Juicing Greens with blender/nutmilk bag.....

[deberaw]

Beckx or anyone who can answer: My Champion isn't great with juicing greens....so I'm wondering what the process is for juicing greens with a blender and then straining. I have great paint strainer bags from Lowes...and a decent blender {not Vitamix though}. I am wondering if it is easier to do this way than using my Champ. Do you just blend greens with water and strain? Is that it really????? Thanks! Deb

[Dimond]

Yep, just blend any fruit or veg with water & then strain. It's super easy & less cleanup.

[Aleesha Sattva]

OR blend it with the juice you are going to add to it (already made with your champion) and then strain!

i do greens in my champion... i just cut them small and push them through with another item. like for example... a wedge of carrot or apple with the greens. pushes them right through no problem!

celery i cut up real small so the strings don't mess with the champ!

[deberaw]

Thank You Thank You! Makes sense....I'm going to try it...need more greens and a quick way to do it! Deb

[Aleesha Sattva]

does that mean you are going to start f(e)asting again? i miiiiiiiiisssssssssss you!!!

[deberaw]

...yup! Gearing UP! ....trying to time it....just a short one.....5-10 day.......soon soon soon...then I think in Oct. another short one.....with greens and fresh apple juice...hmmmmmm! ......Hey! best of luck on your Fast! That seems like a long time...makes me a bit worried...you sure that's okay? jUst lookin' out for you! :) Deb

[Aleesha Sattva]

sure it's okay :D in jeremy safron's book "dining from an empty bowl" he speaks about juice fasting for 120 days!

can't wait for you to join me....

[deberaw]

Ohhh! I feel better now....I misunderstood ya to say you were fasting on water or nothing for that long! Sorry! I was glancing at the posts quickly while multitasking with my kids!!!!...Yes! It will be fun to join in again! ....I just got my copy of Purely Delicious, and there I saw an ad for Raw festival in Canada! Sept 5, 6, 7 in Ottawa. "The Simply Raw Festival"...I thought of you when I saw it!!! Okay now, here I've way diverted this thread, but it is fun to catch up with you again..hee-hee...I'll see you on another thread I'm sure!;) Deb

[Aleesha Sattva]

oh my goodness... no way would i fast on water for 5 days - i could never even consider 140 days of water. EEK!

nope... juices for me my friend... just not feasting *unless i feel like it - like yesterday was a feast of watermelon/strawberry juice* - otherwise just going with the flow!

and hey, it's your thread... you can hijack it LOL

[dakinimind]

Beckx or anyone who can answer: My Champion isn't great with juicing greens....so I'm wondering what the process is for juicing greens with a blender and then straining. I have great paint strainer bags from Lowes...and a decent blender {not Vitamix though}. I am wondering if it is easier to do this way than using my Champ. Do you just blend greens with water and strain? Is that it really????? Thanks! Deb

Just a tip I got from one of the hippies (mean that in a good way) at Whole Foods. Instead of using a nut milk bag to strain greens from the Vitamix, cut off a portion of a nylon stocking (from the foot up to the mid calf). Take a large bowl and set it in the bottom of the kitchen sink. Pour the Vitamix contents into the stocking, then squeeze. Rinse out the stocking and hang to dry (extremely easy clean up compared to my nut milk bag). I've gotten a lot more juice doing the stocking method AND it doesn't stain green :p

[deberaw]

ohhhh! I've heard of that too! Thank you! I'll try that too!:)

[beckx]

sorry i didn't see your post until now, deb :) looks like you got A+ advice though. the one thing i'd add is when you're doing greens, start by blending your base (apples, celery, cukes, whatever you're using) and add the greens last, slowly. you end up with a less diluted juice that way; if you did the greens first you'd need more water to blend it smooth, and it's harder to add more things once the greens are blended because they're so fibrous. that's what i've found at least.

[Aleesha Sattva]

really? oh thank you beckx... that's great info for me to have (((hugs)))