Ultimate Juicing: Delicious Recipes for Over 125 of the Best Fruit & Vegetable Juice Combinations

"...when you eat a fresh carrot, many of the important nutrients become trapped in the fiber so that you only assimilate approximately 1 percent of the vegetable's available beta-carotene. But when you juice a carrot and remove the fiber, almost 100 percent of the beta-carotene is absorbable." ~ pg. 2 Since you can get a good juicer for around forty dollars, almost everyone can now afford to increase their health with fresh fruit and vegetable juices. "Ultimate Juicing" is truly one of the most creative books on juicing I've yet to see in my short time looking for juicing books. While I occasionally borrow books from the library to see how good they might be, this is one I bought without reading it first. I'd recommend you buy this book as soon as humanly possible because it will take your juicing to new heights. The two juices I've tried so far have been spectacular. The recipe called "First Mango on the Moon" (which I'm drinking as I type) is an icy delight. It combines the flavor of mango and pineapple with lime. Then it is blended in a blender with ice and mineral water. This would be perfect to make for summer parties. If you don't want to use the sugar the recipe calls for you can use one packet of stevia instead. I also didn't use an entire lime - more like a quarter of a lime. I love this recipe because mangoes and pineapple are usually sitting out on the counter and they taste better cold. The second recipe I tried was the Apple and Tangerine juice. Since I wanted more tangerine flavor I used double the tangerines and one less apple. The author says to feel free to experiment, which is easier if you know which fruits and vegetables go together well. You may also want to try: Like Ginseng in the Rain The Lime of Your Life The Age of Asparagus Peaches in Seattle Cool Hand Cuke Another reason I love "Ultimate Juicing" is because it begins with a brief introduction to all the fruits and vegetables you will be using in the recipes. Here you will find out things like how broccoli is a good source of calcium and cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C. The author didn't mention Braeburn apples but I'd highly recommend them. They juice especially well and are full of flavor unlike some of the other apple varieties I've tried. The only issue I have with this book is the author's advice to put sugar into the fruit juices. Why ruin a good thing? When making the cranberry juice just add a packet of stevia. You won't be able to tell the difference between sugar and stevia, it is that good. If you are looking for a juicer I can recommend: Black & Decker Juice Extractor. Other juicing books I've tried recently include: Juicing for Health and The Juice Lady's Juicing for High Level Wellness and Vibrant Good Looks. If I had to choose between the three I'd select Ultimate Juicing! I'm also about to try recipes from The Juicing Bible which looks incredible just after looking through it once. ~The Rebecca Review

The book is awesome and it gave me great ideas for making fresh juices and mixed drinks.

Allow me to be blunt--I don't buy into the whole health-craze notion that juicing is the silver bullet for ultimate physical health and spiritual awakening. I'm just a no-frills, moderately healthy woman who wants to enjoy the luxury of fresh-squeezed juices in her own kitchen without having to pay a gourmet price for them. To that end, I splurged on a good but affordable juice extractor and bought this book to learn the basics of making homemade juices. As with everything I purchase online, I checked out other customers' reviews of various juicing information and cookbooks beforehand, and Rodnitzky's book appeared to contain what I needed without too much fru-fru, "juicing will change your life" craziness. What I found when the book arrived was that not only does Ultimate Juicing provide all the basic information one needs to make healthy and delicious juices at home, it also avoids the pitfalls of hard-sell promotional content("these recipes will work best with such-and-such brand juice extractor") and extravagant expectations for juicing's health and/or spiritual benefits. In 8 concise, sensible chapters, Rodnitzky describes the nutritional value of fresh-made juices; proper selection, preparation, and storage of produce; juicer selection (without the hard-sell: the juicers are described in terms of operation with brand names mentioned only as examples); and recipes for basic, health-boosting, exotic, and alcoholic juice drinks. The core information and excellent variety of recipes easily offset the silliness of the recipe titles, and the comprehensive index makes the book a handy reference for everyday use in the kitchen. I would recommend this book for veteran and novice juicers alike, regardless of their physical fitness or spiritual level.

Like a lot of people, I love juicing, but I've been through too many juice books that place juicing alongside acupuncture, healing crystals and tarot cards as if drinking juice was going to bring me to a higher spirtual level. Look, if that works for you, more power to you, but what I want out of a juice book is two things - great recipes and some fun. This book has both. The recipes are outstanding - you'll find some drinks in here that at first glance seem a little strange, maybe even disturbing, but give them a try and you'll never go back to just fresh squeezed orange juice. The other thing a like about this book is the humor - it seems like every recipe title is a play on words or pun, I think this book could sell equally well in the humor section! I can't decide what is more refreshing - the recipes or the book!

Not only do the juice recipes in this book taste absolutely fabulous... but the author has also come up with some highly entertaining titles and blurbs to keep you entertained as you prepare the delicious beverages. This book has been a godsend for me -- my kids will actually "eat" their fruits and vegetables now because they taste so good!!!