Too Good For You11 large apple, cored
6 carrots, top removed
4 celery sticks, including leaves
6 iceberg lettuce leaves
20 English spinach leaves
21. Cut the apple carrots and celery sticks to fit in the juicer.
32. Using the plunger, push all the ingredients through the juicer and into the large jug.
3. Pour into glasses and serve with ice, if desired.
41 My first of many problems with this recipe is it’s title. What exactly does Too Good For You really mean? Is it so good I shouldn’t drink it? Is it beyond my ability to drink it? Does it taste too good for words? It sure doesn’t look too good for words, the full page image accompanying the recipe looks like bubbling mud.
2 And it’s not a wonder it looks like mud. I’m not sure about anyone else but I highly doubt that one apple is going to change the taste of 6 lettuce leaves and 20 spinach leaves. I may be a fan of salad, but not in a blender with an apple.
3 Which reminds me, I bought this recipe book “Smoothies- Best-ever Cool Drink Recipes” because I had just bought a blender with the nozzle dispenser because I figured I could make some cool smoothies. Little was I to know that around half of the book, if not more required a juicer and not a blender. It was a “bargain” book, but I am still skeptical. A lot of the drinks sound good, but with no juicer they are just painfully teasing.
4 Lastly, how stupid do they really think I am? If I make a drink I am going to pour them into glasses, and if I have ice on hand and wish it, I will serve it with ice. How else should I serve it? Now I am curious. If they have to give me the correct way to serve it, how could I do it incorrectly?