Grapefruit, Lemon, Clementine, Mango & Strawberry Juice

I know, I know, it's been over a month since my last (first) post... I do apologize sincerely, it's been a busy rough month. Over the next few days I will be trying to make up for some lost time by posting a bunch of posts. With that said, here's the first one. Oh and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to all!! <3

I recently purchased a "Big Boss" Juicer. I've wanted a Juicer for a long time and I was super excited when I found one for $69.99 at Wall-Mart! Every time I've been in there in the past few months I've checked, hoping that they would bring in something new that would be cheaper, but still a decent model. Although I love making smoothies in my blender, sometimes blenders just don't cut it. Naturally, as soon as I bought the Juicer, I bought fruit to juice. This was my first attempt at Juicing anything (and at the risk of sounding like I'm bragging) for my first try, the juice was amazing! I ended up with two and a half glasses and it was gone in a little over an hour! I have to say I LOVE MY NEW JUICER!!

I had purchased a bunch of fruit to start myself off but couldn't decide what to juice first. There were so many options! So I added some of everything. :) And the result? Wonderfully delicious fruit juice, without all the added crap that they pack into store bought juices!

I didn't use a recipe, just added what I thought would taste good. So I guess in a sense I invented my own recipe. With that said, here it is:

2 Grapefruit (as much work as it is, I recommend taking off all the pulp & membrane from around the fruit. I had read that it would leave a bitter taste to the juice)

2lbs Strawberry's (cored) 

2 Lemons (same rule applies with these as the grapefruit)

8 Clementines (I didn't bother with removing the membrane on these as they are tiny and would take a lot of time and well, I wanted my juice! lol)

1 Mango

Now I will say this, it takes a lot of fruit to get a decent amount of juice, as I said before I got two and a half glasses of juice out of all that fruit. But as far as I'm concerned, it's worth it! If you're worried about spending too much money on fruit, buy what's on sale, or in season to keep the cost down. Believe me, if you have a juicer, it is definitely worth making your own juice! And as an added bonus, you get several servings of fruit (or veggies) in one glass of juice. From everything I've read so far on juicing, the juice will keep 2-3 days but is best fresh. 

Happy Juicing and to those who celebrate it, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! And hey, if you make this juice today, it fits the theme! It's pink!