vegetable drinks

Thanks to the wonder of electricity, making vegetable juices is so much easier than in the golden olden times where one had to use a press to get vegetable juice. Electric juicers may look different, but they work on the same principle: pulp the fruits / vegetables, separate liquid from pulp by centrifuge.

a. carrot juice

2020-05-08

My mother sent me these pictures during the Covid-19 quarantine.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 2 cups:

1-2 lbs. carrots
salt

Pic1: homemade carrot juice

Directions

2020-05-08

Pic2-4: making carrot juice

If the carrots are clean, peeling them is optional.
Push the carrots through the juicer.
Don't forget the juice receptacle, or you'll get a big mess.
Chill / refrigerate and enjoy.

b. kiwis, apples, carrots

2020-05-16

The above pictures that my mother sent me were a reminder that we have a juicer too. It hadn't been used in several years. I had to dig through my storage to find it.

We buy even more fruit now than we used to. Because a juicer can be useful to process excess fruit, the juicer stayed on the kitchen counter and that second (oversize for the two of us) coffee maker went into storage instead.

Don't underestimate the amount of fruit or vegetables you need to make just one glass of juice. These fresh juices may be enjoyable, but they don't come cheap.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for each serving:

2 lbs. kiwis
2-3 lbs. apples
2-3 lbs. carrots

Pic5: kiwi juice, apple juice, carrot juice

Directions

2020-05-16

Pic6: apples, kiwis
Pic7: the juicer setup
Pic8: in action

The juice cup that comes with our juicer is ridiculously small. I used something bigger.
Cut the fruit in pieces that will fir through the feeder.
Use the plunger to push the fruit / vegetables down.

Pic9 kiwi juice
Pic10+11: kiwi, apple & carrot pulp

The juice comes out one side. The pulp is collected in a larger cup on the other side.
The pulp is fairly dry and it's a bit of a mess to clean up.
The pulp is edible, can be used for soups. The chickens would love to have it.

Pic12: kiwi, apple, carrot juice
Pic13: same, all mixed up
Pic14: mixed kiwi, apple & carrot juice

I juiced kiwis, apples and carrots that day.
Kiwis and apples were very sour, the carrots very sweet.
Mixing it all together gave me a more enjoyable combination, not overly sweet, with a more pleasant tartness than the separate juices.

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org