My RESULS from the 7 day Juice detox

Seven Day juice detox is over. I woke up Monday morning craving a Super Juice, and unfortunately I have no fruit and veg left in my fridge. I have made my shopping list for the week, and my family is going to have wonderful fruits and veggies for the most part and a Super Juice for breakfast each day. 

So after craving my super juice and not be able to have it, I remembered we're supposed to do our measurements today to send in to Jason Vale. He had said not to weigh yourself during the detox, and wait till the end. I couldn't wait, so I've been weighing myself every day. Very early on, I lost 6 lbs. By the end of the juice detox I lost a total of 7 lbs. but the AMAZING results I couldn't wait to share with the world is: I've lost a total of 14.5 inches!!!!!! 14.5 inches!!! I feel lighter, I feel like I can do anything. I have more energy and there's no more cloud or haziness at all.

Here's the breakdown:

• I've lost 6 inches on my waist! 6 inches?!?!?!?! My pants fit! I tried on dresses and they're big. I have to return a skirt because it fell off! I'm so happy I could cry! Pre-pregnancy size here I come!
• I've lost 4 inches on my hips!
• 2 inches on my behind are gone
• I've lost 2.5 inches around my rib area.
• TOTAL of 14.5 inches! WOW! 

This detox has catapulted a love for healthy living. On my husband and my date night the other night we bought a rebounder (i.e. a mini trampoline). Jason vale says it's awesome because you feel like a kid. He has a video for $15 for sale on his website and the same size rebounder that I bought he sells for $129 (for a 40 inch rebounder). I bought a Gold's gym one from Walmart for $29! I got it home and had a blast jumping! I found videos on youtube for beginners and not only did I feel the burn, but I felt like a kid. I couldn't stop laughing as I was "rebounding". 

I am going to miss seeing Jason's daily encouraging videos. I'm going to miss knowing that 24,000 other people are in it with me. Now the challenge is to keep the momentum going, and to 'up' my game. We're going on vacation in February, and I'm going to do my best to get myself as fit and healthy for that trip!

What to do with the Pineapples...DAY 7!

DAY 7 is here!  I did it, with lots of prayer and definitely the Lord's help. The Juice Detox is over! I feel like a million bucks. I am on a path to physical wellness. Not just living well, but thriving! I don't want this momentum to stop.

I had juiced all of our juices for today, yesterday. So we didn't have to get out the juicer at all today.  When we started this 7 day juice journey we planned that we would eat lunch on the 7th day. Of course we had the lunch planned out completely. We were headed to one of our favorite spots: Chili's! We set limits for ourselves: Salad, chips & salsa! My first bite of a chip with salsa was one my mouth couldn't handle the intense flavors. I didn't even wait for someone to say grace. I bit down on the first chip, and the salt taste was delicious. The crunch of the chip, with the cold yet spicy salsa were welcomed flavors to my mouth. Since we've been having nothing but juice for the last seven days, I was singing in my seat over the yummy chips and salsa.  I couldn't wait for my salad to arrive. Jason Vale was right, I was craving veggies, not donuts! Wohoo! I made it! The juice detox works!

So the plan starting tomorrow???  Back to the Daniel fast. Eating whole grains, fruits, nuts, seeds, veggies, and water. It seems like there are SO many choices to eat on the Daniel Fast. About a year ago when I did the Daniel Fast I felt like I was depriving myself of so much. Now the Daniel Fast feels like a welcomed and exciting change! Funny how our perspective changes so much, as time goes on. After doing the Juice fast, the Daniel fast feels like it's really full of so many options.

My counter is empty since we've used all the fruits and veggies. I am chilling tonight looking through a vegan cookbook and my daniel fast cook book to figure out what the menu plan is for the week. I LOVED Jason Vale's Turbo express juice, and the Super Juice. I think our family is going to have that each morning for breakfast. Now, I just need to figure out what we're going to have for lunch and dinner. I'm thinking whole grain tortilla's toasted in the oven and topped with pizza sauce (homemade of course), and grilled veggies (grilled with lots of fresh herbs). Since we're on the Daniel Fast (no cheese). I'm salivating just thinking about it.

So with the Fast we went through A LOT of pineapples. I lopped off the tops of them and saved them each time we cut into a pineapple. Today I planted them all in my garden. We're going to dig a long narrow garden along the side of the house where I will space them out more. When they grow they get a lot wider. Pineapple tops grow another pineapple out the top of them. It's a really great idea to save the tops and replant and have another pineapple in 2-3 years. When you go to Lowe's or home depot and buy a pineapple plant the cost is $10! So I have 16 that didn't cost me anything since we were buying them for the juice fast anyway!

