Beauty and the beet

Hello my fellow juicers, once again the sun is high in the sky and I’m feeling good. After drinking this juice though I feel great! After having a hectic week-we are moving house in a couple of months and for the first time we are starting to pack weeks in advance- this juice was perfect to calm everyone down.

I am really getting into juices, I hope you are too, and love trying all the new flavours. The flavour of fresh juice is so different (in a good way) to cartons you can get from the supermarket, although it may be cheaper to buy juices I am not sure how big the vegetable juice side is in your nearest shop. At the local Sainsbury’s the only vegetable juice is tomato juice, and although I am a fan of tomatoes the juice tastes a bit too artificial for my newly-healthy taste-buds!

So once again I am going back to the trusty beetroot. Packed with vitamins and super-healthy the juice tastes delicious and the colour makes me want to cry with joy. This is quite similar to my other beetroot juice recipe but this one has cucumber in it! I will admit I raised an eyebrow at that one too, but the cucumber makes it a perfect juice to have after a workout. I couldn’t wait until after my run though so had it with breakfast and it was a great addition.

This juice is really sweet (thanks to the carrots) but has no fruit in it, which is good, the beetroot brings an earthy, natural taste and the cucumber is just really hydrating! I must also say cucumber juice is becoming a favourite, especially after my run as it hydrates you really quickly and is very refreshing. Though it is not such a favourite with my family as cucumber is not particularly liked (another reason to make juices with it… more for me!), if you are not too keen on cucumber either, feel free to cut back on the cucumber and add more carrot or beetroot.

I was looking forward to this juice mainly (I am slightly embarrassed to admit) because of the colour. I love the bright purpley-red colour. I must say I wasn’t disappointed either, the colour was great as it usually is! If you make this juice for nothing else, do it at least for the colour. I was tempted to not even drink this juice, just sit looking at the amazing colour! Yes, I am slightly nuts when it comes to colours, I have always loved them and always will! One day you too will become an avid colour watcher…

Moving on, here is the beauty and the beet recipe.

Ingredients you will need:

1 small beetroot

1/2 a cucumber

5-6 small carrots

Instructions:

Peel and chop all the vegetables into juiceable chunks, juice then serve. You may have difficulty juicing the cucumber -as I did- if the cucumber isn’t being flushed through, juice another couple of carrots to get the last of the cucumber juice out.

Orange dream

This week I am going to introduce you to another mouthwateringly good juice. So get your veg together and start blitzing!

At the moment I seem to have a very savoury tooth so once again we will be juicing up a vegetable treat.

Just to confuse you this juice has no orange in it (however much the title suggests it) but is kind of orange in colour. However it does contain lots of lovely carrots, after drinking this you’ll be able to see in the dark!

This little orange number contains celery (good for lowering bad cholesterol), carrots (contain beta-carotene, good for your eyes) and garlic (helps lower blood pressure).

Although the colour of this juice is not particularly appetizing, once you’ve braved it and taken a sip you mouth is like WOW! how could something that colour taste so delicious?

Now, on to the juicing…

Ingredients you will need:

3 large carrots

2 sticks of celery

1 clove of garlic

  Instructions:

Roughly chop the veg (you don’t need to bother with the garlic clove) then juice in a juicer and enjoy!