Huge Balls of Citrus

My love of grapefruits come and go like the Santa Anna winds in Southern California. If the mood is right, I love them, if not, they will sit in my banana hammock until they rot. 

I have 2 grapefruit spoons and lots of memories eating them in the summer (growing up), picking out the big and small seeds like someone with OCD and then sprinkling the tops with a very nice heaping of white refined sugar.  After eating all the segments, I would squeeze out the juice, wringing every last bit of liquid out, and of course leaving my hands a sticky mess, followed by drinking the now very sweet remaining juice.

That was then, this is now.  And without the enticing taste of sweeeeeet grapefruit... ehhh. 
 
Right now, they were RIPE TO ROT. I stared at them for a long time with disgust.  Not to mention the guilt that goes along with the "I shouldn't waste food" and the "people in Africa are starving" and of course "but grapefruit is so good for you!"
 
I decided to play/experiment with Tazz and these 4 huge grapefruit that were bombarding my adorable banana hammock.  So I peeled them (spraying grapefruit essence all over my coffee table) and just dropped all 4 into the Vitamix container.
 
Within 20 seconds or so, I was left with a thick "grapefruit juice".  Which I then poured into... I know, I know, one of my Weck Juice jars.

 

 

1. I was thrilled with this vibrant pink color that shines through the glass.
2. I was thrilled that I got all the juice AND fiber that went along with it.
3. I was thrilled that I have an easy way to incorporate "healthy" grapefruit into my meals.

In this case, I've been pouring the pulpy liquid into my morning smoothies when they need a little bit more liquid to take them from a soon to be sorbet to an actual thick smoothie.

 

I could also put them into ice cube trays to add a frozen element to sorbets or to replace plain old ice.  They might make a refreshing spin on regular water if they have grapefruity ice cubes in them!

 

... Grapefruits may no longer be looked at with a harsh scowl if they show up in my banana hammock in the future.