This probably won't be a very long post, but I just finished reading The Coupon Mom's Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half and the theme today goes along with one of my New Year's resolutions to waste less — I'm like Charlie's mom in "So I Married an Axe Murderer" in that I juice everything now. Slicing apples or pears? Don't toss the rough centers in the trash. Toss them in the juicer!
Last year (also around New Year's, probably) I became obsessed with Breville juicers after watching an episode of Martha Stewart. Dole owner David Murdock and Martha were going on and on about how they stick everything through the juicer, Martha with her green potions she drinks every morning, David with his whole pineapples of course, blah blah blah. Well, obviously something got my attention. I waited until my coveted juicer went on sale at Macy's and then man, you can't imagine the juices we started concocting!
If you don't own a good juicer — the kind with a feeder tube, so you can throw in things like pineapple cores, quarter grapefruits and entire clementines — I highly recommend purchasing one. I know that eating the whole fruit is often better than drinking just the juice, but really — I have some mushy pears and insanely tiny kiwis in my fridge right now that just don't merit eating whole. But come juicing time tomorrow, I'll have a kiwi-pear-grapefruit blend that you can bet your last dollar will be delicious, and I haven't wasted a thing. Definitely worth the initial investment in machinery!
Juicing can get addictive, but you do have to take the time to wash (and peel sometimes) your fruit first and then of course hand wash most of the juicer parts when you're done. And you know me — I'm not the most dedicated dish washer. But I will do anything to keep my juicer in tip-top shape! There's nothing like the taste of fresh-squeezed OJ on a Sunday morning, and you know every time that it's 100% juice — no added flavors, colors or preservatives. I could go on all day!
I'm not on the Weekly World News Garth Brooks Juice Diet. I just play one on TV.
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3 comments:
Sounds like a great way to use all up all your fruit and maybe even some veggies too.
Hello dear,
just wanted to say hi. How'a your tummy growing?
I guess the juices are part of one of your new years resolutions, going green, uh? Good for you and for your bby. Big hug from Madrid.
Thank you ladies for your comments! I'm sorry I've been so absent. I feel so lost in this sea of pregnancy sometimes! Trying to work on a post tonight. Tummy's growing a lot, so maybe I'll write about that! :) Abrazos, Lilo!
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