Juicing Newbie.... Accepting Recipe Recommendations!

StargazrgirL

Hi Everyone!

I bought a juicer after watching the documentary, Fat, Sick and Nearly dead. (Very interesting... check it out on Netflix!) Once I saw it, the point of juicing had a light bulb effect with me. I like veggies and fruits, but to sit and peel, core, chop, or whatever, I would quickly just look to something else instead. I would try to eat healthy when I could, but seem to find myself going out a lot with friends to the bars, pizza joints, etc. (typical, right??) But the idea of juicing just made sense and seemed easy enough.

After watching various "recommendations" from Netflix, I've been looking up a lot of different lifestyles to help really get myself into a change. I've actually gone vegetarian... may possibly still eat fish and seafood, but for now, I'm not. (You can thank the documentaries about fishing and animal processing for that! I loved Chic-Fil-A, hotdogs, shrimp, salmon... now it all just churns my stomach when I smell it or even times just see it). Well, the juicer was also something I really liked because I had a sneaky feeling my husband would like it. It destroys the food that goes into it, makes noise, is shiny... what's not to love?! I knew I had to get him on board for me to have any success. A co-worker went Paleo based on his wife's interest in the Whole 30 challenge and it's changed his life. (marriedtopaleo.com) So I knew the trick was getting us both onto the change. He's not interested in going vegetarian, but he does like the recipes I have made so far. When we do go out, he'll opt for anything meat.

So, I have a juicer, I've done it 2 days in a row so far. The hubby is intrigued and helps make the juice each morning. We are in the experimentation mode for now, but I know if we have a few bad juices day after day, he will lose interest. We watched some demos by Jay Kurdich, "the father of juicing" on YouTube and will be copying. But, I'm open to anyone's experiences and recipes that they have been successful with.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

C

SarahBaldwin82

hey there!

I just bought my juicer yesterday and I too watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and decided to make a change.

I also picked up the "Juicing Bible" and Joe Cross' book as well which has been really helpful. My advice (and keep in mind I've only made two pots of juice) is I've made my two juices with my favourite fruits and veggies. Seems to be really delicious. I've put cucumber, broccoli, celery, strawberries, apples, kale, spinach. I've also put it on ice which makes it nice and cold

The only thing I'm having a hard time with is deciding how to enter it in Fitness Pal. Can anyone help? Do I type in each fruit or veggie and their quantities? Would love to hear your input!

Thanks!

Dragonslayer183

Juicing gets rid of the fiber and goodness in veggies/fruits, have you tried smoothie making. Smoothies are more filling than juices.

StargazrgirL

A friend had asked that. But she described it as "a chew in every sip". For now I'm going to juice and at least get some more nutrients in my body that what I've done in the past. I'm sure I will get to that point, but baby steps for me.

I made a juice for breakfast and since my husband was running late for work, I drank it. I was also working from home and made one for lunch as well. I need more variety. I'm drinking the same thing and its getting boring quick. I'm due for a trip to the farmers market tomorrow.

StargazrgirL

hey there!

I just bought my juicer yesterday and I too watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and decided to make a change.

I also picked up the "Juicing Bible" and Joe Cross' book as well which has been really helpful. My advice (and keep in mind I've only made two pots of juice) is I've made my two juices with my favourite fruits and veggies. Seems to be really delicious. I've put cucumber, broccoli, celery, strawberries, apples, kale, spinach. I've also put it on ice which makes it nice and cold

The only thing I'm having a hard time with is deciding how to enter it in Fitness Pal. Can anyone help? Do I type in each fruit or veggie and their quantities? Would love to hear your input!

Thanks!

I'll have to check out the books you suggested. I have a few of the same ingredients and its been good, but I've drank it each time so its getting boring.

I did find that matches for some of the juicing in the database. I typed in what I juiced and I got lucky.

Good luck!!

