Weekly Juicing Party

Ever since Thaddeus was diagnosed with leukemia (and one of our dear friends gifted us with a juicer) we have been making green juice once a week for the family. We have found this is the best way for us to do it. We work together to clean, chop, and juice. This way it does not take very long and the kids seem more willing to drink it if they helped make it. I could not do it daily because the juicer is a real pain to clean.

 Step One: Shop for the greens. We only buy organic. The "recipe" is (though it changes depending on what the store has fresh): Oranges, apples, Winder Farm beets, swiss chard, broccolini, collard greens, dandelion greens, kale, spinach, parsley, and cilantro.

 



 Step Two: We chop off the stems and then soak for thirty minutes in this vegetable wash from Sprouts. I have found by letting it soak the water is much dirtier than if I just soak for a bit or try to rinse it while spraying it. I'd much rather the water be dirty going down the drain than into my juice!

Step Three: Juicing time! Slow and steady...

Step Four: Yields two 1/2 gallons. We add grape juice from Winder Farms to make it taste a tad better and put it in our clean, glass milk bottles.

This is enough for our three kids to each drink two glasses a day.