I have a Breville Big Squeeze juicer. I have never juiced anything before. I am not doing a juice cleanse and I am not trying to substitute meals. My goal here is to supplement my current diet with more vitamins and nutrients from vegetables and also to provide my kids with a better juice than store-bought. With that in mind I have a few questions:
- My instruction manual specifically states you should not juice fruits/veggies with hard seeds and listed apples as an example. It says the apple core should not be run through the juicer, yet every instructional video I have seen of this juicer has entire whole apples being used. Is this ok? What about carrots and things with stems? Every video I see just has the whole thing going into the juicer, no trimming or anything. Is that the best way?
- Similar to question 1, the manual says to peel any and all citrus and only juice the core, yet I see online people juicing whole lemons and oranges quite frequently. Is it ok to juice the peel of oranges and such?
- I will mainly be using this juice for my morning and afternoon protein smoothie to avoid using milk (apparently as healthy as I try to live, my cholesterol is still a little high). Generally speaking, blending whole vegetables and such is difficult in a blender, but missing out on the insoluble fiber from the body of the veggies is also a bit disappointing in some regards. Is there anything that can be done with the dried-out body or is it best to just throw it out?
- Again, my instruction manual suggested not to put nuts in the device, but I've seen instructional videos on how to make almond milk in the juicer. Safe?
- Any advice on how to maximize my output and the most affordable cost and time. I am limited on time so I am going to try to make a couple of gallons at a time. Also any advice in general, I am all ears!