Juice Attempt #2

This morning I woke ready to try my second juice.  I felt really good about it and knew it would be good.  I used 3 carrots, an orange, an apple, and about 1/2" of ginger root.  Here is what it looked like fresh out of the juicer and in my fun pink cup.

It was much more enjoyable than yesterday's juice and I was able to finish it easily with my toast and honey peanut butter.  I do think that while the smell of fresh ginger is really awesome, I think it's throwing me off in my juicing.  I won't be putting it into my juice tomorrow and will see how it goes.

If you notice in the first picture, you can see all of the pulp that is left behind.  I know some people prefer to have those fibers in their smoothies, but I chose a juicer because I didn't want that pulp in my drink.  I was afraid that it would really turn me off and I wouldn't drink the smoothies.  So by using the juicer, my beverages are pulpless and easier for me to drink.  I decided to hang onto today's pulp because I'd like to make a carrot cake with some orange and apple flavoring this week.  So I put the pulp in a baggie and took out any seeds I could see or feel and put the pulp in the freezer.  I think it will make a kickass healthy carrot cake.

After lunch, I got my groceries delivered and took this photo of how beautiful and colorful they all were together!  So delicious.

Joe and I went for a walk today and took our books and a snack and hung out in Cheesman Park.  It was lovely.  For dinner we had some pasta with sauce and I added the veggies you can see sauteing below.  Onions, zucchini, yellow squash, and mushrooms.

Finally, I spent most of the day catching up on the book "Health at Every Size".  It's really interesting and I hope to have a full review later this week.  Happy Weekend Everyone!