COOKING: Eating Healthy Unprocessed Food (5) Vegetable Juice

14 June, 2009
"Eating Healthy Unprocessed Foods (5) Vegetable Juice"
Fremont, California.
You won't believe it at first, but any vegetable or fruit you like to eat raw, can be something you like to add to the juice! It's that simple! Some of the oddest combinations will end up being your favorites! So be brave and experiment! But in the begginning, don't go too far away from The Foundation: Carrotts, Celery, and Apples. That way it will always taste good enough to drink! : ) But if you are feeling brave, I've tried all of these when added to Carrott Juice, and they were good: Tomatoes, Spinach, Broccoli, Green Peppers, Green String Beans!, and even things as strange as Beets and Cabbage! , a wedge of peeled lemon or orange! So enjoy! and Be Healthy!
Juicing your own Vegetable and fruit combinations is fun, easy, inexpensive (buy a cheap machine) And it can provide your body with amazing nutrition!
Music: Royalty Free from www.incompetech.com
Song: "Two Together"
Nutrition Charts: www.whfoods.org (world's healthiest foods. org)

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• Vegan
• Vegetarian
• Natural foods
• Vegetable Juice
• Nutrition
• juicer
• Whole Foods
• Juicer

[kicaz92]

What do you do with the rest of the chunk ?

[LoveMattersMost]

@kicaz92 Great question. Quick answer: My worm bin compost pile. I know, it seems pretty wasteful. I tried cooking it into some kind of soup, but the texture is just too fibrous. And the flavor is dominated by carrots. So, it's like adding two cups of shredded carrots to whatever you are cooking. I even tried eating it with salad dressing, but it's too tough to chew for long... No good answer here, I'm afraid. Brian.

[ElegantEncorBridal]

I can't get my 3 year old to eat vegetables, but he loves juice. So I'm going to give this a try

[LoveMattersMost]

@ElegantEncorBridal If it is for a child or young person, I definitely would not add any garlic or onion! And I would put in less of the green leafy vegetables (because they make a stronger, grown-up taste). But I would add more of sweet fruity things: Start with a base of carrot, and a little celery, then add things like: Apples, grapes, orange sections, and ripe melons w/o the rinds. They still have wonderful nutrition, but you will end up with something more attractive to a child. : ) Brian

[ThatSketchyShow]

My New Years resolution was to loose weight, and I'm just a teenager. This is something I've been looking into, but I'm not so sure I'd like the flavor. If I use carrots, apples, and celery, does it taste sweet? What makes the sweetest concoction? I'm still a little worried about the flavor:)

-Cody:)

[LoveMattersMost]

@ThatSketchyShow I think it's wonderful that you are interested in nutrition and good health. What a great New Years resolution! Everybody likes some vegetables and fruits more than others. So basicly try just the foundation first: Carrots and Apples. Then, when you feel like experimenting.. try some of the other fruits and vegetables I mentioned too. Oh, and don't forget the other half of the weight loss equation. And that is to get active physically. Take up walking or bike riding, swim, etc.!

[LoveMattersMost]

@ThatSketchyShow Hi Cody! That's an important question..What are the best vegetables to start with? Carrots and apples are the can't lose foundation. They are really sweet and look appetizing too. So, just start with those. After you agree that that tastes ok, you can add a few grapes and few orange segments to the foundation. If you like that, and it's ok..try adding a 1/4 to 1/2 cup of organic tomato sauce to the foundation. Then try Celery, cabbage, lettuce and parsley. I like them all! : )

[LoveMattersMost]

@xxbigpimpin6969 Oh, hello. Sorry for the late reply! No, unfortunately, you get much less liquid juice out than solid vegetables you start with. I would guess for example, that a cup of diced carrots will give you about 1/4 or 1/3 cup of carrot juice. So you need about 3x or 4x the solid vegetables to get the amount of juice you want. Hope this info helps! Brian.

[xxbigpimpin6969]

can some1 tell me if 1 cup of vegeteables = 1 cup of vegetable juice?

[199ALLSTAR]

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