I have had so many friends recently buy juicers, to those I say..CONGRATS!! Don't get discouraged if it's not all you've heard it is cracked up to be. I'll be posting my tips and tricks to juicing later this week!!
Until then, I would like to stress how important it is to wash and prep your produce so that it provides the best flavors, removes as many pesticides as possible, and lasts longer.
It makes me cringe when I see people just eat it straight from the grocery...I may be a germaphobe, but hear me out on this. It is worth the extra time it takes to wash it well for your eating enjoyment later ;)
I typically come home and get out a large glass bowl and fill it with water and Bragg's apple cider vinegar (3:1 ratio, roughly...I don't actually measure) and let my produce soak for a good 5-10 minutes then proceed to strain the water out and let it all dry before storing back in the fridge. It's time consuming. For those who have kids, get your kids involved. They will love tossing the berries in the cleaning mixture and helping you! The ACV (apple cider vinegar) will kill mold spores and remove unwanted toxins from the produce thus providing a longer shelf life for the produce!
For my local friends; My mom also recently invested in a Kangen Water System for her home which provides water at a pH of 11.5 which is meant to clean your produce and provide the proper pH for produce which seriously makes it taste AMAZING. It also removes unwanted toxins! It makes berries that are out of season taste like they're freshly picked in the middle of the summery season!! She so graciously offered to sell it to anyone who wants a gallon jug of it. The system is just connected to her tap; so you just bring a gallon jug and fill it up!
These are the two ways I like to prepare my family's produce. I hope this helps you with your next grocery trip! Keep calm...it's almost farmers market season!!! :)
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