Simple Juice Recipe

Here is a simple recipe for making a delicious juice out of ingredients that are all currently in season. If you don't like the intense flavor of the beet, you can cut back to half the size of the beet shown in the picture below. The lemons in the picture are Meyer lemons, a bit on the green side. I tossed everything whole in to the juicer, which meant the juicing took only a few minutes.

Ingredients: Apples, Carrots, Beet, and Meyer lemons. Enough for two people. 

Fall fruits in California

Here are my three favorite fall fruits that are at their peak:

Pomegranates: Select ones that are heavy for their size. I prefer the ones that are cracked or partially open, ensuring that they were allowed to fully ripen on the tree.

Concord Grapes: They have an intense, bold flavor that mirrors drinking port wine. However, they do have seeds, which makes them less popular, but in my opinion nothing comes close to these grapes.

Fuyu Persimmons: You can eat these even when they are hard like an apple, which is not the case with the Hachiya variety that have to be allowed to ripen at home until they turn extremely soft.