Raw Food Recipe: Seasonal Juice – Sweet and Satisfying

A seasonal Juice for January (UK)

This juice is surprising sweet and very refreshing.

Ingredients
1 head of celery
2 cups of kale
2 pears
Juice of half a lemon

Equipment
Juicer

Directions
Place through a juicer and serve

Juicy Tip
This juice has a tendency to separate, although it looks pretty, just give it a quick stir before drinking for the best taste.

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Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Get Set and Go

This juice is perfect when you need some refreshment and extra oomph. It is so much more effective than coffee and you can make it quicker than the kettle takes to boil!

Ingredients
1 red grapefruit
2 oranges

Equipment
Citrus press

Directions
Cut fruit in to halves and squeeze

Juicy Tip
For some extra zing you can also add the juice of 1 lime

Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Get the Glow

This is one of my favourite recipes of  the moment and it is especially good for your skin 

To make this delicious juice, you will need: 

 

Ingredients
1 cucumber
1 head of celery
1-2 cups of kale 

Equipment
Juicer 

Place all ingredients through a juicer and serve… 

Delicious! 

Helps to know
This juice will help make your skin soft and supple because of the cucumber in it. Cucumber is brilliant for your skin because it is an excellent source of silica. Silica is a trace mineral that contributes to the strength of our connective tissue and it is this connective tissue which holds our body together. Cucumbers are also great because of their high water content – this acts as a diuretic helping to clean and cleanse the  body. 

Juicy Tip
If this juice is too green for you, you can add some apple. However you may be surprised as the celery really dilutes the ‘green’. 

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Is that Safe?

“Is that Safe?”

This was one of the first responses when I told someone that I was about to embark on a 92 day juice feast.

Yesterday I returned from a holiday by the coast. I went with my gorgeous husband and we had an amazing time together, doing what we do best; having fun and adventuring.

Whilst walking through a beautiful wood, minding my own business I heard the words “You need to do the 92 day juice feast”. My first response enlightened was “Huh?”

I then heard those words again “You need to do the 92 day juice feast”. This time when I heard the words, something clicked inside me – Yes this is exactly what I need, right now. Something aligned inside of me and screamed ‘YES!’

I have to say that I’m not a stranger to juicing and have often thought about completing 92, but have not got round to it. In fact the longest I have ever juiced in one time is 2 weeks, so 92 days is going to be an adventure! But that’s good, as I’m good at those…

So today is day 1, I have to say it’s a little odd knowing that if I stick to my plan I will not be eating solid food again until September… But the feeling is So strong that this is So right, that I’m happy to take the first step on this Juicy adventure and see where it takes me…

The 3 most effective and delicious ways to cleanse your body

We all want to feel fresh and clean. We clean our bodies, hair and teeth every day. We make sure that our house, garden and cars are kept in good condition, but when was the last time you thought about cleaning yourself from the inside out?

The key to any cleanse is to simplify. Here are my top 3 ways to add some simplicity to your diet:

1. Juice Feast
2. Green Smoothie Feast
3. Mono Meal Feast

 

1. Juice Feast
The regular consumption of fresh fruit and vegetable juice is one of the very best gifts that you can give to your body.
Freshly juiced fruits and vegetables give your body an instant boost of nutrients, enzymes, vitamins and minerals in a form that the body can easily assimilate, absorb and digest.
At the most basic level, juicing allows us to add so many more vegetables to our daily diet, and to up the amount of raw food we consume giving the body energy and boosting the immune system, whilst supporting the body’s cleansing process.

2. Green Smoothie Feast
Smoothies are another tasty way to get more fresh fruits and vegetables in to your diet. When the fruits and vegetables are blended they become easy for your body to digest and for the nutrients to be absorbed. They differ from juices in that the fibre remains part of the smoothie.
Green is  the key for a cleansing smoothie as Green vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables, contain lots of chlorophyll which is incredibly effective in cleansing our bodies. Chlorophyll can help make our bodies strong, detoxify the liver, can purify and help to rebuild our blood cells.

3. Mono Meal Feast
Mono meals are meals that are made up of a single fruit or vegetable. By eating in this manner it really gives your digestive system a rest, it allows you the chance to reconnect to what true hunger is, it can alleviate cravings and really get you in touch with what foods taste like as you focus on the food as you chew and fully experience the flavours and textures of the food.

Mono meals are one of the best ways for you to get in touch with your body and be able to listen to what it is trying to tell you.
 

To incorporate these ways of eating into your life you could:

• If  you were curious – Replace one meal with either of the three options
• If you were serious – Follow one of the options for an entire day
• If you were on a mission – Follow a cleansing program that incorporates one of the three options

Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Green Goddess

Green is all about balance and this juice is perfect for just that! Oh and of course it’s delicious..

Ingredients
1 head of celery
1 cucumber
1 bulb of fennel

Equipment
Juicer

Directions
Place all ingredients through a juicer and serve

Helps to know
The use of fennel in this recipe adds a really sweet and aniseed flavour to this green juice

Juicy Tip
This green juice is particulary beneficial for women and perfect if you suffer form any kind of water retention

Meet the Juice Fairy

I love juicing – in one word I would say it makes me ‘SHINE’.

Could you add some juice to your life?

The Juice Fairy is here to provide you with information, tips and recipes so that you can love juicing too, she is also here to answer any questions that you have… Just leave a comment for her and she will get back to you or visit her dedicated pages by clicking here!

Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Peppery Pear

This juice has a magnificant taste with the sweetness of the pears and the pepper kick from the watercress!   

Ingredients for Peppery Pear Juice

Ingredients

2 pears
1 cup of watercress (or to suit your taste)

Equipment
Juicer

Directions
Place the ingredients through the juicer

Helps to know
Watercress is related to mustard – hence the peppery taste

Juicy Tip
This juice is also tasty withthe addition of some celery, it calms down  the pepper taste if it’s not to your liking

Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Simply Delicious

There are only three ingredients in this recipe, but that doen’t mean it’s small in taste – it is very refreshing! 

Ingredients for Simply Delicious

Ingredients
2 apples
1-2 cups of spinach
1 bunch of celery

Equipment
Juicer

Directions
Place the ingredients through the juicer

Helps to know
There are over 2000 varieties of apples, try different types and different combinations of apples to add variety to this juice

Juicy Tip
If you fancy a juice with a peppery kick add in some watercress too.

Raw Food Recipe: Juice – Spiced Cranberry Sparkler

To add some sparkle to your day, this is the perfect recipe.

Ingredients 
1 cup of cranberries
1/4 inch of ginger (or to suit your taste)
1/2 a peeled lime
Sparkling water

Equipment
Juicer

Directions 
Place the cranberries, ginger and lime through the juicer
Add the juice to a glass and top with sparkling water

Helps to Know
This juice is perfect for parties or just when you fancy something special

Juicy Tip
If you fancied something alcoholic this juice works really well with a shot of vodka