For a while now, I have been concerned about my consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Yes, I usually do a healthy meal on Sundays that I can eat during the week. It is evenings, when my energy is low, where I eat most poorly.
For a while too, I’ve been thinking about getting a juicer. I wasn’t planning on becoming a new age raw food aficionado. I just wanted to eat fresh fruits and vegetables with the minimum prep time.
I did my research and, on my way home from my mammogram on Tuesday, I bought the one I thought would best suit me.
I also stopped at a grocery store on the way home armed with a fruit & vegetable list, to begin making my own juices.
As excited as I was, I waited until the next morning to begin. I reorganized my counter and set up the juicer.
I got out the fruit and vegetables my first recipe called for.
I was a little nervous about starting with a beet recipe, but I figured in for a penny, in for a pound. Besides, there was enough fruit there to balance out the earthiness of the beet. I chopped the ingredients into pieces that would fit through the feed chute and started the juicer.
My first juice was very red, but rather delicious!
I am going to keep to fruity juices for a while, but I am interested in trying more savory, vegetable juices, too. After all, this is supposed to be a way for me to get more vegetables into my diet.
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