Anti inflammatory, cancer prevention, pain relief, antioxidant, vitamin rich, immune boosting, micro nutrient dense, kick in the ass morning juice. Or as I like to call it, "Wake Up Juice".
One shot of this each morning and even the thought of back to school, crazy mornings are nothing to fear! I am slowly trying to encourage the hubby to take a shot each morning too but am thinking that maybe a little honey in the mix might make it a sweeter deal for him.
WHAT YOU NEED
- 3 oranges
- 10 cm piece of root ginger, peeled. (I use a knife but I have seen many advocate the spoon method to scrape the flesh off. Every time I do this I end up with ginger juice in my eye!!)
- 1/2 tsp dried turmeric
WHAT YOU DO
- Squeeze the juice from the orange- you can do this anyway you fancy and just throwing them in the juicer works but I like any excuse to get my awesome citrus juicer out and I prefer the less bitter approach of not adding the peel.
- Throw the ginger in the juicer.
- Place the juices and the turmeric in a jar and every morning give it a good shake and take a shot.
I know that the rule of thumb when using juice is that "fresh" is better and you should only juice just before you want to drink it. Whilst normally I follow this rule, first thing in the morning is not when I want to be assembling and washing my juicer, so I work on the basis of "the best you can do" and a shot of a few days old juice is better than none at all.
This mix lasts me a few days and then I just whip up my next batch.
It's warming, rich, earthy and makes you feel like you had the very best start to your day.
PS. Sorry for the rather long blog break! Summer Holiday mode was just way too much fun to miss! Usual service will now resume.................................