Dragonslayer183

http://www.greenjuiceaday.com/30-green-juice-recipes/

This website has green, heathy juice recipes you can try. You can google a lot more. I wouldn't buy books for recipes since you can just google them. I hope this helps and good luck on your weight loss journey!

acer88

I started with green apples and carrots. But now I love everything (but cabbage). I often juice kale, a green apple, 1/2 lemon peeled, a small cube of ginger. I also love beet juice- so sweet. Most time I just open the fridge and see what's in there. I LOVE the taste of juice and find it really helpful on mornings I feel I just need a fresh start and juicing ginger always calms my stomach. Enjoy!

acer88

In response to the person who asked how to enter calories:


Don't remember what it's called (sorry), but there is a website out there that allows you to enter the juice recipe and it will provide the calories. Not sure what the 'science' is behind it - I think they bump out the fiber and calulate remaining calories.

blondebritty

I really like these:

2 Fuji apples (or one large one) mine have been tiny lately
1 celery stalk
1/2 a lemon
a bunch of spinach ( to your liking)
Juice all of that
Blend with 1/2 an avocado

2 Fuji apples (or one large one) mine have been tiny lately
1 zucchini
1/2 a lemon
a bunch of spinach ( to your liking)
Juice all of that
1" piece of ginger
Blend with 1/2 an avocado

Maryam4eva

JM's Super Juice
½ lime, peeled
2 apples, any type except Granny Smiths as they don't juice well
½ pineapple
½ medium cucumber
½ ripe avocado
1oz fresh wheatgrass or wheatgrass powder
1 level tsp spirulina
1 capsule of acidophilus bacteria powder
Ice cubes
Juice the apples, pineapple, cucumber and lime. Put the avocado flesh into a blender with the ice, wheatgrass, spirulina and the bacteria powder.
Blend everything until smooth, pour and enjoy.

JM's Turbo Express
½ small pineapple
½ stick celery
1in chunk of cucumber
1 small handful of spinach leaves
1 small piece of peeled lime
2 apples
½ ripe avocado
Ice cubes
Juice the pineapple, celery, cucumber, spinach, lime and apples. Place the ripe avocado flesh in a blender along with the ice and juice mixture. Blend until smooth.
Pour into glass and enjoy.
Enlarge Glasses of fruit and vegetable juice

JM's Boost Juice
½ large pineapple
2 apples
½ mug Alfalfa sprouts
½ mug watercress
½ mug parsley
½ mug kale
½ mug broccoli
1oz shot of fresh wheatgrass juice (or 1 tsp wheatgrass powder)
2 ice cubes
Juice all the ingredients, then add the wheatgrass shot or teaspoon of wheatgrass powder. Pour into a glass over the ice.
JM's Super Detox Juice

2 apples
½ cucumber
1 stick celery
1 small handful of spinach
Ice cubes
1 heaped tsp Dr Udo's Beyond Greens supplement (if you don't have this, replace by juicing a handful of mixed green leaves such as watercress, parsley or lettuce).
Juice the apples, cucumber, celery and spinach. Pour into blender, then add ice and Beyond Greens. Blend for about 1 minute or until smooth. If you use mixed green leaves instead of Beyond Greens, simply juice these along with the other ingredients and then add the ice.
Passion 4 Juice Master

½ small pineapple
1 apple
½ banana
200g natural organic yoghurt (if you're a vegan, use soya yoghurt)
½ tsp spirulina
Juice the pineapple and apple and pour into blender or smoothie-maker with the banana, yoghurt and spirulina. Blend until smooth. If you don't like yoghurt (dairy or otherwise), use half a small pineapple instead.
JM's Homemade Sherbet Lemonade
2 Golden Delicious apples
1/3 lemon, wax-free and with the rind on
2 ice cubes
Simply juice the apples and lemon and pour over ice - it really does taste like sherbet lemonade.

