Jessy's Juice #12

Monday 9/24/2012

~Juicing with my power juicer express~

Cilantro, parsley, spinach, tomato, lemon, beet, broccoli, kiwi, strawberries, cucumber, celery, carrot & ginger root 

Here is a breakdown of the nutrients in today's lunch time juice:

Cilantro (thiamin, zinc, fiber, vitamin A, C, E, K, B6, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, iron, magnesium, folate, pantothenic acid, potassium, phosphorus, copper & manganese)

Parsley: (antioxidants, folic acid,  iron, vitamin A&C)

Spinach: (antioxidants, potassium, iron, calcium, vitamin C)

Tomato: (beta carotene & vitamin C)

Lemon: (thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, iron, magnesium, fiber, Vitamin C &B6, calcium, potassium, copper)

Beet: (Folic acid, iron, calcium, potassium)

Broccoli: (beta carotene, vitamin C, calcium, iron, folic acid & chromium)

2 kiwi: (Fiber, Vitamin E, C, K, potassium, & copper)

Strawberries (Folate, potassium, fiber, Vitamin C, manganese)

Cucumber: (Vitamin A, C, K, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, manganese

Celery: (Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, K, C, A, pantothenic acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, manganese, folate)

2 Carrots: ( Beta carotene, Vitamin A&C, pectin, flourine, & potassium)

Sliver of ginger root: (Vitamin C, manganese, magnesium, copper, potassium, natural anti inflammatory)

In today's juice, the strongest flavors were definitely the lemon and the beet, followed closely by the greens (the celery, spinach, parsley, cilantro tend to just take an overall 'green' flavor when combined), then the cucumber and the sweetness of the strawberries. 

When you use just a small sliver of ginger root like I do, you don't taste it a whole lot. There may be a bit of bite from it but it won't over power it. It's really a nice way to get an awful lot of good minerals and vitamins!!

Sunday's juice!

Sunday Afternoon's juice!

~Juicing with my power juicer express~

Apple, pear, 2 kiwi, 2 carrots, 3 celery stalks, 2 prickly pear (a first for me!), sliver of ginger root, beet, 2 slices of cantaloupe, broccoli, cilantro, parsley, spinach, strawberries &li\me!

Apple: (Boron, cellulose, pectin)

Beet: (folic acid, iron, calcium & potassium)

Broccoli: ( beta carotene, Vitamin C, calcium, iron, folic acid & chromium

Carrots: (beta carotene, vitamin A, C, pectin, flourine & potassium)

Celery: ( riboflavin, Vit B6, K,C,A, pantothenic Acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, manganese, folate)

Cilantro: (Thiamin, zinc, fiber, Vit A,C,E,K,B6, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, iron, magnesium, folate, pantothenic acid, potassium,phosphorus, copper & manganese)

Parsley: (antioxidants, folic acid, iron, Vitamin A & C)

Spinach: (antioxidants, potassium, iron, calcium & Vit C)

Strawberries:( Folate, potassium, fiber, Vitamin C, manganese)

Cantaloupe: (Fiber, niacin, Vit B6, A, C, potassium, folate)

Lime: (calcium, iron, copper, fiber, Vitamin V)

This tastes a bit like a mixed fruit smoothie lol! The flavors I tasted the most were the beet, the lime & the prickly pear. Followed closely by the cantaloupe, strawberries & celery. 

Most of the fruit flavor and sweetness really covers up the green taste of the leafy stuff so it doesn't taste 'like grass' as some might think lol :) If you juice all green stuff, yes, some might think it tastes 'like grass' lol! But even that mix, I find tasty ;-) 

This had the consistancy/texture of a thick juice, not watery like but not as thick as a smoothie or shake. If you have  blender you can actually make both using the pulp and mixing it back with the juice! 

If you're curious about a certain combination of vegetables/fruits juiced, let me know! I'll juice & tell you what it's like =D 

First time cooking with tofu!

Tofu/Vegan dish!

~My sister told me about this recipe she found online~

For this recipe, I needed tofu, olive oil, mushrooms, variety of spices, zucchini, yellow squash, red bell pepper, onion, tomatoes, and fresh garlic.

