savor — guide to food & dining on the azalea coast
popular carrot juice sold is Carrot Bay, which includes six carrots, one-fourth of an inch of
ginger and two oranges.
Wheatgrass is one of the most popular types of juice to drink.
“Wheatgrass detoxifies your system, promotes weight loss and just one shot of it is equal
to almost three pounds of fresh produce,” Monell says. Wheatgrass also contains more than
90 minerals, including calcium, boron, chromium and copper.
Where wheatgrass shots are on menus, it is sold by the ounce, in one- to four-ounce
servings. One ounce of wheatgrass costs between $2 and $3. It takes one-eighth of a flat of
wheatgrass to make one ounce of the juice. To make wheatgrass shots at home, purchase
flats or grow your own and harvest the new growth as needed.
Unlike wheatgrass, citrus juices, like orange and lemon, are well known. Most citrusbased
fruits need to be peeled before juicing. While apple and kiwi skins are edible and
loaded with nutritional benefits, the peels of most citrus fruits are not. Juicing citrus fruit
at home takes a lot of effort and a lot of fruit.
“One bag of oranges would typically yield about two glasses of juice,” Davis says. To
maximize the juice, pair it with vegetables. The strong citrus flavors mix well and mask
some of the bitterness in some produce.
“One of my favorite aspects of juicing is being able to fill up on those necessary benefits
without feeling overly full from the fiber,” Stewart says.
Although juicing does not replace the benefits of eating raw vegetables, the concept of
juicing produce and drinking vegetables is a popular alternative. Each type of vegetable and
fruit has different vitamins and nutrients the body needs to function properly. Drink your
way to a healthier you.
“It’s so important to
buy everything organic,
especially when you’re using
the produce raw to drink,”
says Lorraine Kellerman
Tidal Creek’s juice barista.
You can wash the dirt
off of your produce, but not
the pesticides.
“I say organic all the way.
It’s important for your
health, no matter the
cost,” says Stephanie Davis
of Paula’s Health Hut.
However, for those just
starting out, she recommends
referring to the
Dirty Dozen list of foods to
always buy organic due to
the high number of pesticides
used when growing
these products. The list
includes apples, celery,
strawberries, peaches,
spinach, nectarines, grapes,
peppers, potatoes, blueberries,
lettuce and kale or
collard greens. All of this
produce is typically sprayed
with 30 to 60 different
pesticides, many on the list
landing around 50. Wheatgrass, packed with 90 minerals including calcium, boron, chromium and copper, is sold at
juice bars by the ounce.
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WBM january 2013