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juicing questions
Posted by:
cocoa_nibs
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Date: April 08, 2009 03:13AM I am on a juice feast and would like some juicy advice...
I have a Greenstar, a Vitamix and nutmylk bags, the usual suspects. WOuld like to try tomato juice. How do you juice tomatoes? How about grapes? Ripe pears are a squishy nightmare for the greenstar, too, LOL. Do you juice the tops of radishes? How bout carrot greens? Any favorite juice recipes? And lastly: having a bit of a hard time getting the greens down. Any combos that help? (I usually do spinach, romaine, parsley, kale, maybe cellery) Re: juicing questions
Posted by:
Utopian Life
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Date: April 08, 2009 03:36AM I don't think grapes juice well? Or at least don't make a lot of juice. Same with blueberries!
I like beet greens; maybe carrot ggreens would be similar. For my green juice, I like to do spinach/kale/collards, cucumber, carrot, parsley, cilantro, celery, romaine. The tomatoes work fine for me in a regular juicer. Re: juicing questions
Posted by:
kwan
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Date: April 08, 2009 04:10AM Tomatoes juice really nice; I usually try to juice them with carrot, red pepper, celery, a touch of onion or garlic, etc.-- gives the juice a more well-rounded flavor and a richer texture. (Tomatoes, I find, make a kind of watery juice.) Sharrhan: 
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Posted by:
EZ rider
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Date: April 08, 2009 04:22AM I juice squishy fruits like very ripe plums or peaches in my Champion juicer using the extra big holes screen that came with the juicer. It comes out in a "nectar" that is just delicious. Whenever I see very ripe fruit that is close to getting thrown out I try to make a "firesale" deal with the vendor and then juice away. Yummy. Re: juicing questions
Posted by:
EZ rider
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Date: April 08, 2009 04:51AM I just got the two screens out and looked at them side by side and it looks like the large hole screen has holes that at roughly about two to three times the diameter of the regular screen that I use for carrot juice etc. Here is a picture of the large hole screen [championjuicer.com] (click on enlarge). It was standard equipment when I bought my Champion many years ago and came with the juicer along with the standard screen and a blank screen for making "ice cream". It looks like the large hole screen may be an extra accessory now - not sure ? The large hole screen is just large enough to move the fruit skins and most of the fiber out but the juice comes out thicker so I call it juice "nectar". Re: juicing questions
Posted by:
EZ rider
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Date: April 08, 2009 05:01AM I just noticed that they have an "enlarge" picture of the both the large hole screen and the regular size hole screen so that you can get an idea of the size. Here's the links:
Large = [championjuicer.com] Regular = [championjuicer.com] Click "enlarge" for the bigger picture. Re: juicing questions
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: April 08, 2009 02:24PM Cucumber helps a lot. 
Also adding some ginger root. For those who's juicers have the small holes...consider a blender for the not-so-easy to juice things. Re: juicing questions
Posted by:
cocoa_nibs
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Date: April 10, 2009 03:21AM You guys raaawk! Thanks so much Re: juicing questions
Posted by:
la_veronique
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Date: April 10, 2009 07:11AM hey cocoa nibs
green stars rawk when it comes to greens but u kind of have to coaax i when it comes to the fruits yep,ripe pears won't juice very well firmer pears cut in small pieces and put in there slowly will be okay ( for a while... can't do too many) there is also a screen that has bigger diameter holes for the greenstar as well use that for the fruits beet leaves are great to juice for harder veggies ( like carrots and beets, ) u gotta cut em up small and push them in the chute a lot slower cuz the greenstars does soft leafy veggies best Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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