Some of the pineapples planted in a garden in front of the house

See the giant pineapple at the front on the right? I planted that one six months ago, and it's tripled in size. 

I also saved all of the pits of the avocados. They're sitting my window sill drying out right now. Hopefully we'll start some avocado trees soon.

Thanks for following along on this journey with me. I'm excited we're in this together!

My juicer is about to die....DAY 6

It's day 6 and I can almost feel the taste of the finish line. We are almost there! Tomorrow is the last day and I can taste the victory.  In all honesty I'm really missing the variety and textures of food. Who would have thought you could miss chewing, but this girl sure does.  My husband and I have already envisioned our first meal will be a salad at Chili's with chips and salsa! Tons of veggies here I come

Today I got up and made all the juices my husband & I needed for today, and tomorrow. I also tried to juice up the last of the pineapples, they were on the verge of going bad. My fridge was starting to smell a bit funny, so I thought it was best to juice up as much as I could so I wouldn't loose any of the produce.  My juicer is starting to smell like burning plastic, and it's not able to juice the center of a pineapple anymore. Part of the top has broken off,  it's getting rough...probably because I'm juicing 10 juices a day with it. My poor juicer, I think to celebrate after the 7 days is over I need to buy a new juicer. I would LOVE to buy the Philips Avance, that Jason Vale recommends, however it's only sold in the uk. I think it plugs into a different outlet. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this juicer! It's so different than any other juicer on the market. It's funky and extremely functional. I emailed Jason Vale's crew, and put a question on facebook to them regarding the Philips. If it could work in the U.S.A that is the juicer I want. I hope they get back to me quickly. Perhaps it's in the works to make it functional in the U.S.A? If it doesn't work out I'm thinking maybe about getting the Breville Fountain elite. Do you have a favorite juicer?

Philips Avance Juicer

The most awful and awesome moments of Day 3 and 4 of the Juice Fast

Well Day 3....I started my morning at 7 am with a headache and just feeling foggy. I had heard this could happen on Day 2, or Day 3. I decided to juice all of the juices for Wednesday since I was going to be gone for the whole day and night. I also juiced Thursdays 8am and 11am juice.  So in total that was 7 juices for me, and 7 for my hubby = a total of 14 juices juicing them all at one time. I didn't finish juicing until 10:30. I was completely and totally beat after that. While I was juicing I watched the two videos Jason Vale posted about juicing for the day. He shared an interesting tip to run warm water through the juicer in between juicing a juice to clean it. I thought that would work perfectly! So I ran the warm water through it, and didn't realize that the top of my juicer had a crack in it. A ton of pulp from the juice cam spewing out the back of the juicer as well as most of the water! What a disaster. It was such a mess, my whole counter top was a complete mess. So I had to pull it all apart, and clean the counter, and the juicer. I had to manually wash the juicer after every 2 juices I juiced. It seemed to take forever.
I drank my 8am juice at home
Had the 11, 2, 5 & 8pm all at work. It's always a long day on Wednesdays. Our normal routine before the Daniel & Juice fast we would order a pizza on Wednesday nights since we get home so late. So I found last night to be particularly difficult.

Jason had talked about how on day 4 most people get this surge of energy. I was so hoping that would be me. On Thursday (Day 4) I woke up ready to go. I got a ton of work done before 8am! Drove my daughter to school.  When I got home, my husband had a major spurt of energy too. He had started on some home renovations we have been wanting to do. I did a ton of errands, and still had energy left over. I never feel this good. I think the juicing is giving loads of extra energy. WOHOO!

Ready for more good news?!?!?! It's only half way through the juice detox and here are some stats:

• I've lost 1 1/2 inches on my hips
• I've lost 1 inch on my behind.
• and the best part: 4 inches on my waist & lost 6 lbs already!!!!!!!

Jason shared that there's a plan for 14 days after the detox. I can say for sure I am NOT going to eat the same after the detox. I am NOT going to eat as much. I am DEFINITELY going to be working out starting Monday! MOTIVATION has set in. I'm thrilled about the momentum.

For those of us who are doing the juice detox we are 60% of the way there! Way to go. We can do this!   Anyone planning your first meal after the detox? I am so sure we are having salad at Chilis, chips with salsa and a big glass of water!

