Adventures in juicing... My fav morning smoothie

 

Juicing is ALL the rage these days with people trying to detox or drop a few pounds, so naturally I wanted to give it a try. I went online, found a bunch of juicing recipes to try and made my way to the produce section... I tried to keep my juicing recipes simple, avoiding the ingredients I'd never heard of because I'll be honest I was lazy! I was lucky that my co-worker had a really nice juicing machine that she wasn't using so I got to try it out without the big investment of buying a juicer.

 

This was my favorite recipe:

- Carrots

- Apples

- Cucumber

- Spinach

- Oranges

- Lemon

 

It's simple and pretty good. I recommend avoiding celery because it has such an overpowering taste... which I hate. I didn't have a huge surge of energy or flawless skin as others have reported BUT I also wasn't doing it regularly.

Major con of juicing... holy mess of the kitchen... honestly it's a nightmare, almost makes it not worth it for me, besides I really enjoy eating my veggies and fruits in a solid form.  

 

I have decided for the time being juicing isn't for me... HOWEVER healthy smoothies, now that I can get into! My go-to morning smoothie is so yummy and filling, I don't get hungry until lunch which is a miracle

 

Smoothie Recipe:

 

- Ice

- 1 Banana

- 1 100 calorie vanilla Greek yogurt (I just get whatever brand is on sale)

- 1/4 cup of oats

- 1/2 cup of Unsweetened Almond Milk (DON'T get sweetened)

- Spinach (I fill the rest of the blender with spinach until I can't fit anymore)

 

 

 

 

 

YUMMY!