I have a juicer and love to drink the fresh vegetable juice which iJuice .You feel great with all the vitamin "C". Its pretty boring doing it though,but lovely drinking it. Usually juice Carrotts,celery,broccolli,cumbers But its a devill cleaning the machine out afterwards . Anyone know of a juice bar anywhere in Sheffield ?.

It might just be my filthy mind, but I honestly didn't know what to expect in a thread on 'juicing' ;)

I'm afraid I'm very lazy and tend to buy my fruit juice in a carton, already out of the fruit.

I like juicing as well, although I am not brave enough to try veggies in the machine, worried about the taste.

I agree with you though as it is a bugger to clean.

The only issue I have is you can spend a fortune on loads of different fruits and only get about 1 glass full of juice.

What combinations have you tried? I have done strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, apple, orange & passion fruit, that was absolutely gorgeous, its a real vitamin kick.

Originally posted by Squashie28
I like juicing as well, although I am not brave enough to try veggies in the machine, worried about the taste.

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You could try Carrots Squashie they make really sweet juice, in fact we tend to let ours down with a bit of water to stop it being over sweet. We dislike Beetroot because it's a bit earthy tasting.

While you're about it why not try having a go at sprouting seeds?

The health food shop on Surrey St sells a sprouting jar for £4 and the seeds. Takes about two minutes a day to unscrew the jar and rinse them and they are ready to eat in between 3-5 days, delicious.

I get a 500g bag of mung beans from Sainsburys for 99p and these give over a months supply of sprouting seeds - pretty good value but it's the flavour that gives home grown the edge over shop bought.

My fave is carrot, apple and celery. A little beetroot added is quite nice but you mustn't overdo it. Annoying that it takes 5 mins to prepare, 1 min to drink, then 10 mins to clean and wash up!

Originally posted by spiffymonkey
It might just be my filthy mind, but I honestly didn't know what to expect in a thread on 'juicing' ;)


It's not just you, the first thing that jumped into my maind was quite depraved.

Originally posted by pattricia
I have a juicer and love to drink the fresh vegetable juice which iJuice .You feel great with all the vitamin "C". Its pretty boring doing it though,but lovely drinking it. Usually juice Carrotts,celery,broccolli,cumbers But its a devill cleaning the machine out afterwards . Anyone know of a juice bar anywhere in Sheffield ?.

On holiday in Benidorm, we were taken to a factory that sold juicers and I nearly bought one, however, the price and my ladyfriend put me off, which I regret to this day./

The health benefits from using a juicer are enormous and I know that using one and drinking the natural goodness prevents illness and disease.

They are sold in big W, they work well enough but don't half take some cleaning up after. Its easier just to eat the fruit!

Juicing is great, I have been a bit slack recently but generally try to juice quite often. Apples and organic carrots are my base, then what ever else I have bought. Raw beetroot is good, also add some parsley, its a really good blood cleanser. Add an orange to hide the earthy taste if you don't like it. Apple carrot and spinnach is good, or watercress. Strawberrys are also great and seem to thicken up juice. Stick the Stalk from Broccoli in instead of throwing it in the bin, you hardly notice it but it's reall good for you. A chunk of cucumber is also a winner added to most things. Stick a bit or root ginger in to most juices to warm you up and increase circulation. only a small bit is required.. And for the Vodla fans amoungst us, Juice a pineapple and add lots of vodka, it's really really smooth, especially when the fruit is from the fridge and the Vodka from the freezer. Invest in a Champion Juicer when your basic one dies, they are expensive but produce better quality juice and more of it than standard ones. Plus they juice almost anything quickly and they are easy to clean.

Mmmm, juice for breakfast I think. Apple, carrot, orange and strawberry as that's whats in the fridge.

I must have a juicer after reading all this!

Any tips for first timers?

(esp. Interested in Juicers that don't need so much maintanence and cleaning etc).

Where did you buy your Champion Juicer from ? I have a Kenwood but if it breaks down, I would like to buy a Champion.I have never heard of it . Who is the manufacturer or is that just the name on its own.? Interested.

If you bother to take off the sticky labels and remove pips and stalks and orange peel before you juice the source stuff (assuming you've a juicer with a chute that you shove everything down) you can mix the pulp with fromage frais or yogurt (or cream I suppose) and eat it. Tastes better than it sounds :D

Seems a shame to throw so much good stuff away once you've removed the juice - as Squashie said, you don't get much juice from a lot of fruit, this way you get to benefit from it all!

http://www.happyjuicer.com/juicing-ingredients/default.asp

Originally posted by Longshanks
...... Annoying that it takes 5 mins to prepare, 1 min to drink, then 10 mins to clean and wash up!

And 5 days to put all the the hardware back into the cupboard :suspect: :hihi:

Where did you buy your Champion Juicer from ? I have a Kenwood but if it breaks down, I would like to buy a Champion.I have never heard of it . Who is the manufacturer or is that just the name on its own.? Interested.

I have bought three in total, don't worry, they don't break! Mine came from 'The Juicer Company' in York. Swapped it for a Laser printer and £100. that was 5-6 years ago. I have bought 2 on Ebay since then, both for other people. Second hand is pretty much as good as new as not much can go wrong with them, all the ones on EBay are new at the moment and you might find second hand ones fetch nearly as much money. Treat it as an investment as you will always be able to sell it again, not that you would ever want to.

A link to Champion and some recipes, you can download the manual for it and the recipe book.

http://www.championjuicer.com/recipes1.htm

Oo, and don't be tempted to import one, just get the proper UK model.

I've got a Breville - cost about £90 - £100 but it's excellent. You can put whole apples and other vegetables in. Only thing that slightly annoys me is that you need to peel oranges before they go in.