Can we do some juicing mum?

Nathan *loves* when we decide to juice some fruit and vegetables (and Danielle's quickly catching onto the fun with her "juice, juice!"). Often we will do it if there is a lot of left overs at the end of the week before our new delivery box arrives. But today, it was delivery day and it seemed a nice way to fill an hour (taking into account preparing the fruit/veg, juicing, drinking, cleaning the juicer and taking away the leftovers).

The other time I will often do juicing is when the kids are sick and I want to keep their bodies from using energy to break down high protein foods unnecessarily and instead skip regular food and go for fresh fruit and veg - and for us, the easiest and tastiest (not to mention an enjoyable activity) way to get those is through juicing.

I wish I hadn't left my camera in the car, I saw one of those memorable moments when they were both drinking their beetroot juice and had a bright red ring around their mouths.

These were the two combinations we made today using what we had available:

Beetroot Blast

1 small carrot
2 small apples
1 small beetroot
200ml water

Pear Pleasure

2 oranges
1 apple
1 pear
1 teaspoon honey