Juicing it

Winter is winding down with Spring just weeks away, and I’m getting antsy. I long for the days that I can play in my garden… yay! So this weekend I decided to dust off the old juicer that we received from Catherine and Jen for our wedding. It’s one of the only electric appliances that came with us from America. (Reason being is the plugs and voltage are different here. We have a voltage converter to use when we use the electrical items from the States…. too long of a story and I’m getting off track…)

Back to juicing....

Since I’m getting antsy and still can’t plant my garden, I decided to start planning which veggies I’d like to plant this year. I thought I’d get motivated by making juice. What better way to decide your veggie garden than create your own favourite vegetable juice recipes.

Saturday’s juice was made with celery, tomatoes, carrots and a lime. This is the before and after.




Sunday’s juice had more veggies (since I have a veggie garden and not a fruit garden). We made it with carrots, beetroot and oranges.



I couldn’t believe how much juice came out of the beets! This juice was my favorite out of the two but, I’d make them both again.

Now, nothing goes wasted in this house. I kept the peels from the carrots, beetroot and oranges for my compost bin, and the pulp from the juicer (which is like a fine breadcrumb consistency) for the chooks.


The girls devoured it (no photo of the devouring!)! Later my decomposed food scraps will become soil which goes back into my garden. I love it!!!