Today was the first day of The Summer of Juice! No, I am not going to only consume juice for
the next three months, but I am going to focus on juice, smoothies and raw
veggies for many of my meals and snacks. All of the biking that I have been doing has
been building muscles and helping me to lose a few inches, but I have not been
losing any weight. I am hoping that by emphasizing
fresh produce I will both be healthier and drop a pound or two. Of course, summer is also the perfect time
for smoothies, juice and salads!
I have all the appliances that one might want for the task
too. For my smoothie making we have a NutriBullet. (Okay, it is not a VitaMix, but it makes really good smoothies
considering it is less than 1/4th the cost of a VitaMix.) For juice
making we have an Omega
8400, which is a fabulous juicer.
Today I had two smoothies (or what the NutriBullet people
would call “Nutri-Blasts” - I will be
calling them smoothies). The first had chard, strawberries, yogurt, banana,
chia seeds and coconut water. It was quite tasty. My second smoothie had dino
kale, mixed berries, raw cashews, goji berries, chia seeds, kava and water. It
was not quite as tasty as my morning smoothie.
I have been using the NutriBullet since December and today I
learned something new while making that less successful smoothie. I did not
blend it enough at first and one frozen strawberry was still whole. So I put the blade back on and re-blended it. The longer time in the NutriBullet made all of
the components perfectly smooth. In the
past I have had many a smoothie with bits of nuts still in them, now I know that
I need to let the NutriBullet run longer until everything looks smooth not just
mixed.
Any way, I am not going to chronicle my smoothies every day,
but this gives an idea of what I will be making. When I make special smoothies,
or if I make an interesting juice, I will post them. Mmm… I
think tomorrow I will be making Watermelon Juice!
