Saturday, March 15, 2014

How many fruits and vegetables were in your lunch today?

Look at this picture. This is our lunch for today. So many fruits and vegetables! 
How many did you get with your lunch today? 
We had the usual "mean green" juice for lunch and I made a dessert juice to go with it, which tasted...okay, not bad. Here is the dessert juice recipe:
Blueberry Beet Juice
1 beet with beet greens
1 cucumber
1 apple
4 tangerines
1 hunk of ginger root

Total fruits and veggies during lunch for Chris and I:
1 bunch of kale
1 beet and beet greens
2 stalks celery
4 apples
2 cucumbers
4 tangerines 
2 cups of blueberries
1 lemon
1 big hunk of ginger root


Here is our lunch. Total time to prep, prepare and clean was 30 minutes.

Here is a tip for new juicers: if you are using a citrus fruit, like lemon or oranges, use a vegetable peeler to get the skin off. It is much easier and faster than trying to peel the things. 




Wednesday, March 12, 2014

It tastes like dirt...IT TASTES LIKE DIRT!

I went to Kroger to get some kale to make our usual Mean-Green Juice. Kroger was out of kale so, I decided to get some purple cabbage and make the last juice I posted about 
"The things nightmares are made of." 
I made it for breakfast but Chris didn't like it much this time. I looked up some other recipes and found one that was similar but with spinach and ginger. Here is an appetizing picture of the ingredients. 

Purple Cabbage
Beet
Lemon
3 Apples
some Carrots
Spinach
Ginger


It turned out pretty, but as Chris said "It tastes like dirt...IT TASTES LIKE DIRT!" 
I don't recommend this recipe.