Adventures in Food

I love juice. I don't discriminate: veggie juice, fruit juice, mixed juice, cocktails, blends, if it's juiced I'll probably drink it. Over the years I've heard a lot of things about juice. It's good, it's bad for you, there's too much sugar, it's empty calories. All of these are true. I've come to notice just how much sugar there is in commercial juice and, frankly, it's appalling. This is especially true for fruit juice, especially blends, cocktails, or those made from concentrate. I've spent a lot of money on these sugar shakes, too. And I've enjoyed every single one of them. That said, I've decided to cut back on my sugar intake in general as well as take a good look at how my personal system works. I've noticed that, for me, I feel better with fresh, fabulous veggies in my system and very little else. I've also found that it's difficult to eat the recommended 5-10 servings of veggies each day without a little help from my good friend juice.
Recently I made an energetic trade with a friend and acquired a fabulous barely used Jack Lalanne power juicer. I love it. I juice almost every day. Here is a photographic journey in a day in the life of my kitchen. I hope you like it!
The veggies: celery, beets and beet greens, carrots and carrot greens, cucumber and lemon.All cut up and ready to be juiced!
Juicy goodness.
This is the pulp or "veggie poop" as it has been put to me by a large number of people. I ate it slightly moistened with salad dressing. It's surprisingly good.
Turns out, it's pretty tasty.
Thumbs up for good health!

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