Brain Drain : Day 21 #100daysofwriting

I've felt drained for weeks and frankly, I'm tired of it. I'm not good about taking vitamins and I like the idea of fresh source nutrients, so I dusted off my juicer.

I grabbed 5 of my favourite ingredients and started with a beetroot-apple-carrot-lemon-ginger combo.

Beetroot is the kind of vegetable I've avoided most of my life - but it makes a great juice. Full of iron and claiming to aid recovery after a work out, its a winner. And really does help with exercise recovery!

Apples keep the doctor away... And anyone else if you aim right... But seriously, sweet but lower in kljs than other fruit - grey ingredient.

Carrots are full of vitamin A for crazy eye health - need I say more?

Lemon is full of vitamin C and always top of the pops for detox drinks. Juice with the skin on for a tart flavour! So fresh!

Ginger puts the zing in your blood and aids digestion.

I've got enough juice for a glass tomorrow morning - think I will add a dash of cayenne pepper to really get my motor going!

Here's to a healthy winter! xxx

Beet.... beet...

I mentioned juicing a few days ago - well time to come clean - I bought a juicer off a friend at the end of last year, and have been going nuts over carrot-apple-beetroot juice :) you just throw the whole veggies into it and juice comes out :) I find the manufacturing of the juice is addictive!

I can honestly say its giving me vitality :) probably the beetroot - they are apparently very good for muscles and stamina (remember this post?) which can only be a good thing with my running challenge :)

Friend lent me the 7 Day Juice Diet book and it has some great recipes - not sure if I can share any here without copyright infridgement - but there are plenty of recipes online. And no, I'm not going to live on juice :)

B is for

Beetroot
Banana
Broccoli
Broad Beans
Blackberry

Have I eaten any of these before?
Yes, all of them.
Blackberry from RIM won't count right? Beetroot... avoided it most of my life but developing a taste for it.

Hero of the day?
Beetroot! These peeps are so crazy about beetroot, they have a website! http://www.lovebeetroot.co.uk/ - check out the recipes!


"Not only is beetroot great for boosting stamina and making muscles more efficient, it’s also a source of folic acid and contains potassium, magnesium and iron as well as vitamins A, B6 and C. What’s more, just three baby beetroot equal one of your recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day."