Getting Juicy With It

To be honest, I've had a really hard time jumping on the juicing bandwagon. I love the idea of getting all my vegetables in one easy swig, but I've found it's easier said than done. I wish I could tell you that I get up every morning, whip out my juice bullet and start the day like glowing, green-loving goddess. If I ever try to tell you that, I'm definitely lying. The truth is, I hate the taste of most vegetables (even in juice form!) and most days I'm too darn lazy for all the prep and clean-up that DIY juicing entails. I'm also too darn cheap to dish out $10 a bottle for something organic and cold-pressed from Whole Foods. Mostly because I'm not even sure what 'cold-pressed' really means.

But because I'm a beauty blogger and oh-so-trendy, I decided to stop being so lazy and wipe off the (rather thick) layer of dust collecting on my juicer. To my surprise, I found a combination of produce that doesn't suck.

Because if you drink a green juice and don't Instagram it, it didn't actually happen

But before I get into that, I feel compelled to share a bit of a disclaimer. That is, there is still a rather long list of 'forbidden fruits' (that also includes vegetables) that I will not, under any circumstances, force myself to drink. I'm sorry but I just can't do it. This includes, but isn't limted to:

1. Kale--yeah, yeah I know: kale is a super-food. It's amazing, has a million different nutrients and can cure basically any disease. Regardless, I don't like it. It tastes bitter and horrible and awful. I have a theory that everyone who says they like kale is actually lying. No, kale chips DO NOT taste just like/better than regular potato chips and they never will. That's all I have to say on this topic.

2. Broccoli -- yes, I actually tried to juice this. I have no idea why/have no defense for myself. Let's just move on.

3 Carrots -- for whatever reason, I detest raw carrots. Cook carrots I can stomach just fine, but raw carrots literally make me vomit (TMI?!). Really, I have no idea why this is, so I'll just leave it at that.

4. Cucumber--so this list is turning out to be longer than expected, but I have a very refined (aka picky) palette. But really, cucumber is just gross. When you put cream cheese on it and make a sandwich, it's great. When you juice it, it's horrible. For me, even the smallest sliver of cucumber makes the entire juice taste like it and I just can't deal.

Now there are actually more things I can't be bothered with (beets, I'm looking at you) but we should really move on to the whole point of this: the recipe I actually do enjoy. So here it is:

Sydney's World Famous Super Tasty Green Juice Concoction Thingy* 

 *(I'm working on trademarking that, so no one steal it) 

It includes:

-Spinach 

-Grapefruit 

-Apple

-Ginger

-Pineapple

-Lemon

So, you're probably thinking "wow, that was really anti-climactic. I've had that combo a thousand times." But if you are thinking that, I'd appreciated it if you kept your thoughts to yourself. I'm super proud of this juice and that's all that matters.

I like to call this the 'wimp' juice. Basically it's a juice for people who don't like vegetables or being healthy, but want to trick themselves into thinking they're healthy. I'm sure any health-nuts reading this are shaking their heads in dismay. But whatever, just go back to taking your wheatgrass shots and let me do my own thing!  

For me, I've found that this makes the perfect balance between tasting good and actually being good for you. I like the spinach because I don't taste it, but it still makes the juice really green so I can feel like I'm doing something healthy (and get a good Instagram picture, obviously).  Also, I love grapefruit juice, so I had to include that, and the apple balances it all out so it's slightly sweet and not too sour. The ginger I just like adding because it feels exotic and worldly and like I actually know what I'm doing. Ginger is also really good for you in a thousand different ways that I don't remember right now. I threw the pineapple and lemon in on a whim, but sometimes I leave it out. It's a nice addition, but sometimes I get too lazy to cut up a pineapple. I get a lazy a lot, in case you couldn't already tell.

So what do you think? Would you try my combination? Are you a juice lover? What's your go-to combo? Tell me in the comments and really sell me on it! If you're convincing enough, I just might branch out! 

xo Sydney