End of Day 2

HAPPY DAY 2 of the World's biggest Juice Detox!!!!

We had juiced our 8am, 11am, and 2pm juice yesterday and poured them into mason jars and sealed them tightly to keep them fresh. We woke up today and had our hot water with lemon. I packed my three juices in my lunch sack. My husband had his in his cooler full of ice. It almost felt like a routine, even though it's only our 2nd day doing this.

I brought my 8am juice with me to my staff meeting. I love our work environment, everyone is very supportive of one another. In fact we have 20 people who are juicing or doing some kind of fast with us. One of my co-workers Mr. Terry asked to try some of the Super Juice. He was surprised how good it was. I shared that Jason Vale's recipes rock!

At lunch time I had someone pick me up some tomato soup. That was the only time I've veered off the plan, even though it was completely liquid.  I was surprised how much I had missed using a spoon. I had my 2pm juice while I picked up my daughter from school in the car rider line. When we got home I decided to cut and bag all of the fruits/veggies for Thursday & friday (since I had already cut up all of Wednesdays fruits/veggies). I labeled each bag with what juice it was, what day and what was still missing (i.e. the apples, and avocado so they wouldn't go bad before I juiced them).

I was surprised I was having a GREAT day, with no cravings, no sluggish moments until...our kiddos were hungry for dinner and we got them chicken sandwiches with french fries. The amazing smell filled the car and I thought I was literally going to die. I had this crazy, intense craving for yummy fried food. We got home, they ate their food two feet away from me, and I still suffered. I didn't complain out loud, I just had a hard time mentally because I could smell the yummy goodness. We then made my son his lunch for tomorrow. We made some macaroni and cheese on the stove, again the smell filled the air with ooey gooey cheese. All I could think about was jason vale's video this morning about how we get one S.O.S a day: either a banana or an avocado with salt/pepper and lime on it. He said to use this if it's a make or break moment. To eat one of those, if you feel like you're about to falter off the plan. So I decided on the avocado with the lime, salt/pepper on it. There was just something about bringing a fork up to my lips and eating it that tasted so delicious!  I was seriously in heaven, and didn't break the rules! Yay me!

We had the Turbo Charge Express at 5pm and again at 8pm. I decided instead of the Hot and Spicy to have some hot tea with honey like Jason suggested in the video this morning. It's not as filling, and a perfect end to the day.

I'm wondering how tomorrow is going to go? We shall see!

End of Day 1

Well...day 1 is coming to a close. I have had an exciting first start to the 7 day juice fast. I am pumped about the week, I wasn't tempted to eat rotten junk food, and I didn't even have an sugar cravings.   I LOVED the super juice we had twice today. I did find the Super Chute Juice smelled like grass....perhaps too healthy of a smell for me. It didn't taste bad though. I decided next time I make it, I'll definitely add more ginger, and lemon. Perhaps it'll make it taste better.

Super Chute Juice

I almost had a moment of weakness. I found it quite difficult when my husband was making my children personal pizzas tonight. The smell of the crust baking in the oven almost put me over the edge. I was standing at my juicer making our "dinner" the Turbo Express (2 apples, baby spinach leaves, celery, cucumber, lime, pineapple, avocado), while the smell of pizza was in the air .  I knew this week I'd stay away from temptation, and focus on the juicing. However, I didn't anticipate that we'd still have to prepare our children meals. I suppose they do have to eat!  Perhaps I could wear a mask, or scarf over my nose and mouth. I'm totally kidding...well, kind of.

Turbo Express our 5pm dinner.

I also juiced our 8pm drink: The Lemon-Ginger Zinger ( apples, carrots, ginger, lemon). I'm excited to try this one.

The Lemon Ginger Zinger

I also juiced our 9pm treat the Hot & Spicy. I think this is the one I'm most looking forward to! Each night at 9pm we get to juice 3 apples and heat them over the stove and add some cinnamon! Sounds so yummy, and comforting.

Tomorrow morning is a very early morning for our family, so I went ahead and juiced our 8am, 11am & 2pm juices.

I ended up juicing 12 juices tonight. I thought I was being smart juicing everything at the same time...however I had to  keep cleaning the juicer because it kept getting clogged. It was A LOT of work to juice that many juices at one time. I wonder if the juicer will make it through the week.  The nice thing is, the juices are all stored in the fridge in mason jars filled right up to the top and sealed tightly to help keep any oxidization from happening.  So I don't have to juice again until tomorrow afternoon for the evening juices.

