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Is it possible to juice collard greens?

Yes!

But the centrifugal juicer doesn't get the most out of them, so the pulp goes into the blender with water. Then I press it through a sieve using the back of a wooden spoon.

Tossing out the fibrous pulp, I add the green liquid to cucumber juice, lemon juice, and celery juice - the juicer does a great job on those.

My just juicing lasted five days, but then there was some rebound over-snacking. Now making sure to have substantial solids every day as… Continue

I'm still mini-juice-feasting. I like the sweet combination of carrot, ginger, and lemon, and I like to make totally green juices. Yesterday I was surprised at how satisfying spinach-cucumber juice was. It got me through a few hours when I might have had the coffee and cookies which were set out at a meeting. I'm not being absolutist about this plan, every day includes a little bit of solid food too. Friday, I had lettuce with no dressing. Sunday night, I ate some of the pineapple and juiced the… Continue

I'm doing a few juice days. Leaving the number of days open. What worked yesterday was lots of juice early and late, and some Romaine lettuce to crunch on at lunchtime. I like my food to be bright colors: nothing brown unless it is chocolate! So I make separate recipes with color in mind. Current favorites:

1. Carrot-apple-lemon-ginger, (yellow bell pepper, cucumber, or pear make good additions.)

2. Spinach-apple-cucumber


Tomorrow I'm going to add fennel to the green spinach mixture.

Shoppi… Continue

I'm juicing again. Hello juice machine, it's been awhile! I do carrot juice with lemon and ginger, and sometimes cucumber. I do apple juice with other fruits mixed in.

Just made salad for a potluck dinner (with non-raw folks.) Fresh corn cut off of the cob, chopped tomatoes and green pepper into kernel size, cayenne and salt.

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