Juicing

[D Rusak]

I just acquired a brand new juicer via craigslist (a free online advertisement service), for free!! It seems as though juicing is highly beneficial, as it allows for greater digestibility of nutrients as the parts of the plant are broken down and squeezed to make juice. Also, it tastes mighty good, and is another way to get some fresh raw veggies (and fruits) into the diet. Of course it must not be done to excess- and one will want to eat regular old un-juiced plants for fiber and other nutrients.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has had experience with making juice, and have any suggested recipes or comments? So far I have tried straight grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, pineapple-carrot juice, straight carrot juice, and carrot-spinach juice with a little bit of ginger. These were all good, but can hardly be called adventurous.

*NB* I do not have any issues with candida and other problems, though the pineapple and carrots are about as sweet as I'm going to want to go, me thinks. I had to dilute them with a little water for my taste.

 

[EdgeofDawn]

I have a champion juicer that I got on eBay for $50! I usually just start off with Romaine lettuce, then add carrots, an apple or two, some ginger and a half of a lemon. If I have some kale, mustard greens or spinach, I'll add some of that too. Michael Murray's book The Complete Book of Juicing has over 150 recipes in it. You could probably get it for a few $ on abebooks.com

 

[dugdeep]

I managed to borrow a juicer a month or so ago (there always seems to be someone around who has an unused juicer collecting dust in their garage :D), so I've been experimenting quite a bit. I try to keep it low on the sweet side due to candida concerns. I've found that both celery and cucumber make for really nice juices when combined with apple or carrot. I've also been using beets, as well as their greens. Ginger is nice too, but go easy on it (I figured this out the hard way and ended up with a really spicy juice!).

 

[Laura]

I've juiced in the past but after awhile, I started feeling guilty for throwing out all that perfectly good pulp which my innards said they wanted to process for other benefits. Then I learned that some veggies have elements that are not friendly and need to be deactivated by light cooking. So, I gave up juicing except maybe when I am sick and need concentrated nutrients without fiber. But I'm picky about what I juice: no cruciferous veggies.

 

[theos]

I've juiced veggies for a little while but it isn't something that I've stuck with. One day I may do a juice fast. I found myself only juicing veggies that I wouldn't want to eat like celery and carrots and like Laura, I thought it seemed a little wasteful. I don't particulary care for juicing fruits and most veggies because they're just too yummy not to eat whole. Juice asparagus? That's like a sacrilege.

 

[Laura]

I've juiced veggies for a little while but it isn't something that I've stuck with. One day I may do a juice fast. I found myself only juicing veggies that I wouldn't want to eat like celery and carrots and like Laura, I thought it seemed a little wasteful. I don't particulary care for juicing fruits and most veggies because they're just too yummy not to eat whole. Juice asparagus? That's like a sacrilege.

As a carrot and beet lover, I think it's sacrilegious to juice them!

 

[Jacques]

I've juiced veggies for a little while but it isn't something that I've stuck with. One day I may do a juice fast. I found myself only juicing veggies that I wouldn't want to eat like celery and carrots and like Laura, I thought it seemed a little wasteful. I don't particulary care for juicing fruits and most veggies because they're just too yummy not to eat whole. Juice asparagus? That's like a sacrilege.

As a carrot and beet lover, I think it's sacrilegious to juice them!

I juice them with a special machine. I can put carrots, beets, apples... and a couple of ice cubes and the machine turns that in a wonderful juice without any loss.

 

[Iconoclast]

we get regular deliveries of fruits & veggies to the office, and we usually put the fruit into a blender (not juicer)
today: 3 pears, 2 apples a kiwi and some (packaged) pinapple juice to make it more liquid - yields 3 glasses of thick, but nice tasting liquid. and healthy too!

we call 'em "vitamin bombs" :D

 

[manitoban]

I juice veggies regularly and really enjoy it. I had a lovely kale, celery and apple juice yesterday. I think of it as an addition to actually eating the greens - I like to do both.

 

[banjoechef]

I have a juicer and i make a great lemonade with 1 lemon and about 6-8 apples, plus some berries can be nice for a different flavour. I also like to make orange carrot juice very tasty and energizing. I dont have as much of the issue with the pulp as i compost the pulp so it can help me grow new veggies in the garden. :)

 

[Evey]

I have been juicing on and off for years
My favourite is carrot,celery and apple
I also use the pulp for the garden.,

 

[D Rusak]

There is a little vendor in a big farmer's market here in Philadelphia that makes a vegan version of something that I swear tastes just like tuna fish. One wouldn't want to use the soy-based nayonnaise like they do, but for someone that doesn't have an egg allergy, they could use regular mayonnaise and make it just like regular tuna salad (add chopped celery, onion, mayo, etc). Actually one could even use a non-egg-based mayo, I found some recipes for mayo without eggs and hope to try them in the next few weeks. Right now sometimes I save the pulp and mix it with buckwheat batter, other times I throw it in the garden heap.

 

[Leo40]

I want to mention that it is important to select a low speed juice machine.
It not only can juice harder items like carrots and beets but most importantly
it will not destroy nutrients due to high speed with resulting heat development.

 

[Thor]

I have been juicing pretty regularly for a couple of years and have a favorite sweet juice consisting of

1 apple
1 pear
2-3 carrots
1 orange
1 red beet root
1 knuckle-sized piece of ginger

This gives a delicious juice with the only problem that it is hard to restrain yourself from gobbling it down at once. I have read several places that with the sweet juices, one should drink small sips and make chewing movements to release the required enzymes needed for digestion. If you just drink the juice it will be too much for your body to handle at once.

Last week I was talking to Robyn from Get-Fitt regarding the FIR-detox program and she recommended that I increase the alkalinity in my body by starting every morning with a green alkaline juice on an empty stomach, consisting of

1/2 cucumber
2-3 sticks of selleri
leafy greens (e.g. kale, spinach, etc.)
1 lemon

I did it for some days and it is quite energizing. Today, I started the USD and therefore I will have to test each of the ingredients before taking it up again.

 

[jaela]

Hello I´m juicing for a while as well and the overleft I use for sauces. For example the apple-carrot combination I use in the tomato sauce, and its really delicius. Bye J