Thursday, October 4, 2012

Juicing

In my last post about my dear mom, you learned the complexity of juicing.  Some of you might not know that I HATE mornings.  Ok, I HATE waking up.  So the idea of adding one hour of juicing to my morning routine did not go over well with my inner scheduling diva.  We're currently looking for alternatives, so I asked my brother which option would be better - use the Breville or juice at night and store the juice for a longer period of time.  The thing that I'm trying to figure out is which method will allow me to intake the nutrients that my body needs to stay strong while also retaining my sanity.  The centrifugal style of the Breville kills a lot of nutrients in the spinning, which heats up the juice.  Storing juice for an extended period of time also kills nutrients.  So which is better?

My younger brother, whom I lovingly call Joshie at times (because I love him sooooo much!), had some very good advice.  Try both options and let your taste buds tell you.  So I tried the Breville the other morning, and I noticed all the kale, and romaine, and ginger didn't even get much of any liquid our of the juicer.  It's all stuck in the pulp!  So I took the pulp out and put it in the press and got almost 2 cups of juice out of it!  And after all that work, it tasted like crap.  It was missing soooooo much of the flavor that the Champion gives me.  

So I guess the decision is made, right?  I should juice in the evenings, right?  Wrong!  I'm tired in the evenings.  I don't want to spend an hour and a half juicing and cleaning at night.  So I used the Breville again, and just couldn't help but press the pulp, and I think it's probably taking the same time as it would to just use the damn Champion.  I need to prep the night before better and get all stuff ready - maybe that will get me to do it.  I'll try that tonight.  Wish me luck!

One more thing - you might wonder what I juice.  Well, it's cucumbers, kale, romaine, ginger, carrots, pears, broccoli stalks, and spinach.  Someone called it salad in a jar, and it totally is.  And it's also amazingly tasty - who knew!!!

Sarah
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  1. UnknownOctober 4, 2012 at 9:04 PM

    Hey- I use an auger juicer. Tonight I made about a pitcher full of carrot, kale, parsley, cucumber, celery and distilled water. The whole thing took about 30 min with cleaning. The auger squeezes absolutely everything out of anything from ginger, wheatgrass and all other stuff. It doesn't do too well with mushy stuff. FYI- with an auger juicer you don't need to worry as much about straining - although I use a sieve that came with the juicer just as a precaution.

    Anyway- this juice will last me a couple days with morning, noon and night 8 oz glasses. I don't know the deets on nutrient preservation on juice that is a day or three old. However, it doesn't start to taste bad for at least five days. Have you thought about doing some batch juicing and either freezing it or storing it in the fridge?

    I'm so excited you are juicing!! Keep with it!!

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  2. Ann~MarieNovember 10, 2012 at 11:57 AM

    Is that juice recipe the one you stick with every day? What's the latest news on your juicing experience? (I'm catching up on your blog, so just ignore this if another post will say.)

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