Drink Your Veg

 I am, like you, just an ordinary person and I don't want to pay fifteen dollars to eat restaurant or bagged lettuce leaves even if nuts and pretty flowers are tossed in. First of all, I am never sure about the dressing even if it's called "house dressing". Too many additives. All that means is  it could be bought by the "house". Also, at home, I am kind of tired of stir fry and cooked vegetables since the former uses fat, and the latter, kills fresh. Raw is best, but I am not a rabbit. Veg sticks don't hack it with me. What to do? Spend around fifty to one hundred, depending how rich you are, if at all, and not, as in my case. I bought a juicer for fifty bucks that is the size and shape of two cups of medium coffee and I love the thing. Its initials are EG if you shop Amazon, and I guarantee that you will come to adore it. Today I had some hairy carrots rescued from inside the deck barbecue where I keep them in winter, an old beet in the fridge, spinach that I bought far too much of, some almost over celery, some nice colourful peppers that I buy too many of. After a wash and cutting up into spikes (the best way to load them into the tube of the little juicer), I juiced them and now have one quart of veg juice that is not only delicious but with a straw in it, handy to sip any time I want a burst of energy. And you will get that: energy immediately! Carrot juice is my fave. The little juicer is wuick and ingenious. I have used it for more than two years and no breakage. Unless you are accident prone. The unit has a top tube with a pusher, inside is the hard plastic grinder and the chute has a wee rubber door that opens aside for cleaning. Everything washes off instantly under hot water. It works by putting your fibre bowl under one spout and the juide receiver under the other. Switch on the little thing at the bottom, feed it veges and away we go. I use what comes out as "waste" to add to meat loaves or make carrot cake or muffins. Best of all, it can go as compost into your plant pots or the garden beds. Drink your vegetables to feel fresh and eco guilt free. Your body will respect you even more.