Juice Anyone?

broknsymetry · 2025-02-01T18:20:01+00:00

I was just wondering if any one else here uses a juicing machine. I purchased a slow masticating juicer a couple of weeks ago and have used it several times. I just received a bunch of fruits and veggies this morning from the grocer and plan on putting them to good use. Often when I buy fresh goods they wind up going into the compost bin. I'm hoping the juicer will prompt me to use them instead of waste them. I had a centrifugal juicer years ago but it was very loud and a PITA to clean. The masticating juicer is very quiet and a breeze to clean, but the items have to be cut to size to fit the narrow feed tube which adds to prep time. I have gotten an apple slicer (one recommended by America's Test Kitchen) and that speeds up prep considerably. This morning I juiced 2 gala apples, 2 pears, 2 oranges, 1 small lemon, 8 med/lrg strawberries and 5 smallish carrots which made 24 oz of juice. I may use this morning's pulp to make muffins or a loaf of quick bread. Several days ago I made a beet root based juice and used the pulp in a meatloaf. I welcome any juice/pulp recipes, experiences and tips.

HooRU

Astyanax IOWds not so healthy a diet

broknsymetry

Astyanax That means you should just stop buying them. Buying a juicer is just trying to avoid the guilt that you don't like them but should because they're good for you.

That's absolute BS. I love fruits and vegetables and eat them all the time. Even before the juicer I had a crisper drawer full of vegetables and a basket full of fruits. Just this evening I had asparagus and spiced apples with dinner; the other day I baked a blackberry pie. I am on a limited budget and buy everything when it is on sale usually in quantity. However, I am quite busy taking care of my elderly mother and taking care of the household chores. I am also disabled and things take me much longer to perform, not to mention the many doctors appointments. I love to cook and make most from scratch, but most recipes yield a lot of servings and each dish usually lasts for days. You can't buy just two or three stalks of celery and a couple of carrots so you can make a batch of soup. So after making a batch it may be days before I can use those veggies again. The next meal may not use those ingredients. so they may not get used in time. Other days I don't feel like cooking and have canned/packaged/frozen meals. I also buy fruits often with the intention of using them quickly, but life (and procrastination) often gets in the way. I bought a juicer not out of guilt but of adding another way to enjoy fruits and vegetables. Years ago I was a vegetarian, I was younger and had the energy and the time to make a fruit platter every morning before sending the kids off to school and going to my classes. It would have a great variety of fruits - bananas, peaches, pears, apples, berries, cantaloupe, melon and various other fruits all hand sliced. We would each have a fork and dig in.. I lived in WA state and fruits were plentiful and cheap. It is not that way where I live now so when I do buy them I like to use them in as many ways as I can.

Astyanax I don't cook and rarely buy fresh produce. What I do buy are some pre-picked and washed ready-to-eat fruit cups. Any other veggies I eat come with my take-out or restaurant meals.

Perhaps you should buy a juicer and get more nutrients into your drive-thru diet; no cooking involved and prep/cleaning is easy.

Astyanax

broknsymetry 16+ lines of impassioned defense of buying a juicer? What drives someone to write all that? 😉

Sparkchaser

broknsymetry

broknsymetry I love fruits and vegetables and eat them all the time. Even before the juicer I had a crisper drawer full of vegetables and a basket full of fruits.

I wish I could try some of those. I'll be 80 in 28 days and seemed to have developed an "allergic to everything syndrome". I've had some allergies my whole life but not so much food allergies. Now, most anything I eat will cause a reaction. Loosing weight. 🙁 Finally got an appointment with an allergist on Monday. Hoping he'll have an idea about what's going on.

If we can fix it, I'll try some of your recipes.

egeezer

broknsymetry
My way of saving vegetables is to make a batch of vegetable soup, divide the batch into used cottage cheese and other containers and put into the freezer. Carrots, celery, peas, green beans etc. go well in vegetable beefsoup. Potatoes and cabbage make a great soup.

Those plastic containers for cole slaw are great for storage. The Kroger ones are heavier than the storage containers you buy in stores.

