I juice and when I’m not juicing I’m spending
(too much) money on juices from juice shops or taking pictures of my juices. In
this juice-centric universe I live in it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that
when most people think juice it’s still apple/orange/cranberry that come to
mind. A client asked, “what do you mean when you say green juice” uh oh I
assumed (remember the grammar school spelling trick- don't assume it makes an “ass” out
of “u” and “me”).
Since I'm an ass, I asked Joanna our Snack Queen to morph
into a juice queen and answer some questions:
For my client and the others out there who are
juice-confused, what is a green juice?
It is exactly what it sounds, a juice made from
greens. In the same way you get orange juice from an orange, green juice is derived
from kale, spinach, collard greens, chard, watercress etc.
Ha, I always
thought it sounds like a juice that is the color green. Greens are healthy but
oftentimes there are other ingredients lurking; some juices are actually chock
full of fruit, how do you pick a good one?
To steer clear of sugary green juices,
your best bet is to choose a concoction with max ONE fruit per green juice not counting
lemon or lime. You said in June’s Allure magazine
that green juices can contain 6 teaspoons of sugar and that was shocking to me
but sure enough options from Blue Print and Evolution have 19-24 grams of
sugar (there are four grams of sugar per teaspoon).
How come people don’t think about
organic when it comes to green juice and why is it especially important?
Because so much produce (up to 6 to 9
cups) is used to make juice, you don’t want to be drinking a glass of
pesticides. Some
favorite NYC options to go for organic juices are One Lucky Duck, Gingersnaps
Organics and Organic Avenue. And a great resource is Living Maxwell’s PressedJuice Directory that lists locations where you can find pressed organic juice
all over the world. He also interviewed you about your juicing habit.
We’ve been on lookout for less sweet
green juices (especially since we quit sugar our month ends today but still)
what would you say are our top 5 less sweet concoctions?
1. One Lucky Duck
-Mean Greens
2. Juice Press- Mother Earth this was the first all-greens juice I really enjoyed, love the dandelion
4. Juice Generation Supa Dupa Greens- we have made with ½ apple
5. Gingersnap Organics- Go Kick -the pear makes this delicious.
Thanks J, see you at the Fancy Food Show.
Thanks J, see you at the Fancy Food Show.
Do you juice? What are your favorite combinations? Any favorite juice shops in your area?
Great round up j, my mission this summer is to start home juicing more. I love summers and grass roots in BK but sadly not all organic. Rumor has it there is a new juice gen in the hood though, yay!
ReplyDeleteDo you have a juicer C? Fun to experiment with wacky farmer's market ingredients. I have some sorrel from market about to "smooth" with. I would ask at local BK places bc more people who ask organic, more likely to go that way.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lauren. I thought many times but somehow could not muster courage to try Green juices. After going thru your article, I have made up my mind to give it a shot.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Arnold Ray
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