Apple, Orange and Ginger

This juice is very zingy and refreshing. It will give your taste buds a definite wake up!!!

Ingredients:
3 Oranges
1 apple
1 1inch piece of ginger root
1 tsp of natural honey

Method:
1) Peel 2 oranges and press down into the feeder
2) Press 3rd orange into feeder with peel on
3) Turn the juicer on and juice on slow speed

4) Turn to full speed and press the apple and ginger into the feeder
5) Add the honey to the juice when it is in the glass and stir well

Vitamins:
A, C, Folate and Biotin

Minerals:
Manganese and Potassium

Health benefits:
This juice is good for metabolising energy, helping alleviate high blood pressure, aiding digestion and building the immune system! This juice will also give you an energy boost. It can even help to lower bad cholesterol as part of a low fat balanced diet.






I recommend that you use free range and organic produce for every recipe, diet, juice and detox found within this site. There is no substitute for good quality food!

Straining stock

When you have finished cooking your stock you will need to drain it through a fine steel sieve (like the one in the picture). This will remove all the remaining impurities and slime, leaving you with a lovely clear stock ready to concentrate!!! Make sure you pour it through slowly trying not to force it as this will give you clearer stock.

I recommend that you use free range and organic produce for every recipe, diet, juice and detox found within this site. There is no substitute for good quality food!

Skimming stock

Skimming stock is an essential part of the process. It basically removes grease and impurities from the stock which prevents it from becoming cloudy and tasting bitter. I cannot emphasise the importance of skimming enough, failure to do this simple step will result in a very poor quality stock.

How to:

Once the stock has come up to heat and is bubbling nicely you will notice a frothy scum forming on the surface. This is what we need to remove. Using a large shallow spoon go across the top of the stock collecting as much scum as you can. Run the spoon under cold water first as this will help to draw the scum to the spoon. Try not to remove too much liquid though!

Generally speaking I repeat this skimming every ten minutes or so for the first hour of cooking (except vegetable stock which only needs skimming once). You should find the scum will become less and less.

I recommend that you use free range and organic produce for every recipe, diet, juice and detox found within this site. There is no substitute for good quality food!

knives

Here are some pictures of my knives. All cooks should own a variety of quality knives from a cleaver to a small vegetable knife and a sharpening steel. As you can see my knives are Stellar Sabatier (except the cleaver), they are reasonably priced (around £80) and come in a stylish worktop holding block. I have laid them out here on my chopping board for easy viewing.

I recommend that you use free range and organic produce for every recipe, diet, juice and detox found within this site. There is no substitute for good quality food!

Apple, Spinach and Tomato

This is one of the first juice recipes I made with my juicer and it is still my personal favourite!

Ingredients:
1 Apple
3 tomatoes
1 good handful of spinach

Method:
1) Press the spinach down the feeder tube
2) Press the tomatoes down next
3) Press the apple down last
4) Ensure everything is firmly pressed down
5) Switch the juicer on (slow speed on a centrifugal)

Vitamins:
B1, B2, B3, B6, A, C, K

Minerals:
Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc

Health benefits:
This juice supports energy metabolism, is good for healthy skin, the nervous system and the immune system. It is also very good for the teeth and bones!



I recommend that you use free range and organic produce for every recipe, diet, juice and detox found within this site. There is no substitute for good quality food!

Burmese Boys

Here are our Burmese Boys. They are 5 years old and brothers.

Crumble

And Trifle.

Together, sleeping, awww.















I recommend that you use free range and organic produce for every recipe, diet, juice and detox found within this site. There is no substitute for good quality food!

Me.

And here are some pictures of me. As you can see I am not very photogenic!

Relaxing on a Turkish holiday!

Surrounded by colour!

Spot the ball! - I mean my head - Swimming in the Med.

With my beloved.

Larking around with a belly dancer!
Where is she looking?

                      A video too!

I recommend that you use free range and organic produce for every recipe, diet, juice and detox found within this site. There is no substitute for good quality food!