Last week I borrowed a juicer from a friend to see how I liked juicing for breakfast. I work out at 11:45 and have to be careful about what I eat in the morning, so I thought this could be a good option. I was making mostly veggie juice with an apple and lemon for flavor/sweetness. It tasted ok and was fine for most workouts, but it wasn't ok/enough for a largely lifting-based workout on Friday. I couldn't get through the WOD (cross-fit workout of the day) that Lo was having us do. Well, I got through it, but barely, and it took me forever. I was beat. So juicing definitely isn't enough of a breakfast for me, but the main reason I'm going to end the experiment is that I can't justify the waste. One batch of juice would create 3-4 cups of pulp. While I was able to make egg bake with the pulp and have plans to add it to soup in the future (I froze it), I won't be able to use that much pulp if I'm juicing everyday. Maybe I'd be able to justify it if we had a composter, but we don't, so I can't.
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That's a lot of pulp |
I think someone should totally open a Juice Bar/Pulp Bakery though. They could sell fresh juice, but then use the pulp to make bread, baked goods, soups, and egg bakes. It's brilliant - and there would barely be any waste!
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