The art of juicing

I LOVE juicing! After I have a fresh glass of organic juiced veggies and fruits I feel like a million bucks. It's amazing that you get all the vitamins and nutritional benefits of ALL those veggies/fruits in one yummy glass of juice. I mean, who wants to sit down and just munch on a half bunch of kale, 4 carrots, and a half bunch of celery? But when you juice it all, it's as if you did devour all those healthy veggies in one sitting!

The rule of thumb with juicing is most often a 3:1 ratio of vegetables to fruits (i.e. 3 parts veggies to 1 part fruit). Depending on your adventure level and palette, you can switch up that ratio however you'd like. Just don't juice all fruits! That would be too much sugar and you miss out on so much nutrition.

For today's juicing recipe, I did a half bunch of kale, about 11/2 cups carrots (I usually don't use baby carrots but my time was limited), a half bunch of celery, one orange, and one apple. All organic of course! It's important to buy organic, especially when juicing so you don't get a glass full of nasty pesticides. Make sure to wash all your veggies and fruits really well, preferably with a fruit/veggie wash if possible, and rinse well!

I use either of these veggie/fruit washes and they do a great job.

There are SO many juicers to choose from but I definitely prefer this one- The Breville Juice Fountain Plus. It's very effective, easy to use, easy to wash and clean (most parts are dishwasher safe), and reasonably priced at about $150. Go to Bed Bath and Beyond with a 20% off coupon and it's an even better deal. 

As you can see, I use a leftover veggie bag from the grocery store and place it in the waste container of my juicer, so that I don't even have to clean that messy part! I take the bag out, throw it away and bam, easy clean up! You can also use the discarded parts from juicing for a soup or veggie stock, depending on what you juice.

Yummy yummy healthy, freshly juiced organic vegetables and fruits!!