Juice It All Up.....

I've always thought that if I were an animal I'd be a dog. I love horses but definitely a dog. Even though I've frequently denied it, all my friends always said I'm "wife" material. Secretly I knew that I'm extremely domesticated. I love looking after my home (especially before I got married because I had all that time). I feel a great flush of pride when my kids and husband look good. I also never tire of thinking of ways of entertaining everyone or cooking meals they love or searching for bargains to improve the aesthetics of my home. Nothing tickles my inside like walking into a beautiful home that I live in. I think it might be the same feeling an author might get when they get their first print of a knew book they've labored on.

I guess that's why I can get as excited as I've been about getting a juicer for a present. My hubby got me one of these about two weeks ago and I've had an entire two weeks of splendid juicing. What is it that excites me so much. Well I love that I now don't have to rely on vitamin supplements alone to make sure that the daily nutritional requirements are met. First thing in the morning I've been making sure that all the kids have a glass of fruit or vege juice freshly extracted.

Yesterday I even got my husband to commit to drinking a glass of a mixture of beetroot and carrot juice first thing in the morning to help with his high blood pressure and eye sight.

But what I am most excited about is not having to buy baby food because no matter how organic a product is, if it has to be on the shelves then there must be preservatives in it. In fact we bought a couple of banana puree's which baby refused to eat because they were so sour to the taste, and yet they were organic.
So i'm sure you can understand how happy I am that when I'm cooking for the family I can take partially boiled veges and puree them for her.

I've also been struggling with carb and sugar cravings for a while now so I suppose it really is true, a craving is a signal that your body is screaming for nutritional fulfillment in a certain area. My sugar and bread intake has reduced significantly to no gassy drinks, refined bread or sugar.

And best of all, now vege or fruit has the chance of going bad. Everything from broccoli to cucumber is getting slushed. Its amazing how nice everything tastes when you add some pineapple or chilies or salt, pepper, etc to it.

So I say Yes to Juicing IT ALL!
What health benefits do you use your juicer for?


By the way, I made my first teacher appreciation gift for my son's teacher. Its far from perfect (and I promise myself to do better with the stenciling next time) but what do you think? Its a hand sanitizer that I wrapped up. I think every teacher appreciates one of those for their desk.

I'm grateful to Julie at A Less Than Perfect Life of Bliss for her tutorial on how to do this. She is a phenomenal DIY DIVA.