Topic: Juicing

Hi I put brocolie coliflowers apple carrot celery and it taste good....godbless roxy

Lexis, I have never eaten beets before but I just bought one. Do you juice it raw or cooked?

I found a great recipe for a decent green juice in a book I bought called "the raw food detox diet".  She uses this as a foundation and encourages it as a morning drink.  The addition of lemon and fresh ginger really make is easier to swallow.

Green Lemonade

1 head of celery or romaine lettuce (I sometimes use kale or cucumber)

1 whole lemon (unpeeled) (I only use half)

an inch or two of fresh ginger

2-3 apples

I like (love) to ad fresh ginger, I tend to do quite a lot of it, I like it, but you might want to start with a smaller piece, also try buying it at a fruit/veretable stand, much less expensive than the market. 

RE-Beets, I absolutely would /did never eat a beet in my life, I do juice them now (raw) they are quite good.

I have a book called "Juicing For Life" lots of good ideas, but it is just kinda trial and error, use what you like, its all good for you. One of my favorites is

5-6 Carrots

1 Apple

1/2 raw beet

Ginger to taste.

Julie - I had never let a beet touch my lips until BC,  it is kind of funny when I go to the grocery to buy them if the cashier is quite young -they have no clue what they are, I told  a young girl one day they were beets -she said "yuck - you eat those" I said NO "I drink them" thought she would die. 

A good juicer is key - I had a quite inexpensive one to start,  extremely hard to clean and did not do a good job in any aspect,  I have a Breville now - it is fantastic -

Beets are wonderful!  Grapes are also good to lightening up "green" juices, only need a couple to notice.

Juicing is different, you do lose the fiber so you don't want consume only juiced veggies. On the other hand, juicing makes it easier you body to absorb more quickly all the good stuff.

so you are saying juicing is better than eating raw?

Does anyone supplement with the Green supplemental powders?

http://www.amazinggrass.com/green-superfood.html

OMG!  I just got my Vitamix two weeks ago and I love it!  I've been making green smoothies regularly.  I used to use my Breville Elite Juicer but found that I wanted more fiber in my diet, hence, the Vitamix was the answer and is the best investment in the kitchen that I've made.  Seriously, I even got my husband to drink some of that green stuff as he doesn't eat anything green......give him a green smoothie, and it's gone before my eyes!

I also have the Raw Detox Diet book and have been enjoyed the recipes. 

Have fun with your Vitamix!

You can add Benefiber to your juices, it does not alter the taste, it does not thicken up or get lumpy, and can be purchased anywhere.

Hi Estepp,

Yes I ad the Benefiber to the juice just before drinking, stir it up good, it desolves very well and as I mentioned no taste or clumping. You could get your 9 servings in one juice if you put in enough stuff, I drink at least twice a day (AM and around lunch time) I find for myself that the lunch one, gives me a great pick up for the afternoon. 

Idealy you should drink the juice as soon as it is made, however when I was working out in the real world I did make 2 servings in the AM and cold pack one for lunch later in the day.

I have come to learn juicing is all a matter of taste, trial and error,  but the book that I have "Juicing for Life" is pretty intresting,  and by the way, some of the veggie juices make a great soup stock. 

If you throw an apple or a slice of ginger into almost any juice it makes it just that much more tasty. Beets, carrots and cabbage are key veggies.  Cabbage (believe it or not) is awesome with digestive issues as well.

HAPPY JUICING.

Thanks  Cathi and Krista...

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Cathi... how are you feeling sweety???

Cathi.... that is why I decided just TODAY NOT to do rads. My mother ( 65) did rads two year ago.. she is now on full time oxygen. ( this will NOT be you).. she had been a smoker too in her youth... Rads would have given me a 3-5% better chance at not getting a recurrence.. NOT worth the rads issue to me.

Gods Speed Lady.... Pray for 100% recovery!

My friend recently loaned me her juicer.  So far I haven't ventured past carrot/apple/pineapple combo.  I do love the taste.  I wasn't aware though juice is harder to digest??    Also I am very limited in my movement (broken  femur with a rod I am still healing from) so hubby has juiced for me making a pitcher full at a time.  Does it lose some nutrients or something making it ahead of time and keeping it in the fridge?

Thanks for listing different combos.  I don't get the servings of fruit/veggies by what I eat.  So any "recipes" are helpful.  I'm a little put off by food right now so it absolutely has to taste good for me to be able to get it down.  Marsha