Sep 09, 2014, Updated Sep 23, 2024 The juice I’m sharing today, however, is family-friendly and OK to drink before noon. I thought with back-to-school, an ABC (apple, beet, carrot) juice was apt. I started with one apple, one beet and one carrot to see how it tasted. And guess what? That’s where I ended, too! It was so insanely yummy, that it startled me! I thought vegetable-forward juices were supposed to be “healthy” tasting, but not something you’d reach for if you didn’t know it was packed with vitamins, antioxidants, et al. I used a fuji apple, which was about the same size as the beet – both were just a bit smaller than my fist. (You totally just analyzed your fist, didn’t you?) The juice was just perfectly sweet – not too much so, but just enough to balance the earthiness of the beet and be a beverage you can’t stop sipping. Peeling the beet and carrot reduce the earthy flavour that some might find off-putting. And I chilled the produce prior to juicing so that it would be cold straight from the machine. The juicer was offered to me by Moulinex brand (it’s a high quality European name that arrived last year in Canada, at Canadian Tire). They sold me on it with the fact that its slow-press technology preserves up to 30% more vitamin C and 75% more antioxidants than a traditional juicer, and extracts up to 35% more juice in the process. Plus, it’s the parts are all dishwasher safe – which might not mean much to someone who’s never used a juicer, but for me, it makes the difference between badly wanting one and hissing at them from afar. Moulinex has a “Get Cooking Challenge” that really caught my interest – starting next Monday, September 15th, they are offering a month of weekly dietitian-written healthy meal plans with custom grocery lists that prevent waste by reusing ingredients and finishing up leftovers. What a great thing to share! (You know how I feel about meal planning, right?) They pointed out that the average household throws away an average of $2,000 each year in spoiled groceries as a result of poor meal planning. That kind of waste (both monetary, and of perfectly good ingredients in a world where people go hungry) makes you a bit queasy, doesn’t it? Anyway, I got a sneak preview of one week’s meals, and I definitely think it’s worth signing up for (I did!). As a dietitian myself, I used to charge hundreds for personalized meal plans. And you’re entered to win Moulinex appliances every week, too, when you sign up – bonus! Link to sign up here. And I’ll leave you with a link to a great post by my friend Dana at Minimalist Baker on juicing without a juicer, in case you’d like to try the recipe without the machine.
Ingredients
1 apple (peel left on), quartered, cored 1 medium beet, trimmed, peeled, quartered 1 carrot, trimmed, peeled
Preparation
