I never thought about juicing things like garlic, onions, jalapenos or even tomatoes. Being that I'm in it for the long haul juice "Feasting" for 90 days I've decided to experiment more. So here is todays experiment and it's outa dis woild tasty good! . I'm toying with the thought of naming and numbering my new experiments/recipes and maybe at the end of 90 days I'll compile them all into a website or book or sumpin'. Anywho this is Mean Green #3
1 large Cuke
4 Celery stalks
A handfull each of : Parsley, Cilantro, Spinach
5 Roma tomatoes
5 Green onions
4-5 garlic cloves
1 Jalapeno Pepper
I recently moved near a huge farners market http://www.dekalbfarmersmarket.com/ so I have access to a huge variety of veggies and fruits both regular and organic. All the ingredient in the juice I made were all organic cept for the cucumbers. The regular cukes right now are .37 ea and they are huge. Organic ones are like $2.20 per lbs. A large cuke can weight a pound. So that means I can buy 5 or 6 huge regular cukes for what I would pay for one organic. When I was juicing casualy I would buy organic but since cukes and celery are the base for my green juices and I make from 3 qts to a gallon of juice daily I go through a lot a cukes weekly and it can get pretty expensive. I've been buying non organic cukes and peeling them before juicing.
Juicing pioneer Dr.Norman Walker claims to have done studies where they found that the pesticides get trapped in the veg fibers but not in the juice. Well............. the jury is out for me on that one so I try to buy organic when available and at this farmers market the vast majority of veggies are available organic.
Organic cucumbers are 3.99 around here,lately...That seems criminal.
Celery I always try to get organic, to avoid the 33 or so pesticides, or "inputs" or whatever they call them..
Beets too should be organic (as should carrots). Otherwise, they are GM'd, mostly, as I hear it. NOT good. Green onions are one of those funny 'nothing' things that I never thought of as needing to be organic. Then, when I started buying them organic, I found I couldn't get enough of them. Something very healing in them...I think they are WELL worth the organic cost...
Wish I could grow all this stuff...someday soon.
mmm. sounds delicious. I think I've had that one.--maybe with some mixed tomatoes.
Here is one of mine--in loose terms. I've been *totally* into the garlic, the jalapeno pepper, the green onions...can't hardly imagine a juice anymore, without the three 'sisters'(4 - including the lemon. Okay five-including ginger--they are my staples.)
Then;
"black" kale. (or whatever is most dinosauarish-looking)
celery
cilantro
parsley
green apple
cucumber
jalapeno
1/2 lemon
garlic-4-5 cloves (I like a lot)
ginger-a good sized knob. 2-3 inches.
2-3 green onions
Optional: a few carrots (more for the sweet, and the balance of orange to green)
today I had a bit of beet and a lot of green apple. Good!!!
Ginger has always been a "staple" for me from way back. Now after trying the garlic that's will become a regular thing both because of the taste and because of all the healing and antifungal propeties it has.
Green apples have also been a pretty regular addition to my juices for years but to my intuitive palate it does not feel right to add it to something with garlic and onion but it always goes great with ginger.
At the farmers market I frequent they do carry an organic Kale called "Dinosaur" Kale. This FM is a HUGE international market so there are all kindsa stuff I've never seen or heard of that I've yet to play with.
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