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One Step Behind Sunday

throve — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:17:04 +0000

Kale, parsley, carrots, oranges, lemon, ginger, beetroot.

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Smoothie woothie jabba moothies

throve — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:24:53 +0000

A smoothie plunge, dived in deep and came up pink.
Blueberries, banana, tofu, milk and flax seeds.
I thought that I needed to add tofu to my diet and smoothies would be the least intrusive way. I love fried tofu but I am trying to eat less fried food.
Taste: Okay, a little bland, should have ground the flax seeds longer. Add more blueberries.

Parsley ‘n oranges

throve — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:39:33 +0000

Sometimes you need a break from kale. Pumped up with Vitamin C this morning. Not one, not two but three oranges and a lemon today. I can feel the morning crispness of Autumn. She has arrived. Dew is on the grass, there is a stillness in the air, the days are sunny the evenings cool. Time to wear socks again.

Parsley, red shiso, green shiso, carrots, ginger, lemon, oranges.

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Not a lemon in sight

throve — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:07:53 +0000

My first beetroot of significance from the garden. In all the excitement of bringing vegetables in from the garden I forget to include a lemon or an orange to the juice. The results were a tad on the bitter side. Let’s just say that it took some time to get through a glass. It wasn’t delicious but it wasn’t hideous but it was drinkable, a reminder to add something sweet or sour to contrast bitterness. A lesson learned until I forget again.
I avoided juicing a caterpillar at the 11th second, he held on during the rinsing but escaped the funnel of centrifugal blades and dropped onto the bench in time. Lucky him and lucky me! At least someone else finds my kale edible.

Kale, beetroot, ginger, parsley, carrots.

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Beet tops get juiced

throve — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:34:31 +0000

I bought beetroot seedlings and I didn’t separate them well enough, hence, I had five, yes, five plants competing with each other. No wonder there was not much happening. I sacrificed the plants and used the whole plants in the juicer. A first time for me to use the beet tops. Nice. All the green vegetables are from the garden. Considering how tiny the beets were it is quite incredible how overpowering the purple pigment is in the juice.

Watermelon came to the rescue to fill out the liquid and to counter with the bitterness of the greens. Not included in the photos as it was a last minute rescue bid.
Kale, parsley, green and red shiso. carrots, lemon, ginger and beetroot.

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Ho hum ti dum

throve — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:43:46 +0000

Green vegetables win the colour game this morning. Watermelon doesn’t have the ho hum of the beets. Refreshing. So nice to have the unknown factor each time a juice is made. I don’t measure and every day the ingredients are different. The flavour is always a surprise. A good one.

Watermelon, cucumber, carrots, ginger, lemon, green and red shiso, parsley, kale.

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Happy Easter my little bunnies

throve — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:56:55 +0000

Happy Easter. Did you have a long holiday break? An Easter egg hunt?

Watermelon, carrots, lemon, ginger, parsley, kale, green and red shiso.

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Watermelon shy off centre

throve — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:13:46 +0000

There really is watermelon in this juice! I thought I had enough carrots and cucumber to fill out the juice but no, so I improvised at the last moment to get two full glasses of juice.
Kale, carrots, ginger, cucumber, lemon, green shiso, red shiso, watermelon.

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Vegetables Six Weeks On

throve — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:26:03 +0000

Notice the eaten silverbeet at the front of the photo. I am sharing my vegetables with others.

Red Shiso:
Flowering stage. I will wait till the flowers have died and collect the seeds.

Beetroot:

Beetroot Closeup:
I think they can come out next week.

Flat Leaf Parsley:

Silverbeet/Swiss Chard:
Having a hard time competing with the other plants and is growing very slowly.
Kale:
A very unusual leaf shape. Non uniform curves.

Green means go!

throve — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:59:40 +0000

Kale, flat leaf parsley, lemon, orange, carrots, ginger. Not much liquid made from these ingredients. Need to pad it out with cucumber or like for next time.

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