Today was a national holiday in Japan. As I was hung over from a staff night out I wanted something juicy to get me going. I headed out and came back from the supermarket armed with carrots and oranges for today's morning juice.
Ingredients:
2 carrots
2 oranges
1cm ginger
I used to love this drink when I lived in Australia. It definitely helped sort my hangover out. Sweet and juicy oranges for this drink are best otherwise it can taste a bit tart like mine was today.
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Showing posts with label carrot. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Juice - April 26th breakfast
I've been sticking with my apple and spinach juice recently.
Today my son came over so we made juice together. He is much more interested in making juice than drinking it. Not exactly sure why as what we made today tasted really good.
Ingredients:
2 apples
2 carrots
Sweet but not too sweet and really easy to drink. We went shopping together today too so I've got a few more juices in store for breakfast this week.
Today my son came over so we made juice together. He is much more interested in making juice than drinking it. Not exactly sure why as what we made today tasted really good.
Ingredients:
2 apples
2 carrots
Sweet but not too sweet and really easy to drink. We went shopping together today too so I've got a few more juices in store for breakfast this week.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Juice - April 20th breakfast
I had planned on having another apple and spinach juice this morning but ate my one remaining apple last night. All I had in the fridge was a load spinach, a cucumber and a carrot. Not the most appetising but I wanted to have my morning juice.
Ingredients:
1 carrot
1 cucumber
9 stalks spinach
This produced a reasonable amount of juice. The juice was quite light but the taste wasn't all that great. Not bad, but making juice with spinach without something sweet like an apple is a little too extreme for me at the moment.
I'm all for green goodness but want to really enjoy the taste of the juices I make too.
Ingredients:
1 carrot
1 cucumber
9 stalks spinach
This produced a reasonable amount of juice. The juice was quite light but the taste wasn't all that great. Not bad, but making juice with spinach without something sweet like an apple is a little too extreme for me at the moment.
I'm all for green goodness but want to really enjoy the taste of the juices I make too.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Juice - April 13th evening
For tonight's juice I decided to keep things extremely simple. Adding a variety of vegetables is great as it allows you to get your nutrients from a wider range of sources. However as I want to work out the best combinations for myself, I want to know the tastes of the individual vegetables that I make my juices from.
Ingredients:
2 large carrots
Produced 200ml of carrot juice. I love it! Making juice from carrots alone produced a surprisingly sweet juice very similar in consistency to orange juice made from concentrate in a carton (without pulp) although without any tartness at all. Very easy and enjoyable to drink. Sweet without being too sweet.
Making juice from carrots alone is a simple juice that I love!
Ingredients:
2 large carrots
Produced 200ml of carrot juice. I love it! Making juice from carrots alone produced a surprisingly sweet juice very similar in consistency to orange juice made from concentrate in a carton (without pulp) although without any tartness at all. Very easy and enjoyable to drink. Sweet without being too sweet.
Making juice from carrots alone is a simple juice that I love!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Juice - April 12th breakfast
Sundays is the day for hanging out with my son. So I thought starting the day with some freshly made juice would work well. He was much more into making the juice than drinking it mind you.
Even though I decided to use some greens, I thought the inclusion of an apple would be his ticket. He seemed to want to eat some apple instead though!
Ingredients:
1 apple
1 carrot
3 stalks spinach
3 stalks komatsuna
1 stalk parsley
Really easy to drink, kind of full bodied due to the carrot and nice to have some green goodness in there too.
Sundays will be my day for experimenting to find a juice that my son loves!
Even though I decided to use some greens, I thought the inclusion of an apple would be his ticket. He seemed to want to eat some apple instead though!
Ingredients:
1 apple
1 carrot
3 stalks spinach
3 stalks komatsuna
1 stalk parsley
Really easy to drink, kind of full bodied due to the carrot and nice to have some green goodness in there too.
Sundays will be my day for experimenting to find a juice that my son loves!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Juice - April 11th breakfast
Making Juice with my new Magimix Le Duo juicer may just be a phase that I am going through. I wonder how long it will last?
I am still experimenting with juice making recipes which I'm just making up as I go along! It's more fun that way. For my breakfast juice today I had the following juice.
Ingredients:
1 carrot (peeled)
1/2 apple
1/2 stick celery
6 stalks komatsuna
1 stalk parsley
It was quite a nice juice. Having the carrot gave it more of a full body and there wasn't a particularly strong greens taste. Possibly the celery diluted the komatsuna somewhat.
I think using carrots will allow me to increase the amount of greens that I use while at the same time ensuring that I actually enjoy the juices that I make. Also making juice with only 1/2 an apple may well help avoid over sweetening my drinks.
I am still experimenting with juice making recipes which I'm just making up as I go along! It's more fun that way. For my breakfast juice today I had the following juice.
Ingredients:
1 carrot (peeled)
1/2 apple
1/2 stick celery
6 stalks komatsuna
1 stalk parsley
It was quite a nice juice. Having the carrot gave it more of a full body and there wasn't a particularly strong greens taste. Possibly the celery diluted the komatsuna somewhat.
I think using carrots will allow me to increase the amount of greens that I use while at the same time ensuring that I actually enjoy the juices that I make. Also making juice with only 1/2 an apple may well help avoid over sweetening my drinks.
Juice - April 10th breakfast
This was my first time to make juice with my new Magimix Le Duo juicer! I was really excited to start the day with some vegetable and fruit goodness.
Ingredients:
1 carrot - peeled
1 apple - peeled
5 stalks komatsuna
1 stalk parsley
The idea behind making juice for me is to get loads of vegetable goodness first thing in the morning. This time though I decided to use an apple to ensure it would be palatable. It acually turned out to be a little too sweet though.
My fear of green vegetable juice being disgusting was unfounded, at this stage.
This juice was easy to drink if a little sweet. Adding more greens while making juice is the direction I want to move in.
Ingredients:
1 carrot - peeled
1 apple - peeled
5 stalks komatsuna
1 stalk parsley
The idea behind making juice for me is to get loads of vegetable goodness first thing in the morning. This time though I decided to use an apple to ensure it would be palatable. It acually turned out to be a little too sweet though.
My fear of green vegetable juice being disgusting was unfounded, at this stage.
This juice was easy to drink if a little sweet. Adding more greens while making juice is the direction I want to move in.
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