So maybe that is a slight exaggeration.
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The thing is I have watched the juicing
revolution play out before my very eyes for - oh at least the past five years -
but even the sight of glorious jewel coloured juices in the most gorgeous wanky
swanky mason jars which is like the gold dust of instagram fodder, was not
enough to get me past the idea of drinking spinach and kale.
Don’t get me wrong, I like my spinach and kale, but preferably in a
salad with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkled with pine nuts, shaved Parmesan and a hand full of cranberries.
Oh damn, I’m drooling. Excuse me for a minute.
Right, where were we?
Juicing.
Until now.
I say now, because after sitting up late nursing
a head full of bricks and a leaking nose and watching an episode of Guiliana
and Bill where Guiliana declares that juicing is like SO GOOD for fighting
colds and stuff, I finally got off my backside googled the crap out of the
benefits of juicing, bookmarked some not completely off-putting juice recipes
and then woke up in the morning and went and brought myself a juicing machine
and a basket full of fresh fruit and veg including bunches of spinach and kale.
This is not like the time I woke up with an
immediate urge to rollerblade and spent a small fortune on a pair of
rollerblades that guaranteed to have me blading like a Bondi hipster. Nope,
this time I went into it determined to use the power of juicing to fight this
bloody cold of mine and ended up discovering that drinking green stuff really
isn't all that bad.
In fact it is good and when you start adding other fruits and
veggies to the mix it is better than good and it seems that I have become an official
juice convert.
So it turns out that juicing offers a bootful of
health benefits including a quick and easy way to absorb some of those fabulous
immune boosting nutrients that fruits and vegetables are full of.
When you eat these food whole (i.e. not
processed) they retain their valuable vitamins and minerals and plant chemicals
that they can often lose when you consume them in many of the pre bottled
juices.
If you have kids who are all that fond of eating
fruit and veg then juicing is a fun way of conning them into getting their
daily nutrients.
Winner!
They are loaded with all sorts of powerful
compounds which have medicinal superpowers.
Kale is higher in vitamin c than most other
veggies and a cup of raw kale actually contains more vitamin C than a whole
orange, is fat free and actually contains numerous cancer fighting substances.
Spinach is high in anti oxidants, is known to
boost eye health and anti aging and the beta-carotene it contains has also been
shown to help combat many cancers including breast, prostate and ovarian cancer.
To the bat mobile … or in this case the Juicer!
All well and good being a super hero of the food
variety huh — but how does do they taste to drink?
Not . that . bad . at . all.
Honestly.
I played around with a whole load of juice
recipes that contain Spinach and Kale and these are three that I came up with
that are more than just drinkable. They are enjoyable.
If this post was a video, here is where you
would see me do a very lame churn the cheese pot dance because I am so happy
with how these recipes taste, but since it’s not a video, you will just have to take my word for it and try
them for yourselves.
JUICE ONE
1 cucumber
½ lime
1 handful
of spinach
½ cup Ice water
JUICE TWO
1 orange
2 apples
2
handfuls of spinach
½ cup of iced water
JUICE THREE
3 Kiwifruits peeled
2 apples
½ inch ginger
Blitz all
ingredients in your juicer and add as much iced water to achieve the
consistency you prefer.
Fresh produce is the key when it comes to
juicing as it ensures the integrity of the nutrients and their benefits.
Coles is all about fresh produce and if you are keen to give this juicing gig a
whirl in the immune boosting fight then you are in luck because the leafy
greens such as kale
and spinach
are in season and there is an abundance of supply in store.
Head
into your local Coles store to pick up your supplies or if you are still in
hibernation mode maybe consider home delivery
*Free delivery valid on your first order or any Wednesday
when you spend $100 or more, excluding Tobacco products.
Don’t forget to check out the Coles recipe website and Taste.com.au for more delicious
juice recipes.
Are
you a Juicer?
Do
you have any awesome juicing combos I really have to try?
