other vegetables. Once the spinach has started to wilt, add the pizza sauce. The internal fixings are done. Sit that to the side. Then grease a baking sheet and roll out the pizza dough flat, and add those fixings you just cooked along with the cheese and fold over the dough to make a pocket. Brush the dough with some of that olive oil and bake at 400 for about 20 minutes give or take until the dough is golden brown.

You now have a MONGO sized hot pocket with a fraction of the calories or fat of the original and NONE of the preservatives and other nasty bits typical of processed foods. Save this as your dinner after juicing all day as a special treat for you and your family. Or at least reach to this more healthy alternative when you inevitably fall off you juice fast wagon. Come on, you know we all fall off a time or ten!