I was blessed to get a juicer this week and have tried it out for the past two days with great success. I am making all sorts of concoctions for Greg that are said to help fight cancer and promote a healthy immune system. I, too, am drinking them and loving the new adventure. I learned that citrus fruits and tomato are not good for osteoarthritis, which I was recently diagnosed with. That news was a bummer, since those are some of my favorite foods.
Here is a website I like for juicing. It has lots of information on the healing properties of different fruits and veggies as well as techniques and recipes for juicing.
www.juicing-for-health.com
Love you all!
Les
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Ginger Mint Fruit Salad
This Is my favorite fruit salad!!
For ginger syrup
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh ginger left unpeeled
For fruit salad
4 cups (1-inch pieces) summer fruit (such as mixed berries, melons, peaches, and/or nectarines)
2 tablespoons small mint leaves
Preparation
Make syrup:
In a heavy sauce pan, heat honey and ginger over med. heat until it is almost at a boil*, stir constantly. Just before it boils lower the heat and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. remove from heat and let steep 15-30 minutes (the longer you steep it the more potent the ginger flavor is). Pour ginger syrup through a sieve into a bowl, discarding ginger. Chill, covered, at least 2 hours.
Make fruit salad:
Toss fruit and mint with 1/4 cup syrup, or to taste.
Cooks' note:
Syrup keeps, covered and chilled, 2 weeks.
*To make this raw, blend raw honey with a little water (enough to make it syrupy) add ginger and let sit overnight. pour through a sieve into a bowl and discard ginger.
I actually keep the ginger and chew on it when I want a treat.
For ginger syrup
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh ginger left unpeeled
For fruit salad
4 cups (1-inch pieces) summer fruit (such as mixed berries, melons, peaches, and/or nectarines)
2 tablespoons small mint leaves
Preparation
Make syrup:
In a heavy sauce pan, heat honey and ginger over med. heat until it is almost at a boil*, stir constantly. Just before it boils lower the heat and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. remove from heat and let steep 15-30 minutes (the longer you steep it the more potent the ginger flavor is). Pour ginger syrup through a sieve into a bowl, discarding ginger. Chill, covered, at least 2 hours.
Make fruit salad:
Toss fruit and mint with 1/4 cup syrup, or to taste.
Cooks' note:
Syrup keeps, covered and chilled, 2 weeks.
*To make this raw, blend raw honey with a little water (enough to make it syrupy) add ginger and let sit overnight. pour through a sieve into a bowl and discard ginger.
I actually keep the ginger and chew on it when I want a treat.
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2 comments:
Hey, Les, that's great!! I'm glad that you both are doing this. Does Greg do okay with it?
Congrats on the juicing Les! Try beets they are suppost to be amazingly good for you - just don't drink too much straight or you could lose your voice :-)
On an unrelated note you should go check out my blog. Gail, jenny and I "Made hawaii" for the kids this weekend and it was great fun!
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