JM's Hot ' n' Spicy
3 apples
1 good pinch of cinnamon
Juice the apples and pour juice into a saucepan. Slowly heat but do not boil. When nice and hot, pour into a mug, add cinnamon and serve.
Enlarge Grapefruit juice and fruit
JM's Lemon / Ginger Zinger

2 carrots
2 apples
1in slice of lemon, wax-free, with rind left on
½ in of fresh ginger
2 ice cubes
This wonderful juice is a favourite of the super-fit Martina Navratilova, winner of 58 grand slam tennis tournaments. Simply juice all ingredients and pour into a glass over ice.
JM's Pure Green Super Juice

2 sticks of celery
½ medium cucumber
1 small handful of spinach
1oz shot of fresh wheatgrass juice or 1 tsp of wheatgrass powder
1 slice of orange
2 ice cubes
Juice the celery, cucumber, spinach and wheatgrass. Add ice to a glass and pour in the pure green super juice. After each mouthful, take a bite of the orange.

JM's Super Chute Juice
2 apples
A small chunk of carrot
½ stick celery
1 large handful of mixed green leaves - watercress, kale, parsley, spinach or whatever other green leafy vegetables are available
1 in chunk of cucumber
½ in broccoli stem
1 small handful Alfalfa sprouts
½ in slice unpeeled raw beetroot
½ in slice courgette
1 small piece of lemon, preferably wax-free, with rind on
½ in slice ginger
2 ice cubes
Juice all the ingredients. If you have a Philips whole-fruit juicer, all you need to do is place one whole apple in the chute followed by all the other ingredients, finishing off with the other apple.
If you have a different type of juicer, feed in all the ingredients chopped into whatever size the machine will take. Pour over ice and enjoy.

Natural teas
Pour hot water over chunks of fresh fennel, lemon, lime or mint leaves for a cup of whichever tea you fancy. Fresh teas play a vital role in your 7lbs in 7 Days programme because they help to get the digestion going in the morning and to calm it at night.
Don't fully boil the water as it can deplete the vitamin content of your drink.
The water should be hot, but not boiling

cmiyashi56

I love Carrot Pinapple 6-8 carrots to a pineapple, if its too sweet I just add a few more carrots. I make this for my family so you may want to half it.

LuvDarkChocolate

For an afternoon zing.....I like a gala apple with ginger juiced. Use as much ginger as your taste buds can handle, then top of with club soda. Yummy. Tastes like ginger beer:)

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StargazrgirL

JM's Super Juice
½ lime, peeled
2 apples, any type except Granny Smiths as they don't juice well
½ pineapple
½ medium cucumber
½ ripe avocado
1oz fresh wheatgrass or wheatgrass powder
1 level tsp spirulina
1 capsule of acidophilus bacteria powder
Ice cubes
Juice the apples, pineapple, cucumber and lime. Put the avocado flesh into a blender with the ice, wheatgrass, spirulina and the bacteria powder.
Blend everything until smooth, pour and enjoy.

JM's Turbo Express
½ small pineapple
½ stick celery
1in chunk of cucumber
1 small handful of spinach leaves
1 small piece of peeled lime
2 apples
½ ripe avocado
Ice cubes
Juice the pineapple, celery, cucumber, spinach, lime and apples. Place the ripe avocado flesh in a blender along with the ice and juice mixture. Blend until smooth.
Pour into glass and enjoy.
Enlarge Glasses of fruit and vegetable juice

JM's Boost Juice
½ large pineapple
2 apples
½ mug Alfalfa sprouts
½ mug watercress
½ mug parsley
½ mug kale
½ mug broccoli
1oz shot of fresh wheatgrass juice (or 1 tsp wheatgrass powder)
2 ice cubes
Juice all the ingredients, then add the wheatgrass shot or teaspoon of wheatgrass powder. Pour into a glass over the ice.
JM's Super Detox Juice

2 apples
½ cucumber
1 stick celery
1 small handful of spinach
Ice cubes
1 heaped tsp Dr Udo's Beyond Greens supplement (if you don't have this, replace by juicing a handful of mixed green leaves such as watercress, parsley or lettuce).
Juice the apples, cucumber, celery and spinach. Pour into blender, then add ice and Beyond Greens. Blend for about 1 minute or until smooth. If you use mixed green leaves instead of Beyond Greens, simply juice these along with the other ingredients and then add the ice.
Passion 4 Juice Master

½ small pineapple
1 apple
½ banana
200g natural organic yoghurt (if you're a vegan, use soya yoghurt)
½ tsp spirulina
Juice the pineapple and apple and pour into blender or smoothie-maker with the banana, yoghurt and spirulina. Blend until smooth. If you don't like yoghurt (dairy or otherwise), use half a small pineapple instead.
JM's Homemade Sherbet Lemonade
2 Golden Delicious apples
1/3 lemon, wax-free and with the rind on
2 ice cubes
Simply juice the apples and lemon and pour over ice - it really does taste like sherbet lemonade.

