Blood Orange Strawberry Juice and Baked Zucchini & Sweet Potato

Baked Zucchini & Sweet Potato
Slice up the potato, drizzle with a small amount of olive oil, sprinkle some salt & pepper, oregano, parsley, and basil.
Bake 375 for about 25 minutes.
While the potatoes are cooking, slice up the zucchini (I used 2 smaller zucchinis) and drizzle a little more olive oil and add a little salt and pepper. Add them in with the potatoes (after the 25 min) and bake for 30 more minutes.

Blood Orange Strawberry Juice
3 blood oranges (peeled)
1 handful strawberries
2 medium apples (stem & seeds removed)
1 orange (peeled)
1 mango (seed removed & peeled. if the mango is too soft, it may not juice well)
Juice it up and add some ice!
Makes about 2 cups of juice

Hot Pink Beet Juice

Beet Juice!

It sounds kind of gross. But it is actually really good! I never ate beets growing up. Not from a can, not cooked, and certainly not fresh. So when I got beets in my Bountiful Basket, I was like what the HECK am I going to do with these? How about juicing them? Yes. Do it. I peeled the outer part off, and I realized that beets are so pretty! Seriously. I should have taken pictures, but I haven't quite gotten into the habit of taking pictures of every piece of food I eat.. For reals though, Next time you have one, look at them.. I'm weird. :P

So check it out. You need a juicer for this, fortunately. Juicers are awesome! If you don't have one, well dang it. Go buy one! :) Mine is a Jack Lalanne, and works great for me! (I do hate cleaning it though. But then again, I hate doing ANY dishes for that matter!) Make sure you wash, peel any pulp from oranges or lemon, and de-seed your fruits and veggies. Some juicers don't make you do that, but mine does.

 

BEET JUICE

1 beet, peeled and cut in half

2 blood oranges, peeled/halfed (or 1 large regular)

2 carrots

1 small apple, halved

Handful of strawberries

it turns into this beautiful hot pink drink. love.

 

then, don't discard the pulp. I have a oatmeal banana beet muffin recipe that I will post soon.