Customer Reviews

Juicing 101 by Enrique Torres
This is a vey easy book to read written by Jack LaLanne’s wife Elaine. The first half of the book gives you the lowdown on all the different foods. Here you will find the benefits of certain fruits and vegetables, what to do with the pulp etc.I for one don’t have the time to use the pulp to make goodies but usually use it in my vegetable recycle bin in the yard that gives me the best mulch. There is also a suggested improvement section, such as best juices for seniors, young people, detoxification etc. The second half of the book gives you all the juice recipes . Some of the combinations sound gross but surprisingly some of those actually turned out to be great tasting. A few years back I got a juicer and incorporated juicing, especially during summmer into my diet(not to be confused with going on a diet) and found this book had some great suggestions. Since it is not always cost effective to juice I only do it on occassion. Anyway, here you have it, everything you need to know about juicing and it’s benefits. Jack LaLanne has to be doing something right, right?

Total Juicing by Judith Digiano
Great book for the beginner. Just started juicing and it is very simple.

Excellent reference and idea book by Laerkin
The first few chapters of this book are dedicated to the benefits of juicing, how to juice individual fruits and vegetables and what their specific benefits and nutrional information is and gives suggestions based on lifestyle needs. The second section of this book is filled with recipes for juicing. These juices cover breakfast, lunch, dinner, entertaining for guests and dessert. I was very surprised that I enjoyed as many of the combinations as I did. Who knew that red pepper juice would be almost sweet enough for dessert?

The wonderful thing about this book is the author’s emphasis on using the “pulp” left by the fruits and vegetables to minimize waste, to get the most out of your money and to get the necessary and vital fiber that our bodies need. Carrot pulp should be saved and used to make carrot cake, zucchini pulp for zucchini bread, pineapple or apricot pulp retained for creating the freshest of fresh preserves to serve as toppings for toast, muffins or pancakes.

The author also encourages experimentation and offers a few suggestions in branching out to exotic fruits and vegetables, like those found in Asian or specialty markets.

Overall, this is a very down-to-earth, easy to read and follow guide for anyone that’s interested in introducing the yummy and healthy benefits of juicing into their lives.

A good book for beginners. by
This book contains several delicious recipes; the “Tomato Salsa Drink” gets an A+. Its greatest strength are the recipes for the pulp, the fiber remnants. Each recipe lists the vitamins found in each drink, as well as the health benefits.

The Index is lacking and could be more specific. If you’re looking for a recipe employing a specific fruit or vegetable, not ALL the recipes using that item are listed.

Still, it is a useful book, expecially for one ‘new’ to juicing.

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