Now I'm sitting by the fire, blogging, while my children play super mario. I've got my feet up, chilling on the couch looking forward to our 8pm juice.


Have a Blessed night!

DAY 1

We had planned to wake up at 6 am to start juicing, get the kids ready, get us ready and get out to door to our 4 locations for the day....but for some reason we couldn't spring out of bed. We clicked on the DAY1 video from Jason Vale to get inspired for the week. He had great tips for the week. One of my favorites was "Shut up and eat it , or shut up and don't eat it". we have a choice to choose to juice, or choose to eat the junk. It's important to not complain during the juice detox...you're just making it harder on yourself. You can eat whatever you want. What are you choosing to do this week? Keep a positive attitude. I love this!  Great motivation to start off the week right.


We got up and decided to divide and conquer! Juan got the kids ready, while I started the task of juicing 6 juices.

• Our 8am juice, the Super Juice (apples, pineapple, cucumber, lime, avocado, ice)
• Our 11 am juice, another Super Juice
• Our 2 pm juice, the super chute juice  (apples, carrot, celery, mixed green leaves, cucumber,  red beet, zucchini, lemon, ginger root, ice)

This morning we used:

• 12 apples
• 1 pineapple
• 1 lime
• 1 avocado
• 2 inches of carrots
• 1 stalk of celery
• 1/2 cup of lettuce
• 1 cucumber & 2 inches 
• 1 inch of red beet
• 1 inch of zucchini
• 2 inches of lemon
• 1 inch of ginger

We poured the 6 juices in mason jars, and labeled the top with 8am, 11am 2pm. So there's no guess work to what we're drinking & when. I put mine in a lunch tote and put them in the fridge when I got  to work. I filled a cooler with ice for my hubby and put his mason jars in there since he's on the road all day for work.

I saw on the greener living mom's facebook page that Ms. Shirley prepared her fruits/veggies for a few days and separated them into bags. I think I might do that to prepare ahead of time. This morning took A LOT longer than I anticipated.

So at 8am I had the Super Juice, and I have to say it's SUPER delicious. I had made a bit extra and my son LOVED it. You know it's a winner when the kiddos like it!

Looking forward to drinking the 2pm one while I wait in the car rider line to pick up my daughter from school. When I get home I'll start preparing all the fruits/veggies for the juices tonight and the ones we'll be juicing tomorrow morning.

Day before the Juice Fast

 Are you ready for the world's largest juice fast with Jason vale? This is how we're preparing:

We went to Publix and picked up ALL our produce for the week long juice fast! Our trunk was FULL of produce. We had to special order the apples and pineapples to get that many in bulk.

This is what 16 pineapples looks like.

This is what 1 case of golden apples looks like. 80 apples in this box. We ordered 2 of these boxes!

Here's most of the produce we'll need for the juice fast!

7 Day Juice Fast

Lately I've been talking with some of my girl friends that in the new year we want to get healthy and start eating/living better. Then we started talking about wanting to do a 7 day juice fast. We were so excited about the idea, the idea grew and a couple of us, grew to a few of us. This week I opened my email and received one from the Juice Master: aka Jason Vale! It wasn't a personalized email or anything: however it was an email describing the World's Biggest Juice Detox. He's encouraging the world to do the detox. Last year he had over 18,000 people participate. This year he's looking to have over 20,000 participate. The Juice fast starts January 7 - January 13 2013. How neat is that, we were already thinking/planning to do a juice fast in the new year and here is a movement happening, inspiring the world to do a juice fast.

The reason he's not doing it January 1st, is to get your body ready for a juice fast after the holiday eating. So the first few days in January you cut out the sugar and garbage and stop caffeine etc to get ready for the fast.

Check out the website here.

Go to the Juice Master's website and sign up to join us!

So what will you need for the Juice fast?

• a Juicer 

•  a Blender 

•  Mason Jars (to store and bring your juice with you to work/while you're out)  

•  Fresh fruits/veggies to create delicious juice

• Optional:  His book 7 lbs in 7 days, or his Iphone app 7lbs in 7 days (to follow along, get great advice, amazing recipes etc)

 

So you're considering juicing in January with us? Here's a few reasons why I do it:

• You feel fabulous!
• Great way to jump start weight loss
• A quick way to get rid of toxicity in the body (especially after Christmas and holiday foods this season)
• Get a ton of minerals and nutrients to your body quickly with juicing

So what's my plan?

