Juiced Served Here, Sunset Blvd in Silver Lake to be Exact

"Clean Greens" to get your day going

Sunset Junction is writhing with health-conscious hipsters. Yoga pants have become mainstream fashion in this neighborhood with yoga mats slung around the shoulder as an accessory. Pilates studios, warehouses of spinning women and weekend dancing at the Sweat Spot provide the perfect consumers of fresh cold-pressed juices and vegan-gluten-free-nut-free-lactose-free-flavor-free treats for several of Silver Lake's green-eats restaurants.

 

Choose your Juice or Make it a Shake!

Though it seems the Silver Lake area has plenty of choices for healthy (and needless to say expensive) bites, they keep adding to the roster. Introducing... Juice Served Here.

Juice Bar now open in Silver Lake

Juice Served Here is a small chain of juice shops in Southern California. The new juice shop just opened today on Sunset between my favorite shoe store, Undefeated, and Pazzo Gelato. Their clean, minimal branding is fresh and bright and reflects the quality of their ingredients. You can go for one of their pre-made cold-pressed green juices or have a healthy shake whipped up just for you. They also offer juice cleanses starting at $55/day. #jshcleanse

Cookbooks and organic goodies for your body and soul

If you've lived in the neighborhood for awhile, it will definitely be hard to break your Naturewell habit as they blend their juice fresh and it's right across the street. Either way, in Silver Lake you're gonna be paying some major green to drink green!

Of course, what else goes with juice besides luxury goods?

JUICE SERVED HERE

3827 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Silver Lake Neighborhood

North Coast Organic Apple Juice is Delicious

North Coast Organic Apple Juice

I love apple juice. Not that translucent amber colored stuff from concentrate. I like real apple juice - thick, unfiltered with slight texture left from the flesh of the apple. I'm sure this comes from my obsession with Bloomincamp's apple cider growing up. While everyone couldn't wait to sink their teeth into a slice of dutch apple pie, all I wanted was a sip of cider. It was always so tasty and irresistible to me. My affair with juice continues to this day.

I only get Bloomingcamp's juice when I happen to be in Oakdale during the fall and stop by the orchard, when apples are abundant. All other times of the year, I choose North Coast Organic Apple Juice as my go to apple juice. It's made in Sonoma County in the Northern California and you can taste the California love. They juice is a naturally sweet and perfect for breakfast or a hot afternoon on the patio.

Sticky and Sweet: Honey in Mexico City

I love honey! It's my preferred sweetener, along with agave nectar. I always think of my childhood friend Amy when I buy honey because her dad is a beekeeper. To this day he still keeps bees in my hometown of Oakdale. He even has bee boxes on my dad's property, so he shares some of the honey with my family.

Honey Cart in Mexico City

Rather than buying honey from a store in Mexico City, I buy it from the honey man. He wheels his cart around the neighborhood selling honey and many bee related products, like honey comb and even royal jelly. This last time I got avacado flower honey. I've been using it over avacados, vanilla ice cream and in my tea.

Beautiful Squash Blossoms at the Mexican Market

Squash Blossom at the market in Mexico City

While shopping at the tianguis in Mexico City I came across some gorgeous squash blossoms, - or flor de calabaza as they are know here. They are the flowers that will one day turn into a squash. They often make squash blossom quesadillas here, which is one of my favorite street foods. I decided to buy some but have never cooked with them and have no idea what I'm going to make. There are several squash blossom recipes for things like squash blossom soup, stuffed squash blossoms and fried squash blossoms. So you're going to have to see what I do with these edible flowers.