used my juicer first time today

[ross.g]

so today i experimented with my new juicer
i tried carrots tomatoes celery little bit of orange and some lemon i tried them on there own couldn't stand the taste
when i mixed them together it came out really awesome

[Juicerguy]

Nice congratulations on making a good choice for your health! Interesting mix there, glad it worked and tasted good. :)

[ross.g]

Nice congratulations on making a good choice for your health! Interesting mix there, glad it worked and tasted good. :)

thank you


i also just made another one thismorning
i used Blue Berries pineapple spinach and cinnamon

[Raw Angel Mom]

I love juice.

Which juicer did you use?

I love the combination of your juice, it must taste great

[ross.g]

I love juice.

Which juicer did you use?

I love the combination of your juice, it must taste great

i have the hamilton beach brand wide mouth juicer form walmart
and wow it actualy works great
i got 8 carrots and 2 celery and almost filled up a 24oz mug

used it for grape fuit juice thismorning that was awesomed

i tried the above veggie recipe and added radish to it uckk not going to do that again lol

[johnr55]

Allow me to allow my congratulations also! I have been juicing roughly 35 years, and with a whole variety of juicers. I'm delighted to see that you didn't start in about whether you got the best juicer or not. Honestly, I sure wish back in the 70's when I started in college, that there were inexpensive juicers for me to try out! There weren't - my first veggie juicer was a big Braun that cost me nearly $100 in those dollars. From there an Acme, etc.

The best juicer for you is one that you'll use, and gain the benefits, every day. Buy a really expensive juicer and find that you don't like fiddling with it, and you'll just quit and feel screwed out of money. Love your HB and learn with it while you experiment with different combos. Then, if you find you've outgrown its capabilities, you can start looking around.

One thing changed radically around 15 years ago when we really started getting hit with the TV infomercials. When I learned juicing so long ago, people definitely didn't mix their fruit and veggie juices. In fact, the general rule was, eat fruit, juice veggies. With the possible exception of apple, I still follow that. Why? We were taught that fruits are high in sugars that can just sit and ferment on/in you. Whether it's been proven wrong or not, I don't know. OTOH, it mystifies me that people would want to run citrus, etc., through a veggie juicer instead of a citrus juicer or just a $5 reamer. Different strokes.

Regardless, I do hope you and your new juicer get to be good friends!

[Living Food]

n fact, the general rule was, eat fruit, juice veggies.

I second that. Juicing fruit can lead to blood sugar spikes, and mixing fruits and veggies can lead to problems digesting the fruit.

You were taught correctly, it seems like people just don't want to follow that rule anymore because they are too used to liking sweet food and beverages and probably can't stomach straight vegetable juice.

Now, I think that's pretty sad...I drink green sprout and weed (wild greens, not marijuana :) juices everyday and let me tell you, those are strong! Vegetable juice tastes like water in comparison. Our taste buds can adapt very quickly, so it's unfortunate that so many people insist on mixing fruit with their juices when they could just drink unpleasant-tasting green juices for a few weeks, then have their taste buds adapt and start to enjoy them. *sigh*

[delmar]

I second that. Juicing fruit can lead to blood sugar spikes, and mixing fruits and veggies can lead to problems digesting the fruit.

You were taught correctly, it seems like people just don't want to follow that rule anymore because they are too used to liking sweet food and beverages and probably can't stomach straight vegetable juice.

Now, I think that's pretty sad...I drink green sprout and weed (wild greens, not marijuana :) juices everyday and let me tell you, those are strong! Vegetable juice tastes like water in comparison. Our taste buds can adapt very quickly, so it's unfortunate that so many people insist on mixing fruit with their juices when they could just drink unpleasant-tasting green juices for a few weeks, then have their taste buds adapt and start to enjoy them. *sigh*

I too wanted to mix some sweet juice in with the green stuff at first, but I quickly moved toward just swallowing even wild grass juice. Eating some nice fruit later is a good reward!

[delmar]

One thing changed radically around 15 years ago when we really started getting hit with the TV infomercials. When I learned juicing so long ago, people definitely didn't mix their fruit and veggie juices. In fact, the general rule was, eat fruit, juice veggies. With the possible exception of apple, I still follow that. Why? We were taught that fruits are high in sugars that can just sit and ferment on/in you. Whether it's been proven wrong or not, I don't know.

We have apple and pear trees so we have a lot more fruit in the fall than we can eat fresh, but we turn it into sauce and freeze it.

[MysticTree]

I think certain juices have always been mixed. It's the advent of the smoothie that has engendered an anything goes attitude I think. Interesting article about soda/fizzy soft drinks and health in the telegraph yesterday btw.

[ross.g]

i mixed just carrots and tomato yesterday for juice didn't like it very much i think i should have added a bit of celery might have tasted better
tried to give it a little twist in the tast with a squeze of lime and figured i ended up just wasting 3 carrots and 1 roma tomatoe because it was yucky after that so there is another combination of what i won't do

i also decided yesterday i would peel the carrots to see if it gave a different taste to just puytting the whole carrot in without peeling it i didn't notice a change so not going to wast the extra 10 minutes peeling carrots anymore

[Stina]

The only juicing I do anymore is an occasional morning zinger: celery, apple, ginger and lemon. Goodness, who needs coffee! I've given up other juicing for the most part.