My Wheatgrass Juice - with Photos!

[Johnathan]

My Wheatgrass Juice recipe will BLOW YOU AWAY! Proteins! Amino Acids! You name it... WOW! I totally made this and DOWNED it after HAMMERING through my Insanity workout! Bring it? Consider it BRUNG! And then I drank this! 

 

Okay... so what is inside?

My Wheatgrass Juice
17 grams of Wheatgrass
4 ouces of water
2 pears
2 Fuji apples
2 long stems of Red Seedless Grapes
Yield: about 28 ounces of "My Wheatgrasss Juice."

I am inspired to NOT ever be as fat as I was! To lose weight! Keep it off! And I am Getting Me BACK!

Have you ever tried wheat grass? I'm doing it now... as I am on day 38 of my juice diet! I don't know if I am going to do this for 60 or 84 days? Who knows... what I do know is, FINALLY! I'm getting those essential amino acids people fret about!

WAHOO!

I first took 17 grams of wheatgrass and 4 ounces of water and put them in our vitamix to ensure that I wasn't going to waste any of this potent 'grass' via the high powered juicer. I know placing the wheatgrass inside the vitamix container would confine all of it in one place. I wanted to limit the water, as I had no idea what it would taste like.  I started the vitamix, went to 10 and then powered in on high for about 15 to 30 seconds.  Upon lifting the lid off, I was overwhelmed by the SMELL!  WoW!  

This stuff is POTENT! I'm not going to lie, I was nervous!

I grabbed 2 LONG strands of red grapes, 2 pears and headed to the Breville! Upon loading up the juicer I started it. Mixed that juice with the wheatgrass 'juice' and gave it a good stir.  Yeah... NO!  The smell and the taste... (as I licked off the spoon) was still a LOT! I reached for 2 fuji apples.  Not any, but two COLD ones out of the fridge! Upon obtaining those I tossed them into the Breville too! Once the apples went through, I stirred together my little mixture.  The spoon test was "okay" at best. But not unbearable. Besides, I already had almost 30 ounces of juice.  I needed to consume it.

I did consume it all! Even the froth! It was okay. Next time, I'll add another apple.  Or maybe a jicama.  No. Probably an apple or more grapes.  I really think this flavor battle is going to be won by sweetness! Jicama juice has a sweetness to it, but not that powerful. Maybe a honeydew or a cantaloupe melon would go well with this.  Ahh... a papaya, maybe.  All of those are SWEET. Almost to sweet to be juiced on their own (in my opinion).

I made and drank this juice around 2:45 am... my wife calls me a mutant.  I had JUST finished up a 39 minute Insanity workout. And I wanted to get something in my system.  When I learned of how 'complete' wheatgrass is, it was an obvious choice.  I'll weigh myself in the morning and update all the the weight loss widget then.  

As of this morning (Wednesday Feb 20th):

I had lost 41.8 pounds in 38 days!

I kept the links below as I was citing where I got the info... NOT links to my personal weight loss blog or story, just links to the info given.

According to nutrition self dot com wheatgrass is PACKED full of Amino acids and proteins! I just consumed 17 grams of wheatgrass! Photos of "My Wheatgrass Juice" and my little recipe are below.

Their Protein Quality / Amino Acid score gives wheatgrass a 76 and a 92 in the completeness score:

*PROTEIN QUALITY

Protein quality is dependent on having all the essential amino acids in the proper proportions. If one or more amino acid is not present in sufficient amounts, the protein in your diet is considered incomplete.

Each spoke on the Protein Quality graph represents one of the nine essential amino acids, and the graph shows how close the protein in your diet is to the optimal distribution of amino acids recommended by the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board.

An Amino Acid Score of 100 or higher indicates a complete or high-quality protein. If the Amino Acid Score is less than 100, a link is provided to complementary sources of protein. By combining complementary proteins, you may be able to increase the overall quality of the protein you consume.

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*A Completeness Score between 0 and 100 is a relative indication of how complete the food is with respect to these nutrients. Although few (if any) individual foods provide all the essential nutrients, the Nutrient Balance Indicator and Completeness Score can help you construct meals that are nutritionally balanced and complete.

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The images below are from the same website. I am showing what 4 grams of wheatgrass has in it. I put 17 grams on the scale and then I threw it in our vitamix! Why the vitamix instead of my "stuffed pepper" scheme that I blogged about earlier? Because I wanted to be sure to get ALL of the amino acids (if possible) or at least maximize it!

[Deborah L Hernandez]

tell me how you grew the wheat grass and how you know 17 grams?

[Maureen Griffin]

Thx for the info J.

[angela usher]

Great job Johnathon!  Wheatgrass is somewhat....um....powerful (in more ways than one!) but you do feel go once you've got it down!  I think I'll try your recipe. Thanks.

Cheers Angela

[Mae Jardine]

Congratulations on your weight loss, Johnathan! I'm very impressed with your blog and your energy that resonates within. 

That is some pretty wheat grass you have growing there : )