Jump Start To Juicing

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It’s Summer!

Summer is just around the corner! As we increase our activity, especially during these warm summer months, proper hydration is key. By making better food choices, we can get the natural vitamins and minerals that we need. One way we can properly hydrate our bodies is by juicing.  Properly formulated juicing recipes can help us bathe our cells with vital nutrients and enzymes with each glass!

Healthy Food=Good Health!

Rawpreneur, Marie-Claire Hermans started her company Ravishing Raw after she cured herself of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia with raw food. She outsmarted doctors who told her she could never be cured. Firm in her belief she studied the body, mind and spirit, their connection to each other. She invests on a constant basis in her education as a raw food coach, in her own personal growth and in how to be of service to others.

What distinguishes Marie-Claire from other coaches is that she only specializes in raw food. She specializes in working with people who are struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia, empowering them to strengthen their body so it can heal itself and with artists (actors, singers, jazz musicians) who are challenged by their demanding, irregular lifestyle to help them resolve their health issues. What these groups have in common is that they are suffering from tremendous stress and in need of easy, yet effective solutions to increase their energy levels so they can live and perform fully. By concentrating in these particular areas, Marie-Claire offers proven and specific step-by-step coaching programs with personalized guidance on how exactly you can improve your health and lifestyle. As a result, those who work with her can feel the difference in only a short time and are able to build a new lifestyle or find a healthy balance within a busy profession.

Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer is joined by  Marie-Claire Hermans to discuss how you can kick off your summer season with a healthier start by juicing!

Easter Juice Recipe

TOOLS YOU NEED

• Any juicer will do

INGREDIENTS FOR ONE BIG WINE GLASS

• 1 grapefruit
• 1 lemon
• 1 or 2 oranges
• 1 Forsythia flower is yours is still blooming

THE MAKING OF…

• Juice, top off with a flower and serve in your best glasses!

Deep Purple Recipe (Red Cabbage Recipe)

Simple is wonderful! Try out my red cabbage juice and you will be delighted to have found something completely “different”. The first time I juiced red cabbage I was wondering how to make it palatable and thought of the delicious cooked cabbage of my grandmother. She made it with apples and so…

It makes a wonderful treat for any unexpected guest. But what is more; cabbage is the best vegetable to help you cure stomach ulcers!

TOOLS YOU NEED

• Any juicer will do!
• 1 red organic cabbage
• 2 apples (of course organic)
• Juice and indulge!

Juicy Stuff Recipe

“One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds.” — John Burroughs

Go wild and drink your weeds! These are your true medicines and they are for free! If you are trying to coop with  a tight budget, wild edibles are the ideal solution to nourish your body, to regain or sustain your health without robbing your purse. So what are you waiting for? Take a hike through the woods, the fields or if you have a garden, have a close look at what nature is offering right under your nose.

• Dandelion (you can use everything. Juice the roots with the leaves to “ground” so you don’t get high on juice
• Lambs quarter
• Stinging Nettles (use the tops, don’t use anymore when they produce seeds; the kidneys can’t handle those)
• Wild grasses (all cereal grasses with wide blades are good, not the ornamental grasses from your lawn)
• Outdoor wheatgrass
• Clover
• Chickweed
• Barley
• Purslane
• Cattail
• Mallow or Malva Neglecta
• Plantain
• A slow juicer
• If you don’t have one, blend the greens with a little bit of water and strain it through a sieve or nut milk bag
• Bunch of stinging nettles (they have a soft spinach-like taste so you can use as many as you like)
• 2 dandelion plants with roots
• A whole bunch of wild cereal grasses!
• 2 to 3 narrow plantain plants, 1 wide blade plantain (is more bitter)
• 2 hands full of chickweed (soft taste)
• A hand full of clover
• 4 stalks of white celery
• 1 cucumber
• 2 apples
• About a one inch piece of ginger (to taste)
• 1 fennel (juice their stalks with greens as well)
• 1/2 head of broccoli
• 1 lemon with peel (only if it is organic!)
• 1 TBSP Spirulina (optional but great)
• Some greens such as collard greens, a few kale leaves,…
• Start with juicing the grasses, stinging nettles and throw this pulp on your compost
• Juice all the other ingredients (you can use this pulp for crackers)
• A Juicer
• A sharp knife and a cutting board
• Two big apples, cored
• One pear
• One kiwi
• About 6 to 8 carrots
• A BIG chunk of ginger (I love ginger! so if you don’t, you can leave it out or add less)
• One lime