Monday, November 19, 2012

Getting A Fresh Start With Healthy Juicing Recipes

By Morgan Lee


Juicing recipes can contribute to your getting in shape, maintaining it, or just enjoying something cool and delicious. There are plenty of options when it comes to doing it yourself, too. Whether it is your bare hands or a machine, here are some considerations for you to make before you begin.

Having never juiced before is not really a handicap in this case. You don't necessarily need a lot of skill, but what you may need is time to learn and work. Making a glassful of juice or a pitcherful will take varying amounts of investment, and you should figure out what kind of time you want to put into the effort.

This is because the methods you choose will make a huge impact on the workload. The quick and easy route - and one that would allow you to make large quantities, too - would be to go with a machine. Something a bit slower would usually be a hand-operated device. Figure out how much time you want to put into the work, and how many glasses you have to fill, and you should know what the best course of action is.

Once you've acquired the tools, look for your source of produce. A good one will offer you the freshest fruits and vegetables you can get your hands on, which is important. If it has been sitting too long and become overripe, any produce will typically have poorer consistency or taste, which will impact your drink.

If you have the right tools and quality produce, then the world of juicing is your oyster. You can chase the perfect flavor to your drink or your can work on the perfect elixir of health. Remember to do your research and see what kind of combinations you can create in order to balance enjoyment with vitamin and mineral content.

These juice prescriptions can be very important because they help you define ratios of ingredients. Fruit and vegetable flavors can be very potent - lemons are one of the best examples of this - and too much of one can make drinking healthy beverages a chore. You will want to experiment with flavors you are familiar with first and branch out from there.

With time, you should be able to get dozens of healthy juicing recipes your family and friends can enjoy. You might even consider buying produce in bulk and freezing what you've made so that you can keep it around for some time - or make popsicles, if you prefer. So remember to pin down your methodology and get to juicing.




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