Juicing Basics

I would say juicing is even easier than blending provided you keep a few things in mind. If you're using a vertical single auger style juicer like me, then you should pre-chop any long fibrous greens or veg (kale, chard, celery, etc.). This keeps the pulp chute from becoming clogged. I also chop up wheat grass. Rotating the produce will help also. So for example, if you're making juice with apples, carrots, and kale, put some carrots in, then apples, then kale, then carrots, and so forth until you are done.

You can pretty much juice any produce provided you follow the steps above. However, I wouldn't recommend juicing soft fruit such as mangoes or bananas because you aren't going to get a high yield. And I also would avoid any expensive produce such as cherries because you will be very disappointed when your $10 bag didn't produce $10 worth of juice. But of course, this is up to you and there's nothing wrong with experimenting.

So there is the added step of pre-chopping some produce but it pays off in the end. The juice to the left is called Magenta Haze.  I pre-chopped the carrots and pears for different reasons though--the pears so that they'd fit in the chute and the carrots so it wouldn't put too much of a strain on the juicer.

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