This post comes to us courtesy of Joe Cross, founder of Reboot Your Life.
Juicing has fabulous health benefits. It’s a quick, efficient and delicious way to make sure your body gets all the nutrients it needs, and then some. But what about the pulp? Many people complain that so much of the fruits and vegetables go unused. Well, who says you can’t use the pulp? Waste not, I say.
As a general practice, all good juicers should be good composters unless they intend to use their pulp in other ways in the kitchen. Composting allows you to give back to the earth and enhance the next harvest from our home gardens. It’s one big circle of life, after all.
However, composting isn’t possible or practical for everyone – and it isn’t your only option. The pulp from your adventures in juicing can also be used in a variety of dishes such as vegetable soups, veggie patties, muffins or even to spice up your meatballs (for the carnivores). Using the pulp allows you to add new flavors to your dishes, to add more nutrients (like fiber) into your diet, and to add more moisture into your food. When you’re taking a period of time to consume only juice, and no solid food (or what I call a Reboot), you can always freeze the pulp and use it when you integrate other types of meals back into your diet.
Start experimenting with your pulp and visit Reboot Your Life for recipes. Here’s a simple vegetable broth recipe to get you going.
Simple Vegetable Broth
2 full bags of juicer pulp (from making two 20-ounce juices)
10 to 12 cups water
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/2 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
Fresh or dried herbs: chives, thyme, rosemary, oregano, basil, old bay, ginger, parsley — use any herbs you like
1 tsp. olive oil
Place olive oil in pot and heat on medium. Add pulp. Stir and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add water, herbs/spices/seasonings and turn up to high until boiling. Once boiling, turn heat down to simmer at medium. Cook covered, up to 2 1/2 hours. (For a quick version, cook covered 20 to 30 minutes.)
Turn off heat. Using a ladle, strain pulpy broth in batches (removing pulp) into glass a bowl or another pot. Let cool then sip and enjoy! Serves 2.
Transfer remaining broth to a glass jar for storage. Save strained pulp for compost.
About the author: Founder of Reboot Your Life – a health and wellness company that provides tools and information to support diets rich in fruits and vegetables (www.jointhereboot.com).
37 comments
Thank you for sharing this helpful article.Thanks for the recipe
Definitely gone try some of these. Thanks for sharing wonderful tips.
Sounds wonderful cannot wait to try it.
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I LOVE eating my left over pulp, infact,I like it better than the juice itself.I eat what I call pulp salad.after juicing my veggies(tomatoes, carrots, greens, celery, lil lemon or lime, any other veggies I have around)I sprinkle lil sea salt and sunflower or flax seeds on my pulp and eat it as I drink my juice.I must be crazy but I have really acquired a taste for the pulp.
The long process of making vegetables broth sound exhausting. I like this idea much better!
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I use the nutri-ninja it is very good but I heard a couple years ago that there was a juicer that u can put all kinds of nuts and coffee beans and other whole fruits and veggies I just can’t remember the name
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Start using a product like the Nutribullet which pulverizes the veggies and fruit and nothing goes to waste. I was composting 50% of what I was juicing, not practical and very costly. Now I am saving a lot of money and all of the nutrients are going where it should be going, in me.
Hi, could pulp including the pulp of fruit (i.e apples, oranges, grapefruit) be used to make vegetable broth? The pulp in question is made up of carrot, beetroot, kale, apple, orange and grapefruit.
Hi Kylie, yes, you can use the pulp to make a vegetable broth — see the recipe in the post above for some guidelines.
I tried making a broth today. I did it just like several leftover-pulp sites suggested, but mine was HORRIBLY bitter! I ended up pouring it out. I used celery, carrots, baby spinach, bell pepper, kale leaves, tomatoes cucumber & zucchini…. perhaps the kale made it bitter?
Someone please advise what veggies they used for a succesful broth… ?
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Thank you aejay…I was looking for this exact advice
How long will this broth keep in the refrigerator?
The type style on this site is very hard to read.
I use my pulp to blend into smoothies. Since you can’treallstore the juice I drink my juice and make smoothies with the fiber for a snack or lunch later on!
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If you were to make broth from the juice can you put the broth into the fridge and store it for a while? Or do you immediately use it.
you can freeze it. I make my own broth and stock in huge amounts and freeze in BPA free plastic pint containers. Perfect for making soup later or other uses, like when making rice, cous cous or anything that absorbs what it’s cooked in.
We began juicing ever since we have watched your show “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.” We would like to find another juicer that uses the pulp in the juice. Is there a juicer that does this, and where can I find it?
I know I’m commenting on an old comment, but in case anyone else sees this and is curious, you do not want a typical juicer to accomplish this. If you’re wanting your pulp to be pulverized into the mix, instead of filtered out of the juice, you’ll want a blender-style machine to accomplish this. A very popular choice is Vitamix. If you have a masticating juicer, you can try to accomplish it by using a non-filtering end (like you would with making sorbet), but the results will not be as fine as they would be with the Vitamix. If you’re planning on pulverizing and consuming the entire plant, be sure you’ve washed well to avoid any potential contaminants on the surface of your produce.
Thanks for the recipe. I’m new to juicing and want to use some of the pulp in recipes. I practice composting, but right now the juicing pulp (with the exception of citrus or ginger) goes to our chickens and turkeys on our urban farm! They love it. Another way to keep the “circle of life” going and get fresh, delicious eggs.
I save the pulp and feed it to my dogs.
As canines are omnivores, it makes sense that they would also need fruit and veg in their diet. My dogs love fruit and vegies, in fact I would go so far as to say, that they crave it. If I dont give them the pulp or other fruit and veg. they start eating the fruit and vegies out of my garden!
They’ll eat the pulp alone but also mixed with raw mince meat for their main meal.
Interestingly, I have found they also like the wheat and spelt grass pulp – they will even compete with each other to get it.
Whoa this is such a good idea !! Thanks for sharing ! Do you give them the pulp of ALL fruits and vegs ? Or are there things that you avoid ? Do you do this everyday ? And finally, can I ask how much pulp you would give daily to a 20kg dog ? I’m so interested ! Thanks a lot in advance 🙂
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I take a little pulp (about a 1/4 to 1/2 a cup) and put in in my vitamix along with the juice to puree some of the fiber before I drink it down.
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