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At his blog, Dr Mercola posted an interesting question – what is the healthiest part of an apple? Turns out, it may be the peel.
It may be well known the peel contains 75% of the fiber in an apple, but less well-known is that the peel contains most of the phytochemicals that provide the apple’s anti-carcinogenic properties. (Links to the studies on the blog.)
Note: Don’t forget to thoroughly wash an apple before eating it! Apples can contain plenty of pesticides, but also can/do contain processing waxes/shellacs/glosses (that are used to make the apples look cosmetically better in the supermarkets). Wash thoroughly!
This could be another point in the ’smoothies versus juices’ debate…
1 c apple juice
2 handfulls frozen cranberries (appx 4 oz)
2 handfulls frozen peaches (appx 8 oz)
1 apple
5 heaping tbsp vanilla yogurt
Quarter apple, then halve. Add ingredients to blender and process until smooth.
This morning we’re just doing a basic carrot-apple juice with a twist – cinnamon!
1 regular apple
8 small organic carrots
dash cinnamon powder
I didn’t have time to peel the carrots, or even peel the sticker off the apple – that’s the gouge out of the skin there. Just scrubbed everything, cut off the ends, and popped it into the juicer.
Tap a dash of cinnamon, mix, and serve over ice.
This is a wonderfully tasty juice – tastes quite a bit like apple cider. Try it!
Enjoy!
The Fox
Red Rocket
via Miracle Juices
Overview: Supposed to be good for irritable bowel syndrome: carrot and apple have pectin, and tannic and malic acids, good for the GI tract. Cabbage is a stomach detoxifier and aids digestion.
6 oz carrot (appx 6 small organic)
8 oz apple (1 large)
4 oz red cabbage (appx 1/8 head)
Peel carrots, and reserve pulp. Chop carrots, apple and cabbage.
Run carrots through juicer first. Freeze pulp for future use. Alternate apple and cabbage until all used.
Recipe should yield about 7 oz. Serve over ice.
Enjoy the juice of life!
The Fox
Fennel Fusion
via The Complete Juice Book
1/2 small red cabbage
1/2 fennel bulb (or 2-3 sticks celery)
2 apples
1 tbsp lemon juice
“Roughly slice cabbage and fennel and quarter the apples. Juice veggies and fruit. Add lemon juice and stir. Pour into glass and serve.”
Obviously I chopped things a little smaller than prescribed, but that’s what works best for my juicer.
Here are the results from the juicing – both the juice and the pulp. Quite a bit as you see…
This juice is surprisingly tasty. The apple does a good job of balancing the cabbage and anise flavors – I was bracing for a very “cabbagey” taste. The fennel was also somewhat absent. I did use about a 1/3 bulb instead of the 1/2 called for – perhaps I would kick that up in the future.
All in all, though, quite good. Certainly incorporates more veggies than your typical fruit juice! Give it a try.
Happy juicing!
The Fox
1/2 beetroot (2 oz)
3 small carrots (3 oz)
1 apple (7 oz)
Note to readers – make sure you’ve got a firm, crisp apple when juicing. I used an Empire apple that ripened some over the weekend. Not good! It turned to applesauce immediately. Will need to retry with apple juice. 
The jury’s still out on this one.
Culture Shock
(Via Miracle Juices)
All the ingredients in the juice have antibacterial properties.
8 oz apple
3 1/2 oz frozen cranberries
3 1/2 oz live yogurt
1 tbsp honey
Juice apple and mix in blender with other ingredients. Serve over ice.
Thoughts: Deliciously sweet-tart – and easy to make. A good excuse to keep frozen cranberries in the freezer.
