mmm… juicy, spicy, healthy…

I am giving ‘healthy’ a bit of a conscious go this year – have decided to set myself a goal of August to reach my goal weight, so lots of work ahead.  The main reasons I am doing it are to have more energy, more focus and fit into a bunch of clothes i have been hanging on to for far too long… haha.  Either that – or head out on a shopping spree… hmm… not a bad idea!!!

 

So, to do that – I am getting more active, I hired a personal trainer to kick my ass around for one session a week – to keep me on track, and then doing a bunch of stuff the rest of the week at home, or at the beach etc.  

 

I am also changing a bit of what I put into my mouth, namely eating more regular meals – kinda get slack during the day and then just totally overeat at night (yeah yeah…. i know… it’s bad.. ) – and also having more alcohol free days a week than ones with a glass of wine (or two.. lol).  

Also!  Started juicing – thanks to a good friend of mine, who is part of the inspiration for the health kick.  He gave me his recipe and I kinda tweaked it with what I had in the house…

 

      So, this is what i put in – yeah, it looks kinda weird, but it tastes really good!  I have like.. around half a bunch of kale, one blood orange, 1 pear, 1 lime, 1 little chilli and a big of ginger. 

 

      I don’t actually have a juicer that works…  I tried using mine and it was a messy disaster of epic proportion – so what i did was throw it all into the blender, with about half a glass of water to get it all moving – until it was mush, and then strain it.  I kinda like doing it this way anyway… I think you get more of the goodness when you can squeeze it dry a bit more. 

 

 

 

   So this was the end result – am lovin the colour in that… 

 

 

 

 

And the verdict?  It was quite tasty… I think the ‘little’ chilli had a bit too much kick though… should have probably gone with a different type maybe – or just added half, but I like a bit of spice – and LOVE the lime.  Will have to try this one out again I think!

Do you guys have any good juice recipes, or resources for interesting, healthy, juices?   I am always on the look out for more good stuff!

Cheers!
Cindy