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Jenn Sal
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With all the smoothie posts, I've come to the conclusion that I would like to use this way to get more veggies in my diet. I tried searching past posts, but couldn't locate anything. I'm not good at the searching. 
Here are my questions: What is a good juicer (easy to use, durable, easy to clean) & What is a good juice site or cookbook?
Thank you!
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I have an Omega Juicer, which I have used sporadically over the last ten years. It still works as good as new, so I would say it was worth the investment. It works centrifugally(sp?). You feed the food in and it gets finely shredded by a spinning blade inside a chamber which spins out the juice and collects the pulp on the sides. You can buy paper filters which make cleanup really easy. The main parts of the machine are stainless steel, which is really durable. Once I had an issue with one of the arms that clamp it shut and I just ordered a new part online...I am not even sure if they charged me. If they did, it was not much.
A friend of mine has the type of juicer that works differently, not centrifugal, and the pulp comes out the back of the machine into a bucket.It just has too much pulp in the juice for my taste. The Omega produces a much smoother juice and also yields alot more for the amount of vegetable or fruit I put in. I get a nice big glass of juice with two medium carrots, an apple and a stalk of celery.
I would recommend The Juicing Book by Stephen Blauer. It goes through the different types of food and what nutrients they are good for. It also lists various ailments and recommendations of juices for specific nutritional needs.
I would recommend when starting juicing to not get too exotic in your food choices because it can get very expensive. I know peopole who stopped juicing because it was so expensive, but when I easked what they were juicing it was all sorts of expensive stuff, that they probably wouldn't be buying otherwise. For example, pineapple tastes really wonderful in the juicer, but where I live it can cost $3 for one pineapple and it just doesnt' look like that much juice for the money. For every day health, I would stick to a carrot base, and use the book to see what to add for your specific needs. Eventually, I wean off juicing apple so much because they are sooo sweet. I will move toward a juice made of carrot, celery, beets and cabbage. Not as sweet and really earthy tasting, but I love it and it is really healthy for you, too!
Hope this helps. I think that juicing is a great, healthy addition to your diet!
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Hi There,
We have a Breville juicer. I didn't want to shell out the big bucks for a fancy one like an Omega or Champion until I was certain that juicing would be something that we would do often. I got it from cooking.com with a 20% off coupon. It has been great. I did a lot of research before my purchase and it seemed to be one of the best( Of the mid-priced juicers). Unfortunately, none of them are necessarily, "easy to clean" but this one seems to be easier than others I have seen or tried. Another benefit is that it has a wide feeder tube so that you can fit a decent sized apple without having to chop first.
As for juicing books...One that I have is called, Juicing for Life. It has many recipes that can help certain ailments and illnesses. For everyday recipes, however, I have several raw food cookbooks that have some great recipes. Probably the best thing to do would be to go to your local Borders or B&N and just look through some of the raw food books until you find one that contains several juicing recipes that strike your fancy. That's kind of what I did. Most of these recipes do not require fancy ingredients. You'll also find that you can tweak the recipes to your liking. We joined an agricultural co-op, so I ending up juicing all sorts of veggies...including beets... so that I would not waste them. You will learn quickly what tends to go well together and how to balance the tart with the sweet. An apple or a cucumber are amazing at taking away the bitterness of kale and spinach. Anyway, I've babbled far too long. Hope this was somewhat helpful!
One more thing, Juicing has been much better for us in getting in more veggies. I can handle a chunky choclate milkshake but not a chunk green concoction! To me the juice tastes much better and you aren't really missing many of the nutrients if you juice, just some fiber.
DeAnn
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Thank you Chris and DeAnn! This is the beginning of my quest, so I really need help! I appreciate your information. It has given me things to think about that I didn't know before.
Any other ideas out there would be appreciated!!!!
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