My Sanctuary: The Asian Market

It's wicked cold and rainy here today in New England, but that's not stopping me from enjoying the day. I'm really getting into living my life as a juicer.  (ha ha....that made me laugh!)  I am loving how I feel and loving the weight loss too.

Today I went to the Asian market to procure some strange and exotic fruits and veggies that you just don't find at your normal grocery store.  I gotta tell you that when I first started eating more fruits and veggies long before I started juicing that the Asian market became my sanctuary!  They carry all of my favorite tropical fruits and veggies that I have never heard of!  It's awesome.  So what did I find today?  Well, take a look!

Kombucha Squash

Asian Sweet Potato

The Market Itself

Jackfruits!  I LOVE these!

Lovely Dragon Fruit

Yellow Papaya

Ya Pear.  These look good

Dongchimi Radish

Some sort of squash

I had a really good time today and bought some of those radishes.  I can't wait to taste them in my juice.

Keep it juicy, juicy fruits!

Today's Juices

Squash the Tomato

1 Medium Tomato

1 Cucumber

1 Green Bell Pepper

1 Small Apple

1 Lime

2 Yellow Squash

2 Bunches of Spinach

Lovely Orange

1 Orange

3 Carrots

1 Yellow Squash

1 handful of Parsley

1 2” piece of Ginger

  

Call Me Crazy

Go ahead and call me crazy, but there really is magic in fresh juice.

For the past few days here in New England, the weather has been getting warm and then cooling off.  Whenever this happens, my body reacts and I usually catch a cold or some other nasty virus. I get watery eyes, a stuffed up nose, a sore throat and all the other lovely things that come with contracting a virus.

Well, this time has been different. I started getting a  sore throat the other day. I knew what was going on so I decided to make up a hot lemon and drink that before bed. Within a few minutes of drinking the hot lemon (recipe to follow), my throat felt better.  Sounds crazy, but it's true. My sore throat has been coming and going so this morning I made a lemony-apple juice and drank that (recipe to follow)

Now it's noon and my sore throat is nearly gone.

I really love the healing power that fruits and veggies have and yes, you can call me crazy!

Hot Lemon

Fresh Juice from one lemon

1 to 1 1/2 tsp honey

8-12 ounces hot water

Mix together and consume.  This is great for  sore throats and colds.  The best part is that it's natural and does not contain nasty drugs or chemicals.

Lemony Apple

3 Granny Smith Apples

1 Lemon

1 inch piece of ginger

Run this through your juicer and drink.  This is a pretty tart juice so if you don't like tart, feel free to add or replace one or two of the apples with another variety.