Wonder How The Food Program Would Feel? Juicing Veggies/Fruits

[SunflowerMama]

So a few weeks ago we purchased a juicer and LOVE it!!

As a family we're consuming so many more fruits and veggies that we've never eaten or haven't eaten that much of.

So today I decided to try it out on the dcks . With their breakfast I added a broccoli, ginger, pear, apple and orange juice and with lunch a huge bunch of brocolli, some spinach, some more pears, apples and oranges and a little more ginger.

The kids drank it up both times and LOVED it!! I'm definitely going to start including veggie/fruit drinks with the kids meals to get in those extra servings.

Just wonder what the Food Program would think if they showed up to a plate of whole wheat pasta and big glass of "juice".

[GotKids]

It only counts as juice because you aren't getting all the nutrients that you would from a whole food (fiber and such). I serve "smoothies" from my vitamix as part of snack. It doesn't count but I feel good knowing the kids got an extra boost of vitamins disguised as a treat!

[MG&Lsmom]

That's fantastic!

I'm not allowed to serve juice as a fruit/veggie at lunch. Breakfast either iirc. But I can serve soup. So I'd call it soup.

[MsMe]

SunflowerMama:
Did you watch Fat, Sick, and nearly Dead?

[SunflowerMama]

SunflowerMama:
Did you watch Fat, Sick, and nearly Dead?

Hehe...yep. We bought the juicer the next day.

[nannyde]

I've never had a juicer but I want one so bad.

Maybe you could send me yours Sun

Do you get "mash" from it?

I have thought maybe you could juice and then puree the mash and pop it into stews.

The kids would eventually get all of it and nevah even know what hitem.

[daycare]

We make fruit/veggie smoothies and I was told that I cant cound the fruits and veggies that go into it as food servings..............ugh

[MsMe]

Hehe...yep. We bought the juicer the next day.

Me too!!

[SunflowerMama]

It only counts as juice because you aren't getting all the nutrients that you would from a whole food (fiber and such). I serve "smoothies" from my vitamix as part of snack. It doesn't count but I feel good knowing the kids got an extra boost of vitamins disguised as a treat!

My understanding was that a lot of the nutrients were still there it was just the fiber that was reduced through juicing and if you still wanted that fiber you could use the extra pulp in baking or cooking. I juice pretty much everything with the skin still on.

[SunflowerMama]

I've never had a juicer but I want one so bad.

Maybe you could send me yours Sun

Do you get "mash" from it?

I have thought maybe you could juice and then puree the mash and pop it into stews.

The kids would eventually get all of it and nevah even know what hitem.

There's definitely a lot of "mash" created. I added it to blueberry muffins last week and it wasn't bad. Stew would be a great idea too!

[Country Kids]

SunflowerMama:
Did you watch Fat, Sick, and nearly Dead?

Is this a movie or tv show? If a tv show what channel do they show it on?

[SunflowerMama]

Is this a movie or tv show? If a tv show what channel do they show it on?

It's a documentary on Netflix. Definitely recommend it.

[SilverSabre25]

This is such a perfect example of why I am SO GLAD to not be on the food program. Traditional fruit juices that you buy in the store are full of sugar, sure. But Smoothies can't be counted as fruit/veggies servings? Home-juiced fruits and veggies can't count? That's just silly! And anyway, my reading of the Food Program Guidelines suggests to me that you still have to serve milk, but the juice will count as the fruit/veggie, or you can give it at snack as a fruit/veggie serving.

I bet it's largely because of a) stupid people and b) the government's asinine desire to make everyone drink cow's milk all the time. People aren't supposed to drink cow's milk. That's for baby cows. After recently eliminating dairy completely from my diet, I have realized how insidious dairy is and how much the standard American diet relies upon it. Eliminating gluten five years ago showed me the same thing, but for wheat. Between the two, humanity, or at least Americans, are relying overmuch a very limited selection. Add in corn and there's practically nothing you can get that you don't make yourself. It's seriously that bad. If we had a monumental disaster in America that killed all the wheat, cows, and corn, the processed food industry would shut down, literally, overnight. It would not be able to function without those three ingredients.

[daycare]

This is such a perfect example of why I am SO GLAD to not be on the food program. Traditional fruit juices that you buy in the store are full of sugar, sure. But Smoothies can't be counted as fruit/veggies servings? Home-juiced fruits and veggies can't count? That's just silly! And anyway, my reading of the Food Program Guidelines suggests to me that you still have to serve milk, but the juice will count as the fruit/veggie, or you can give it at snack as a fruit/veggie serving.

I bet it's largely because of a) stupid people and b) the government's asinine desire to make everyone drink cow's milk all the time. People aren't supposed to drink cow's milk. That's for baby cows. After recently eliminating dairy completely from my diet, I have realized how insidious dairy is and how much the standard American diet relies upon it. Eliminating gluten five years ago showed me the same thing, but for wheat. Between the two, humanity, or at least Americans, are relying overmuch a very limited selection. Add in corn and there's practically nothing you can get that you don't make yourself. It's seriously that bad. If we had a monumental disaster in America that killed all the wheat, cows, and corn, the processed food industry would shut down, literally, overnight. It would not be able to function without those three ingredients.

AMEN to all that you said.... I am a vegan and can live no doubt if everything processed was to shut down... But i bet most of america would starve......
BTW why is it that humans are the only ones to drink milk past infancy?

[SilverSabre25]

AMEN to all that you said.... I am a vegan and can live no doubt if everything processed was to shut down... But i bet most of america would starve......
BTW why is it that humans are the only ones to drink milk past infancy?

Because we're the only creatures with the ability to obtain milk from other creatures.

I can certainly survive on a vegan diet. I have two vegan cookbooks sitting next to me in fact!