Yesterday my 8 yo said that we should have fresh juice again, it’s been ages, he said ? He is right, we haven’t used our juicer more than a year now, not really a dust collector, it was still in the box, haven’t been unpacked yet from our last move. So I asked my husband to grab more veggies and fruits should he go out to fill up the gas. He did go out, he did grab tons of veggies, but guess what half of them were? LEEKS!!!!?

Who the H would drink leek juice ????

This morning as soon as the boys were up, they remembered that we planned to juice, so we did.

Before anyone is shocked, juicing, so much pulp to waste, what a shame etc. No, we don’t waste the pulp like ever, seriously. I use the pulp in my baking and sometimes soup (veggie broth), so whenever I juice I would freeze them pulp. I know many gardeners make compost out of them, so that’s another suggestion should you want to juice but don’t really know what to do with the pulp. Don’t waste them ?

Our juice this morning only had fresh kale, baby carrots, and we added cucumber as well, which we “pureed” with our regular blender, then mixed into our juice. Guess this momma has to go shopping herself, so we won’t end up drinking leeks juice ????

6 stalks kale
2 c baby carrots
1 English cucumber

We like juicing much in this house especially in summer. This is one of our ways to make our 4 yo consume veggies. He isn’t into soup and for veggies he only likes fresh cucumber and baby carrots. However when we juice, he drinks everything, any kinds of veggies we juice, then the nutrition in the pulp go into baked goods, which he also eats, gladly. Picky baby, but not when it comes to fresh juice.