Some Things Just Aren't Worth My Time

This was my third four-day weekend in a row, but it was the first weekend I have actually been at home.  It was great to relax but I also had some free time on my hands.  

For the most part we are healthy eaters.  But I've really been trying to make sure I get more fruits and vegetables in my diet.  I decided a while back my goal should be to eat something green everyday, particularly broccoli or spinach.  But the problem is that I don't really love broccoli and unless it's fresh broccoli steamed slightly, then I kinda have to choke it down.  I'm not really in love with spinach either.  I've tried making a spinach smoothy, which wasn't too bad.  The only problem is that it's not convenient during the week. Plus, I only enjoy it when I add all kinds of other ingredients that aren't that good for you, like heavy whipping cream :)

I decided on the 4th of July that I would try using the juicer that my dad gave me.  He had bought a second one because he thought the first was a pain to clean, but it turns out his second is also not fun to clean.  I had bought some extra vegetables the last time I went to the grocery store so I was prepared to juice.  I even had a recipe ready to go.  But when I looked at the ingredients I thought to myself "I hope this keeps because it seems like it's going to make a lot".  But I was wrong.  It only made one glass.  All that work for one little glass.

It was a mess and seemed like a lot of effort.  But I will say cleaning the actual juicer wasn't that bad.

After Seth pointed it out, I also kinda felt like I was discarding a lot of the nutrients.

The finished product.  The one on the left is carrot juice with apple and a tad bit of spinach.  The one on the right is beet greens with oranges and lemon.  I just finished drinking the green one today.  I kinda had to choke it down.

So the final verdict is I probably won't juice again, unless it's carrots.  They were the easiest to juice and probably the best to drink.  

There are many things that sound like a great idea until you actually do it.  What are some of those things for you?