We got a juicer! That was the one thing we didn’t register for for our wedding. I heard they weren’t really worth it because it takes so much fruit/veggie to make one glass of juice, which by the way, is kind of true. But since then, I’ve also had a couple friends who have juicers and use them all the time. I’ve been a little jealous of blogs that make such pretty colored juices! They look so healthy and refreshing!
Then this past weekend we watched a documentary called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It’s basically about a guy who’s overweight and decides to drop some pounds by doing a 60 day juice cleanse (60 days! Yikes!). Now, I’m not planning on doing a cleanse, but it did inspire me to want to eat more veggies…possibly in the form of juice?
So, we went over to Macy’s yesterday and picked up a Breville juicer. We used it last night and today! It’s pretty fun and is definitely an impressive machine. It wasn’t cheap (about $150 bucks), but I’m counting on having it um, forever?
Our first attempt was a fruit juice!
Pear, Apple, and Ginger Juice
We doubled the original recipe, so if you’re juicing for yourself, divide this by 2.
- 2 green apples
- 4 pears
- 2 pieces of ginger
- mm juice
Juice…was served!
So that was round 1. So far, so good; the juice was a success.
Today’s juice was a little more serious.
Mean Green
This time we made enough for tonight and tomorrow so we multiplied this recipe by 4. So, this one (below) is a single serving.
- 1 bulk of kale
- 4 stalks of celery
- 1 cucumber
- 2 granny smith apples
- 1/2 lemon
- ginger root (thumb size)
This was a ridiculous amount of veggies! I definitely think we got our required intake for the day.
The kale was quite a challenge to juice. We found it easier to get through with apples or cucumber before and after the kale.
We had a couple glasses tonight with dinner and will have enough for the morning. That’s it though! It’s kind of amazing how much produce it takes for just a few glasses.
Like the glass? Pretty classy, I know.
I had a pretty healthy dinner of leftovers from last night, chickpea salad, and Mean Green juice!
The juice turned out pretty good. To me, it was a little heavy on the celery, but I don’t particularly like celery so..there ya go. I also just realized I forgot the lemon so that’s probably a crucial ingredient gone missing. But it doesn’t taste bad at all. I was a bit worried considering how much kale was in there but I actually taste the celery more than the kale.
I’ll definitely make it again. Next time, maybe less celery and I’ll actually add the lemons!
Update: This was my breakfast this morning..
Mmm nothin’ like juiced kale and celery before your morning coffee.
If you’ve juiced before, what do u do with the remaining pulp? It seems like such a waste of food. Even if you don’t have a juicer, any ideas?
that juice looks incredible its been awhile since ive gotten my juicer out, today may be the day!
you inspired me!! ive been checkin out your juice recipes. they look great!
do you do anything with the leftover pulp?
That juice looks SO good! I’m dying for a Juicer, I just don’t think we have anywhere to put it (SF apartments, I do not love your lack of space!) With so many out there – do you love this one so far? I want one now!
I remember juicing A LOT when we first got the juicer. This reminds me we need to bring it out again. I too am looking for things to do with the pulp. Non-recipe wise, I think it might make good compost for a garden?!
Spabettie made a great carrot bread with the carrot pulp from juicing. http://spabettie.com/2011/01/19/carrot-bread/
ohh thats an awesome idea! i’ll definitely check it out!
How much pulp do you end up with? I’m always worried I’d end up wasting so much food, but I really wanna try this!
it leaves quite a bit of pulp. ive read things that say you can use them as compost or in soups and desserts. so maybe ill try something like that?