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We basically got some of almost every fruit and vegetable. Today after church, I got everything prepped to make fruit juice and vegetable juice - which took a LONG time: apples, oranges, a lemon, strawberries, blueberries, carrots, celery, spinach, cucumber, red kale, a beet, a leek bulb.
I ended up with about five cups of each juice. The fruit juice is, of course, delicious. The vegetable juice is a little "iffy." I think I probably should've left out either the kale or beet. Yesterday, I made of juice of carrots, celery and spinach - and it was really good - although the color wasn't very appetizing. It will take us a couple days to drink all that juice. We are not doing a cleanse - but rather drinking the juice more as a supplement & to replace one meal each day.
I have two concerns: (1) it seems wasteful. There is so much pulp left over. I feed some to my chickens - but it's too much to give them all of it. (2) The juicer makes such a mess. It's a big chore to get everything washed and prepped for juicing and then to clean all the juicer parts afterwards. I'm just not certain I'll continue this long-term since it seems so tedious. I'm hoping that after I juice a little more, it'll get simpler
I have to say, though - some of the juices are absolutely delicious!
You're right about the pulp. I think it's wasteful as well. I tried feeding it to the chickens but they rooled their eyes at me and walked away. Some people say to put it in your compost bin/pile if you have one. You could always give it to someone that may have another use for it. I'll be glad when I can eat that pulp.
