Juice

My amazing husband surprised me with a High Power Juicer for Christmas! I was so excited. I've been wanting a juicer for a long time, and now, I have one :)

He got me a Bella 1000 Watt Juice Extractor and man is it a mean machine! This thing shredded and juiced everything I put in it!

So this was my juicer maiden voyage yesterday:

1 granny smith apple with peel

1 red fuji apple with peel

1 mandarin orange, peeled

1 carrot without greens

2 stalks of celery with leafy parts

1 handfull spinach

2 handfulls blueberries

1 cucumber with peel, ends chopped off

That whole bowl made 2 large glasses of juice. 

I garnished the glasses with a lemon because I'm fancy ;-)

The taste was very interesting, not bad but not delicious, and the texture wasn't very pleasant, but I'm one of those people that has a hard time with certain textures and I think I will just have to get used to it.

My husband loved it.

But of course I was a big girl and finished my whole glass then sucked on the lemon for a minute. I had to use a butter knife to keep stirring it as it wanted to separate everytime I put it down. No biggie there though.

All in all my first juicing experience wasn't bad. 

It was a bit of a pain to clean, but most of the parts are dishwasher safe so I imagine the cleaning process would be lots easier if I had a magic dishwashing machine :-/

And maybe a little TMI, but that drink went right through me! If you're having a bit of trouble going to the bathroom, this is DEFINITELY a good idea! Ok, enough gross sharing! lol

I am definitely going to be trying some different blends. I hear carrots, apples, and pineapples all go really well with mango and celery so maybe that will be my next juicing adventure...

Oh the places you'll go!