 First, I diced the tofu and mixed into a bowl (it was 16 oz, drained tofu) with the seasonings I prefer which are paprika, dry mustard, powdered ginger, Italian spices, extra basil, sea salt & pepper. I used the amount of seasoning I normally would but do to the tofu not really having any flavor, I encourage going over board. You can really use any seasonings at all that you like here.

 Next, I diced all of my ingredients and finely chopped about four cloves of garlic. I always go a bit heavy as I love fresh garlic ;-) The garlic has a touch of red to it because I chopped it after I had chopped the tomatoes and the red bells lol- next time for presentation purposes, I will be sure to chop the garlic first ;-)

 I then heated up some olive oil and cooked the onions until they were beginning to become transparent.

 Then added in the mushrooms and let this saute together for a few minutes

 Next, I added the fresh chopped garlic and let that cook for a few more minutes.

 I then added all of my diced veggies and let this cook together for about five minutes, until the zucchini and the bells were almost cooked through, but still crunchy.

 Then I added the tofu and seasoning mixture. I let this cook together about five minutes, until the tofu was heated all the way through

This is my finished product!! Tasted very good! I kept the recipe as close to the 'vegan' as I could, however I was given the option to fry some egg and add that to it. I think that next time I will do that as the tofu is a very bland taste, if you go over board on the seasonings that will add more flavor to it. Over all I greatly enjoyed this dish :) Thanks sister for sharing it with me!!

Saturday morning juice!

Saturday morning's breakfast juice!

~Juicing with my power juicer express~

Apple, pear, kale, orange, carrots, cucumber, beet, ginger root, cantaloupe.

 You can tell I need to go to the store, lol ;-) Saturday & Sunday I usually just juice once so I will do a random mix of my typical breakfast juice and my typical lunch time juice, as you can see I just had a few leafs of kale left, no spinach or parsley or cilantro.

 Being as I share these with the bunny rabbit, Tom Sawyer, I blame Tom for eating a lot of the greenery lol.

Made about 38 ozs of juice and a bowl of lovely pulp for Tom Sawyer the bunny lol :) 

I always juice my beet last cause he doesn't like the beet, so I juice everything but the beet & a cucumber. Then I empty the reservoir into his tupperware I keep in the fridge for him, then juice the beet and the cucumber.

 I always do cucumber last because it is firm yet has a lot of juice in it so it is good to sort of clean out the blade of the juicer after it has juiced such a variety of other stuff and because it is so water like, none of the juice will stay in the base where the blade is, it all comes out.

Nutritional Qualities:

Kale:(antioxidants, calcium, iron, Vitamin A&C)

Apple: (Boron, cellulose & pectin)

Pear: (Vitamin C&E, potassium)

Carrot: (beta carotene, Vitamin A &C, pectin, flourine, potassium)

Orange: ( natural aspirin and boron)

Cucumber: (Vitamin A, C &K, pantothenic acid, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium)

Beet: (folic acid, iron, calcium & potassium)

Ginger root: (Vitamin B, manganese, potassium, copper, magnesium, natural anti inflammatory)

What do I think of Harry Potter?

~Harry Potter~

My opinion of Harry Potter: The books vs The Movies

A basic rundown of my thought of the books and the movies and of how they compare to one another. I would love to hear what questions you have to test my knowledge of Harry Potter, or maybe there's something you've seen in the movies that you didn't understand, and you haven't read the books? Ask away my dear friends! I am as curious as you all are to see how much I know about Harry Potter ;-D

      I absolutely love the entire series of a Harry Potter, both the books and the movies, each in their own respect. I think it is, without a doubt, one of the most well written series of all time. I think that J. K. Rowling accomplished something very, very few have or could-she created a written work of art that people of all ages and backgrounds and walks of life could enjoy, and share with one another!
     I have heard many stories of multiple generations in a family being able to discuss this series, children can read and enjoy this series and talk to their parents AND their grand parents about it! That is a remarkable feat indeed!

   Now, as far as how I feel about the movies vs the books: I feel that movies one through three were the closest to the books.
    In years one, two & three, pretty much everything that happened in the movie was something that occurred in the book with a few exceptions where minor details of the story needed to be changed due to a small, somewhat inconsequential detail being left out to trim some time off the movie length.   

     The few bits they left out of the books in order to keep the movies at a reasonable viewing length weren't large enough to change the enjoyment of the movies much from the enjoyment of the books.

