Juicing

Hi blonde lawyer:



I juice daily and I definitely feel as though I have more energy drinking fresh vegetable juice. My entire family drinks juice and feels the same way.



My favorite morning cocktail - green lemonade consists of kale, apples and lemon. Sometimes I add cabbage and cucumber as well as they are good for hair growth.



There is a great book called the jucing bible that contains good recipes. Really experimenting is the best. Buy organic veggies if you aren't peeling them. Enjoy!

I juice everyday too.  My fave fave fave during the summer is watermelon juice.  I have it every day and I never get tired of it.  It's how I start my day.  I wouldn't recommend it at other times.  Melons are best consumed by themselves on an empty stomach.  That way, it moves through very quickly.  Combined with other foods, melons can cause bloating.  The only thing I add to the juice is unrefined salt, probably a scant 1/4 teaspoon per 12 oz of juice.  Put the whole thing through -- seeds, rind included.  There's hardly anything left afterwards.  

The green juices are very good for us too.  Just be aware that cruciferous veggies can suppress thyroid function, so if your thyroid is underactive, just choose other greens.  Cabbage, ugh, don't miss that one at all.  But if you like it, drink it immediately.  It oxidizes quicker than anything else.  Spinach is divine in a green juice.  I can't stay away from it even though it's in the cruciferous group.  

My staples for a green juice are:  lemon (peeled), slice of ginger, apple, and coconut water.  The greens should vary and just rotate through a selection.  Some of my faves are cilantro, parsley, cucumber, bell pepper, spinach, celery, romaine, radish sprouts.   

We juice daily. I have an omega and a blendtec. I make smoothies with flax and hemp protein, berries, banana for breakfast. The kiddos love it. We follow that with an after school green juice...where I always add an apple to make it palatable. Then after dinner I do a major green sludge juice with all kinds of organic veggies...parsley, Ginger, lemon, kale, cabbage, fennel, cilantro, only one carrot to keep sugar down. I used to not be able to choke this one down...but now I literally crave it by the end of the day.

We juice every day too!  I like to stick to greener juices to keep sugar levels low...my current(summer)  favorite is cucumber (mild diuretic and cooling properties), celery (for essential mineral salts and also de-stressing), lemon (tonic for the liver) and apple (to make it all taste nice!).  DH favors carrot, apple, celery and lemon. Juicing is a great way to feel like you can use up your fruits and veggies so you can shop with abandon!  You can juice pretty much anything, and it's almost always tasty!   To your health!

Marie-Edith ~ What is suede?

Hello to all of you!

Would love to know if anyone here is drinking Aloe Vera Juice as well. I've read about some of its benefits and would really appreciate input if anyone on the site has tried it and, if so, do you continue to use it?

Thanks in advance!

I try to juice daily.  I have tried so many concoctions and have learned to like them all.  The "green" definitely takes getting used to.  When I end up with something I don't care for, I add a little liquid stevia and it helps to make it more palatable. I find that when I'm juicing, I dont have my normal food cravings and I eat less at mealtime. Any one else notice that?  I read that with today's diet, we are literally starving for nutrients.  Maybe the food cravings are decreasing because I am finally getting the nutrients from the juicing! 

I use apples and lemons to sweeten the juice but by lunch time, I want something less sweet tasting.  I have tomatoes right out my back door so lately I have been making a tomato based juice.  Tomatoes, carrots, celery, cucumber, kale or spinach, a clove of garlic and sea salt.  The salt really makes it good. Because of the tomatoes, it's a little "pulpy" so I strain it before I drink it.  I probably crave that one more than the sweet ones.

I have recently tried to get my 16 year old to drink a fresh juice at least once a day. I start with fruit and add in a little green (usually romaine lettuce or spinach).  He chokes it down like it's medicine,lol. I think it has more to do with the color than the taste.  I serve it in a wine glass as sometimes "presentation" helps but maybe I should put it in something opaque like Amidala does! 

I think Marie-Edith you spell it Swede? It is a purpleish root vegetable on top and yellowish in the body.The turnip is the one that is purpleish on top with a white bulbous bottom.Parsnip?...very different.

I'm also from Australia...was brought up in Tasmania where swedes, turnips ans also parsnips are very popular. An aquired taste but I love them all!

jezza

I had huge constipation issues during chemo, long story short, finally came across aloe vera juice ! Soo mild and subtle, healing.  1oz to 8 oz a day.  Really helped with the nausea, too.

I have had many juicers, and currently have a Breville Juice Fountain...It's actually the second one I've bought, since I wore the other one out after years of juicing daily.  I think I paid $160 (at Bed Bath Beyond with their 20% coupon) and I think its a good deal.  It is the type of juicer that deposits the pulp into a bucket, which is much more convenient than say, the Omega juicers, which keep the pulp inside the canister.  It also comes with a pitcher that separates the foam when you pour, so you get a nice smooth juice.   The motor is very, very powerful and it has a switch for high speed (for harder veggies and fruits) and a low speed for softer juicier things like tomatoes or berries.  Cleaning a juicer is just part of the juicing experience....it's not that big of a deal once you get used to it.  The Breville comes with a good brush for cleaning the filter basket, which is really the only part of the juicer that is difficult to clean.  I have found that scrubbing the mesh on the outside of the filter basket is WAY easier ....it feels counter-intuitive at first, but saves a lot of time and aggravation!  I loved my first juicer, which was a Moulinex, that operated like this Breville.  (Juice comes out one side and pulp goes out the other)  I could not find a Moulinex on the market, so I bought the Breville instead.  It seems just as fine!

In comparison, I have had an Omega (canister-style) juicer.  Even though I do think the Omega extracted the maximum juice from the produce, it was such a pain that I didn't want to use it.  I would have to stop and empty out the canister alot, or the thing would freak out and get all offbalance.  Also, it was very difficult to clean, although you can buy paper filters to line the basket, and that did help with cleaning.  I would never have another one.   

Marie-Edith and Jezza ~ It sounds to me like a "suede/swede" is what we call a Rutabaga.  They are they ones with the purple crown and yellowish round bottom.  If they are white on the bottom we call them Turnips.  Parsnips here look like white carrots.  Interesting lesson!  But wow yuck, I never dreamed of juicing a rutabaga...I can't even eat them when they are cooked!   

For all you ladies who keep a garden, the pulp from juicing makes the finest compost!! 

I juice almost daily and prefer making juice in my vitamix and straining it through a nutmilk bag. I appreciate that the vitamix is already on my counter and I dont have to take out and put away another appliance daily

My favorite is beetroot, celery, carrot, cucumber, ginger, lemon, spinach. LOVE IT.

Thank you, guys.  I'll let you know how it goeswhen i receive the new juicer.  probably breville @ amazon.

Just got my juicer last night. I got the breville juice fountain plus from BBB. I saw the movie fat sick and nearly dead and was inspired. So far I've done one fruit mix & one veggie mix. The fruit is of course delicious and the veggie will take some getting used to. Can wait to try the next concoction. Any suggested recipe books? Can you juice a banana?

Thanks!



Tonight's concoction, honeydew, kiwi, lime and hint of mint.