The Juicing Journey Begins

I will admit it, it has only been a day but I am addicted to juicing!  No, not like Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire...fruit and vegetable juicing.  My friend Heather from Life as a Lilly has been posting some amazing juicing recipes on her blog.  Then I talked to my older sister the other day and she mentioned that she loves juicing.  I had to try it!  We have been getting a box of organic fruits and vegetables from a local company each week and I find it hard to eat everything.  Some things go fast but items like the apples, oranges, and sometimes greens just keep piling up.  I thought that juicing would be a great way to utilize these items.  So, I hopped online and ordered the Waring Pro Juice Extractor JEX328PK from Amazon.com.  I only paid $47 which included shipping :)



It showed up this morning and I was so excited to try it out.  I tried the green apple, celery, carrot, and garlic combination that Heather posted last week.  It was so easy, just put each piece in, press it down, and viola- JUICE!  I really liked the flavor of this combination.  Not sweet, but with a nice hint of apple. 



Heather warned to not juice too much fruit or I might start craving sweets (something I don't really do right now).  However, I wanted to use up some of the oranges that have been piling up.  I decided to make a lemonade and it was wonderful.  I had everything lined up to take a picture before juicing, but I got too excited and never got around to the picture.  Here is an after picture though!