Juicy Fruit....Juicy

 

 

Juicing is a major part of my dietary intake.  My breakfast starts with a juice most days.  Lately it seems I've been inspired to write about the questions I get the most from the inquistive people I come in contact with.  Green juice it's nasty, it's green I don't want that so I've been told. Ha! Juicing can be sweet, pungent and bitter.  It's all depending upon the items you choose to include in your concoction.  Summer is still here even though the past few days in Georgia it's felt like October's fall weather.  I am a huge fan of watermelon you will see a watermelon cooler smoothie recipe below.  I have also added my juice recipe I made when I participated in the Holistic Health Expo.   My juicer is Hamilton Beach 67601 it works for me I'm a woman on a budget and it serves me well. 

You may ask what's the difference between juicing and smoothies?  In short, juicing extracts the juice while smoothies uses the whole vegetable and fruit.  I love them both, juicing yields quick nutrients released into the blood stream, while smoothies is more like eating the whole fruit in a glass which is digested  just as the food we eat but slighly faster than solid food. Juice gives you a boost quicker while smoothies are more like liquidizing your food. 
 

Smoothie

Watermelon Cooler Smoothie

1/2 sliced small watermelon cubed

6 mint leaves
Place in blender and drink

 
Green Lemonade

4 - 5 hand fulls of spinach

1 large cucumber

2 green apples

1 or 2 pears

1 peeled lemon
Run all ingredients in  juicer and drink

 

 

 
 

 Picture taken at the Holistic Health Expo
 

 

 

 Happy Drinking :)