Juice cleanse

[watchdogps]

Thanks for more info!
I think I will have to just make one concoction per day and sip it all day. Right now my schedule is not conducive to making multiple batches and cleaning the equipment between!
Does anyone know of any warm ones? The idea of only taking in cold stuff isnt real appealing right now, in the winter. But, I can hack it a few days if I need to. I can do Weds-Fri and then will be on the road Sat-Tues and can try my best to only do raw veggies and fruit. It might actually be easier to diet on the road, since I will be trapped in the car and unable to reach junk easily.

 

[Frogdogtimestwo]

Does anyone have any recommendations for converting the mean green drink into a smoothie form, I have a Vitamix! I am eating paleo but would like to boost my weight loss, THANKS in advance

 

[kuntrygirl]

Does anyone have any recommendations for converting the mean green drink into a smoothie form, I have a Vitamix! I am eating paleo but would like to boost my weight loss, THANKS in advance

I found this for you. You have a great idea!

http://greenforlife.com/ode.htm

Ode To Green Smoothies

What do I mean by green smoothie? Here is one of my favorite recipes: 4 ripe pears, 1 bunch of parsley and 2 cups of water. Blended well. This smoothie looks very green, but it tastes like fruit. I enjoy green smoothies so much that I bought an extra blender and placed it in my office, so that I could make green smoothies throughout the day. More than half of all the food I’ve had in last several months have been green smoothies. I have so much more energy and clarity that I have removed green juices from my diet. (Juicing has been something that I’ve been doing regularly for years.) Green smoothies have numerous benefits for human health.

1. Green smoothies are very nutritious. The ratio in them is optimal for human consumption; about 60% ripe organic fruit mixed with about 40% organic greens.

2. Green smoothies are easy to digest. When blended well, most of the cells in the greens and fruits are ruptured, making the valuable nutrients easy for the body to assimilate. Green smoothies literally start to get absorbed in your mouth.

3. Green smoothies, as opposed to juices, are a complete food because they still have fiber. Consuming fiber is important for our elimination system.

4. Green smoothies belong to the most palatable dishes for all humans of all ages. With a ratio of fruits to veggies as 60:40 the fruit taste dominates the flavor, yet at the same time the greens balance out the sweetness of the fruit, adding a nice zest to it. People who eat a standard American diet enjoy the taste of green smoothies. T hey are usually quite surprised that something so green could taste so nice.

5. A molecule of chlorophyll closely resembles a molecule of human blood. According to teachings of Dr. Ann Wigmore, consuming chlorophyll is like receiving a healthy blood transfusion. Many people do not consume enough greens, even those who stay on a raw food diet. By drinking two or three cups of green smoothies daily you will consume enough greens for the day to nourish your body, and all of the beneficial nutrients will be well assimilated.

6. Green smoothies are easy to make, and quick to clean up after. In contrast, juicing greens is time consuming, messy, and expensive. Many people abandon drinking green juices on a regular basis for those reasons. To prepare a pitcher of green smoothie takes less than 5 minutes, including cleaning.

7. Green smoothies have proven to be loved by children of all ages, including babies of six or more months old. Of course you have to be careful and slowly increase the amount of smoothies to avoid food allergies.

8. When you consume your greens in the form of green smoothies, you can greatly reduce the consumption of oils and salt in your diet.

9. Regular consumption of green smoothies forms a good habit of eating greens. After a few weeks of drinking green smoothies, most people start to crave and enjoy eating more greens. Eating enough greens is often a problem with many people, especially children.

While fresh is always best, green smoothies will keep in cool temperatures for up to three days, which can be handy at work and while traveling.

Start playing with green smoothies, and discover the many joys and benefits of this wonderful delicious and nutritious addition to your menu. You may find many more amazing facts about green smoothies in Victoria Boutenko’s book, Green for Life, available at www.rawfamily.com.

Below are five green smoothie recipes. They are merely basic ideas for your green creations. Feel free substitute these ingredients with your own choice of greens and fruits. Enjoy!

