Juicing!!

In honor of my 36th birthday, I bought myself a juicer.  I was inspired by the documentary "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead".  If you haven't seen it, it is worth a look.  The juicer has been a great addition to my kitchen!  It has been fun for the entire family trying all sorts of combinations of fruits and vegetables.  Juicing is an easy way to get tons of fruit and veggie nutrients into your system quickly.  The combinations are endless, and you can taylor any recipe to fit your personal tastes.  Here are a couple recipes we have concocted and enjoyed:

Fruit (and a little veggie) juice:

5 carrots, unpeeled
3 medium sized oranges, peeled
2 apples, unpeeled
1 pear
8 large grapes

Run everything through the juicer.  I am using a Breville Elite.  The carrots, apples, and pears go through on high speed.  The grapes and oranges on low speed.  Stir to mix and enjoy!

Veggie (and a little fruit) juice:

2 green apples, unpeeled
1 pear
1" fresh ginger, unpeeled
1 cucumber, skin on
1 lime (hand squeezed)
6 celery stalks
2 C packed spinach

Alternate veggie recipe:

2 green apples, unpeeled
1 bell pepper (Orange, yellow or red work well...they are a little sweeter)
1 cucumber, skin on
1 pear
5 stalks celery
1 C packed fresh spinach
2 medium size tomatoes
1/2" ginger
1/2 lemon, hand squeezed

Run on high speed for the apples, cucumber, pear, celery, and ginger.  Slow speed for everything else.  Enjoy!