Juice and chia

Too much fiber? Possibly, but I was really curious to try the chia gel!

Juice:

5-8 kale leaves
1/2 lb of strawberries
Handful of blueberries
2 white mangoes
3 radishes with greens

Chia gel:

1:9 is the ratio

1 tbsp chia seed
9 tbsp filtered water

Allow to sit for about 20-30 minutes for gel to form. Flavor as desired. The gel as a consistency somewhere in between jello and oatmeal. Think of a really fine, smooth, low texture similar to Irish oats.

Orange kale juice

This juice is delicious. The bottom is green and the top is orange.

1 pineapple
1 red pepper
2 handfuls parsley
3 clementines
6 kale leaves

Juice.

Note: this recipe makes about 32 oz.

"the juice"

I found inspiration on a blog of a man who lost his wife to cancer. He credits this juice to extending her life by 6 months. During a time when all she could stomach was ice cream and cold desserts, he bought a juicer and her body was able to handle and benefit from this juice.

I changed his recipe a bit based on what I had available, but you can see his original post here:

http://ericwilder.blogspot.com/2008/12/you-cant-juice-avocado.html

Thursday morning's cancer fighting juice

2 honey crisp apples
1 white mango
1 broccoli stalk and crown
2 kale leaves
6 baby carrots

Juice.

Note: I never add the kale first.
Note 2: I tried to add blue berries, but they didn't seem to add any juice.

Green soothing juice

1 large pear
1 large cucumber
1 handful parsley

Juice and drink. Slightly pulpy, very light and refreshing.

Monday morning calming juice

Trying to avoid the impending freak out of school being back in full swing, trying to maintain proficiency in three languages, packing for our move (yay! Homeowners!), babies, upcoming trainings to become a certified WIC breastfeeding peer counselor, doula births, and my sanity.

Here is some juice that helps me to feel calm. No- I have no scientific proof.

1 sweet potato
1 pear
1/2 yellow bell pepper
1 inch cube ginger
1 handful parsley