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Permalink Reply by Arsyn- Of the Exentrix on September 1, 2011 at 9:48am

Hmm, I have often been fascinated with jucing and I love the concept. I even have a juicer and have juiced some but not a lot. I never really know what to put into it. Fresh apple juice is nice (especially from green apples!) but I always end up throwing one thing in that just makes it gross. That and all the juices seem really thick which kind of grosses me out... and if I add water it just gets kind of grosser... any advice?

Permalink Reply by Ash☮♥ & hoopiness! on September 1, 2011 at 10:44am

Hi Arsyn :) I have def. made some pretty "gross" juices  lol especially when I first started juicing and getting my body used to it but my tastes have changed and the juice that was gross to me then (spinach, kale, garlic, ginger, carrots, celery, radish, beets, cucumber, apples and watermelon rind) is now my delicious, everyday juice!  But until I found it easy to drink such a concoction I stuck to juice recipes like this:

*carrot- I LOVE carrot juice alone :)

*carrot/orange (tastes like an Orange Julius!)

*apple/cucumber/celery

*apple/carrot

*watermelon(meat & rind)- watermelon is one of the most alkalizing juices you can drink, if you need to raise your pH this is a good juice!  Cucumber is also very alkalizing..

although juicing fruits can help you get used to fresh juice you should be careful about how much fruit juice you drink, lots of sugar :) as a rule I try to eat my fruit and drink my veggies..  though I do add an apple to almost everything I juice :)

What are your fav fruits and veggies? if you like to eat them you'll probably like to drink them, just experiment and find the amounts of each that you like. :)

As for the thickness..does your juicer have a strainer? as long as I strain my juice I don't have a problem with it being thick and it might also depend on what you're juicing.  I've never added water to my juice..  Keep experimenting with recipes (a little at a time, I know what it's like to juice 5 lbs of veggies and not be able to drink it lol)

Also what kind of juicer do you have? That will help determine if you shouldn't juice certain kinds of fruit/veg.  I have an electric champion juicer and a manual wheatgrass juicer that I use to juice everything not just wheatgrass :)

lol sorry if this post seems to be all over the place... I'm writing in between chasing my 2 year old around the house :)

a few books you might be interested in:

Juicing for life

the pH miracle

these books are why I started juicing :)

Wheatgrass juice is also AMAZING :) and good for sooo much! check out these websites :)

http://www.annwigmore.org/

http://www.healingdaily.com/juicing-for-health/juicing-recipes.htm

http://www.juicingbook.com/vegetables/

I hope some of this helps :) now go drink some juice lol..

Permalink Reply by Allyssa on September 1, 2011 at 10:47am

Thank you for posting this! My bf and I were just discssing how beneficial it would be to invest in a juicer. It helps to know what to start with :)

Permalink Reply by Ash☮♥ & hoopiness! on September 1, 2011 at 10:53am

you're very welcome! Juicing is something I think everyone needs in their lives :)

http://www.fernsnutrition.com/juicer_types.htm

if you need..this might help in choosing a type of juicer :)

StudentPermalink Reply by Aurora of Elemental Hoops on September 1, 2011 at 12:01pm

ooh, this is interesting! i can't wait to move in to my very own place with my boyfriend to have my own kitchen appliances such as a juicer!

Permalink Reply by Ash☮♥ & hoopiness! on September 8, 2011 at 11:29am

I love my juicer... we're getting ready to buy an RV and maybe live at a few state parks in the area while we look for land and build our home.. We're donating a ton of our stuff and storing quite a bit, I told my husband the only things I HAVE to bring are my juicer, hoops and sewing machine lol everything else can go :)