I’ve been meaning to make my own soups for some time, as I really don’t want to be buying things I can make myself. While a lot of the “healthy” soups out there are pretty good, they’re still going to have more salt in them than I really need. So yesterday I finally got round […]
I quite like grapefruit. Sure, it’s a lot more bitter than orange, but the bitter taste sort of adds to its attraction. Yesterday I picked up a few grapefruit specifically for juicing, but I wanted to add something else to them. So carrot and ginger seemed like a reasonably good idea. The end result was […]
Raw beetroot is full of goodness. It contains potassium, magnesium and iron as well as vitamins A, B6 and C, and folic acid. Pretty impressive, isn’t it? Unfortunately, as I’ve already mentioned, it’s not that tasty as a juice unless you combine it with other fruit or vegetables. Depending on what you have in the […]
When a supermarket runs a discount on pineapple you’d be silly not to take advantage of it. So I ended up buying 4 or 5 pineapples last week in Super Valu. At 25c a pop they were too cheap to overlook. Lidl were also running a discount on a few other vegetables, but I digress. […]
This morning’s freshly made juice – made with my own “fair” hands – was a mixture of apple and carrot juice. I didn’t have that many apples, but apples are much juicier than carrots, so it didn’t really matter. Apple and Carrot Juice Print Recipe type: Juice Prep time: 2 mins Cook time: 1 min […]
I bought a juicer machine about a year ago. A friend had been singing the praises of “juicing” and how it was beneficial for health and weight loss. Of course, like so many things, I liked the concept more than the reality and the machine has been sitting in a corner in its original box […]
Kale, which is a form of cabbage, is one of the healthiest vegetables around.. Here’s a graphic that illustrates its nutrients and goodness
