![Nourishing Cleanse of organic green(ish) juices and bone broth.](https://kristensraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Image-91-570x321.jpg)
I used to juice a lot. So much that I bought a Norwalk juicer years ago. It made the best juice – cold-pressed veggie syrup is how it was. Sounds kinda gross, but it was good.
After changing my diet from militant vegan to real food omnivore (a few years ago?), I found myself drinking a lot less juice. By choice. It just didn’t feel right anymore.
As a result, I was using the Norwalk so little that I sold it. Besides, with all the great juice stores around these days it’s not a big deal that I sold it. If I get a hankering for a high quality cold-pressed green juice, I can head over to Kaleidoscope or Juice Core (my two local favorites). Selling the Norwalk gave me more counter space for like, um, my sous vide.
In fact, side note, a couple of weeks ago I didn’t have any veggies in the house (gasp!), other than raw sauerkraut, so I popped into Kaleidoscope to get an organic green juice. I figured that was a good way to get some veggies in my diet in a pinch.
![No veggies in the house? Go grab a green juice.](https://kristensraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Image-92-519x570.jpg)
Back to juicing and juice-fasting… I don’t feel drawn to doing it for days on end. Truthfully, I never did really. I was a louse juice faster. Once day two came along, I was dreaming of juicing Chipotle burritos (back in the day I also ate wheat without thinking twice; hence, the memory of “burrito”).
All that said, even though I’m not drinking lots of green juices anymore, I was in the mood for a bit of cleaning house for my body last week. I figured a day of green juices could be just what I needed. The more I thought about it the less I was drawn to the idea though.
That is, until I decided what would be really awesome for my body was a Nourishing Cleanse.
Yes! That’s what I needed. A day of not only green juices, filtered water, and herbal tea, but also homemade bone broth. It’s all liquids which gives my digestion a rest. Why stick to only green juice when I could boost my health by also including homemade bone broth.
![A few of my juices plus the quart of bone broth. #NourishingCleanse](https://kristensraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Image-82-570x321.jpg)
![Bone Broth for my 1-day Nourishing Cleanse](https://kristensraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Image-72-570x321.jpg)
Another side note, Whole Foods now sells high quality bone broth that I can be happy about. It’s from pasture-raised animals, even the chicken broth option, and organic veggies. So, if you don’t make your own, you might find it in the freezer section of your Whole Foods Market.
![Quality Bone Broth at Whole Foods Market](https://kristensraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Image1-570x321.jpg)
Dare I say, this is the best kind of cleanse I could’ve done. The cooling juices and the warming bone broth kept me balanced(!), nourished, hydrated, and satiated. Oh, I started the day with a cup of black coffee. Duh. Still a liquid. :)
Here’s what I consumed in total:
- 1 cup black coffee
- 7 to 8 pints of green juice
- filtered water
- 1 quart bone broth
- 2 cups herbal tea
All in all… the day was pretty good. I won’t say I love fasting, because I don’t. However, I did wake up feeling extra nice the next day.
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