Not everyone is willing to eat mountains of fresh vegetables and fruits, so for these people a better and more enjoyable alternative is to extract juice from these veggies and fruits and drink it in the cool comfort of one’s home. During summer months, a glass of vegetable and fruit juice combination is the best thirst quencher…
It is a well-known fact that a diet rich in fruits and vegetablles is our best bet for a healthy living. It is however hard to get the recommended portions everyday because of our busy schedules where we need to make compromises on our daily meals.It is a good idea to enjoy the goodness of both vegetables and fruits by mixing them and making juice at home..
Juice blends made from raw vegetables and fruits are delicious and contain valuable vitamins, minerals and enzymes. And since fresh vegetables and fruits have high water content, it is very easy for the body to absorb it. If one is particular about taste and for some reason not too fond of raw vegetables, the required vegetables can be steamed and then cooled and added with the fruits to extract juice. this tastes equally good…
It is important that the juice is freshly prepared, and consumed soon after it is extracted. Fresh juice is tastier, as some minerals and enzymes start deteriorating soon after the juice is extracted and gets exposed to the atmosphere.
One has to take care in choosing vegetables and fruits that are in season and are fully mature, to get all the goodness out of them.
It is a good idea to try to mix the different kinds–some vegetables contain more bulk, or fibre, and some contain more juice. The denser the vegetable, the less the juice it will yield. So it is a good idea to combine the two.
It is better not to add too many kinds of fruits and vegetables together. It is best to limit your blend to 3-5 varieties of different vegetables and 2-3 varieties of fruits.
It is also best to limit yourself to 16 ounces of pure juice each week. More than that can cause some sensitive health problems like hypoglycaemia and diabetes.
Vegetables need to be washed and scrubbed well, and rough and damaged skin and any spots should be removed .
Try not to filter the juice so that you get all the fibres as you drink the vegetable/fruit juice.
SOME RECIPES FOR PREPARING DELICIOUS JUICE
Carrot, Cucumber, tomato , Grape and apple juice
3 carrots
1 apple
2 tomatoes
1 small cucumber, a piece of ginger (optional)
A few seedless grapes
Honey
Clean , cut and blend the vegetables and fruits together in a juicer or mixer and serve immediately. A dash of pepper further enhances the taste.
Virgin Mary
6 tomatoes
2-3 sticks of celery
Tabasco sauce
salt and pepper
Place the cut vegetables, a pinch of salt, pepper and 5-6 drops of tabasco sauce in a blender and blend well.Add a few ice cubes into a glass and pour the juice over it and serve.
Vitamin Punch
5-6 Radishes
1 cooked beetroot
2 apples
2 tablespoons honey
Cut all the vegetables and the apple, add the honey and bled well in a mixer and serve immediately.
Mixed Fare
1 small head (or 1/2 larger head) broccoli
2 carrots
1 Cucumber
1 Apple
2 Tomatoes
Cut all the above vegetables and the apple, blend well in a mixer and serve immediately. You can add honey and a dash of pepper to the juice while serving..
One has to make sure that the vegetables and fruits used for extracting juice are absolutely fresh. Vegetable/fruit juice tastes best when it us poured straight from your blender and consumed.