I've signed up for the world's biggest juice detox to start on the 7th and end on the 13th of January. I'm also going to start the Daniel Fast on January 1st. That way my body will be prepared for the juice fast. After the juice fast I'm going to continue the Daniel fast until January 21st. Not only will I be starting off the year right with healthy habits and spending the 1st 21 days of the year restraining from my sweet treats to focus on the Lord and hear his direction for my year and life. 

Want to be part? Follow this blog. I will be posting each day a video or post. Also, follow our group Greener living moms to get encouragement and feedback from other juicers during the journey. 

Live in Pensacola? We'll be going out for juice once during the week as a group at Everman. There's strength in numbers. we can do it together. 

Best Juice I've EVER made

My favorite juice is called:

SHERBET LEMONADE

• 2 apples
• 1/2 a lemon

That's it! So simple, yet so delicious!  I was amazed at how simple it is. So refreshing!

Courtesy of Jason Vale (who I consider the king of juicing). He's written countless books on the subject. Juicing has changed his life.  He makes that recipe in this video. He's pretty eccentric. I absolutely love the juicer he uses in this video. It's a wide mouth juicer, so you don't have to cut most of the fruit before you put it in. For example when I juice an apple I have to cut it into 6 pieces to fit into my juicer. This one, you just put the whole apple in. Plus it cleans in one minute! This is definitely going on my dream list. 

Try the sherbet lemonade, let me know what you think. By watching his enthusiasm I had to try it, and I absolutely love it. Plus, I had the kids & hubby try it and it was a hit! I know it's a good juice when they'll drink it too. Now I wonder if I could hide any veggies in that...probably not, probably is why it's so good!

3 Day Juice Fast

This week I did my very first liquid/juice fast for 3 full days. One of the hardest, yet rewarding experiences I've ever done in my life. 

While on the juice fast, I did some research. There's a documentary called Fat, sick and nearly dead. where he does I think a 100 day juice fast. It's amazing to see. I also found many people on youtube that did 10 or even 60 day juice fasts! That's hard to believe. Many stated that day 3 is VERY hard. So I found it encouraging that I'm not the only one who had a hard time on day 3.

Hope you've had a great week:) Hope you found a green moment during your week.

a day without juicing

A few months ago my good friend Rachel gave me a juicer. It was such a blessing! I juiced EVERYDAY for a couple months since she gave it to me. I would juice enough juice in the morning for 2 juices. One to drink right away, and the other I would stick in a mason jar in the fridge for later.

Yesterday I didn't get a chance to juice until I got home at 9:30 pm. I found my body craving it. I'm not sure what it is about it that my body loves. I know that it's packed with so many minerals & nutrients.  Anyone who knows me, knows I'm an avid coffee drinker. It's strange that I find I get more energy from my kermit the frog colored juice than I do from my coffee. 

So I threw in the juicer:

- 2 green apples

- 4 leaves of romaine lettuce

- 1/2 a lemon

And I'm in heaven again..... :)  thanks Rachel!

Lemon Tree

Have you ever walked into a store for one thing, and walked out with something completely different? I was walking into Home Depot last week for paint, to paint my crib to bench. While I was waiting for my paint to be mixed I moseyed on down to the garden section. I always like to see what new types of fruits of veggies are in season to plant. As I'm on the journey of learning how to garden, so I figured I would check out their latest selection for fall. I walked by the fruit trees and most of them are pretty good sizes and are $120 a piece. I've always wanted a fruit tree, but I can't afford that price tag. Especially since I'm not a seasoned gardner; I'd hate to buy something that pricey, only to kill it.

All of a sudden, low and behold: I turned a corner and there was the cutest little lemon tree, with five lemons already on it!  The price tag read $18! How on earth was a lemon tree for sale for only $18? I thought with five lemons already on this tree, it must be in good enough shape. If only five lemons make it, it would be a fun experience to learn about growing lemons and enjoying a few. That would make each lemon cost $3.60, but it'll be fun! (this is what I was telling myself as I was trying to decide if this lemon tree was going home with me).

As I checked out,  the wonderful check out Home Depot ladies oohed and ahhed over my lemon tree. They said "if I had seen that tree, I would've bought it for $18"!  As soon as they said that I felt overjoyed that I won the prize. It solidified that I needed this tree, and it was meant to be. haha.

