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Would You Like Some Juice with Your Dinner Sir?

DiegoM — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:50:25 +0000

Juices are typically served either for breakfast or for lunch, and are rarely paired with a dinner. This is an unfortunate mistake. Juices can go extremely well with dinners, and can actually make your dinners taste better, similar to wine. And, just like wine, you have to know which juices go best with which meals. This is often a matter of taste, but there are some general rules involved.

All types of citrus juices tend to go best with seafood, especially orange juice, grapefruit juice, or passionfruit juice (or any juice that has a combination of the three). The citrus flavors don´´t overpower the seafood flavors, and actually help to bring out the flavor of the fish/shellfish. For example, select your favorite form these delicious shrimp recipes, and pair it with an orange/grapefruit juice.

Spicy Asian dishes (and Peruvian dishes) foods also go well with citrus juices, because the citrus tends to cut through the spiciness. In this case, a slighter sweeter citrus juice is the best option. For example, a sweet lemonade, or a strawberry-orange-grapefruit juice would be perfect when paired with a Thai red curry. You´ll notice the sweetness cuts right through the heavy spices.

Chicken and pork go well with slightly sweet juices, especially any of the berries. Kiwi and apple juices are also a great option, especially for pork. For example, a strawberrry blueberry juice would go perfect with a chicken breast covered in a light sauce. An apple-kiwi juice would go great with a pork tenderloin.

**Beef does not go particularly well with juices, and in this case, I recommend you stick to wine. There is nothing better than a nice Malbec with a big juicy steak!**

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Gaggia Making Juicers?

DiegoM — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:29:07 +0000

No juicing recipe will be useful unless you have the right equipment to make the juice. Gaggia, the popular name for high-end coffee machines, are now making juicers. However, they are not your typical juicer that you can throw any fruit into for juice. They are only for juicing citrus fruits, anywhere from grapefruits to oranges. The machine includes a two different size juicing cones, which makes it easy to use for any size of citrus. It is about 1 ft high, and half a food wide, which is actually a bit big for this type of juicer. However, similar to a Gaggia coffee machine, the Gaggia juicers are very stylish. It is black and silver, has stylish lines, and looks like a juicer you´d see 100 years from now. Pretty high tech considering you can only juice citrus!!

In order to use your juicer, all you have to do is wash your citrus fruit, cut it in half, and place it on top of the cone with mild pressure. The cone spins, and extracts the juice. It takes very little force to extract most of the fruits juice, so is certainly easier than a manually citrus juicer. The cone spins in both directions for maximum extraction.

The Gaggia juicer is a nice looking, very sturdy juicer, and if you really drink a lot of citrus juicers, this would be a recommended product. However, if you like to drink juices from all types of fruit, the Gaggia juicer would be better as a supplement (to extract the juicer from your citrus fruits). For most people, this would not be necessary, but it does look nice, and works well for its purpose.

Check out our juicing recipes for ideas on juices to make with your Gaggia juicer.

To Take a Look

DiegoM — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:39:34 +0000

If you are interested in juicing recipes, you probably are interested in information on other subjects that have to do with food. Here is a list of some different sites that are worth a read.

Do you have kids? This site is all about fun recipes for cooking with children. Content ranges from delicious breakfast shakes to recipes for kids with diabetes. The site is simple to navigate, and not only do they have written content, but some videos as well.

Perhaps you have others in the family with diabetes? If that is the case, check out these diabetic meals for some great ideas on what to prepare. The site is a wealth of information about Diabetes.

We are currently in the dead of winter, and perhaps the best winter good is a delicious homemade beef stew. What´s fun about this site, is you can find all different kinds of beef stew….for example, Chinese beef stew or texmex beef stew. So if you want to try something new, this site has some great ideas!

If you´ve ever tried homemade sourdough bread, you´ll know it is to die for!! Even freshly made sourdough from your local baker isn´t as good. If you like your bread crispy on the outside, and soft and fluffy on the inside, make sure to try out the French sourdough recipe…combine it with your favorite soup, and your in for a heavenly meal!

Are you in the market for a new home coffee maker? This site has all the information you need to help you pick out a small coffee maker that will be right for you.

Do you like shrimp? Take a look at these delicious shrimp recipes, ranging from shrimp salads to shrimp scampi. No idea how to cook shrimp? No problem, this site also provides cooking tips for those of us who aren´t trained chefs…

The final site of the day we recommend checking is all about meal planning. Selecting a great recipe is only one small part of getting meals on the table every day. This site steps in and helps you plan, and even better, helps you save money!

Still craving juices? Check out our selection of juicing recipes.