Green Smoothie Recipes

Apple-kale-lemon
4 apples
½ lemon juice
5 leaves of kale
2 cups water

Peach-spinach
6 peaches
2 handfuls of spinach leaves
2 cups water

Mango-weeds
2 mangos
1 handful of edible weeds,
such as lambsquarters, stinging nettles, purslane, etc
2 cups water

Strawberry-banana-romaine
1-cup strawberries
2 bananas
½ bunch romaine
2 cups water

Pear-kale-mint
4 ripe pears
5 leaves of kale
½ bunch of mint
2 cups water

 

[Frogdogtimestwo]

AWESOME THANK YOU!!!!! I have been searching but most have forbidden ingredients or are all fruit based.

 

[kuntrygirl]

AWESOME THANK YOU!!!!! I have been searching but most have forbidden ingredients or are all fruit based.

You're welcome. Good Luck and keep us posted on your success!

 

[MSDeb]

Round two of the 10 day juice/cleanse

Tried the greenforlife.com pear-kale-mint recipe with a few tweaks and came up with a five star rating from me for it. So modest huh?

4 ripe pears
5 leaves of kale
4 cups water (approx.) I am using an empty 64 oz. juice bottle
1 apple
1 banana (use a sick blender on this first and then blend into the rest of the juice)
1 thumb size piece of ginger
1/2 lime (meat only, cut off the skin)

Juiced in my OMEGA fruit and vegetable JUICER my awesome dh got me.

Great stuff

 

[kuntrygirl]

Round two of the 10 day juice/cleanse

Tried the greenforlife.com pear-kale-mint recipe with a few tweaks and came up with a five star rating from me for it.  So modest huh?

  4 ripe pears
  5 leaves of kale
  4 cups water (approx.)   I am using an empty 64 oz. juice bottle
  1 apple
  1 banana (use a sick blender on this first and then blend into the rest of the juice)
  1 thumb size piece of ginger
  1/2 lime (meat only, cut off the skin)

Juiced in my OMEGA fruit and vegetable JUICER my awesome dh got me.

Great stuff

Good Luck on round two !!!

I'm printing this out and I will try this. Thanks for posting.

Keep posting recipes what you try so that we can try as well.

 

[MSDeb]

Here's another great recipe from greenforlife.com with my tweaks. Love it!

Peach-Spinach
6 peaches - Not in season, used canned peaches without the juice
2 handfuls of spinach leaves - organic baby spinach leaves
1 scoop Stevia Extract
1 cap full vanilla
4 cups water (approx.) I am using an empty 64 oz. juice bottle and make sure I have enough added water with the juice to fill it up
1 banana (use a sick blender on this first and then blend into the rest of the juice)
1 thumb size piece of ginger

Juiced in my OMEGA fruit and vegetable JUICER

 

[mandelyn]

I wonder how big of an impact you'd have on flavor with that peach-spinach one if you did the whole thing in the blender and had the whole spinach leaf in there? Canned peaches would blend nicely... I use some in my banana bread.

We've been slacking again. We learned how to make pizza from scratch, everything but the cheese anyways. We can do calzones, pizza rolls, stuffed crust... We have to start over again. We've been having morning juices of a veggie nature though.

I started a vitamin regime for things like iron and B's.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Here's another great recipe from greenforlife.com with my tweaks.  Love it!

Peach-Spinach
  6 peaches - Not in season, used canned peaches without the juice
  2 handfuls of spinach leaves - organic baby spinach leaves
  1 scoop Stevia Extract
  1 cap full vanilla
  4 cups water (approx.)   I am using an empty 64 oz. juice bottle and make sure I have enough added water with the juice to fill it up
  1 banana (use a sick blender on this first and then blend into the rest of the juice)
  1 thumb size piece of ginger

Juiced in my OMEGA fruit and vegetable JUICER

I never thought about peaches. What a great idea! I love that one. Thanks for posting.