Day 8 – The 30 Day Juicing Challenge
Day 8 and still juicing. Hooray for me! I thought I was going to fold a couple of days ago but I have been re-energized! Yes, I actually have a little more energy today but nothing up to hallelujah strength! I’m still waiting for that moment Joe Cross of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead talked about in the movie. Come on, Joe, don’t tell me I have to go all the way with juicing? I’m finding once a day hard enough. I want my hallelujah moment. This morning my juice recipe was as follows:
- Celery
- Apple
- Carrot
- Slice of fresh ginger
- Mixed greens of kale, collards, chicory
- Star fruit (yes I had to climb the fence again to get to the fruit)
- Snap peas
- Frozen raspberries
Easy cleanup
A rainbow of color.
Frozen raspberries don’t work.
What did it taste like. Wonderful! Yummy! I chugged, chugged, chugged. Down the hatch. I learned to fill the shoot with things like blueberries or frozen raspberries with the motor off and that way you can put the plunger over the shoot and turn on the extractor and no berries fly around the room. I also started with the frozen raspberries and noticed that they just went through without depositing any juice in the cup. So I scooped them out and waited until they defrosted to put them back through. Mental note: I will take raspberries out of the freezer the night before to defrost so they will be juicer. Juice and learn. Day 8, done. Check!
D5 Creation
Good for you Terry! You are on the right track for sure! The fresh ginger is an absolute must, mixing fruit with vegetables also a must, (in my opinion) now you need to deep six that old juicer, I had that same model, you are wasting a lot of the fiber and good nutrients. A really good smoothie should have texture. I know you are calling it juicing but if you had a high powered blender like a Ninja your concoction would be like juice with a little more body. Just my humble thoughts. Keep it going!