JM's Hot ' n' Spicy
3 apples
1 good pinch of cinnamon
Juice the apples and pour juice into a saucepan. Slowly heat but do not boil. When nice and hot, pour into a mug, add cinnamon and serve.
Enlarge Grapefruit juice and fruit
JM's Lemon / Ginger Zinger

2 carrots
2 apples
1in slice of lemon, wax-free, with rind left on
½ in of fresh ginger
2 ice cubes
This wonderful juice is a favourite of the super-fit Martina Navratilova, winner of 58 grand slam tennis tournaments. Simply juice all ingredients and pour into a glass over ice.
JM's Pure Green Super Juice

2 sticks of celery
½ medium cucumber
1 small handful of spinach
1oz shot of fresh wheatgrass juice or 1 tsp of wheatgrass powder
1 slice of orange
2 ice cubes
Juice the celery, cucumber, spinach and wheatgrass. Add ice to a glass and pour in the pure green super juice. After each mouthful, take a bite of the orange.

JM's Super Chute Juice
2 apples
A small chunk of carrot
½ stick celery
1 large handful of mixed green leaves - watercress, kale, parsley, spinach or whatever other green leafy vegetables are available
1 in chunk of cucumber
½ in broccoli stem
1 small handful Alfalfa sprouts
½ in slice unpeeled raw beetroot
½ in slice courgette
1 small piece of lemon, preferably wax-free, with rind on
½ in slice ginger
2 ice cubes
Juice all the ingredients. If you have a Philips whole-fruit juicer, all you need to do is place one whole apple in the chute followed by all the other ingredients, finishing off with the other apple.
If you have a different type of juicer, feed in all the ingredients chopped into whatever size the machine will take. Pour over ice and enjoy.

Natural teas
Pour hot water over chunks of fresh fennel, lemon, lime or mint leaves for a cup of whichever tea you fancy. Fresh teas play a vital role in your 7lbs in 7 Days programme because they help to get the digestion going in the morning and to calm it at night.
Don't fully boil the water as it can deplete the vitamin content of your drink.
The water should be hot, but not boiling

This is so informative!! Thank you..

symplydevine

I'm not an avid juicer, but I do have a favorite that I like to call Blackberry Bam-a-lam! =] I drink this about twice a week maybe. It makes about a pint...I know cause I use my Talenti Gelato jars for storage...LOL!

1 pint of blackberries
2 small pears or one large
black seedless grapes
2 pink lady apples....if you dont have pink lady apples, just use what you have but add in the juice of half a lemon
You can add veggies into this if you like, I usually add in kale

Enjoy and good luck to you on your juicing journey!

ejdp254

I bought a juicer last year but never found any nice recipes, I'll give some of these ago :drinker:

sloth3toes

Bump for recipes. Who would have thought that I'd ever give a crap about sharing recipes?

Maryam4eva

JM's Super Juice
½ lime, peeled
2 apples, any type except Granny Smiths as they don't juice well
½ pineapple
½ medium cucumber
½ ripe avocado
1oz fresh wheatgrass or wheatgrass powder
1 level tsp spirulina
1 capsule of acidophilus bacteria powder
Ice cubes
Juice the apples, pineapple, cucumber and lime. Put the avocado flesh into a blender with the ice, wheatgrass, spirulina and the bacteria powder.
Blend everything until smooth, pour and enjoy.

