Joe Cross 'Reboot Tour' visits Supa Centa Moore Park, Sydney (4 Feb 2012)

http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com

Regaining your natural health

For those who watched the film Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead on tv this week will have already heard about inspirational quest of Joe Cross to loose weight and get healthy by drinking only fresh juice for 60 days while travelling across the United States. In contrast to Supersize Me which actually made me think about wanting some McDonald's french fries after watching it believe it or not, Joe's movie made me want to get a freshly squeezed juice. After liking his Facebook group I noticed he was on a tour around Australia visiting Woolworths stores to promote his new juices plus also Harvey Norman in the Supa Centa Moore Park which was handy and very good timing for me. Breville seemed to be his juicer of choice but with only a quick 30 minutes available I missed out on seeing the juicing demonstration and most of what he had to say although noticed he was a very confident public speaker. I did get a chance to try his Reboot Juice #1 which I was hoping for anyway. The flavours were pretty balanced and likable for me and initially I noticed the cucumber taste. It definitely tasted like a healthy drink and I'll have to see if I can get it during the week when I'm at work. Would be great to be able to make it at work and share the healthy love around the office.

Reboot Recipe Juice #1

6 Kale leaves

1 Cucumber

4 Celery stalks

2 Green apples

1/2 Lemon

1 Piece of ginger

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Very healthy and made from all natural ingredients, Full of vitamins and minerals, Simple ingredients, Easy process to make if you have a juicer

CONS: You have to buy a juicer if you want to make it yourself and then clean it too

MUST TRY: Getting more fresh juices during the week and checking out the Reboot juices in Woolworths

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Juicing demonstration

Fresh fruit and vegetables

Reboot Recipe Juice #1

Interested crowd amongst the appliances

Breville juicers being used

Breville product placement

Reality bites

Nespresso machines taking advantage of the crowd action

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Top Juice: Biggest and best cherries I've seen this season, Westfield Sydney (10 Dec 2010)

Cnr Market and Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000

http://westfield.com.au/sydney

Best cherries of the season?

Thanks to Joy Leaper and Melinda Griffith from Liquid Ideas for sending me an early Christmas Hamper of goodies from Top Juice and Le Pain Quotidien of Westfield Sydney. I couldn't believe the size of this fruit hamper which seemed to have everything in it including mango, apple, orange, grapes, peaches, nectarines, dates, banana, papaya, passionfruit, Asian pear, massive strawberries, white cherries and huge red cherries and even a couple of exotic dragonfruit — it's weight was formidable. The large plump red cherries took me by surprise since I've been hearing so much about the bad season of cherries this year from readers in response to my Coles spot check although this doesn't seem to have affected the Top Juice offering. Seriously these cherries were ridiculous in size and thankfully were very tasty and juicy as hoped — I shared a few around the office to astonished faces. For such premium produce you have to expect a premium price and they're currently selling at $40/kg at Top Juice or $55/kg in David Jones Food Hall. Equally impressive were the strawberries with firm green stems and leaves still attached. They were nearly the size of the mutant one I found back in September but tasted a lot better — a Strapple as Kristy calls them.

Le Pain Quotidien — a name I have trouble working out how to pronounce — provided a large crunchy baguette and four Organic spreads. I don't really eat chocolate in the morning and prefer jam with my toast but the Belgian Chocolate and Hazelnut Spread is my favourite of them all — probably because it has a similar taste to Nutella which I've had before. I'm trying to think of a dessert I could make with them perhaps? I also received a $25 Breakfast Voucher which I'm looking forward to trying a croissant, coffee and maybe an organic omelet.

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Quality fruit that tastes good, Spreads are organic, Breads are organic, Open from 8 am for breakfast

CONS: Need to eat the fruit quickly in this hot weather before it spoils, Premium cherries are expensive, Strawberries bruise the easiest in hampers

MUST TRY: Fruit salad at Top Juice, Find people to share the spreads with or I'll become a human blimp

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Fruit hamper of many different fruits

Size comparison of normal cherry (Hunter Street fruit stand) and Top Juice cherry

Good colour and flavour

Top Juice on level 5 Westfield Sydney: Premium cherries ($40/kg)

Size comparison of Top Juice strawberry aka The Strapple

Good colour and flavour

Le Pain Quotidien bread roll and organic spreads

Blondie, Noir, Noisella and Brunette spreads

Noisella: Belgian Chocolate and Hazelnut Spread

$25 Breakfast Voucher to use

Le Pain Quotidien located on level 4 of Westfield Sydney

Comparison pricing from David Jones Food Hall for premium cherries ($55/kg)

Sunny Ridge Long Stems Strawberries from David Jones Food Hall ($14.90/400g)

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