Guest guest Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Is there some trick that I'm missing in making carrot juice? I have a Champion Juicer, which is supposed to be one of the best (in terms of juice production) mid-price juicers for juicing carrots. However, no matter what brand of carrot I use (Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Whole Food, etc.), I get a little over a cup of juice after juicing 10 fairly large carrots. It just seems that I should be doing better than that. I can't see having to clean and juice 40 carrots a day just so a family of 4 can have a cup of juice daily. Before juicing the carrots, I scrape a thin layer of skin off because I believe most of the carrots were grown in manure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I think this is why carrot juice is so expensive - they're more fiber than juice. I use my VitaMix blender and about a tray of ice + a bunch of carrots, and it makes a pretty good, non-pulpy " juice " . (You really have to blend the whole two minutes and use about equal parts water and carrots, or else you get nigh-undrinkable carrot pulp mess.) -kt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 It might be more cost effective to buy frozen carrot juice (I have seen this at Whole Foods). Also, you can use the pulp in muffins (sorry, I don't have a recipe). admartin5 wrote: Is there some trick that I'm missing in making carrot juice? I have a Champion Juicer, which is supposed to be one of the best (in terms of juice production) mid-price juicers for juicing carrots. However, no matter what brand of carrot I use (Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Whole Food, etc.), I get a little over a cup of juice after juicing 10 fairly large carrots. It just seems that I should be doing better than that. I can't see having to clean and juice 40 carrots a day just so a family of 4 can have a cup of juice daily. Before juicing the carrots, I scrape a thin layer of skin off because I believe most of the carrots were grown in manure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 You don't really need to scrape a layer off, just get a good vegetable brush and scrub hard under running water. Also, you are right, carrots only produce a medium amount of juice. If you want to increase the juice amount, make carrot/apple juice. It is DELICIOUS and apples have a lot higher water content than carrots so you will get more bang for your buck. If you keep the pulp seperate than you can make carrot bread with the carrot pulp and use the apple pulp on bread like jelly or make apple bread or apple muffins. Or if you compost the pulp is good for that. Or if you have or know someone with horses, they love carrot pulp. , <admartin5 wrote: > > Is there some trick that I'm missing in making carrot juice? > > I have a Champion Juicer, which is supposed to be one of the best (in terms of juice production) mid-price juicers for juicing carrots. However, no matter what brand of carrot I use (Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Whole Food, etc.), I get a little over a cup of juice after juicing 10 fairly large carrots. It just seems that I should be doing better than that. I can't see having to clean and juice 40 carrots a day just so a family of 4 can have a cup of juice daily. > > Before juicing the carrots, I scrape a thin layer of skin off because I believe most of the carrots were grown in manure! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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