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Hurrah for (kind of) local juice!

Posted at 7:57 AM on January 6, 2009 by Sareen Dunleavy Keenan (1 Comments)

Getting gifts from the Keenan family is always an exciting time. They subscribe to the idea that gifts should be extravagant items that one would never purchase for themselves. While this goes against my philosophy entirely (I have never known myself to be extravagant in anything), it was really hard to argue my point when I was drinking the best juice of my life at the breakfast table this weekend.

You see, I think I can now open my own juice stand with this gift. While we started with the recipe book, I am sure the most action this juicer is going to get is processing foods from the garden that we just aren't sure what to do with. Or, let be honest here, it will be used to make killer bloody mary's, watermelon margaritas, mimosas and other assorted cocktails.

But it is easy to get clouded when thinking of what this wonderful (and extravagant) machine can produce. We bought three bags of non-local oranges. One large bag of non-local tangerines. Oh, there was also the cantaloupe, mangoes and mint. The juice was good, but the fruit... none of it was snow covered.

The interesting thing about there recipe book is that it mentioned a few recipes for using the fiber or pulp left over from the juicing. This has my mind reeling. Of course you don't have to waste it. Sure, it can go in soups or even fritters. So I ask you, before I get around to trying to cook with this stuff. Have you or would you use the pulp from juiced fruit for another meal? What would you make? What do you suggest that I make?

Comments (1)

I would take the pulp of sweet fruits and freeze them into a wonderful sorbet. Happy eating.

Posted by kristina Mattson | January 9, 2009 1:42 AM