By Chloe, from How We Flourish
Here’s the thing: I have a very small kitchen. I’m also on a tight budget. I don’t have the option of having a kitchen filled with small appliances. However, I had heard a lot about the benefits of juicing. A morning carrot juice is also an important about of the GAPS Intro Diet, so I learned how to make carrot juice with a blender.
If you ask most people, they will tell you that you need a real juicer for juicing. To truly receive the benefits of juicing, commercial juice is not an option as it is pasteurized. Juices must be freshly pressed to preserve the enzymes and nutrients that makes vegetable juices so good for us. But not everyone can afford a big fancy masticating juicer! I’d love to have one, of course, as it is certainly less work than making juice with a blender. But when that is not an option, you do not need to worry. You can still get the benefits of juicing for a lot less money.
Why Juicing
I was never a fan of juice before GAPS. But I learned that juicing can help support detoxification, and the vitamins and minerals from the juiced vegetables can be quickly absorbed. It can be a great remedy for constipation! This might be TMI, but that is why I have taken such a liking to juicing. It helped for me very much, so it’s a tool I like to keep in my back pocket.
Interested? If you would like to test the benefits of juicing without the investment, read on to learn how to juice without a juicer.
How to Juice without a Juicer
The following tutorial is for 100% fresh carrot juice, which is the starting point for juicing on GAPS Intro. How many carrots you need will depend on how much juice you want – 2-3 carrots usually makes a decent sized glass for me. This method of making juice in a blender will also work for all types of juices!
- Wash and chop the carrots.
- Add them to the blender. Any type of blender should work fine.
- Add a small amount of filtered water. With more watery vegetables, you may not need any. If you like your juices more dilute, add more. For carrot juice, add enough water to come slightly less that halfway up the carrots. It just needs to be enough to help get things moving.
- Blend on medium until the ingredients are well pulverized.
- Place a nut milk bag in your desired cup/container and pour in the blended ingredients.
- Squeeze as much liquid out of the nut milk bag as possible. Save the leftover pulp in the freezer to be used in other recipes.
- Enjoy your juice! It is best to drink on an empty stomach, such as first thing in the morning before breakfast.
Tip: If you enjoy the benefits of juicing, but find that it spikes your blood sugar, try adding fat and protein to your juice. One of my favorite ways to do this with with the so-called “GAPS Milkshake.”
Want to make a large batch? It is recommended to always drink juice fresh. However, I believe that if you are experiencing benefits with juicing, less-than-optimal juice may be better than no juice at all. Try freezing the juice immediately and thawing it in a water bath when you want it.
Are you interested in learning more about healing your gut with GAPS Intro? Learn more about how I did just that (without going crazy!) in my book Healing Patiently.
- 2-3 carrots
- Wash and chop the carrots.
- Add them to the blender. Any type of blender should work fine.
- Add a small amount of filtered water. With more watery vegetables, you may not need any. If you like your juices more dilute, add more. For carrot juice, add enough water to come slightly less that halfway up the carrots. It just needs to be enough to help get things moving.
- Blend on medium until the ingredients are well pulverized.
- Place a nut milk bag in your desired cup/container and pour in the blended ingredients.
- Squeeze as much liquid out of the nut milk bag as possible. Save the leftover pulp in the freezer to be used in other recipes.
- Enjoy your juice! It is best to drink on an empty stomach, such as first thing in the morning before breakfast.
Do you juice? What is your favorite type of juice to make?
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Did you intend to title this either Making Carrot Juice Without A Juicer or Making Carrot Juice With A Blender (as at the bottom)?
Oh my goodness! How did that happen? I will fix it right away (it was my fault!). Thank you for pointing that out!
Great idea! I think you picture means to say How to make carrot juice *with* a blender or How to make carrot juice without a *juicer*.
Oh my goodness! How did that happen? I will fix it right away (it was my fault!). Thank you for pointing that out!
Hey ladies,
I make tons of juices using my Vitamix. I wasn’t a fan of using the nylon-based nut milk bags though. I started using a t-shirt made of organic cotton which works fantastically! Lately, I have been wondering if there may be things I’m letting into my juice using the t-shirt though. (toxins from the factory…) Do you have any thoughts?
I think using organic cotton is great! Thanks for the tip.
It is actually the same way of making almond milk with a blender 🙂 Good thinking 🙂
True! Good point. 🙂
Can the pulp be used to make carrot cake with?
Will this carrot juice have the phytonutrients and beta carotene content as that made with a juicer
Very nice article, thanks a lot for sharing!!
I´ve been juicing for a while now and I gave up my juicer (centrifugal juicer) simply because the blades of those machines are so powerful that they heat the fruit or veggie you are juicing and so kill the enzymes and nutrients you were suppose to get!!
I think that the best way to juice is by using a cold press, but they are so expensive that not everyone can afford it! So I came up with a method that act like the cold press but way cheapper… I use a grater and a piece of fabric or a nutmilk bag, it will take a few more minutes to make a juice, but you know that what you´ll be drinking is the good stuff!!!
Watch me make a juice without a juicer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bScJqVO1lYU
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Want 2 live healthier.I’m looking 4 more carrot juice recipies with other fruits & veg pls.Can anyone assist pls, thx.Looking 4 recipies 2 bring high blood pressure down
Can we drink it daily ???
Thanks for sharing, I love my carrot juice but find it difficult to make when you dont have a blender or juicer handy
Thanks for sharing, totally true. I mostly chew it raw. Is that right to if i may ask?
Soo did you peal the carrots?
Wow amusing process. I really like this process. But do you this process didn’t waste much carrot fiber?