Gourmet Fruit and Vegetable Juicing Recipes

Strawberry Orange and Blueberry Juice

DiegoM — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:10:24 +0000

This may seem like a weird combination, but this is a killer juice. Truly unbelievable, it may be my new favorite. The trick is to have lots of strawberries and lots of orange juice. The blueberries shouldn’t be overpowering, you just want a few to add a bit of sweetness to the juice, which should be somewhat tart. It also gives it a rich, dark red color. Here are approximate amounts, but it depends a lot on the strawberries and blueberries – such as how sweet or tart they are.

For 2 glasses of this delicious, healthy, low fat juice:

4 oranges
10 strawberries
1/4 cup blueberries

Wash well all fruit. Peel oranges, add to juicer, and then add the strawberries and blueberries. Juice. And enjoy!

This can easily be made with a blender, but you’ll have to strain it.

Grapefruit-Apple-Orange-Kiwi-Ginger-Juice

DiegoM — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:00:35 +0000

Yesterday I realized I had a ton of fruit I needed to use up. I have mentioned in a previous post about one of my absolute favorite juices, apple orange and ginger. This is a bit of a variation I suppose. I didn’t actually expect it to turn out great, mainly because of the grapefruit, but WOW! This juice was fantastic!!! Not to mention insanely healthy with a great variety of low-calorie fruits.

Grapefruit Apple Orange Kiwi and Ginger Juicer

2 Pink Grapefruits
1-2 inch piece of ginger, cleaned and peeled.
2 granny smith apples
1 kiwi
2 oranges

Add all fruits to juicer and enjoy!! This makes 2 large glasses of juice.

Juicing Recipes for Weight Loss

DiegoM — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:35:33 +0000

Juicing can boost your health in so many ways. Not only are you injecting your body with vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants, and other healthy stuff, you are doing so in a 100% natural way. This is also the reason that juicing is great for weight loss!!! Although some fruits are high in sugars and calories, the way your body processes them is much different than other sweets. Fruit juices therefore make a sweet, super tasty snack that is great for your health!

If you are looking for juicing recipes for weight loss, try adding some vegetables to your fruit juices. Most vegetables tend to be much lower calorie than most fruits, mainly because they have less sugars. For example, let´s compare.

Banana – 200 g banana has 177 calories. **Don´t be fooled by numbers…although bananas are high calories, and high sugars, they can be great for weight loss!

Tomato – 200g tomato has 36 calories

Apple – 200g apple has 104 calories

Celery – 200g celery has 33 calories

***Data retrieved from Nutrition Data, and then scaled to 200g servings***

By using juices to substitute other foods from your diet that are high calorie and full of empty calories, you will be on the road to a much healthier you. This could include weight loss, better skin, more energy, and better brain power. Not sure how to create your own tasty juices? Here are a few juicer recipes for weight loss that are delicious, easy, and low-calorie!

Super Tomato Juice
3 ripe tomatoes
½ cucumber
1 stalk celery
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper

As you see above, tomatoes are very low calorie, but are extremely healthy. Add to juicer and enjoy!

Green Orange Juice
1 tbsp ground ginger, or 1 inch piece washed
2 large navel oranges
1 tbsp wheatgrass. If you can´t find wheatgrass, substitute with baby spinach

This juice is quick, easy, and delicious, and kids love the “green” orange juice! Just add those ingredients to your juicer, and enjoy! This one can also be made in a blender. Juice the oranges, grate the ginger, and add the ingredients to the blender. Blend until smooth.

Spinach and Banana Smoothie
1 cup of washed baby spinach
1 banana
½ cup of milk or water

This smoothie combines one super vegetable with one super fruit, making a super smoothie. Try with both milk and water, they both taste quite different!

Surtido
2 apples
1 beet
1 small cucumber
2 carrots (organic or local, if possible, they are always much sweeter)
2 stalks celery
2 large carrots

Scrub the root vegetables clean, and add to juicer. This one is like taking a liquid multivitamin!

Apple Beet Juice

DiegoM — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:34:05 +0000

A delicious vegetable and fruit juice mix. This is one juicing recipe that is much better made with a juicer, as raw beets don’t work well in a blender. This juice is literally PACKED with healthy stuff – beets are one of the healthiest vegetables, and apples are one of the healthier fruits. They combine perfectly because beets are quite sweet, and very similar in texture to apples (one a juice).

3 apples, washed.

2 beets, washed and peeled.

Add to the juicer, and drink the juice of the gods.

Kiwi Pinneaple Orange Juice

DiegoM — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:29:20 +0000

This is a great juicing recipe if you want a nice, citrusy burst of Caribbean flavor. Take 1/3 pinnaple, 3 oranges, and 1 to 2 kiwis, add to your juicer, and you are set. This juice is truly delicious, and extremely easy to make. It can also be made in a blender. If in a hot location, this is a great chilled juice, because it is very refreshing.

Tropical Smoothie

DiegoM — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:37:40 +0000

There has been lots of news lately about how healthy organic coconut oil is. This recipe is a delicious way for you to incorporate it into your diet.

1 banana
1/2 cup fresh pineapple
1/2 cup fresh strawberries
1 cup milk or water
1 tbsp organic coconut oil

Add ingredients to blender, and blend until smooth. This recipe is fairly high in calories, but they are all good calories. This is a great smoothie to start the day, or to keep you going at lunch time.

My Two Favorite Acai Juice Recipes

DiegoM — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:47:45 +0000

It´s unlikely that anyone has never heard of açai juice. Its claim to fame, of course, is that it is a super food, one that some scientists (and salesmen) claim can help with dozens of health problems.

Whether these are true or not are always up in the air, and I´ve heard some great debates on the subject. Regardless of what you believe, there is no doubt that at the very least, açai berries are a very healthy fruit, and they have a nice flavor that makes for perfect juices. If you ever go to Brazil, where they grow açai, they have juice bars everywhere that serve açai juice, for next to nothing!

Açai Juice Benefits

So what is açai juice so good for? The supposed benefits listed on certain sites, such as this one, make it sound like the holy grail. Fo example:

Increased mental clarity
Increased sexual prowess
Improved blood circulation
More energy
Improved vision….

The list goes on. Most of these are highly unlikely. For example, your vision will not improve. You can help protect your eyes by taking açai because of the vitamins, but you will not cure vision problems. So what benefits can you expect?

Like most superfuits, the açai berries are full of antioxidants and tons of vitamins, making it a very healthy addition to your diet. If you make it a regular part of your diet, it will be very good for your health…but don’t expect miracles.

If you are able to find açai berries, here are two great recipes for juices.

Açai Banana Juice

This is more of a smoothie, but it packs a lot of energy into one drink, and tons of useful vitamins. Perfect for pre or post-workout!

½ cup açai berries

1 banana

2 tbsp brown sugar, guarana syrop, or maple syrop

4 ice cubes (optional)

¾ cup water

Add all ingredients to a blender, and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

Açai Berry Juice

½ cup açai berries

1 cup blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries (or any combination, with a minimum two types of berries)

1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice

Add all ingredients to a juicer, juice, and enjoy!! This could also be made in a blender, but you would have to strain it if you do not like pulp.

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!**

Looking for juices? Check out our juicing recipes

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.