As for movies four through six, I have a slightly different opinion. I think that years four through six should have been two movies each as well. I think that the things they chose to leave out of Years four, five & six were much bigger parts of the story and affected how it was portrayed on the big screen.

   That being said, I still greatly enjoyed The Goblet of Fire & the Order of The Phoenix, do I think there were things that should have been included in the film-yes! Some very big things! But at least everything that was in the movie was, for the most part, stuff that happened in the books-again with the exception of having to change bits of the story to make up for details left out in each movie and the previous ones leading up to it.

    Now--for year six, The Half Blood Prince-that! Was the first movie that actually upset me as far as the differences between the movies and the books! I really felt like there could have been a better choice of scenes removed vs scenes chosen to leave in.
    I also think that the movie focused more on the Harry & Ginny relationship in a much more 'childish' manner than it was portrayed in the book. I think in the movie they really made a big deal out of that when in the book I felt like it was more of a blissful side story to all of the truly important much larger, scarier things  that were going on around them.

    I was greatly disappointed that they chose to leave the fight scene out of the end! The major fight at Hogwarts! I think that was a huge part of the book and one of my favorite scenes and I think it should have been left in the movie.
 
 Also, Dumbledore should never have apparated with Harry from the Hogwarts castle! I'm sorry, but those of you who have read the books know exactly what I mean! I don't think they should have changed something like that. 

    For year seven, movies seven & eight, I think they were much the same as four and five in comparison to the books, I think there were bits I'd rather they had left in but I still greatly enjoyed them as they were.
    I again felt like there were things that could have been closer to the details in the book, that there were things they changed with no valid reason-when making a film, I understand the need to make it of reasonable viewing length, and therefore that is why they have to pull some stuff out.


   But seriously, what harm would it have done to make Slytherin's locket heart shaped instead? How does changing the shape of the locket improve the movie? Stuff like that. 

  Feel free to post a question and ask what I think of particular bits of the movies/books! Also, let me know what you thought of each of these things!
   I will be watching all of the movies again in the next few weeks to brush up and will probably have posts here and there as certain things come to me that were some of my pet peeves individually with each movie vs book :) 

    For Matt & I's one year anniversary of meeting, he bought me the Harry Potters Wizards Collection! I had the movies on DVD but not the special version of each, it was just one box set of all of them together so this was a wonderful gift and all of the extras that came with it were just amazing!! You can see in the pics through out my post and below of the wonderful things this amazing collection included!

TGIF!! Check out what I had for breakfast today ;-D

Friday's juice!

~Juicing with my power juicer deluxe~

Friday morning I had apple, pear, two kiwi, a sweet potato, two slices of cantaloupe, two oranges & a sliver of ginger root

This created approximately 40 ozs of delicious juice!! I had to sip a little from the top of the pitcher before I juiced the last apple lol ;-) Here are the nutrients these ingredients are high in: apple (boron, cellulose, pectin) pear ( vitamin C&E, potassium), two kiwi (Vitamin E&K, potassium, copper), sweet potato (VitaminC, calcium, folate, potassium, beta carotene), two oranges ( natural aspirin & boron), ginger root ( Vitamin B, manganese, potassium, copper, magnesium, natural anti inflammatory).  If you are interested in what any of these nutrients or minerals let me know & I can write something focusing on them =)

Thursday's juice!!

Thursday morning & afternoon's juice!

Juicing with my power juicer express deluxe!

This morning's juice has apple, pear, kiwi, ginger root, two oranges & sweet potato~

 

 When I use ginger root in my juice, I slice about half an inch wedge off of the root itself & just juice that with the fruits/ veggies. I tend to throw it in there with a pear or something, something that's firm but not as hard as carrots.

 That made about 30 ozs of juice for my breakfast =D

 For my lunch time juice I had parsley, kale, spinach, carrots, broccoli, beet, two and a half carrots, lemon, tomato, cucumber, pear, celery & cilantro.

That made about 32 ozs of juice =D Altogether these ingredients provide a range of potassium, magnesium, manganese, calcium, antioxidants, several different vitamins, iron, boron, cellulose, pectin, folic acid, flourine! Let me know if you have any questions about the benefits of juicing!! Share this information with anyone you know who may want to start juicing but isn't sure if it's for them, I'm happy to answer any questions! I am still fairly new to the art myself but have learned a lot in the three months so far that I've had mine =)