Have I mentioned how much I love Costco? For some odd reason I get a thrill scouring the aisles in search of the next bargain purchase. Because of my rapidly growing fondness of this place, I must limit my trips to once a month (or my husband would kill me for the rapidly growing Amex bill.)
My long awaited monthly trip culminated in the purchase of two new "appliances." My husband entertained himself with the new Blu-ray player I brought home, while I spent the rest of the evening cutting fruits and vegetables as my ode to Jack Lalaine. I had been pining over a new juicer for quite some time, and finally broke down and made the purchase.
The juicer was quite easy to use, and the included recipe book helped clarify the "do's and dont's" of juicing. In short, I learned the following:
After trying my hand at several recipes (anything with watermelon is my favorite), I tackled the clean up process. As much as I love to cook, I always hate the mess that comes with it. In the end, the entire process took me 5 or 6 minutes to complete. Okay...I cheated a little by only running scalding hot water on all of the parts (it's an old trick my lazy husband taught me), but....nonetheless, it was "clean"!
Ironically enough, Jack Lalaine died two days later. (I hope that wasn't a sign discouraging my efforts to live a "healthier" life.)
It's been over a month now and I've managed to make a regimen out of creating fresh juice batches on Sunday night for the upcoming work week. I usually use the fruits and veggies that are on sale, and I find myself craving a glass or two if I forget to pack it in my lunch.
Here are a few of my favorite recipes so far (and names that I thought were appropriate). If you don't prefer to compost your puree, you can freeze it and add it to cake and bread recipes for a moist consistency.
Happy juicing!
Pinky Lee
1 personal watermelon
1/2 pineapple
3 apples
6 baby carrots
3 oranges
2 grapefruits
1/2 lemon
1/2 lime
splash of fresh pomegranate juice
splash fresh coconut juice
direction: remove all peels and rinds. cut and quarter each fruit. juice, and voila! serve chilled.
Green is Good
4 pears
1/2 pineapple
4 stocks kale
1 kiwi
piece of ginger
1/2 lemon
2 apples
directions: same as above.
My long awaited monthly trip culminated in the purchase of two new "appliances." My husband entertained himself with the new Blu-ray player I brought home, while I spent the rest of the evening cutting fruits and vegetables as my ode to Jack Lalaine. I had been pining over a new juicer for quite some time, and finally broke down and made the purchase.
The juicer was quite easy to use, and the included recipe book helped clarify the "do's and dont's" of juicing. In short, I learned the following:
- peel citrus fruits (lemons optional)
- deseed apples (the seeds are poisonous)
- bananas can NOT be juiced
- low juice volume fruits/veggies should be followed by high juice quantity fruits/veggies (i.e. kale followed by apple or orange)
- almost any combination of fruit tastes great!
After trying my hand at several recipes (anything with watermelon is my favorite), I tackled the clean up process. As much as I love to cook, I always hate the mess that comes with it. In the end, the entire process took me 5 or 6 minutes to complete. Okay...I cheated a little by only running scalding hot water on all of the parts (it's an old trick my lazy husband taught me), but....nonetheless, it was "clean"!
Ironically enough, Jack Lalaine died two days later. (I hope that wasn't a sign discouraging my efforts to live a "healthier" life.)
It's been over a month now and I've managed to make a regimen out of creating fresh juice batches on Sunday night for the upcoming work week. I usually use the fruits and veggies that are on sale, and I find myself craving a glass or two if I forget to pack it in my lunch.
Here are a few of my favorite recipes so far (and names that I thought were appropriate). If you don't prefer to compost your puree, you can freeze it and add it to cake and bread recipes for a moist consistency.
Happy juicing!
Pinky Lee
1 personal watermelon
1/2 pineapple
3 apples
6 baby carrots
3 oranges
2 grapefruits
1/2 lemon
1/2 lime
splash of fresh pomegranate juice
splash fresh coconut juice
direction: remove all peels and rinds. cut and quarter each fruit. juice, and voila! serve chilled.
Green is Good
4 pears
1/2 pineapple
4 stocks kale
1 kiwi
piece of ginger
1/2 lemon
2 apples
directions: same as above.
