Step 1: Prep the produce!Washing the greens is fairly easy, I fill the sink with 2-3 inches of water toss each leaf in and essentially stir them in the water. This knocks most of the dirt and such off and conserves water because the faucet isn't running the whole time!
The apples and lemons we clean with a neat washing agent called Environne. (Washing instructions are on the bottles) Then each is cut into chunks that will fit into the juicer.
Step 2: Juice the produce!
We like to prep the juicer with a few leaves of Romain fist because, of all the ingredients, it is the cheapest. Then push two pieces of apple, one
Step 3: Strain out the pulp!
The reason a person juices is to get all the fantastic goodness that plants hold for us but there's so much fiber that it's hard to eat all of it. The juicer does a good job of removing most of the fiber, but there's still a lot left over. We use two different sizes of strainers. The first has a mesh with larger holes and the second has smaller holes. The first we only use once but the second we will use three or four times.
Step 4: Enjoy your Green Lemonade!
Here's to your tomorrow!
Yay!
ReplyDeleteOkay, here are my questions;
1.) Where do you buy the little strainer things?
2.) If I wanted to get started juicing it sounds like I need a juicer, those strainers, some of that produce cleaner and.... is there anything else equipment-wise?
3.) Would you be willing to come to my house and do a tutorial when we get all the gear together? :)
4.) Does this sort of juicer work with frozen produce? Is there any benefit/drawback to using frozen produce?
1.) Just about anywhere should have different strainers: Walmart, Target, Fred Meyer, etc. Just so long as you have a couple different sizes! My mom and step-dad have strainers that I drool over when I get to use them!
ReplyDelete2.) Items needed/useful:
-Juicer
-3 strainers (missed one 'cause it's new to our process!)
+Stainer to put wet greens in-ours is from Ikea and sits over the sink but any large strainer or colender works well!
+Strainer like the black one shown above that will let more through. (Please note: one like this comes with the juicer, we just like our black one better.)
+Strainer like the white one pictured above that has smaller holes.
-Environne or some other produce wash (Becca Sue, we've got TONS! you could buy one for cheep off of us. ;^D )
-Normal stuff like large glass (we picked up those big ones at the Dollertree!!!), cutting board, knife, etc.
3.) Heck, yes I will come over and do a tutorial! I would love to!
4.) This juicer has a special attachment for frozen produce to make sorbets and the like! Yum. As far as juicing goes though, I would highly recommend thawing the produce over night in the fridge. I'm not sure about the nutritional content will be different but I'm sure it would work well in a pinch!
Hope that helps! I'm so excited for you! I'm sure Ethan will love it too!