Juicing Tips

Yes!! There is advice for everything in life. Juicing tips can be valuable! These are the things I've learned over the years for the best juice...

Drink your juice as soon as possible after juiced. It starts to lose its nutritional value as time passes. Also, it can develop a funny color as it oxidizes(especially apple). It doesnt mean its bad, but the kiddos and spouse might look at it funny. It's very best to drink it within 24 hours, but up to 2 days can be just fine, too (but really not preferable). Just remember that there are no preservatives in fresh juice. It can go rancid quickly.

Using the pulp is a great way to save money and get extra nutrition. If someone would have told me this when I started juicing I probably would have thought they were nuts. But its true!

Using the pulp is very neat and easy. You also feel sort of good about no waste!

Another good juicing tip is to use a glass container when storing fresh juice Another thing I learned the hard way. There was one week where I was on a carrot juice kick. I took a good size plastic container of it to work, and left it on my desk....overnight, by mistake. It exploded all over my mouse pad. If I had it in a glass container, this would not have happened. But the most important reason: its just not good to store juice in plastic. Plastic leaches chemicals, and the natural compounds of the juice just don't do well in sealed plastic based bottles. Just reuse a glass jar you were going to throw away....you do have some of those lying around, right? :) If not, keep them from leftover food packaged in glass. Also, keep it in the fridge if not drinking right away. Some find it smart to wrap it in aluminum foil if they dont have dark glass bottles so that it oxidizes slower.

Using some fruits and veggies are just not super easy for fresh juice. Sure, you can use them all but some don't work as well. Mushy fruit, like bananas, don't really juice (but they make great "ice cream" when you use the homogenizer or blank plate on your juicer). Berries are also mushy, but you can get juice out of them- it is just provides a lower juice yield then an apple or orange would.

Mixing too many types of produce together makes a funky tasting juice sometimes. Okay, so, we all know the advertisements for those store-bought juices that include so many types of produce. Truth is, when you fresh juice, it doesn’t taste as good. We aren’t adding any flavors. As a general rule, keep it 3 and under for variety(plus it's easier).

Put some ice cubes in the blender with your juice. This cools your fruit drink quickly in summer.

Our last juicing tip? Put a little bit of banana in your juice mix and blend it like a milk-shake. This gives your fruit drink a certain softness and reduces the bitterness(like grapefruit).

I hope these juicing tips help you!

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