About an hour later, at 6 a.m., I returned to my apartment, took a quick shower, got ready for work, and then began making Martha’s breakfast, including her signature green juice, which she drinks every day.
Not having a juicer or a juice extractor, I opted to blend all the ingredients instead. These included:
• Spinach
• Celery, with the leaves
• Cucumber
• Parsley
• Ginger
• Half an orange, with the rind
Rather than following a recipe with specific measurements — which Stewart does not give — I put as much of each ingredient as I could in my small blender.
I then filtered that mixture, which was thick and full of vegetable fibers, through a cheesecloth to extract the juice, squeezing it with my hands to speed up the process.
This took me a lot longer than I expected — I spent about 20 minutes chopping, blending, and squeezing vegetables for about a cup of juice.
While I was dedicated to following the routine, I wouldn’t go through all this trouble on a daily basis just to drink some greens I could be eating in an easy-to-assemble salad instead.
