While visiting my family in Austin, I stopped in at an old favorite JuiceLand and tried their Originator smoothie. It was AMAZING! So, I had to try and duplicate it at home. Fortunately, I came up with something that’s become my new go to smoothie recipe.
I like to juice 2 fresh pink lady apples and pour that into my Vitamix. I add a scoop of rice protein, a scoop of Amazing Grass Raw Reserve Green SuperFood, half a banana, a small handful of frozen cherries, a small handful of blueberries, a heaping tablespoon or 2 of natural peanut butter, and (if I remember) a tablespoon of flax seed oil.
So, I’ve really got to start updating/blogging more frequently. I feel like I have this jumble of ideas/thoughts constantly – until I finally put them down somewhere. I’ve been meaning to get my blog updated & more organized for some time now. So, bear with me while I get it together!
Okay, I did a 21 day Standard Process cleanse through most of January this year. It was fabulous. Everyone’s preferences, goals, and will-power is different…but I highly recommend it. The person that first introduced me to it was Dr. Marlene Merritt of Merritt Wellness Center in Austin, TX. If you are looking for help getting started- that’s where I’d send you. I have done this program in past years, but I was a bit more stringent and successful this time. In preparation of this go round, I purchased a Breville BJE200XL Compact Juice Fountain. I wanted to experiment with juicing, and I knew it would help me get more veggies during the veggie only portion of the purification program.
Over a month later, my husband and I are STILL juicing pretty much every morning. Hubby got hooked on the juicing while I was on the cleanse, and he has actually taken on making the morning green juice!
Here’s a little video I made with how we make our daily green juice:
The recipe is pretty flexible, and you just have to add more/less of certain things until you get to a place you like.
Here’s a list of our ingredients, and we try to do organic as much as possible. This makes enough juice for 2.
Green Juice:
2 small green apples
1/2 cucumber
4-6 leaves of “dino” kale (the regular green kale works fine, but we seem to prefer this variety)
3 leaves of red kale
2 big handfuls of baby spinach leaves
2 stalks of celery
about a square inch of ginger (peeled)
1/2 lemon (peeled)
2 carrots
It’s kind of amazing, but we’ve maybe had coffee a total of 4-5 times since the beginning of the year…juice seems to have replaced that morning ritual. I feel much better for it, and it seems the day doesn’t feel right with out it. I feel like I have less headaches/fatigue and more balance.
Our juicing success inspired me to finally make the purchase of very own VitaMix Blender. I had wanted one for some time, but had put off the purchase due to the costly investment. I’m so happy I finally splurged…it’s nothing short of amazing. I have been perfecting some smoothie recipes, and I’ll have to share my new favorite in another post (to come)!
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While visiting my family in Austin, I stopped in at an old favorite JuiceLand and tried their Originator smoothie. It was AMAZING! So, I had to try and duplicate it at home. Fortunately, I came up with something that’s become my new go to smoothie recipe.
. I wanted to experiment with juicing, and I knew it would help me get more veggies during the veggie only portion of the purification program.
. I had wanted one for some time, but had put off the purchase due to the costly investment. I’m so happy I finally splurged…it’s nothing short of amazing. I have been perfecting some smoothie recipes, and I’ll have to share my new favorite in another post (to come)!