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Monday, April 04, 2005 - (see all news for this day)
saving the pulp from the juicer - 06:01 PM
(filed under 'green living')
if you have a juice extractor, i thought i'd pass along an idea i had for saving the pulp when you do any fruits or veggies in it. i'm sure others have thought of this before, but i'll put it in here anyway for those that haven't.
take a little more care to prepare the fruits or vegetables before you juice them to cut off or out any bits which you wouldn't eat if you were eating it whole, such as peeling the carrots, coring the apples, etc.
put a plastic bag inside the pulp bin to catch anything which the juicer spits out the non-drinking end & keep the contents in the freezer to use in cooking later, then you're wasting hardly any of the fruit or vegetables & losing less nutrients & fibre.
as an example of how to use the pulp, i've used carrot leftovers from the juicer to put into a spaghetti bolognaise. it helps to thicken it up really well with something that's healthy. you might also be able to use the carrot leftovers in a carrot cake (although don't trust me on that one since i've never actually made a carrot cake). almost any type of vegetable pulp might also be good in a vegetable stir fry or in the mince for making rissoles.
fruit pulp could be mixed with cordial & frozen in those kids ice block things to make slightly healthier ice blocks.
you could use almost any leftovers of your fruits or vegetables in heaps of different ways. it would take a little more work again, but i'd suggest separating the different types into different bags, because then your options are more open for reusing it later.
it's a brilliantly sneaky way to get your family eating more vegetables & fruit without them having a clue & also a great way to lessen the waste from your juice extractor.
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