Earlier this year I really got into the juicing craze. I started juicing every day, sometimes several times a day. I went from using lots of fruits and a few
vegetables to using just a few fruits and a lot of vegetables per juice. Just like most crazes, they come and go and
unfortunately I have slowed down on juicing.
The benefits are amazing and it really is something that I should keep
up, but between two young children, being pregnant accompanied by morning
sickness and the fact that fall is here and fruit and veggie prices are higher
I have come to a slower point in my juicing days. With that being said, I still juice at least
once a week. I don’t necessarily do it
for the health benefits anymore but because I need to clear out the fruits and
vegetables from my refrigerator that are about to go bad. This has become my way of making sure I don’t
waste a lot of food, or at least makes me feel better about what little food I
do waste. So my “Thursday Tip” is to clean out all of the fruits and veggies in
your refrigerator at the end of each week and juice them. I happened to buy three whole pineapples a
few weeks back, we managed to eat two of them but I still had that third one
lingering around and we were kind of pineapple-ed out as I say. This was a perfect base for a juice. I also had a few grapes, some baby spinach
left over from a salad, and a bag full of fresh broccoli, cauliflower and baby
carrots (they were originally meant to be steamed) and some already cut up
apple slices that were starting to brown.
Who cares about the browning and the discoloration of the produce, you
will never know once it is made into liquid and poured in a cup. Not only did I enjoy this juice but both of
my boys did as well.
Hint:
You can use almost any fresh fruit or vegetable for juicing,
even if they are getting to the end of being on the edible side. Also, adding some ginger root or fresh ground
ginger to your juice has many beneficial health effects, all the while adding
some unique flavor to your juice. Enjoy
and experiment often.
How often do you juice and what do you like to put in
it?
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