For breakfast this morning I wanted to get through some of the green vegetables that I bought over the weekend. Making juice from fresh vegetables is optimum and I think I slightly over bought on Saturday.
Ingredients:
6 stalks spinach
1/8 cabbage
1/4 lettuce
1 cucumber
1 stalk parsley
twist of lemon
This drink was similar to water in consistency and had a dark green colour. Taste-wise it wasn't bad but at the same time not great. As green juices go though it was easy to drink.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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 evening
I had a roll with rasins and cranberries and a vegetable juice drink for my dinner. Is it really enough calories? Not too sure. The juice I made was surprisingly nice considering the ingredients. It's the first time I've ever juiced cabbage!
Ingredients:
1/4 cabbage
1 cucumber
1/2 apple
1 stalk parsley
These ingredients produced a surprising amount of liquid. This may have been the result of water being retained by the cabbage when I rinsed it. The juice was sweet (apple) and had a bit of a tang (cabbage). I enjoyed drinking this juice and think it will be interesting to see what other juices I can make that include cabbage.
EDIT: It wasn't enough for dinner! I ended up having some chicken and eggs...
Ingredients:
1/4 cabbage
1 cucumber
1/2 apple
1 stalk parsley
These ingredients produced a surprising amount of liquid. This may have been the result of water being retained by the cabbage when I rinsed it. The juice was sweet (apple) and had a bit of a tang (cabbage). I enjoyed drinking this juice and think it will be interesting to see what other juices I can make that include cabbage.
EDIT: It wasn't enough for dinner! I ended up having some chicken and eggs...
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 evening
Fresh from my sucessful juice making in the morning I wanted to try something a bit more hardcore. I wanted green vegetable goodness.
Ingredients:
1 cucumber (20 cm)
half stalk (inc leaves) celery
15 stalks komatsuma
1 stalk parsley
This vegetable juice was such a dark green it was almost black. It smelt a bit like freshly cut grass. I feared the worst!
Surprisingly it was easy to drink. It actually tasted quite watery which I assume was due to the cucumber and celery. It also seemed very mildly astringent.
About half an hour after drinking the vegetable juice I began to feel euphoric, almost like I was high on veg!
Is it possible to get addicted to making juice?
Ingredients:
1 cucumber (20 cm)
half stalk (inc leaves) celery
15 stalks komatsuma
1 stalk parsley
This vegetable juice was such a dark green it was almost black. It smelt a bit like freshly cut grass. I feared the worst!
Surprisingly it was easy to drink. It actually tasted quite watery which I assume was due to the cucumber and celery. It also seemed very mildly astringent.
About half an hour after drinking the vegetable juice I began to feel euphoric, almost like I was high on veg!
Is it possible to get addicted to making juice?
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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