My Fair JuiceLady

I bought the JuiceLady juicer a couple of years back. But my desire to be healthy was quickly quelled by my desire not to do dishes.

Cleaning the thing is a biatch. Fruit and vegetable pulp coat every internal part. It looks like that wood chipper scene from Fargo, except with fruits and vegetables.

Thankfully, my new apartment has a dishwasher. (Not since the 1950s has a woman been so excited to see a kitchen appliance.)  Now that I can put my juicer parts in the dishwasher, I can be both healthy and lazy, simultaneously. A long time goal of mine.

For the last few days I’ve been making a 2 carrots, 1 apple, piece of ginger juice every morning for breakfast. I’m sorry, but no store bought juice can compare to the taste of fresh juice- so delicious.  It’s like my body can tell the difference, when I ingest something so fresh and healthy. I actually get a burst of energy and feel clean and light, mentally and physically.

So I guess what I’m babbling about is, if you happen to have a dishwasher, you might want to look into getting a juicer. You can probably get a used one off of Craigslist or Ebay cheap, because God knows I can’t be the only person to lazy to use it.

Sharp turn ahead. 

So, when I was emptying out the pulp bucket. I saw all that fresh, moist pulp. (Carrots are great for elasticity, apples brighten and ginger improves circulation.)  So I decided to scoop my hand in there, ball up some carrot, apple, ginger pulp and wipe it on my face, like a cotton ball. It was amazing.  It firmed up my skin like a mini facelift. At first there was a slight orange tinge to my face.

Like I’d received self tanning tips from Lindsay Lohan. 

But thankfully, the orange color rinsed off with water.

I’m pretty sure no matter what fruits or vegetables you decide to juice, you’ll end up with a pretty amazing fresh facial treatment. 

It's a juicer.  It's a facial machine. Looking and feeling great, has never been so easy (for people with a dishwasher).

Do you have any good juicer (aka facial) recipes for me?

Comments

[Heather B.]

Give us a heads up if some amazing fruit and veggie carnage facial for clearing skin comes up.

[Gitte]

I just bought a juicer last week and I have been drinking carrot-apple juice like crazy (and I literally just walked through the door with some ginger in hand, before reading this post). I have been telling my friends that I feel like the juice energy is surging through my arms. It really does feel like healthy heroin (not like I know how the two compare, but work with me here). Anyway, I'm loving your blog. Keep being awesome.

[jenny]

Hey Gitte,
I love that "healthy heroin". That's the perfect description (not that I'd know how to compare the two either). Let me know if you come up with any other good recipes. I'm afraid I'm going to start turning orange from all the carrots:)
Thanks!
jenny

[jenny]

Hey Heather,
Will do. Hopefully I won't end up with a vegetable colored tinge to my skin from all the drinking of it and smearing it on my face.
Thanks!
jenny

[Andra]

I have a Jack LaLanne power juicer and it's rather easy to clean in the sink. I juice every morning, it's like breathing for me. My happy morning cocktail contains carrots, celery, ginger, lemon, apples, turnip greens and yellow squash. I never thought to use the pulp on my skin. Thanks for the idea. I'll have to try a pulp facial tomorrow!

[jenny]

Hey Andra,
That sounds like one healthy juice. Let me know how the facial goes!
Thanks,
jenny

[ForgetfulDebbie]

healthy heroin **PERK**

[Heather B.]

These all sound delicious... I should totally buy a juicer. I never thought I'd want/need one. I changed my mind.

[moi]

I just use a blender. Throw in fruit and then some ice, so it's more like a smoothie and you don't mind the pulp. You get more fiber that way. Or you can strain it too, if you really hate pulp.

My favorite is blackberry juice. But one thing I do a lot is that I make mandarin juice (oranges work too) and I save the peels for making tea. I boil them along with tea leaves straight in my tea kettle.

[jenny]

Hey Moi,
I love making smoothies in the blender too. I like to keep the fruit in the freezer cause that way I don't have to add ice. (I forget to fill the trays.) Orange peels in tea sounds good. I'm guessing throwing banana peels from my smoothie in my tea won't work:)
jenny