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Juicing With Wheatgrass
How to Make Your Own Wheatgrass Juice
Now, you don’t have to go to juice bars anymore to experience the health benefits that wheatgrass has to offer. You can prepare wheatgrass juice in your home with the help of one of the most popular juicers in the market today. That would be the wheatgrass juicer.
Wheatgrass juicers are a slow juicer type. This means it works slowly but precisely in extracting all the nutrients of each wheatgrass blade and it can be used on other leafy greens and fruits as well. It doesn’t take a lot of space on your kitchen counter and it’s easy to use, clean and store.
You will, of course, need some fresh wheatgrass, which is preferably still in a pot or flat. Wheatgrass can be grown both indoors and outdoors, so you can have a fresh supply anytime. Now, here are the three steps in making your own wheatgrass juice at home.
First, as you take the flat of wheatgrass: cut a section of the grass off. Roll that cut-off section of the grass into a mass between your hands. This will make the wheatgrass easier to juice.
Second, put the wheatgrass roll in your electric or manual wheatgrass juicer. Insert the plunger to work those wheatgrass blades through. If you are using a manual wheatgrass juicer, it may take a little bit of labor on your part because you have to press it yourself but the enzymes and nutrients of the grass are less destroyed in the process compared to fast juicing.
You will only need one and a half ounces of wheatgrass juice to be able to enjoy its health benefits. And you can even add some fruits and veggies to make it a more colorful drink packed with even more vitamins. Finding the recipes for these healthy combos and even a wheatgrass smoothie is not hard at all.
So for the third and final step, drink up. You’ve just managed to get some amazing nutrition with your wheatgrass juice. It is that easy to keep yourself nourished and you can even have more vegetable vitamins with your wheatgrass juicer.
Either you combine wheatgrass juice with fruits, vegetables and other leafy greens or not: its freshness and health benefits still work. Wheatgrass juice is not only for the health- and body-conscious: it’s for everyone to get a taste of. That’s why it is not only in juice bars anymore and wheatgrass juicers are now made for both commercial and home use.
Wheatgrass Juice Combinations
The beauty of juicing wheatgrass is that it covers one step in the digestive process already, making assimilation of wheatgrass’s nutrients that much simpler. Many greens are much easier to digest and to add to your daily intake if they are made into juices or smoothies.
Now, this might translate to you as “Okay, wheatgrass. That chlorophyll-rich energy-boosting meal equivalent that makes you gag”. And as much as you want to get its goodness into your body, you’d rather say that it’s not exactly your cup of tea. But your green wheatgrass shots can be made tasty with many fruit combinations, as mentioned earlier.
How about some pineapple, orange and papaya for a Hawaiian wheatgrass juice? The ingredients to this recipe are 2 cups of fresh pineapple, 1 orange, 1 papaya and 2-3 inch round of wheatgrass. Simply peel the orange and cut the fruit into sections, juice and combine the ingredients, and stir.
For a passionate burst of fruit flavors, you might want to try tropical passion wheatgrass. This is a combination of 2 kiwis, 1 guava or papaya, 1 cup of pineapples, 5 strawberries, 1 orange and 3-4 inch round of wheatgrass. Just combine the juices together and serve a little bit chilled.
If you’re looking for a more refreshing kind of healthy, then a wheatgrass smoothie would do the job. Juice 2 oranges, 1 banana, 1 lime and a 2-3 inch round of wheatgrass. Place all the ingredients in your blender set on high speed for 30 seconds and just like that, you have your wheatgrass smoothie.
However, if you find these wheatgrass and fruits combination to be too complex, you can keep it sweet and simple with an apple wheatgrass. What you need are 1 to 2 cut up apples, ¼ cup of water and 2-3 inch round of wheatgrass. Needless to say, the sweetness of the apple plays an important role here.
These fruits will mask the flavor of wheatgrass, though its color will still be some kind of green. It is just like adding fruit servings to your green salad. It is much healthier and it tastes great.
And if you’re really into your vegetables, carrot wheatgrass would be really nutritious. You would need 3 carrots, 2-3 inch round of wheatgrass and ¼ cup of water which is optional. You may even add celery, parsley and spinach to wheatgrass if you’re really into your greens.
What’s great about wheatgrass when incorporated with soft fruits and green vegetables into juices or smoothies is that it does not lose its effectiveness. All of its health benefits are intact and uncompromised. Whether you take a shot or a full mug to start your day or refresh yourself in the middle of the day, you will not be disappointed with these wheatgrass combinations.
The Manual Wheatgrass Juicer and the Electric Wheatgrass Juicer | Which Is Better?
Now while you may be raring to have a go at making your own wheatgrass juice, something else needs to be said. First, you will obviously need a juicer: there are both manual and electric models available.
The manual wheatgrass juicer is without a doubt more affordable. But having a lower price tag doesn’t mean it doesn’t function more efficiently. Less is actually more for this lean, mean, wheatgrass-juicing machine.
Non-electric function means you can use it anywhere, even while camping and without power sockets nearby. Besides not needing electricity for it to work, it’s also small and compact, making it a real space saver. It is also very portable. Cleaning wise, you won’t have any problems either, as a manual wheatgrass juicer only has a few mechanical parts with no electrical components whatsoever to make cleaning a pain.
The manual wheatgrass juicer, while rather modest in structure, is extremely efficient in extracting wheatgrass. Some models like the Z Star Manual Wheatgrass Juicer from Tribest are made up of only plastic parts and might seem flimsy at first. Yet this juicer is designed for maximum efficacy: every turn of the handle is optimized to squeeze out as much wheatgrass juice from the blades as possible.
The biggest benefit of a manual wheatgrass juicer is that it does not affect the enzymes, fiber, vitamins and minerals during extraction. Speed and the quicker results of an electric juicer, on the other hand, tend to tear down these essential nutrients, thus leaving you with only partial benefits of the miracle grass.
I highly doubt that using the manual wheatgrass juicer will burn you out, but just in case it does, the juice that you will drink right after will revive you nonetheless. Use it at home, or bring it with you on the way out—the manual wheatgrass juicer is a definite boon for the wheatgrass enthusiasts.
And if you still don’t think a manual wheatgrass juicer is your cup of tea, then go ahead and get an electric wheatgrass juicer. Just know what you will be giving up in exchange for that convenience. That said, it must be admitted that they are also more time-consuming and, for some models, can be a little tiring.
The electric versions can be noisy, need a power source, and tend to be bigger… but they tend to deliver very quickly too. They work with a lot of speed to the processing, which may cause some deterioration of wheatgrass enzymes, and they may also be messy and difficult to clean up in case of a malfunction. But for those who crave wheatgrass in an instant, they are hard to beat.
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