treats - juice cleanse (day 4)

day four was interesting because i let myself out of the house and went to the movies. luckily the smell of hot, fresh, buttery popcorn wasn't very tempting. unfortunately i did have to turn down a social invite to a post-movie dinner. i knew i wouldn't hold up very well in there.

i do feel like i'm not juicing as much as i should be, but i think it's because i'm waiting until i'm very hungry before i make a juice. my chompers are ready to start chewing!

orange veggie blend
the goods:
- 3 carrots
- 1/2 sweet potato
- 2 blood oranges (or regular oranges)
- 1 bunch spinach

the how to:
- peel the oranges and juice on low
- speed up to high and add spinach in with carrots
- finish with sweet potato

the results:
the spinach turns it a bit brown, but it's still very tasty. the oranges help add a hint of sweetness.

orange veggie blend

mean green (alt 3)
the goods:
- 1/2 bunch spinach
- 1 cucumber
- 1 bunch bok choy
- 1/2 bunch kale
- 2 apples

3 different leafy greens

the how to:
- cut end off bok choy so all leaves are separated
- mix leafy greens with cucumber and apples when inserting into juicer
- juice all ingredients on high

the results:
a very tasty green alternative. the bok choy has a bitter taste when it's raw, but the cucumber and apple reduce the bitterness drastically in the juice.

banana yellow
the goods:
- 1/4 pineapple
- 1 bunch green grapes
- 2 bananas

the how to:
- remove grapes from stem and juice on low with pineapple
- in a food processor, blend banana until smooth
- add juice mixture to food processor to incorporate banana

the results:
more like a smoothie. the pineapple is the dominant taste, so add extra bananas or ripe bananas to downplay pineapple.

banana yellow smoothie