I had a green juice (all green veggies) today. It tasted super duper healthy -- they put soooo many veggies in it. I could drink it every day! If I buy a juicer, it'll probably end up being an appliance that collects dust though.
I prefer juice to smoothies because my parents were big on juice growing up so I drank a lot of fresh carrot juice! But I think smoothies are healthier since you're getting the fiber in the pulp.
Do you have a juicer? Do you use it often?
coconut / 8234 posts
I had a juicer. It was a gift and I wouldn't have bought one myself. It seems a waste to get rid of all the pulp. I prefer smoothies. I make green smoothies and allegedly my new blender can make vegetable juices that are smooth. We'll see.
coconut / 8234 posts
@Mrs. Bee: Man, that's a bummer. I thought the Vitamix was supposed to pulverize!
I made a greenish smoothie this morning and there were tiny bits, but I don't mind that. I guess when I drink juice it's never filling, so that's why I prefer smoothies.
pomegranate / 3392 posts
I also grew up with fresh carrot juice and love it! We do have a juicer, but don't use it a lot. Frankly, throwing all that pulp away makes me feel bad, and I've tried making muffins with it and it was gross!
GOLD / pomegranate / 3938 posts
I have a juicer that I loved until I got tired of how messy it is. I now have a blendtec blender and I LOVE it. Juicer doesn't get used anymore. Blendtec has a "whole juice" button and it is pretty much like the juice consistency.
coconut / 8475 posts
We have a juicer and a smoothie maker. We hardly EVER, if ever? use the juicer at all. I take my green juice in a very pulsed, loose form. It really just has the consistency of juice with "pulp" rather than a smoothie.
apricot / 398 posts
I also have a Vitamix and use it as a juicer. I add fruits, veggies and also some water and ice, so it's a thinner consistency in comparison to a smoothie. I love how finely it purees everything.
bananas / 9118 posts
We have one and used it a lot initially, but it was such a pain to clean that we rarely ever use it after the initial excitement. I prefer smoothies in the blender, so much easier to clean the blender and you get the fiber.
nectarine / 2600 posts
We got one like, 2 years ago. Used it kind of often at first. This past year didn't use it at all! So we gave it to my MIL. Now we just blend. It's a lot less clean up, and you get the fiber this way.
(Oh, duh...what @Lemondrop: said. 
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hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
Nope. My mom had a juicer growing up. There was so much waste. For me, I just use my blender. I want a vitamix or something similar. Gotta wait til my blender dies.
pomelo / 5791 posts
We have one. DH got it for Christmas and has used it maybe a total of 3 times. 
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Mrs. Bee: Our Vitamix will totally turn stuff into juice! Even when I try to make a frozen smoothie, if I don't put enough solid stuff, it's way more juicy than smoothie-y. I prefer to do it that way so I'm not losing the protein from the pulp.
nectarine / 2465 posts
I have a Jack Lalane juicer. I used it like crazy when I first got it but it's such a pain to clean that I switched to just blending green smoothies.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I have a Jack Lalane juicer as well, I got it as a hand me down from my brother. It is such a PITA to clean that it is in a box in the basement. I should really get rid of it.
Once our blender dies, I am going to look into a Vitamix.
honeydew / 7091 posts
I have a Vitamix that I use for 'juice'. It's not the same as pure juice, but it can get pretty close. Although lately I've been using beets in my smoothies and there's no way to get that pulp to thin out!!
I have a friend with a juicer and we LOVE playing with it! I don't know how often she uses it alone, but whenever we get together (dinners, game nights, etc) she buys a lot of fruits/veggies, and I bring over a lot, and we just go to town making a bunch of different concoctions. It's our alternative to making mixed drinks to cut back on calories (and since I've been pregnant so much lately... hah). So, I think it's a fun toy if you entertain and have friends that would like to participate!
pomegranate / 3401 posts
Nope, mostly because I hate having extra appliances clutter up my kitchen and I hate taking things in and out of the cabinets...hence our expensive blender and deep fryer never get used....
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Yes! DH recently bought an Omega and we love it! It churns out SO much juice and still leaves some pule for the fiber. DH is obessed w/ coming up with new combo's for me to try. This is the only way I'd be getting enough fruits/veggies during pregnancy so it's a lifesaver!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@mfa_lady: hmm maybe i will water down my smoothies more to make them more juice like. i like that with the juicer you are getting all juice. i'll have to add water to my vitamix.
blogger / nectarine / 2608 posts
@Mrs. Bee: I think the main/only difference is straining. Get an ultra-fine mesh strainer and strain it directly into the drinking container.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Mrs. Bee: I don't put any water in mine--I usually use some kind of non-dairy milk, which I feel like is a little more "hefty" than just water. Another suggestions is if you're using leafy greens, too, blend those up with your liquid of choice before adding in the fresh fruit! The greens turns into liquid in a vitamix like it's nothing--so that could help, too. Good luck!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@mfa_lady: i'm on whole30 right now so the only "milk" we use is homemade almond milk. typically we use flax, coconut or almond milk, but those all have additives that are not whole30 compliant.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Mrs. Bee: Oh, right! Good for you guys for the Whole30! I hope it's going really well. I usually switch back and forth between coconut and almond milk, and I like both. I hope you find something that works for you.
clementine / 806 posts
@Mrs. Bee: I wouldn't get a juicer. I have one and it's SUCH a pain to clean up. carrot juice stains and regardless of how careful you are, juice splatters! It is nice because I can make a big big batch of carrot juice and add in grapes, apples or mangoes to make it sweet, I freeze whatever I think will not get finished and then thaw it out for another day. But you also need SO SO SO many carrots for very little juice. So I guess if you're REALLY REALLY into juicing, and can maintain it as a way of life, I'd consider it, but ours sits on my appliance shelf maybe 48 weeks out of the year.
What I have found that works really well is to get frozen veggies and fruits. Put them into your blender at night. By morning they will have fully thawed out making them super soft when you blend. If you add a little water/yogurt/ice it will turn super liquidy like juice. Even without it, it's fairly juice-ish.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@aegie: yah i'll just buy an occasional green juice from a local store. all the veggies they put in... i'm not sure it is much more savings to but it myself!
pomegranate / 3225 posts
I love green juice and have a juicer... but it is expensive (all the organic produce), hard to clean, etc. Sigh. So I don't use it as much as I would like.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@Mrs. Twine: i strained my smoothie this morning and it came out super juicy. thanks!
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