Juicing

That documentary is AMAAAAAAZING! Seriously! If you have Netflix, you absolutely MUST watch it.

Hubby and I had already bought a juicer but it was used twice and stashed on top of the fridge. Since watching the film it is back down and we are buying fruits and veggies from the farmers market. We're very inspired by Joe Cross' journey.

I don't know if I call it "juicing" really, more of a grinding it up thing lol but I love using my regular blender for berries, apples, carrots, and beets. I make speghetti sauce that way too so that my son will eat vegetables. I put carrots, mushrooms, peppers, the whole deal in the blender with spices and smooth it up. I actually have my son getting his fruits through juices and smoothies because he has a thing about lumps. I have found that even if you dont like a vegetable or fruit, it tastes good mixed with something else. I hate carrots but mixed with apples they are really tasty. Raw spinach mixes nicely too. I tried broccoli and cauliflower...that was foul. The cruciferous vegetablesl(broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels) don't taste so hot juiced in my opinion but you may like it. If you have one of the juicers that leaves pulp in a strainer, you can use the pulp from veggie juices in pasta sauce. The broccoli juice stuff I made was awful but the pulp went into my speghetti sauce and was great! Watch out for sugar tho. Juice has way more sugar than whole fruit since you end up drinking more than you would normally eat solid.

what the heck is the "bumping" about BTW? sorry, I am clueless about stuff like that :P

I haven't ever tried juicing, but I sure have sat my butt on the couch and watched the Jack LaLanne Juicer infomercial many times! I'm convinced it's good for you, but I'd rather eat my food than drink it, it's a mental satisfaction thing.

Here's what we put into the juice we made yesterday...

1 bunch of kale
1/2 a cucumber
1 medium green bell pepper
2 stalks of broccoli
2 stalks of celery
2 granny smith apples

It made enough juice for two 16 ounce glasses.

Tonight we're planning on making a fruit juice with farmer's market strawberries, mint, lime, & cucumber, and then maybe another juice with melons (watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew) and strawberries.

i just got an plan to do my for a snack instead of having one for a meal my snack time have been coming to be high n calories sometime so the or the blender will help me cut out bad snacking habits good luck!

He used a Breville Juice Fountain Plus (850 horsepower).

That's the problem...cheap juicers usually don't last. How much are you looking to spend?

The one they used in the movie is $149, and if you use a 20% off coupon from Bed, Bath & Beyond, it's even better. The $149 is cheaper than Amazon, as well.

My roommate got a Jack Lalane juicer from Best Buy for $99, and it works pretty well so far. I don't have another juicer to compare it to, though.

I get one in the mail every two weeks or so. They accept expired ones too. I think they have one on their website too if you sign up for their mailing list.