Body Conscious Ramblings

I’ve been encountering various sources online or off that claim that Raw diet has a lot of benefits to our well-being. So I’ve picked up a book called The Raw Food Detox Diet by Natalia Rose. I can’t say that I am going to go all raw, simply because it seems extreme and I don’t think that my family would be willing to follow into my footsteps, especially the under-aged part of my family. I picked up the book more for the recipes than for the actual “diet” itself so I can’t really comment on the diet.

I did try out my first recipe from this book and I have to share it here because it’s absolutely amazing. It’s called Green Lemonade and it was a perfect recipe for me to try given I had recently purchased a Juice Maker and hadn’t really gone beyond using one fruit at a time (oranges, apples, grapefruits) to produce some juice.

Here is the recipe for Green Lemonade from the book:

• 1 head romaine lettuce or celery
• 5-6 stalks of kale
• 1-2 apples
• 1 lemon
• 1-2 Tbsp fresh ginger (optional)

Preparation is pretty much self explanatory:

Process all veggetables in a Juicer.

I have to say that *I* was plesantly surprised when I had my first sip of this Lemonade, because I was half expecting it to taste awful due to its green color, but the lemon and the apples really cover up the green taste. Randy on the other hand really hated it and screwed up his face at the first sip, so I guess it takes a certain appreciation for the raw stuff to like it.