I just decided to shell out 80 bucks for a juicer per John Berardi’s advice for lazy people in some old paper tmag. It sounded like a great idea at first until i realized that for like every pound of veggies that i put in i got like an ounce of juice. I also got a bunch of pulp stuck to the insides of the machine. This i am assuming is pure fiber? Can i eat this or will i automatically cr*p my pants? IF anyone has any ideas on what to do with this stuff please tell me. Right now i am kinda just poking it with a stick. A long stick.
All in all i am upset with the veggie to juice ratio. And the ammount of time i have to spend cleaning it. I should have just ate the fricken vegetables.
you can use some of the pulp to make soups. However, do not eat too much. I made the mistake of giving my dog a bowl of some pulp and she took about 12 craps in two hours
High quality juicers make more juice than pulp. I believe that the Juiceman juicer is a high quality product.
you can certainly add some of the pulp back to the juice. it would be optimal to do that. if you don’t add that, at least add some psyllium husk to your juice or you could have the same reaction to all the liquid.
dr. mercola has a lot of ideas about juicing if you read some of his website. mercola.com
you could save up the pulp and use it to make a veggie broth (strain so you have a clear liquid, then drink) or mix it into meatloaf or some sort of casserole dish. i usually feed it to my chickens, they love it.
Yeah What SC said. Mercola does offer some information about juicing veggies and has his list of juicer machine that he thought works well. One is Omega 8002 (best one) and other is Braun something (cheap alternative). I checked it Omega 8002 and it looks pretty good. It has low speed that doesnt generate high temp like most other juicers like juiceman which can destroy enzymes or whatever, easier to clean, easier to expell out solid stuff that you can eat (fibers and nutrients).
Hey gang, I purchased something called the “Vitamix.” It’s a super blender of sorts (I think the motor is strong enough to attatch to a lawn mower haha). I put a few carrots in, turn it on and it pulverizes them. I drink the juice and fiber with it. Sometimes if it’s to thick I simply add a few ounces of commercial carrot, or apple juice. I do this with lots of different vegetables.
Caution: This machine is expensive
compared to a typical juicer. The cost is in the $400.00 range. However, keep in mind that it can do just about anything. I have made peanut butter, just from throwing in raw peanuts and a little salt. I have also made vegetable soup in it. It spins so fast that it actually gets boiling hot! It’s an amazing machine.
I bought a vitamix a couple years back, those things are amaizing! I’ve done juices, peanut butter, and “self cooking soup”, everything. Have you tryed to make whole wheat flour yet? Its incredible, you just chuck in some wheat and turn it on. The end product is so fine it looks and tasts like white cake flour! I also make “instant compost” in mine. Just chuck vegi peals, egg shells, teabags etc, into the blender with some water and let it run for a few minutes. You just pour it on your plants and it sinks right in, you can’t even see its there. Definatly worth the cost.
Zeb, i thought the whole idea behind juicing was getting your vegetables in raw form. if your ‘juicer’ heats them up, even to the point of boiling, well, you’re taking that benefit out. i could understand this for say, spinach and broccoli which you wouldn’t want to eat a lot of raw, but for most other veggies… raw is better if you’re gonna spend the time juicing. right?
an aside note on the ‘compost’ you made KAS, that’s a whole other topic for discussion but basically if you add too much uncomposted raw stuff to your plants, it will actually remove nitrogen from the soil in order to rot that food down into soil components. so, putting some on top of the soil and letting it rot basically as in using it for a mulch, that’s ok, but adding too much could actually take away from the soil. composting is more of an art than a science, but there are some rules. just my two, unsolicited cents on that issue.
There are variable speeds. When I juice I do not crank it to the point where it even gets warm. I agree with you! Natural enzymes are one of the most important things in fresh vegetables and fruits.
KAS,
I have not tried bread yet. I think that’s about the only thing I have yet to try on that machine.
