I think I told you all this before, but my life is a constant struggle of trying to lose weight and eating dessert. I have been eating a little too much dessert lately & the proof is in my clothes not fitting anymore. I've been feeling kind of blah lately and that my body is screaming "feed me something healthy". That's why I decided to go to the Juice Bar the past 2 days for lunch. I am normally more of a meat and 3 type girl but I knew this would make me at least feel better about my life.
Juice Bar is overwhelmingly vegetarian, gluten-free, organic when possible, and always uses 100% whole fruits and vegetables. They are definitely a “I want to eat healthy and feel great” type place. They offer juices, smoothies, juice cleanses, superfood salads, soups and more. Please see my pictures below to see more of what they have to offer.
On Tuesday for lunch (day about 27 of me feeling blah- I told you guys I am a procrastinator) I walked into the Juice Bar, took about 10 minutes to make a choice on which smoothie to get, which you would have thought I was making a major life decision, I decided on the "Green Smoothie." I went with a smoothie because I like a little more substance. To me it feels a little more like actual food , which y'all know I love. It's made with spinach, kale, pineapple, banana, lemon, apple juice and coconut milk. It is the perfect blend of healthy and sweet tasting and absolutely DELICIOUS. The best part was that it actually filled me up, and smoothies never fill me up. They are always more like a drink to me. I also enjoyed watching them actually placing all of the vegetables and fruits in and mixing it up in front of me, where I can see all of the fresh ingredients. While I was there waiting on my made to order smoothie, I noticed a sign with a large bowl of soup. Their featured soup of the day was black bean. The nice man working asked me if I would like to try a sample. I am not a big fan of black beans in general, so I politely declined. He told me they have a different soup everyday and they had just finished making tomorrow's soup, which was his favorite, the garden veggie; so he gave me a sample of that. It was so delicious I couldn't wait to get back there today on my lunch break. I posted a photo of it below so you can see how absolutely packed with healthiness it is, but it has broccoli, carrots, celery, onions, kale, red beans, zucchini, quinoa, cilantro and maybe a little bit of a tomato base. I seriously have never felt so healthy in my life after eating that many vegetables together at one time. It was so filling and packed with enjoyable flavor. I am very excited about Wednesdays now, thanks to this soup! I also got to try their four most popular juices, the "Orange You Glad" and the "Sweet Greens" were my two favorites!!
Juice Bar has a different soup each day; Monday-tomato basil, Tuesday-black bean Wednesday-garden Veggie, Thursday- red lentil and Friday through Sunday butternut squash. I went to the Franklin location located at 232 Fifth Avenue North Franklin, Tn, but they have locations all over the Middle Tennessee area. Locations include Green Hills, Berry Hill, Hillsboro Village, The Gulch, Germantown, Belle Meade, Murfreesboro, Brentwood and of course Franklin.
Moral of this story if you pass by a Juice Bar, GO! It will make you feel good on the inside as well as out. I Just hope my clothes start to fit better. I'm one of those people who feels like you can eat salad once and you should automatically lose 5 lbs. I'm almost 30 and I have never known this to be more untrue. Baby steps though, baby steps. XOXO- Amber
