Carly De Castro

Wow! What a wealth of information! We all want to live healthy lives and juicing can provide vital nutrients for us to function at optimum levels. This book explains the basics for improving your health, dealing with weight problems, and cleansing, and reducing our dependence of processed foods. Also included are recommendations on the best juicers, and how to clean your fruits and veggies. And of course, recipes from green drinks to fruit smoothies, and much more, all serving 1 to 2 people. This hardcover book is done in an attractive way with beautiful illustrations. It is definitely a healthy guide to better living and I absolutely recommend it with a 5 star rating.

I received a complimentary copy from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review. All opinions shared are my own.… (plus d'informations)

It's no surprise that I like this book. We've been walking a path to more healthful eating for quite a while now, careful what we consume, and from where it is sourced. Many of the farmers greet me by name at the local farmer's market. We have a high quality blender, which we use for smoothies (particularly green smoothies, which often are what we sip in the evening as we sit outside and watch life parade by.) There's also a juicer in our appliance arsenal, having moved from a centrifugal juicer to a twin gear over the years. I love fresh juice, especially, juices "with ingredients", as my mother used to say, taking frequent opportunities to partake of cold pressed and fresh squeezed juices offered for sale, even though I often shudder at the prices asked for them. Yet, I balk at juicing itself: the cleanup is just such a chore. I never want to do it after having that yummy juice, and if I do it before, I resent that it's keeping me from my fresh juiced goodness.

But this book, with beautiful pictures, easy to follow tips, and absolutely scrumptious recipes for juices, smoothies, and even some non-juice stuff to supplement a cleansing program, has me eyeing the juicer that sits high up on a shelf. I even am contemplating climbing up on a stool and bringing it down, finding a place somewhere in our compact kitchen to give it a more accessible home. I've got the fruits and veggies already in the fridge -- all I need is the motivation to tackle the juicing and the inevitable clean-up. I tried convincing myself that the washing helped with an upper body workout, but my mind didn't believe me. Maybe I'll try telling myself that washing all those parts provides a zen moment to meditate.

Many thanks to the authors for some wonderful tips, recipes, and insights, and to Blogging for Books and the publishers for sending this book along. It's a keeper.

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