JM's Turbo Express
½ small pineapple
½ stick celery
1in chunk of cucumber
1 small handful of spinach leaves
1 small piece of peeled lime
2 apples
½ ripe avocado
Ice cubes
Juice the pineapple, celery, cucumber, spinach, lime and apples. Place the ripe avocado flesh in a blender along with the ice and juice mixture. Blend until smooth.
Pour into glass and enjoy.
Enlarge Glasses of fruit and vegetable juice

JM's Boost Juice
½ large pineapple
2 apples
½ mug Alfalfa sprouts
½ mug watercress
½ mug parsley
½ mug kale
½ mug broccoli
1oz shot of fresh wheatgrass juice (or 1 tsp wheatgrass powder)
2 ice cubes
Juice all the ingredients, then add the wheatgrass shot or teaspoon of wheatgrass powder. Pour into a glass over the ice.
JM's Super Detox Juice

2 apples
½ cucumber
1 stick celery
1 small handful of spinach
Ice cubes
1 heaped tsp Dr Udo's Beyond Greens supplement (if you don't have this, replace by juicing a handful of mixed green leaves such as watercress, parsley or lettuce).
Juice the apples, cucumber, celery and spinach. Pour into blender, then add ice and Beyond Greens. Blend for about 1 minute or until smooth. If you use mixed green leaves instead of Beyond Greens, simply juice these along with the other ingredients and then add the ice.
Passion 4 Juice Master

½ small pineapple
1 apple
½ banana
200g natural organic yoghurt (if you're a vegan, use soya yoghurt)
½ tsp spirulina
Juice the pineapple and apple and pour into blender or smoothie-maker with the banana, yoghurt and spirulina. Blend until smooth. If you don't like yoghurt (dairy or otherwise), use half a small pineapple instead.
JM's Homemade Sherbet Lemonade
2 Golden Delicious apples
1/3 lemon, wax-free and with the rind on
2 ice cubes
Simply juice the apples and lemon and pour over ice - it really does taste like sherbet lemonade.

JM's Hot ' n' Spicy
3 apples
1 good pinch of cinnamon
Juice the apples and pour juice into a saucepan. Slowly heat but do not boil. When nice and hot, pour into a mug, add cinnamon and serve.
Enlarge Grapefruit juice and fruit
JM's Lemon / Ginger Zinger

2 carrots
2 apples
1in slice of lemon, wax-free, with rind left on
½ in of fresh ginger
2 ice cubes
This wonderful juice is a favourite of the super-fit Martina Navratilova, winner of 58 grand slam tennis tournaments. Simply juice all ingredients and pour into a glass over ice.
JM's Pure Green Super Juice

2 sticks of celery
½ medium cucumber
1 small handful of spinach
1oz shot of fresh wheatgrass juice or 1 tsp of wheatgrass powder
1 slice of orange
2 ice cubes
Juice the celery, cucumber, spinach and wheatgrass. Add ice to a glass and pour in the pure green super juice. After each mouthful, take a bite of the orange.

JM's Super Chute Juice
2 apples
A small chunk of carrot
½ stick celery
1 large handful of mixed green leaves - watercress, kale, parsley, spinach or whatever other green leafy vegetables are available
1 in chunk of cucumber
½ in broccoli stem
1 small handful Alfalfa sprouts
½ in slice unpeeled raw beetroot
½ in slice courgette
1 small piece of lemon, preferably wax-free, with rind on
½ in slice ginger
2 ice cubes
Juice all the ingredients. If you have a Philips whole-fruit juicer, all you need to do is place one whole apple in the chute followed by all the other ingredients, finishing off with the other apple.
If you have a different type of juicer, feed in all the ingredients chopped into whatever size the machine will take. Pour over ice and enjoy.

Natural teas
Pour hot water over chunks of fresh fennel, lemon, lime or mint leaves for a cup of whichever tea you fancy. Fresh teas play a vital role in your 7lbs in 7 Days programme because they help to get the digestion going in the morning and to calm it at night.
Don't fully boil the water as it can deplete the vitamin content of your drink.
The water should be hot, but not boiling

This is so informative!! Thank you..

No problem darling