… at least that’s what Cédric thought when I set down these two glasses:
I shook my head no.
“Frappuccino?” He asked hopefully, although the sounds from the kitchen must have tipped him off to the true contents of that glass: fresh brown juice.
It’s not always a joy to be the boyfriend of a food person, especially when that person’s newest hobby is pulverizing the contents of the crisper. Up to now, the experiments have been cheerful: carrot-apple-ginger and citrus combinations that turned out sweet and sunny juice. Today I crossed over to the dark side and began to toy with spinach-celery-garlic and so on. My eyes are bright, my tail is bushy, my breath is rank.
You see, I am (perhaps temporarily, as these things go) a new convert to juicing. My inspiration is the avoidance of scurvy, not the denial of anything fun. I’m not on a diet or trying to detox (these toxins being key to my personality). I simply find it fun – really, really fun – to obliterate carrots and other noisy fare. Juicing has also helped me to lower my coffee consumption from, say, ten cups a day to three. And this should go a long way toward preventing my heart from exploding.
I beg you blogosphere: what should I juice next?
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You have inspired me to get out my juicer and pulverize my leftover carrots and apples. My favorite is carrot, orange and ginger juice but that’s not very original. I have a book that gives the recipe for Green Juice that includes 2 cucumbers, 4 kale leaves (not sure where to find in Paris though), 4 romaine leaves, 4 stalks of celery, 2 broccoli stems, 2 pears, and gingerroot.
Well you have beets, radish of all types, kohlrabi (peeled),
Oops clicked too soon. Also take a look at the Chinese markets for all kinds of green vegetables and fresh aromatics like galangal, green ginger, nashi pear, scallions, etc.
the color of you mixture is surprising! Did the juice oxide?
Beetrup, grapes and apple is not bad.
Grape juice introduces two phases, which can be fun (looking like a b52)
I have recently mixed cauliflower, and the result was very mixed.
Usually, people tend to prefer fruits to vegetables.
Celery branche adds a strong grass taste.
Peeled prickly pears can also be nice with grapes and apples.
I’ve been addicted to smoothies for about a year, and I love the sound my immersion blender makes when it’s pulverizing the frozen peaches or mangoes. I love adding some baby spinach and a dollop of Greek yogurt for creaminess.
I bet quinces would be good and noisy.