<p>I just pulled the trigger and bought a Champion Juicer and am excited to start infusing a little healthy into my life. Since becoming an empty nester when only D went off to college last fall, I cook practically never and rarely eat balanced meals. I need to make a change and also thinking she can take advantage of it when she is home this summer.</p>
<p>My machine will arrive Wednesday - do any of you have words of wisdom and/or concoctions you’d like to share???</p>
<p>In general, people who make their own juices like to serve them fresh for the best flavor.</p>
<p>But unpasteurized juices are dangerous for some people. So you may want to find out who the high-risk groups are before sharing your homemade juices with other people. And since you may not know whether someone is at high risk (for example, you may not know that a young woman is pregnant), it would be a good idea to tell people that the juice is unpasteurized before you serve it.</p>
<p>[Two</a> Simple Steps to Juice Safety | FoodSafety.gov](<a href=“http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/types/fruits/twostepsjuicesafety.html]Two”>Food Safety by Type of Food | FoodSafety.gov)</p>
<p>^ I have read pregnant women need to be cautious of certain quantities of certain veggies (we won’t have any pregnant women around!). I will be making juice by the cup and not to store. Each user will do the same - one glass at a time and clean the machine after each use.</p>
<p>You’ll be amazed at how many carrots it takes to make a glass. </p>
<p>I’d like to combine a juicer with one of those seltzer machines and some alcohol.</p>
<p>^^^^^ splendid idea!</p>
<p>Not to injure your relationship with the juicer, but also look into a high-powered blender (vitamix or blendtec - insanely expensive but I got a vitamix on ebay). You can make smoothies with fruit and greens - I also throw in ground flaxseed - and you get all of the food, not just the juice.</p>
<p>Lisa, I thought the juicer (Champion) was rather pricey - did see the Vitamix and decided I wanted to make just juice - who knows what it may morph into a love for?</p>
<p>Googling yesterday I found this recipe (among MANY others) - sounds so good for me!
[Mean</a> Green | Juice Recipes](<a href=“http://juicerecipes.com/recipes/mean-green-25]Mean”>Mean Green | JuiceRecipes.com)</p>
<p>Coincidentally just got an issue of Consumer Reports with blender ratings - they gave the “Ninja Master Prep Professional QB1004” the same rating as the Vitamix, for only $60. If you start feeling a pang for all the pulp your juicer leaves behind, you might look into it.</p>
<p>Great info!!! Thanks!!!</p>
<p>Just wanted to chime in here…I started juicing in August and I love it. I have juice almost every morning–and some days I have again in the afternoon. I’m not a big recipe follower, so I just throw in a combination of what I like and what is on hand. Today’s juice was celery, carrots, beets, baby kale, baby spinach, lime, ginger, cilantro and apple–all organic. D E L I C I O U S!!! </p>
<p>Have fun with your new juicer!!!</p>
<p>db question but are all te vegies like beets raw???</p>
<p>Remember that it can take a surprisingly large amount of fruits and vegetables to make a cup of juice. If you are trying to keep calorie intake down, you may want to stick to juicing non-sweet low-calorie vegetables, as fruit juices can be be a way to quickly take in a lot of calories (of sugar).</p>
<p>downtoearth - yes, all the veggies and fruits are juiced raw, even the beets.</p>
<p>I stick to mostly veggies in my juicing, and start with a base of a high water content veggie like celery or romaine to keep the calories lower while still ending up with a reasonable volume of juice. Lots of veggies with one small green apple works well for me. I have just the juice for breakfast and I find that I am not hungry until lunch time.</p>
<p>I’m late to this thread, but an interested in starting a juicing habit. Or, I was interested until I watched a juicer video on youtube. I was shocked to see how much non-juice by-product (waste?) there is. </p>
<p>What does one do with the leftovers? Are they trash? Are they useful? </p>
<p>I like the idea upthread about a machine that uses the whole fruit/veg. That’s probably more my speed. Must go research Vitamix…</p>
<p>If you have a compost pile I imagine it would break down incredibly fast.</p>
<p>Yes, I can compost. But, that will feel weird. Those were perfectly good fruits and veggies before they went in the machine. Now most of it will be thrown out? My grandmothers will roll over in their graves. </p>
<p>I guess I’ve got to get a machine that uses all the food, or at least produces minimal waste.</p>
<p>I stopped drinking juice when iDad posted the article on sugar by Lustig a few years ago. I’d just rather eat the fruits and veggies as as they come or cooked.</p>
<p>Who was the comedien who talked about being able to juice hams and pizza?</p>