As for my pulp, I found several sites full of ideas. It's a dessert topping! It's a pasta sauce! It's a floor wax! A lot of people compost it directly to the garden, which is what I've been doing so far (except for the batch I used in a soup stock). Someone claimed that wild birds love carrot pulp, and swore by dumping it around her feeders. Someone made pulp popsicles (seriously), patties (with nut meal or oats and flax), casserole, and still another mixed it in their dog's food as a supplement (hmmm). Super thrifty types rejuice the pulp. One of the best suggestions I came across was for using it to make carrot muffins. J suggested drying it into crunchy fruit leather, and apparently he was on the right track. This site gives instructions for making a kind of high fiber "pulp cracker."
Once the growing season starts and I have access to plenty of fresh organic green vegetables I'm going to steer away from the sweet fruit juices and get serious about sipping on the detoxifying greens. I found a lot of good information about juicing here, but am open to other site suggestions if you have them. In the meantime my compost will no longer be getting my pulp.
For a great site on the benefits of juicing (including recipes, step-by-step guides, and a juicing blog), check here!
For a great site on the benefits of juicing (including recipes, step-by-step guides, and a juicing blog), check here!
8 comments:
Mmmmmm...carrot muffins sound like a fab idea (as do apple for that matter - or mix the apple w/raisins & nuts for atop oatmeal)! You can never have too much good stuff for your compost though and I'm not vegan so would use the carrots in meatloaf. The apples I would baggie or ice tray and freeze for flavored water too. Or mix into some whole grain pancakes for a yummy breakfast treat.
yum! question for you now. I've been holding back from buying a juicer.Are you happy with yours?
Ange, this is my first juicer and I actually found it in my parent's basement. So...while I know it's a really cheap one, I have nothing to compare it to and have no idea what the advantage of the more expensive one's would be. I would hope they'd be quieter - this one should require ear protection. Last night J actually stood behind me and put his hands over my ears while I made my juice, lol. All I can say is that chopped veggies went in and colorful juice came out, which was enough to impress me!
I have a Champion juicer which is big and bulky and I don't feel like having it on the counter so I tend to not use it but it is pretty nice. Someone B worked with gave it to us a long time ago. I, too, would like to make more juice but I wouldn't hesitate in putting it into my compost. But, all the skins hold the best vitamins though, right? I am going to check out some of those sites you mentioned.
I sometimes toss the pulp in the dough when I bake bread.
this post made me smile.
thank you.
i am happy you're juicing, sounds fun.
Gee, you guys are way ahead of me on this juicing thing!
Love those search results!
Mmm, pulp popsicle.
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