On a juicing note, my grandmother laughed at me this morning as I carted in the beets from my grocery excursion. She can’t believe how many of those darn things I’m eating (or drinking), since before juicing, I wouldn’t touch a beet with a 20-foot pole!
After her amusement wore off, she told me about her latest impulse-buy. While watching infomercials last night, she caved and bought something called a NutriBullet. It’s supposed to be this revolutionary juice extractor that holds in more nutrients than a juicer can. There are also a bunch of other non-beverage recipes for it, but basically granny told me that the infomercial put down juicing in an attempt to sell their product. Now, do I love Joey (my juicer)? YES! But I also think that there might be something to the NutriBullet or VitaMix thing, too. This made me curious, so I did a little research about the two different methods. Basically, I found that a VitaMix or NutriBullet can make juice, but the juice needs to go through a strainer. Also, these blender-type things are more versatile appliances that can make things like salsa, peanut butter, and soups. I think both juicers and blenders have their benefits, and I am really excited to try out the NutriBullet when it gets here! I want to make my own peanut butter so bad!
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Okay, so we just picked up our NutriBullet and stopped on the way home to pick up some fruits to test it out! We decided to make the natural anti-inflammatory drink which consisted of half spinach, and the other half lemons, limes, grapefruit, flax seeds, and turmeric. We couldn’t find our flax seeds, so we substituted chia seeds instead, which I don’t think hurt anything. The taste was… umm… interesting. It was citrus-y to the point of making our mouths pucker, so I threw in a gala apple and re-blended the concoction. This time the citrus was a little dulled by the apple, and we could actually stand to drink the thing. Granny cleaned the bullet (which was surprisingly simple) and we went into the living room to watch American Ninja Warrior. As we were watching, we both realized that the juice/smoothie/whatever this thing was, was growing on us. It actually got better the more we got used to it, and I think granny is gonna make more for breakfast tomorrow. I’m really excited to have the two machines in the house, since the NutriBullet can give me more of the fiber that the juicer takes out! Granny wants to reorganize the whole kitchen on Wednesday so that we can juice and blend to our heart’s content, and I can’t wait to help her! The kitchen smells great with all the fresh fruits and vegetables being used, and Ethan and I have very noticeable increases in energy and metabolism changes! We wake up, and we are instantly hungry, which is awesome compared to a few months ago when we were waiting 3 or 4 hours before feeding ourselves. I am very interested to know whether or not the anti-inflammation cocktail that Granny drank tonight will produce a noticeable effect on her. She says that her goal is to juice and blend to get enough nutrients so that she can a) cut out refined sugars completely from her diet, and b) significantly lower, if not eliminate, the amount of her current medications. I will keep you updated on her progress!
The Juice Junky 