Green Juice January 6, 2013

Today I decided to make a Green Juice. I decided to go the non-traditional route on making it. Now the ingredients I put in the juice taste delicious together, but might not be for everyone. The juice has a slight onion taste from the scallions that I added and then has a sweet pineapple finish. Now if you are not a fan of onions, I would omit the scallions.

Here is what I put into the juicer:

3 Large Handfuls of Kale

1/8 of a Cup of Fresh Parsley

1 Cara Cara Navel Orange

1 Cup of Pineapple pieces

3 Stalks of Celery

1 Inch Sliver of Fresh Ginger

Half a Lemon, rind removed

Put all the ingredients in the juicer and voila out comes this delicious juice. I find that by putting the Kale and Parsley in the chute first and then a heavier object like the Navel Orange it helps to make the items move easier through the juicer.

Let me know what your thoughts are about this juice. Would you drink it? Are there any other combinations that you think would be good? Let me know I would love to hear them.

This Morning’s Juice January 5, 2013

As I indicated in my previous post, I recently was the recipient of a Breville Juicer as a present. I am now really getting into making juice each morning. This morning I did a quick inventory of my refrigerator and came up with this juice. I did run into a couple of hiccups along the way though. When I pulled the remaining kale out of the veggies drawer, it ripped and the kale spilled all over the floor. After salvaging what I could, I embarked on my next task. I have never before taken the rind off of a lemon. Well let me just say it was difficult, but I finally managed to remove the rind from half of the lemon. The reason why I was doing this is because I have heard that if you leave the rind on the lemon juice will come out bitter. So after all of this I put all the fruits and vegetables into the juicer and out came this delicious juice. Now there was more juice that came out than what I put into my glass as I was saving some for fiancée to have as well.

 

Here is the list of ingredients that I used:

1 Green Apple (I leave the skin on but some people prefer to take off the skin)

3 Large Handfuls of Kale

1 Pint of Blackberries

Half of a Lemon, Rind Removed

1 Inch Sliver of Lemon

 

Let me know what your thoughts/opinions are. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions about getting the rind off of a lemon with ease?