JUICE for IMMEDIATE HEALTH and ENERGY

My mother had dropped to the lowest weight I have ever ever seen her at. 112 pounds. She was disappearing on us, was so weak she fell getting out of bed. NOTHING I said could entice her to eat. She didn't have the strength or the will to cook, or to chew. If I made her a soft boiled egg, she would eat a few bites half heartedly and leave the rest. Nothing tasted good, nothing sounded good and she was losing muscle tone. She would just lay watching tv. I was really worried. 

I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and got a Breville juicer for her. I came home, unpacked the juicer, washed and set it up, washed the considerable sink full of vegetables I had picked up and made a nice pitcher of green juice with ginger start-day-with-green-juice. I put it in a dark pitcher with a lid, in the fridge. Fresh is best, but any is better than none.

In 24 hours my mother's health turned the corner. By that evening she was up off the couch, talking to us, and actually ate dinner with us at the table. Carne Asada! She even asked for a "a bit more".

I gave her a half a glass to sip and continued to keep her sipping it through the day. By that evening she was hungry! She slept deeply and long that night, for a change, and the next day she was walking quickly around the house and doing her income tax figures, getting ready for the accountant! She poured herself juice throughout the next day and then wanted to know how to make it herself and had me teach her how to assemble the juicer.

And last night she complained my sister in law didn't give her enough food at dinner! I had to laugh as we could only get her to eat a half an egg all day less than 3 days earlier! She said "I'm going to get some of that green juice, do you want some too?" YES!

So there we are at 11pm eating toast and peanut butter and sipping green juice!

For anyone that is weak, ill or incapacitated, make them raw, fresh juice! The body can immediately use the nutrients without having to spend precious life energy digesting. It's cleansing, nutritious and a fast way to get energy to the body and brain. PLEASE juice for someone you love especially if their health is at all compromised. Make it by the pitcher, give them small amounts throughout the day and watch them perk up. Do start with green juices for alkalizing the system for health and vegetable juices.

Start the Day with Green Juice

I figured out what my standard green juice runs in calories, ready?

It's pretty cool!

1. spinach 1c = 7 cal

2. romaine 1c = 8 cal

3. celery 1c = 16 cal

4. apple 1 = 55 cal

5. lemon 1 = 61 cal (I use half)

5. cuke 1/2 = 8 cal

6. kale 1c = 34 cal (more than other greens)

if you add carrots, it's 30 calories per. If you add a beet, it's 58 calories.

My big ol green juice is 2c spinach, 2c romaine, 1/2 cucumber, 1c kale, 3c celery, 1 apple, 1/2 a lemon. Slice of ginger is 2 calories.

That means my big green juice is only 207 calories!

Golden Green Juice

1 apple

3 carrots

1/2 yellow beetroot (without skin) optional-add greentops

1/2 bunch parsley

1/2 bunch of cilantro

chunk of ginger

This is a great detox juice and pick me up when you are feeling a bit punk. I love beets, and the yellow beetroot is yummy!  You can add 1/2  of wheatgrass too if you like.

Green Juice Recipe from Martha Stewart

Even Martha is on the raw wagon and notice she is mixing fruit and vegetables



1/2 pear
1/2 apple
handful of spinach
handful of parsley
1 celery
1/2 cucumber
little bit of ginger
wedge of papaya

she uses our Breville juicer!

Green Juice with Taylor Wells

Phoenix is now 3 and Taylor has just had twins! Phoenix is a raw baby, and her twins are also.

Here's her green juice recipe:
cucumber
celery
kale
broccoli
spinach
lemon

then add agave to sweeten (instead of apple)

My favorite green juice right now

I have made this juice a couple of times and enjoy it. This would be a great juice to make in the winter as the hot pepper and ginger heat the body up.

2 apples
1 to 3" piece of ginger
1 lemon
1/2 bunch cilantro
1/2 bunch parsley
1 bunch spinach
1 small hot pepper, no seeds (optional)
1 cucumber

Green and Fruit Juice Smoothie

Here it is, my new favorite smoothie, and you can get some greens in too
1 cucumber
3 stalks celery
1/2 papaya
1/2 mango

throw all this in the vitajuicer!
I used to juice the veges and then add the juice to the fruit, but the vitajuicer is so strong I just eliminated that extra step and cleanup.

You can get bags of fresh frozen mango, and you can get papaya cut up in tubs at Costco to make this easier.

Green juice heaven

Yes, it's similar to the last one I made and loved.
Here's the recipe for that too:

handful of spinach
handful of parsley
4 romaine leaves
3 stalks celery
1/2 cucumber
1 lime
1 apple