JUICER SUGGESTIONS??

I'm also interested in juicing. Hopefully someone can give some tips!

I have a jucier....Juiceman I believe! I try to juice once a week, sometimes whatever fruits and veggies are left over I will make something fancy! I haven't tried any recipes with the pulp yet, as of now I compost it! I love anything made with spinach juice!!

We have a GE Juicer that was from Wal-Mart for $50. I love it, we use it almost everyday! And no we use a strainer to get all the pulp out and throw it out.

I have the Healthmaster, which does all of this. They have a good replacement plan. I love it and haven't used it yet for a minute had to take a break from juicing. However I plan to pick it back up with one of my snack meals daily.

I have the Breville Juice Fountain Plus 98XL, I think its called. It retails for around $149. I love it and highly recommend it. It is easy to use and clean. I make a juice called the mean green - from the movie Fat, sick and nearly dead, a documentary about a guy who lost a hundred pounds on a 60 day juice fast. Great movie that delves into the American diet and our obsession with fast food and processed foods, and other unhealthy eating habits and the repurcussions of eating poorly.

In any event the mean green is 1/2 a lemon (peeled), two green apples, 6 kale leaves, 1 whole cucumber, 4 stalks of celery, and one thumb size of ginger. The drink has a citrus taste to it and I have found gives me a nice burst of energy. It also gives me the nutrients of a very healthy, non processed, no sugar, no sodium, natural juice. The mean green is inexpensive to make and I get the health benefits of Kale, an excellent green vegetable that I am not likely to eat in any other form.

I also love making fresh orange juice in the juicer. Valencia oranges (peeled) are a must.

Honestly, a lot depends on what you are juicing. As others have noted, many types of blenders with pulverize the fruit enough that it is essentially juiced--especially if you are then running the "juice" through a nut milk bag or other strainer to remove the pulp. However, it should be noted that the taste of this juice is generally not as good as from an actual juicer. If you plan on juicing mostly fruits, then the centrifuge style (like the one it looks like you purchased) is perfectly fine. However, if you want to juice a lot of vegetables as well--especially if you want to juice leafy greens or wheatgrass, the auger-style (single or double) juicer is the way to go.

I have a Vitamix for my blending, a Food processor for stuff that needs to keep some texture and am about to purchase my first auger-style juicer. (A Champion G5-PG-710, FWIW).

There seems to be quite the opposing views between a Juicer and Blender/Mixer. I was curious if anyone out there has used/tried using the pulp left over from the juicer for soups or salsas? Also, I've heard people using it for composte as well. We tend to buy alot of fruits and vegetables, but then after a week they aren't as fresh and end up wasting alot. I thought maybe a juicer or blender would be best to put them to use.blent

we do alot of juicing and blending...yes you can use the pulp for other stuff but you can also dehydrate the pulp very good...like fruit roll ups....also I have a blend tech blender and love smoothies a great way to not waste ripe fruit and veggies.