Making a Juicing Diet Easier on Yourself
I know it can be difficult to balance juicing into your lifestyle. I definitely had a hard time when I started. It takes some time to set up the juicer, get the produce ready to juice, and then clean up all the parts – definitely a lot more time consuming than buying juice and pouring yourself a glass. To make it as hassle free as possible, I have a few tips that can help.
First, keep your juicer out. It may be big and take up counter space, but constantly taking it out of the box and then storing it back in the closet is going to add a lot more work than needed. Leave your juicer on the counter, or if you can’t do that, make room in a bottom cabinet so all you have to do is crouch down and pick it up.
Fruits that you don’t have to cut up and prepare for the juicer also will save time. Some of my recommendations are:
- Carrots – easy to feed into your juicer and cheap at the grocery store
- Celery – same as carrots
- Cucumbers – make sure to get them thin enough so that they will fit in the feed chute
- Berries – small enough to just throw right in
- Spinach – can be easily forced down feed chute
- Apples – you will probably have to cut it up, but it makes for great juicing recipes. Apples are also very easy for juicers to handle.
Finally, when cleaning your juicer, I take the lazy way out and just rinse off the dirty parts. I do use the brush to make sure there is no food pulp caught in the juicer parts, but I don’t use detergent to clean it off every time. I will once in a while, but the important thing is that there is no food caught. Otherwise, the food can rot and cause mold and bacteria.
