tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071585038534793870.post2661066577125905927..comments2014-05-27T21:13:02.960-07:00Comments on Sprinkles From a Cupcake Blonde: Juicing! Day Five: StorageCupcake Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588999664483664504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071585038534793870.post-65316293666314042722012-07-10T10:54:14.175-07:002012-07-10T10:54:14.175-07:00I wonder if you could have added an apple to your ...I wonder if you could have added an apple to your nightmare juice -sweetness- and saved it? <br /><br />Some stores carry citric acid in the vitamin/health food aisle (not the pharmacy's vitamin aisle). I had to go specifically to a health food store to find mine (It's used in making cheeses). You can order it on Amazon, as well. I use the NOW Foods brand. You might also try Fruit Fresh or Fruit pectin, which you can find in the canning aisle, used to preserve jams & jellies.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353149877164396151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071585038534793870.post-21767416839565211622012-07-09T22:26:11.007-07:002012-07-09T22:26:11.007-07:00I'm so happy you're getting that Big Book ...I'm so happy you're getting that Big Book of Juices book! I had to wait on it since it was backordered on Amazon, so yes-- Barnes & Noble is the better way to go for sure. (I really miss Borders, too! All the time.) <br /><br />I can keep some juices for 24 hours, as long as it's in a glass container. I actually use empty Snapple bottles, and there is a brand of organic lemonade called Hubert's Lemonade-- they have the cutest bottles with a little smiling lemon! They make me happy. I funnel the juices into these bottles and bring them to work for lunch sometimes. (Check Whole Foods and any other grocery stores that sell organic foods to look for Hubert's Lemonade-- they have several varies, too, like strawberry, raspberry, honey and lime. Yum!)<br /><br />The BBOJ book mentions something called citric acid/vitamin C as a preservative. It's apparently a powder or a liquid you can drop into a juice to help it stay fresh a bit longer. I have yet to find this in the store, though. And I'd only get an organic version of it, of course. Adding chemicals to a juice would ruin it! (When I was little, I remember my Mom having this little container of powder that she would use to sprinkle on sliced apples so they wouldn't turn brown by lunchtime. I'm pretty sure that's the stuff, but I wonder if they still make it!) <br /><br />That green juice that we all love? I'm psyched for you to try it! Are you using a little bit of fresh ginger in yours? If so, here's a tip-- bury the ginger in the middle of the kale when you put it in the juicer, or cut a slot into one of the apples and slide it in there. The reason is, I've found if I don't add it with some other ingredient, the ginger kind of bounces off the juicing blades and flies into the waste bin without being juiced. <br /><br />See, all these little things you learn as you go... it's amazing. I never knew as much about different natural ingredients and how to combine them as I do today! I hope you're having fun with it.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905771257047452614noreply@blogger.com