Juicing The Inexpensive Way

Homemade juice is touted as a treatment for many ailments and a healthier alternative to processed store brands.

Although many of these claims have yet to be substantiated, the best reason for buying a juicer and making your own juice is also the tastiest: Homemade juice tastes fresh because it is fresh, and when you make your own juice, the varieties are endless.

Juicers are available in a vast array of forms and range in price from expensive to outrageous. A stainless steel health food store version with more attachments than the average vacuum cleaner can easily set you back more than a month’s wages. Even less complicated discount store varieties carry a hefty price tag. Unless your physician has prescribed a special diet that requires a juicer with certain capabilities, you don’t need the best juicer on the market to launch your introduction into the world of juicing. This is especially true if you don’t already love fresh, homemade juice and are merely hoping to adjust your tastes and your lifestyle to include them.
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Because many people buy juicers or receive them as gifts and then decide that juicing is not for them, there are always an abundance of juicers on the resale market. You can save money on a juicer by looking at online auction sites, for sale notices, thrift shops and rummage sales.

Because many people naturally want to try to recoup some of the large investment they made during their juicing phase, they often ask unreasonable prices for used juicers at yard sales and in advertisements. By the time a juicer has reached a thrift store, however, that emotional attachment has been broken, and you can often find gently used, or even unused, juicers at a huge discount.

Right after the winter holidays is a very good time to search thrift stores for appliances. Many people go through their cabinets and closets looking for items to donate so that they can make room for the new things they received over the holidays, and that juicer they bought, or received as a wedding present, may look like the perfect candidate for the donation box. Look for juicers that are still in their box. Often, unwanted gifts have never even been out of the box, so look for shreds of wrapping paper still clinging to the box.

Open the box carefully and look for original packing materials and paperwork. An owner’s manual, recipe book and warranty card, especially if they are packed inside a portion of the juicer, are good hints the item has never been used. Examine the juicer itself for leftover food particles, wear marks or scratches. Rubber, non-skid bumpers on the bottom of the appliance should be shiny and unscuffed. Keep looking. If you are diligent, you can walk away with a brand-new juicer for under $20.

This article was contributed by Holly Miller, who writes for Coupon Croc. Shopping for kitchen appliances on a budget? Use a Currys discount code and save when you buy online.

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Breville Juice Fountain Compact Juicer Review: Breville BJE200XL 700-Watt Compact Juice Fountain

If you are shopping for a compact juicer, then Breville juice fountain compact juicer BJE200XL may be a perfect choice for you. Breville is an excellent brand, well known and respected in the juicing world, and this little juicer is no exception.

You can enjoy an 8-ounce cup of juice in just five seconds – faster than any other juice extractor – thanks to the unique cyclonic system of this full-function juice fountain. Its powerful 700-watt motor operates at 14,000 RPM for maximum extraction and fast results. The juicer is beautifully designed, with saving your precious kitchen counter space in mind: the compact juice fountain measures only 9-1/2 by 8-3/4 by 16 inches and carries a one-year limited warranty.

Breville BJE200XL is easy to use and clean. All removable parts wash up quickly by hand or in the dishwasher, and a custom cleaning brush is included. Plus, the unit’s internal pulp container assembles in seconds and juices 1-1/2 quarts of apple juice before it needs to be emptied.

The filter and cutter system are so powerful that pineapple can be juiced with the rind on!  The juice machine’s extra-large 3-inch feed tube makes it easy to juice whole fruits and vegetables – no need to waste time on cutting them into pieces.

This juicing machine really makes it easy to add juices to your diet every day!

Read some testimonials from people who purchased this Breville compact juicer
Breville BJE200XL

WOW – Way better than expected!

I juice at least once a day as I primarily eat raw foods.

My Jack LaLane juicer finally wore out after 2.5 years of daily use. I was tempted to buy another – but I liked the way everything including the pulp catcher is all in one unit. So glad I got the Breville.

This thing is POWERFUL, especially compared to “Jack LaLanne”. It is so powerful I usually don’t even use the pusher except to cover the top so your ceiling doesn’t get covered with stuff. Other reviewers have mentioned that tendency. What wasn’t mentioned is that the reason it does that is because the motor is so beefy that stuff will shoot straight up.

When juicing soft stuff I immediately cover the top with my hand. The design of this thing is absolutely first rate. Even down to the plug, which has a molded loop so that it is easy to unplug and plug in! No tool is required to remove the basket, as in most other juicers. Breville uses a combo of ingenious design and magnets to hold it in place!

Ease of use and fit and finish is perfect.

Clean up is really a 2 minute operation and I don’t even own a dishwasher.

It will stain eventually, as every juicer I have ever owned does. Carrot juice would make a great dye :-) The pulp on this juicer is a bit wetter than the Jack LaLanne. The “Jack” had a much larger basket and a much slower rotation. I believe that may account for it. But it isn’t much wetter – just very slightly.

This juicer makes much smaller pieces of pulp though – and my experience so far has been that it gets just as much juice from a pound of carrots. Bottom line – I can’t imagine anyone not loving this unit.” By Ed Osworth “The Joy Professor” (Lowell, Oregon Forest)

Amazon.com: Breville BJE200XL 700-Watt Compact Juice Fountain: Kitchen & Dining

Read more articles on this Juicer Recipes and Juicing for Health blog. Some of my favorite recipes include Fresh V8 Juice Recipe, Watermelon-Grape Delight and Apricot-Mango Ambrosia. If you still don’t have a juicer and are considering getting one, read my review of my favorite juicing machine: Breville 800JEXL Juice Fountain Elite 1000-Watt Juice Extractor and read How to Make Juice Without a Juicer Using a Blender?


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