<p>I’ve been living off-campus since my first year of college, and now that I’m hitting midterms in my fourth year it is FINALLY hitting me that I can’t keep doing a combination of cheap restaurants and Top Ramen if I intend to live long enough to receive my degree.</p>
<p>I love fresh produce, but it’s so hard to find a way to put all of it in what I’m eating before it goes bad. I’ve finally decided that vegetable and fruit juices are the best way for me to keep my energy up when I don’t have time to make myself lunch (or dinner, sometimes!), but I am HORRIFIED by the amount of sugar and other additives which appear in the pre-made variety. I have plenty of time in the morning to juice my own, so that’s what I want to do.</p>
<p>I’m having one heck of a time finding a juicer that works and is affordable on a college student budget. In addition, I have to be really careful about the noise because I live in an older apartment building. Any suggestions? Any drink recipes would be great as well!</p>
<p>Have you thought about a blender instead? You can’t live on juice alone, and there are tremendous benefits to eating the whole fruit as opposed to extracting the juice alone. My kids love to make what they call “frozen surprise drinks” using the “surprise” (which is whatever fruits are on hand like brown bananas) and ice. Sometimes S will throw in a scoop of ice cream or even add a dollop of chocolate syrup.</p>
<p>Don’t know about a noise solution. All those types of appliances are really noisy!</p>
<p>We recently replaced our Juiceman Jr Juicer after 6 years of trouble free service. The plastic stuff broke, not the motor. It is from Target. Not very expensive (~$50). We use it even for carrots (2-3 times a week). Carrots are the hardest on a juicer. </p>
<p>The key is to look for the wattage/Horse power of the motor. Higher the better. You will find that many so called expensive brands have weak motors. Some report it in horse power some report it in Watts. 1 HP = ~ 750 Watts. Same thing for blenders as well.</p>