I asked the wonderful check out Home Depot ladies, "Do you know anything about growing, planting a lemon tree?" They mentioned I need to keep the lemon tree away from frost. That I should not plant it, until after the last frost. I should plan to move my lemon tree inside by the first frost, to not loose it. I'm wondering if that's why you see people with blankets on some of their plants? Maybe I could get a "lemon tree blanket" that I keep in the garage, and when the weather gets chilly I'll run out and cover my little lemon tree?


If my lemon tree takes off. I'll be making lemonade, lemon meringue, and definitely be adding lemons to all my juices I make. I can see myself as a grandma having my grandkids come over and fill a basket full of lemons for them to take home. Okay, well I'm getting carried away. Let's just cross our fingers that the tree makes it through the night and I get to enjoy at least five lemons.

Here's my lemon tree shoved into the front seat of my car. You can see four of the lemons.

I love this picture shows how small it really is, next to my five year old and my two year old. 

How to make a Delicious Green Juice

I have made many green juices before, and some I must admit most of them turned out pretty disgusting. I have found the secret to make a good tasting green juice: it's LEMON! 

My favorite Green juice recipe thus far:

- 1 orange

- 1 apple

- 1/2 a lemon (sometimes a whole lemon if I'm wanting it to taste like sour candy)

- a big handful of spinach ( any kind of greens will do, I love spinach, or lettuce)
- another big key is to make sure its mixed really well after juicing.
- last but not least pour it over a large glass of ice. Any juice you make always tastes a million times better over ice.

There are a couple reasons why I love this juice recipe so much:

1. First of all it doesn't taste at all how it looks. I admit it looks pretty yucky, but I promise it's not. The lemon is the secret ingredient that makes it good. The apple adds the sweetness. The spinach adds the greens that you need.  And the orange of course adds vitamin C.

2.  You feel immediately energized after drinking it, like you can run a marathon, do a kickboxing workout or even do the dishes!  haha!

3. It's a great way to get a few more veggies into your life. I'm working my way up to adding more veggies to this juice, but for now I love it the way it is. 

If you're into juicing you need to try this one. Give it a whirl, use whatever veggies are your favorite. Be sure to add the lemon.

Have a favorite juice recipe? Share it. I'd love to hear:)

Juicing at the Office

Today for our team staff meeting we decided to spend some time building relationships and making juice! We set our regular agenda aside and spent some time in the kitchen. I brought my juicer, & a green juice recipe. Nat brought her super strong/amazing vita mix blender & her smoothie recipe. Robert brought his shake recipe & a some veggies to juice.

My Green Juice Recipe:
- 2 green apples
- 2 romaine leafs
- broccoli stem
- 1/2 an lemon

Natalie's Smoothie Recipe
- pinneapple
- apple
- banana
- oj
- yogurt
- I think that was it...let me know if I forgot something

Robert shared a recipe for a shake:

Unfortunately there were no blueberries and it wasn't cold...I'm sure it would've tasted better if it was cold & had the berries....as you can tell by my face I didn't care for the shake too much. Natalie thinks it's funny! ha!

We had a lot of fun. Trying new recipes and having fun in the office kitchen. The most fun part was sharing a cup of juice/smoothie with coworkers as they passed by. Some enjoyed the healthy beverages and some said in a very polite "no thanks I'm good" response.

Green smoothie

In order to eat/drink more fruits and veggies daily I've decided I want to start juicing. The only negative I've found is that a good juicer is SO EXPENSIVE. Well at least a strong one that isn't too difficult to clean. I've read a lot on juicing and the amazing health benefits it provides. In fact I just ordered a couple books from the Juice Master Jason Vale.  I first saw him in the documentary: Hungry for Change that was just released in March.

In the meantime, until I can get a juicer I've been making smoothies in my blender.  Blending smoothies has been a great way to make sure my kids get healthy servings of fruit in the morning. I've been adding some OJ, ice, and yogurt to the smoothies as well.

This week I tried a new smoothie. My friend Natalie invited me to try a green smoothie. I must admit I had NEVER had a green smoothie and I was definitely hesitant to try it due to its color. It really wasn't that bad...I tried sharing it with my family, but I unfortunately they didn't not enjoy the spinach color.

I'm so excited to start juicing, I still can't afford a fancy juicer, but my friend has a juicer she doesn't use anymore that she's going to give me. What a blessing! Thank God for good friends!

 I'm so excited to start juicing at home!  I'm wondering how many other veggies I can hide in juices from my kiddos!

Anyone else out there juice? What's your favorite juice concoction?