Thanks to the successful Confessions of a Cook & Foodie post I’ve decided to keep it going since my adventure with food will always be a constant.
Who knew there were so many foodies and cooks out there, thank you for the support… I am loving all these new bloggy friends.
As promised I thought I’d share some photos of our typical juicing night. We’ve been juicing for about 3 months now for about 2-3 times a week and I’ve got to say that we both do notice the health benefits, mostly in our energy level. Plus, if you’ve never had fresh carrot juice, you just haven’t lived! My parents had a juicer when I was younger and used to make it for us kids, you wonder where I get it from? I forgot how much I missed it. I’ve always loved crunching on carrot sticks at lunch or as a snack and I love that too, but I love it in juice form ten times more.
So far the favorites include carrot juice, our most favorite, orange juice, green juice: zucchini, spinach, parsley, celery and 2 apples which is not pictured here, but will post next time. We love, love the watermelon and rasberry juice. Also love the pineapple juice, but you don’t get much out of it, so we’ve decided it’s best to be eaten only raw, at least for now. A few summers ago Annie had gifted me an amazing juicing book full of great recipes and I am finally able to put them to use. We even had Annie taste the green juice the last time she was over and she loved it, oh the veggies I make her consume.
Somehow I usually end up gathering all the veggies and or fruits, rinsing, peeling or cutting ends off and Kris juices. He loves that juicer, men and their toys! However, he is so awesome that he does end up washing all the dishes afterwards, another reason he’s a keeper. On nights when we don’t juice it’s usually because we still have some from the night before, but occasionally when we’re just busy or too tired we crave it and long for it.
I know many people don’t like to juice because they think it’s expensive to purchase the produce, especially if you’re a firm believer in organic produce like we are. Honestly, it hasn’t been a problem for us at all. We have been able to find amazing deals at our local farmer’s market’s and local health food store. Plus, I’d like to think of it as preventive health care and that is priceless.
When we began the juicing we thought of it as just an additional way of getting our daily dosage of fruits and veggies, but the more we enjoy it the more it feels like dessert. We’ve always enjoyed fruit after dinner and we still do, but now we have options.
Up next is my garlic shrimp tacos recipe, you wont want to miss this one, so simple and delicious.
by Nancy Orozco
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