Quick Carrot Pineapple Juice

 Today I tried a new-to-us recipe in the VitaMix.  The recipe comes from BlendingForGood.com.

Place ingredients in blender jar in order listed:

1.5 cups water
1.5 cups baby carrots
3 cups chopped fresh pineapple including central part
Thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger
1 thick slice fresh lemon, skin included
2.5 cups ice cubes.

Blend for 60 seconds then serve in tall glasses.

It is pretty good.  It is not sweet.

Munchie Monday: Quick and Easy Green Juice

Lenny Gale's YouTube channel is so instructive and motivating to me.  He and Shalva put up lots of good recipes.  The latest one I have tried is his Green Juice recipe.

Mine was a little different than his, but it tasted really good anyway.

This uses a high speed blender.  I don't know if a less powerful one will do the trick to liquify everything.  Maybe if run a lot longer...?

This is how I made it because of what I had on hand:

In the blender put in this order:
1.5 cups of water
1 cored apple
1 peeled banana
a small chunk of fresh ginger
2 small dried up peeled clementines
a big handful of chopped raw kale, stems and all
3 cups ice (the ice needs to go on top)


Turn it on to blend on high for 90 seconds, then pour out into glasses. 

NOTE:  This is NOT a thick smoothie, but is in actuality green JUICE, just like Lenny said!

Because I was unsure of the taste, I only poured half a glass for Dear One and for myself.  It was really good!  Dear One liked it, too.  There was leftover juice which I put in the refrigerator to drink later.

Thanks, Lenny and Shalva!  #lifeisnoyoke