Book Review: Juices & Smoothies Galore

Juices & Smoothies Galore

by Susannah Blake

 

The cover is really bright and eye catching.

 

Not just another juicing book, Blake includes ‘essential equipment‘, ‘useful kitchen basics’, ‘ingredients’, ‘perfect juicing & blending’ and a nutritional charts.

 

I knew to eat carrots for eye sight from the vitamin A content but did you know that they contain 28139 iu of vitamin A? Or, that one artichoke (globe) 3.2g protein and 5.4 dietary fiber?

 

An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away. (First found as a Welsh folk proverb (1866))

 

No wonder with its ability to remove toxins from your body. So it tumeric. I knew I bought that for a reason! Excuse me while I go take some…

 

I like the way that there’s an intro to each recipe that explains the combination and nutritional benefits.

 

This is definitely not your ordinary smoothie book either! Under breakfast blends, there’s everything from a creamy date (tastes like chocolate) & Espresso smoothie to wake you up, Parsley Perks to help clear sinuses and congestion and a fresh made for scratch Bloody Mary to cure a hang over.

 

Update: I just tried the Date & Espresso Smoothie and it was very tasty!

 

At Least I Have My Books

I never was one for reading. I found it boring and difficult when the words would blend together because of my eyes. I got a kidney transplant in 2007 and I am now able to read. In fact, I always have at least a few books from the library at one time.

When I started blogging a lot more, I also started reading more of other people’s blogs. One that I found is by a woman named Jen Lancaster. She has no idea who I am one of the many people that think she is great. In her first book ‘Bitter is the New Black’, Jen writes how she was vice president at an invesment research firm with everything she thought she wanted to being unemplyed to blogging about her life to writing books. She still lives in Chicago. Now on book four, ‘Pretty In Plaid’, Jen is a busy woman really doing what she loves and loving her life.

So far I have read this first book and have started on the second, ‘Bright Lights, Big Ass’. It’s even funnier that the first, which was very inspirational. The titles alone tell you the sense of humor she has and I can tell you she is very funny and sounds like the best kind of friend you would want to have.

Jen, thanks for getting me through the last four days of a very drawn out working trip!