Phone bloggin’ from grocery. JUICING.

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Oh people I’m in
So curious am I.
I’m wanting to juice
(Please not to ask why)

I stand in the aisle
I type with my thumb
I’m looking at veggies.
I feel suddenly dumb.

I wanna concoct
A mixture that’s GREEN
Cram veggies galore
In my V-MixMachine!

Ren Man is IN
Or so say the wife.
(Will this new juicing thing
Cause MARITAL STRIFE?!)

We get fruits galore.
I want VEGGIE BASE
Please to comment below
Leave me LINKS to YOUR place.

Please share with me tips.
Do you juice? Have you long?
Can I convice my Ren Man
It will make him more strong?

Back to the shopping.
Kid you not. I thumb type!
If you leave me FAB TIP
Just come back here I might!**

**please to pretend this rhymes. I be tired of standing near the cucumber misting thingymabobs.

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  6. We started juicing about three weeks ago after seeing”Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.” I’ve had some awesome attempts…and some disasters. SpaBettie.com is an amazing resource.

    But in order to boost the volume without spending a ton of money, I highly recommend cucumbers, watermelon and oranges. Not only do you get a lot of juice out of them, it helps sweeten the bitter veggies. I use beets (but go easy, and peel the skin), ginger, carrots, kale, parsley, red and yellow peppers in almost every juice. I also really like apples in mine. I have tried mango and pineapple, but it does make it really sweet.

    • thank you, Katy! 🙂

      I second all that Katy said here – and pineapple is a great addition when you are juicing greens that are more bitter (beet tops, etc) as it masks those. I get a whole pineapple and cut it into 6 strips – packaging them for future use – one sixth of a pineapple is plenty without being too sweet.

      ginger is a great flavor too – very little is needed – and if you want to get adventurous, a peeled garlic clove is really good in veggie juices. I have one that tastes like pizza – bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic, kale, a few walnuts (this part in the vita).

      most important, have fun and experiment! 😀

  8. lol….My son is anti veggie for some reason. I make lemonade out of spinach and lemon in mine. I can’t remember what lie I told him about why it was green (I think I told him it was cucumbers) but he drinks it. We have a Jack LaLanne juicer. Frequently I’m sad to say it sits on a shelf. First it ends up being expensive to use, secondly the cleaning is a pain in the arse. There are so many blogs and sites out there for recipes. My girlfriend has a VitaMix and I feel like that is what I should have got instead to make it more versatile. I just can’t cost justify spending the $400. Have fun!

  10. I’ve been juicing for a few weeks now (bought an Omega 8005) and love it. Please note that, for me, “juicing” doesn’t mean replacing meals with juice. It’s in addition to. I have found that you don’t need much fruit in order to make a mostly veggie juice taste sweet. There are also lots of recipes online but I prefer to experiment. Some juices look like mud as a result 🙂 Lately I’ve been trying to stick to one color. I’ve done purple (purple grapes, red cabbage, strawberries, plum, beets…okay, that one is more fruit) and green (apple, broccoli, spinach, green beans, ginger, parsley, romaine).

    Other things I have juiced: peaches, oranges, grapefruits, pineapple, kale, celery, carrots, cilantro, lemons, limes, green beans, cucumbers, asparagus, watercress, mango

    Things that are on my list to try: Swiss chard and other greens not listed above, radishes, sprouts, wheat grass, cranberries…and so on

    http://macrobiotics.co.uk/juicing.htm
    http://www.juicingbook.com

  11. One of the simplest juice (that’s liked by all) I make contains the following:

    Greens (Romaine lettuce, kale, spinach, etc.)
    one cucumber
    two lemons (cuts through the “greenesss” of the greens)
    two apples (adds sweetness)

    The above makes a beautiful green juice.

    I also like to add carrots but the color gets really ugly…

    Another favorite juice is apple/carrot/ginger.

    Have fun juicing!!!

  14. cucumber, celery, kale, parsely & lemon for brightness! also, carrot, ginger, cuke. when looking at juice recipes they usually call for apples and i just swap them out for cucumbers to add the ‘water’ component. i like the taste of green veggie juices sans fruit!

  17. I have been curious about juicing for such a long time, too! I am so gadgeted-up in this kitchen that I can’t imagine coming home with another. Marital strife will be certain if I do! LOL! So, I will live vicariously through you 🙂

  19. I LOVE to juice
    I would kill (well maybe just maim) for a vitamix!
    instead I have 2 ‘junky’ juicers but they do an ok job
    i fortunately don’t have a significant other so I can do/eat/drink/juice as I please 😉
    good luck!

  21. I got nothing. Blender broke ages ago – I want a vita mix!
    😉

    Not sure I would do the veggie thing although people swear by the green smoothies & lots of good recipes out there!

  22. I’ve got nothin’. Never juiced a thing in my life. In fact, the only juicing reference I have is THE JUICE MAN! Yeah, apparently infomercials are my goto for nutrition?

    I’m gonna read what everyone else says…

  23. as the everwise Katy says please to start here:

    “We started juicing about three weeks ago after seeing”Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.”

  25. Tried juicing for two seconds after being convinced from my juice-fasting sister. Bought fancy dancy juicer and everything. I didn’t stick with it, but my fave was carrots, ginger, apple, lemon, spinach.

  27. Make sure you use carrots or tomatoes as the base, and go easy on the stronger leaf veggies until you get used to it.

    If you want a green smoothie, spinach, plus kale or mustard greens, plus celery, plus frozen bananas — my favorite! Sometimes i add mango or frozen berries, too.

  28. I LOVE that you wrote this from your phone, especially while standing in front of those misters! I am not a fan, you should see me shaking bunches of kale to get rid of water!

    I have a “benefits of” post, and also a FAQ of fasting linked at the bottom.

    http://spabettie.com/2011/08/01/the-benefits-of-fasting/

    the FAQ was after we had done our own juice fast – we LOVED it!

    all of my juice recipes can be found in my “daily juice” category 🙂

    we watched Fat Sick Nearly Dead after a week of fasting – it was awesome, and reinforced for us all that we were doing! I am doing a giveaway of the film + book this week.

    last thing? YES, it CAN make you more strong! 🙂

  30. I defer to spabettie – though one quick tip. Spinach a handful in whatever you make it almost undetectable. Adds much nutrients.

  34. When it comes to juicing, I got nothing. “Green” usually means yucky to me. But I’m interested in hearing about your results.

  35. Very creative post. I found Out about your post via @shellyKramer on Twitter.

    I’ve been juicing for 5 days and have been vlogging my experiences here iScott.Posterous.com.

    Good job on making the decision to juice.

  36. I am zero help with the green monster. I wanted to comment just to ask if you really wrote this with your thumbs 🙂

  42. Thanks so much for posting this, Miz.

    For those of you with a vitamax: what happens to the pulp? Does it get separated out, or end up in the juice? Lots of juicers separate it out, and I’m curious what the thinking on both strategies is.

    Thanks!

    • hi Shelley!

      vitamix and juicers do two completely different things – like you said, juicers will separate or extract the juice and the pulp (which you can use later in baking, cooking!), while vitamix makes more of a smoothie – everything is together – and gives you not only nutrients but fiber as well. if you really want juice and have no juicer, you could strain the vitamix results, using the mesh bags used to make nut milks, etc.

      hope that helps!

  44. I’ve wondered this too and made many gross drinks in my blender.

    Thanks for the info and laughs.

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