My daughter has had her juicer for about a year, and she loves using it. Often, when we are there, she will make juice with whatever happens to be in the fridge. These are the juices she made on Monday:
Apple, carrot, spinach, and purple cabbage. We tried different combinations and found that it didn’t take a whole lot of the spinach. By itself, the spinach was very earthy and “green.” It all tasted good, though, and it got me to thinking that this would be a good way to eat a wider variety of vegetables.
After we got home, I did some research and found a model made by the same company that made Jen’s. It got high marks and sounded easy enough to use and it was reasonably priced. I had been leery of buying a juicer, thinking they cost hundreds of dollars. Jen paid $100 for hers and the model I was looking at was under $200. I did a check for where to buy locally, and the website showed that Bed Bath & Beyond had one in stock.
As an aside, I do not like shopping at big box stores. They terrify me. I cannot find what I want. I cannot get help. Nothing about the process is easy. So, it was with trepidation I made the trip to Bed Bath & Beyond. I prayed about this before I went, asking God to guide me in my decision to buy a juicer. Was it the right thing to do? Was I just buying another gadget? Would it be a waste of money? Here was the deal: if I walked into the store and immediately found the juicer, with no trouble, then I knew it was the thing to do. If it was not just sitting there, then I would leave and figure this was not to be.
I went early in the morning, arriving at the store at 9:50. A sweet clerk immediately greeted me and asked what I needed. I told her about the juicer, that it was Breville, and that the website said they had one in stock. She took me a few steps to the juicer area, but she didn’t recognize the name. We walked around the display, and there it sat, right in front of us. I got out my phone to check the picture I had downloaded to Pinterest, and it was the right model. She asked if I needed a basket, but I said no, telling her my story about praying about this before coming in, and that this was all I was buying. She laughed, and said it must be the right purchase. I took it to the checkout counter, went right through, and was in my car, taking this picture at 9:58:
And, this is the glass of cranberry, apple, and fennel juice that I made this afternoon: 
Thank you for the comment left on my blog about my cancer..I have been thinking of getting a juicer to get more veg in…good idea and it looks like it tastes good too…Michelle
I’m here because I saw your comment on Michelle’s blog – I would be so happy if Michelle got a juicer. I would love it if she improved her diet … juice seems a fabulous route for her.
I got myself a new juicer too. I have problems getting vegetables into my diet. Dianne
Dianne, we will have to compare notes as the year moves on. So far, I’ve only made the one beverage. I’m hoping today to do pear and cranberry.
A juicer – - have not used one or drunk anything anyone else has made in one. Perhaps it is an avenue our family should consider at some point. I don’t think I would like vegetable juice though but do love raw vegetable.s Thanks for visiting my blog.
Although I like vegetables, and we eat quite a variety, I am not one to eat kale, collards, or chard. Maybe, if I mix in some apple, carrot, and fennel, those would be tolerable as juice. I am waiting for my next CSA box to see what I get that I can juice. The purple cabbage came from the last CSA box, and it was better juiced than cooked.
This is pretty much how I got my steam iron, and it was at Bed Bath Beyond. When the plan happens, ya know it’s right.
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