As for restaurant food, it’s tasty but has too much sodium. Campbell’s and other canned soups taste way too salty for me. Eating out or carryout is good occasionally, but I prefer making my own meals since I know and can control what’s in them. Bagged salads are too often recalled for contamination to suit me.

broknsymetry

HooRU But buying prouce is expensive.

I am fortunate that I turn 65 this month and chose an excellent Medicare Advantage plan that gives me $250 per month to spend on healthy foods.

HooRU

I'm on Medicaire Advantage also, I get 113 which I use for gas and electric, I'm 67 this summer.

Back in better times, I got a LOT of garden produce, but I no longer speak with the owner for good reasons.

I like to make a smoothie or juice of Watercvress, Lettuce, Beat, Apple, Carrot, and Jalapeno

Or I make A Tomato Carrot Serano, celery

Or a Grape, Kiwi, and Lime with ginger

HooRU

Cantaloupe, the entire thing, is great juiced.

markmich4

Ok I read all this.. and all I have to say right now.. is THANKS A LOT!! You're all making me very hungry.. 🙂

broknsymetry

Citrus this morning. I had some satsuma mandarins that I need to use up...

10 mandarins (well, 9.5, I dropped 1/2 and stepped on it. 😊 )
2 small lemons
1/2 pint of strawberries

I'll use the pulp in muffins later. I also froze the other 1/2 pint of strawberries for smoothies.
I have 5 mangoes that I need to peel for juicing/freezing and 5 avocados to make guac.

Somewhat-Reticent

broknsymetry Good for digestion so they say.

Was it tasty? Do they also warn of potential gas? Enzyme capsules may help prevent.

broknsymetry

Re: cabbage juice

Somewhat-Reticent Was it tasty? Do they also warn of potential gas? Enzyme capsules may help prevent.

Surprisingly very tasty and I didn't have any excessive gas. I drank about 12 oz yesterday and 12 oz this morning. Thanks for the tip.

broknsymetry

My mom is 87 and she is one of the reasons for juicing. She won't eat most vegetables (she loves Brussels Sprouts) or fruits, but she seems to like the juices, even the green ones. I hope your appointment goes well, will be praying for you.

broknsymetry

Just made morning juice...

Kale
Spinach
Beets
Carrots
Apples
Lemon
Blackberries

Kathy_9

broknsymetry Sounds like one of my smoothies. I would throw all that in the Nutribullet Rx with some protein powder and either green tea or coconut milk for the liquid.

HooRU

Jay Kordish, the Juiceman, who lived out of his car for years selling the idea, lived to be a very old man and he was really tough. He was one of my heroes.

I hope one day to get a masticating juicer.

but for now, I use my blender and get all the fiber, which is not so bad, just not so pleasant either.

HooRU

I have a nutri thing too. I've used it so much I had to replace the "spinner".

I think there is a place for both devices.

And for that, you can't digest or blend wheat grass fiber, so a juicer comes in handy in that way. But just juicing and avoiding the fiber is not ideal either.

I figure balancing it might be good.

I used to grow my own wheat grass and it really gives a jolt.

HooRU

This Nutri thingy (I can never rememeber the version it is) was a gift and it has been a real workhorse.

I don't have protein powder, what is good and cheap out there?

broknsymetry

Finished off the kale/beet juice I made yesterday, here's today's...

2 Bartlett pears
1 Granny Smith apple
1 Honey Crisp apple
3 medium carrots
1 lemon

I got in a lot of fruits and vegetables yesterday from Walmart. I can't wait until Spring to visit local Farmers' Market and Food Co-ops.

Thane_Bitter

broknsymetry Glad you actually use the pulp, too many people toss it and all they drink is the sugary juice of the plant which is no different than juicing sugarcane and drinking it.

broknsymetry

What I don't use gets composted to recycle back into plant life. I currently use the compost to feed the plants and shrubs around the house, but I plan to have a raised garden someday. I have had a garden in most places I've lived. I even had a garden at the radar site across the runways at the NAS when I was in the Navy. 🙂

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