Juice Feasting How To’s

I recently did a 90 day juice feast under the expert guidance of David and Katrina Rainoshek of juicefeasting.com. I took pictures of the process of making the juices to help as a guide for those that would like to embark on a juice feast.

The method I used for making my juices was using a vita-mix for blending and then straining the pulp through a nut milk bag. This was the most quick and efficient way vs using an actual juicer which is far more time consuming.

I found that it helped to prep the fruits and veggies into groups and then blend them individually. I then would fill 3 mason jars with the blended juice building on the next. So for instance, I would start blending up celery juice, then cucumber, then greens, then finally fruit. There would be in the end, 4 layers of different juices added to each mason jar. Below are images of the process from start to finish:

Celery Juice:

One whole bunch celery chopped
Add 1/2 cup water and blend
After straining, divide among 3 jars

Cucumber Juice:

One whole chopped English Cuke
Add 1/2 cup water
Finished blended amount
strain and add to celery Juice

Kale Juice:

Fill container almost to rim
Add 1/2 cup water and blend
Strain and add to 1 jar

Romaine Lettuce and Parsley juices:

Romaine filled to rim
Add 1/2 cup water and blend
Parsley filled just above 1/2 way
Add 1/2 cup water and blend
Add the strained Romaine and Parsley juices to the 2 remaining jars

Pear Juice:

I love this fruit cutter!
Makes work so quick
About 3 pears
Amount for container
Add 1/2 cup water and blend
Add Strained Pear juice to the kale combo on the left

Apple Juice:

4-6 apples to make juice for 2 jars
Amount for container (2/3rds full)
Add 1 cup water and blend (for 2 juice jars)
Add strained juice to 2 remaining jars

Blueberry juice:

Blueberries
No need to add water
After blending
1/2 pint jar size (500ml) finished juice

Watermelon and Mint Juice:

Watermelon and mint
Before Blending amounts
After blending (no water needed)
Finished juice fills quart jar (1 litre)

Pineapple Juice:

Pineapple chunks
Amt for Container (no water needed)
Finished amt after blending
Strained amount 1/2 pint or 500 ml

Cantelope and Mint Juice:

1/2 cantelop and bunch of mint
Chopped including seeds
Amount for Blender with 1/2 cup water
Finished strained juice 1/2 pint or 500 ml

Now one can do the entire juice in one go and if you chose to do it that way, then the amounts should be as follows and put into the blender in the following order:

  • Fill the vita-mix container to about 1/3 full of chopped greens such as kale, spinach, romaine or swiss chard. Then add
  • 2 chopped stalks of celery
  • 1/3 chopped english cucumber
  • 2 chopped apples or pears, cores removed.
  • a nugget of fresh ginger
  • handfuls of herbs such as cilantro and/or mint
  • 1/2 lemon or lime, peel and all (optional)
  • finally, add 1 cup of water
  • Blend and strain through nut milk bag.
  • This will yield one mason jar size of juice.