Juicing Catastrophe!

I tried my hand at yet another new juicing recipe from my imagination. Unfortunately, the outcome was not as good as my last random juicing recipe.

I love the taste of orange banana strawberry juice (like Tropicana makes.) Or, I will always order a orange banana strawberry smoothies at smoothie shops. So, I thought, I have a juicer, why not make my own juice instead?

The problem is with the banana. When I put the banana in the juicer, nothing was really coming out. When I opened up the juicer, I saw just a pasty mush all over. There was banana mush all clogged up inside the juicer.

As it turns out, bananas are not good fruits to put in the juicer. They have little water compared to other fruits, and easily get clogged in juicers. Too bad I learned the hard way. Another fruit that you should not juice is an avocado, though that is kind of obvious given how creamy it is.

So, if you want to make orange banana strawberry juice, you will have to juice the orange and strawberry juice first, then put the juice extracted into a blender with the banana and blend it all up. Though much more labor is required, the end product is very delicious (though not quite worth it.) Here is the juicing recipe I used:

Juice the oranges and strawberries first, then add the juice with the banana in a blender
- 3 oranges
- 6 strawberries
- 1 banana

A Weird and Random Juicer Recipe

I was using my juicer the other day and but when I was all set up to make my juice, I realized I didn't have enough apples. I only had one, and it was not big enough to make a decent cup. My fridge was kind of lacking in produce, as I need to go to the supermarket soon. I could have just gone then, but...well, I'm lazy...and I wanted juice.

Anyway, I went looking in my fridge for anything that might be good to throw in too. I had some raw spinach leaves, so I decided to use that, but that still wasn't enough juice. That was until I found something I had never thought of juicing - a sweet potato.

It was pretty much my only option. So I said what the hell. I came up with this concoction of a recipe:

• 1 apple
• 1 sweet potato
• raw spinach leaves

After I finished, I ended up with an ugly brown liquid. The color of it was very unappealing. However, the taste of it was...interesting. It wasn't bad, yet it was not the best either. I really had no idea what to expect, which is why I don't know how I feel about it, even though it wasn't that bad. It's like I'm second guessing myself for liking this ugly brown juice. If you're daring, try it out too and let me know what you think of it!

Juicing Apples!

Apples are THE fruit that you should juice. There are so many good things about them. They are healthy, sweet, delicioius, refreshing, and they are one of the easier fruits for your juicer to handle.

Best of all, they come in all shapes and sizes at any supermarket or produce shop. You can get them slightly sweet to very sweet to very tart. This adds another dimension to your juicer recipes, because not only can you mix and match all sorts of produce, you can tweak the flavors too by juicing different apples.

I usually make apple juice when juicing apples. Just throw 2 or 3 apples into your juicer and that's it. I sometimes mix up different apples when juicing, but I only use a granny smith along with a sweeter apple, like the golden delicious. It adds a nice tart flavor without overpowering your taste buds.

You will have to cut up your apples if they are too big to fit in the feed chute, but don't worry about being picky and removing all the parts you wouldn't eat normally. I don't even bother to remove the seeds anymore. Your juicer should be able to take care of that for you. Do not remove the skin either. It contains a lot of the better nutrients. If you are concerned with pesticides and what not, buy organic. I don't really concern myself with that though. I buy the non-organic because its cheaper. Besides, who doesn't love a little pesticides in their drinks once in a while!

Another popular juicer recipes is to mix apple and carrot juice. The recipe is simple - juice 2 carrots for every 1 apple. I can't comment on this recipe, since I'm not really a fan of carrot juice:

• 4 carrots
• 2 apples

Other than this, you can really mix apples with anything. Have fun with it! Let me know if you have any ideas of your own!

Juicing with Cucumbers

Cucumbers are great for juicing. They are very watery and refreshing. They actually retain a lot of water, and since they have a weaker (and bland) taste, they make good "fillers" in juicer recipes. Some other vegetable juice is very concentrated and can give you stomach aches. Or, some vegetables won't give much juice at all. The juice of cucumbers is just like adding water to either dilute concentrated juice, or to add some volume when there is very little juice in the first place.

I don't really like cucumbers. I may eat them if they're on salad sometimes. I won't ever go eat them raw, even with dips. However, I do use cucumber juicer recipes. It is pretty easy to hide the flavor of them. The original flavor is pretty subtle. If you add some more tasteful fruits and vegetables, you will barely notice that there are cucumbers in it in the first place. It usually doesn't take much.

I use them a lot with apples. Apples also have a significant amount of juice as well, but the amount of sweetness (or tartness) in them can easily hide the cucumber taste. I usually also throw in spinach leaves as well, since spinach juice is very concentrated, and if you only put in a little, it will be as if you didn't add any at all. Here is what I put in my juicer for this juicer recipe:

• 2 apples (I tend to use mcintosh apples)
• a cucumber
• spinach leaves

Be sure to put the spinach first if you choose to use some. The "harder" produce is easier to push through the juicer, and will make sure that everything is forced through the juicer correctly.