Hey friends! A couple years ago I bought my first juicer. Before that I had been an big fan of all the green juices you can buy at coffee shops and grocery stores. But oh man, my juicer converted me quickly. Homemade juice is a million times more delicious! It’s incredible.
Today I put together a few of my favorite juicing tips and solutions.
There’s a juicer for every almost budget. If you don’t have one yet and aren’t ready to take the plunge I suggest healthy smoothies instead. If you’re in the market for a juicer I suggest reading up on them and learning from people who have the one you want.
With that said, here’s a little about the juicers I’ve tried: My first one was this Cuisinart juicer. It’s inexpensive for a juicer, but pretty powerful and I got a lot of wear out of it. It’s pretty hard to clean and a little dangerous because of the sharp blades.
This is the juicer I’m using now. It’s less powerful, but much safer to clean because the blade isn’t really sharp (I know, it’s weird!). It’s also easier to clean. Both good juicers for someone like me. What do you guys use?
The Produce/
The fruit and vegetables are the most important part of juicing. Here a few tips that work for me to reduce waste and make the healthiest juice possible!
•When you shop for ingredients you’ll need a base, these are fruits and vegetables that produce more liquid and add volume. Carrots, green apples, cucumbers and celery make great bases.
After you have that you can also add things that add a lot of vitamins or color like leafy greens, beets and other fruits. Last, you might want to add something flavorful like herbs or spices. My favorite flavor additions are mint leaves and fresh ginger.
• Have you heard of the dirty dozen? It’s a list of the twelve most contaminated (with pesticides and herbicides) fruits and vegetables.
These is is the list of produce you should always try to buy organic when possible. Peaches, Apples, Sweet Bell Peppers, Celery, Nectarines, Strawberries, Cherries, Pears, Imported Grapes, Spinach, Lettuce and Potatoes. Things that are safer to buy non-organic usually have a rind or peel like Oranges, Melons or Onions.
• The more leafy green vegetables you can get into your juice the better! Green juice is an acquired taste just like coffee or wine. The first time you taste if you might think you’d rather drink poison, but the more you try it, the more you will like it.
So if you’re brand new to juicing you might want to add a lot of fruit to your juices, but over time you’ll be able to enjoy it with less and less which reduces your sugar intake. Moral of the story: Don’t feel bad adding lots of fruit to your fresh juice in the beginning, but keep challenging yourself by shifting the proportions over time! 🙂
• One thing I was surprised to learned was how many ingredients it takes to make a good glass of juice. It’s kinda intense. You can see here I used everything on my counter top (above) to make the three little containers of juice you see (below).
It can be a little expensive, but I think it’s worth it. Now when we’re traveling, and I buy fresh juice for the price of two lattes I never ever complain.
When you juice something that has a rind or peel you need to remove it before juicing.
When you juice something coarse and leafy like kale or collard greens, you need to remove the leafy part from the stem before juicing.
Storing Juice/ You can store juice in airtight containers in your refrigerator. Sadly, I’ve read over and over again that the best time to drink juice (for nutrition benefits) is immediately. Still, sometimes I make extra to use for a few days because it’s so time consuming, and it still tastes great the next day.
Recipes/
Above are three juices I love. The first one is an intense green juice (for that acquired taste I was talking about before!) It has a whole bunch of kale, half a batch of celery, two cucumbers, a lemon and a lime. It’s intense, but awesome.
The second juice is 10 carrots, 1 lemon, 2 apples and ginger to taste (I always use too much, and it’s crazy spicy, but still really good!) The last juice is a refreshing morning juice. It’s not as “green tasting” as it looks. It has 6 cucumbers, half a celery bunch, 3 apples and 2 limes.
A few other combinations I love: fresh orange juice + ginger, green apple + collard greens + cucumber, pineapple + cucumber and pomegranate + pineapple + coconut milk.
I’d love to hear about your juicing experiences too! I excited to learn more. xo. Elsie
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What a great post. Anyone serious about managing their weight and living healthy should prioritize juicing. I previously struggled doing so but with the variety of recipes online, I have successfully managed to replace one meal a day with juice. I would advise anyone to go for cold press juicers such Omega 8006 or Hurom Slow Elite juicer because they optimize juice extraction. What’s more important is that they are easy to clean. I don’t like centrifugal juicers because they tend to produce somewhat warm juice but I have Breville juice fountain in my collection and i use occasionally.
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Thanks for the recipe. good article. I will definitely try with my juicer.I love juices.
yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great article.
Do you have a favorite recipie?
Awesome tips. Thank you for this. I am ready to take the plunge of healthy smoothies instead.
Thank you for this review. I learned great tips.
I am super interested in trying juicing, but I don’t know where to start. I don’t want to buy a juicer if I end up not liking all the different juices. Plus, I haven’t really had homemade juices when I am out because most places I’ve been to don’t really do that. In need of some advice 🙂
Awesome pictures! Juicing has changed my life, so I love finding posts like this on other peoples blogs 🙂
Neil
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I love to juice! My juicer is a hand-me-down from my mom. I had it for months before using it. When I finally discovered it’s full potential, not only was I in love but I am forever hooked! It’s all about the preparation of shopping for your ingredients and taking the time to juice them. This post especially spoke to me this morning because I just watched a documentary about juicing last night. It’s called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It’s an inspiring film about the health benefits of juicing and how powerful fruits and veggies really are!
ohhh, this post has perfect timing! i got a new juicer for christmas, and can’t waaait to try some of these recipes!
xo, cheyenne
YUMMIE 🙂
Silly question but.. Where did you find the bottles with the metal clip tops?
Thanks!
We’ve juiced off and on for a lot over the years, and I made a few discoveries as well:
The rotary/shreddy sort of juicers are fairly similar to one another: we had the Cuisinart (hard to clean), Jack LaLane (hard to clean, aactually requires a tool to remove the cutters), and one other that was so bad I can’t remember it.
For a few weeks now we’ve been using an Omega J8005 “Masticating” juicer. $250, give or take. Totally different world.
– Oranges (any citrus) can go in with peel. Makes a remarkable flavor difference.
– Apples go in seeds and all.
– Wheatgrass (I tried it once. Ew.), basil, parsley are all basically vaporized by this thing.
So we chop a little, shove stuff in the juicer, and drink whatever comes out. It’s kind of amazing the difference in the flavors when you leave the skins on.
Basic recipes are the best for me:
– 1 orange, 1 apple, 3 carrots, handful of Italian parsley, and a thick sliver of Ginger.
– 3 carrots, 4 celery stalks, 4 tomatoes, 1/4 a jalapeno, handful of parsley. Bonus: add 2 radishes, another 1/4 jalapeno, and 2 cloves of garlic, a drizzle of olive oil and salt/pepper in the glass.
– 3 oranges, 1/2 lime, 1/2 lemon, sliver of ginger.
Bonus on the Omega: pour peanuts, almonds, pecans into it and make nut butters.
Bonus-bonus: if you like Pasta, mix your dough and have someone feed it in, and there are 3 pasta shapers. One person feeds, the other cuts and hangs.
And: There;s a little bit of pulp that comes through – the catch cup has a filter screen you can put over it for less. Me, I like pulp.
Last: this is a VERY low speed juicer. It feeds a lot a stuff fast because of it’s design, but the low RPM’s it runs at mean little or no foam – bonus!
You don’t ‘need’ a juicer, I have a little hand held blender and while it’s not able to do carrots and really hard stuff it’s fine with apples and celery, cucumber type produce. If it’s too chunky just put it through a sieve afterwards.