After we watched the documentary "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" in 2011, we began juicing. We juiced for awhile until we realized there was much waste (mulch) that we could find enough ways to utilize. We converted to blending after about 6 months of juicing. We prefer the blending of smoothies over the juicing because less food is necessary and the clean up is much easier with the Vitamix blender. There were so many parts with the juicer that needed to get cleaned that made it very time consuming. The Vitamix is so much more efficient to create the drinks and clean up is simple.
At times, though, I wish we still had our juicer. We sold it and used the money to apply for the purchase of our Vitamix. Our juice consisted of what you see below: lemons, limes, carrots, apples, celery, bok choy, cabbage, parsley, elephant kale, curly kale, cucumbers and ginger root.
This was a great jump start to our plant-based journey. Much has evolved over a short period of time. There were recipes that were almost unable to be consumed. There were juices that I added cilantro when I meant to put in parsley and we drank it because we didn't want the juice to go to waste. Most days the juice tasted great, but there were others I couldn't explain why there was a difference from one day to the next. The key was the lemons and limes as they cut out the taste of the vegetables.
No comments:
Post a Comment