Cuisinart BJC-550 User Manual - Page 9
Compact Blender, Tips And Hints, Compact Juice Extractor
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COMPACT BLENDER - TIPS AND HINTS • Always put the hardest ingredients into the blending cup first (ice cubes, frozen fruit) and finish with the softer ingredients and liquids. • It is recommended that most foods be cut into ½- to 1-inch pieces to achieve the most uniform result. • F or best results in the fastest time, pulse a few times before running continuously. Pulses should be short bursts with about 1 second in between each one to allow the blade to stop rotating between pulses. • T o crush ice, put no more than 3 standard ice cubes into the blending cup at one time. Pulse until uniformly crushed. • If food sticks to the sides of the blending cup when blending, stop the blender, carefully scrape down the food, replace blade assembly and pulse in short bursts to combine. • W hen blending thicker mixtures, lightly hold down top of blending cup to prevent excessive movement. • D o not attempt to mash white potatoes or knead bread dough in the blending cup. • A fter blending, flip the blending cup over so that the blade assembly is on the top. Gently tap the cup on the counter a few times to prevent any spillage. Remove the blade assembly and replace with the provided lid. COMPACT JUICE EXTRACTOR - TIPS AND HINTS • E xtracted juice captures about 95% of the nutrients from fresh fruits and vegetables. Drinking extracted juice is a fast and efficient way for your body to digest and absorb all these nutrients. Digesting whole fruits can take about an hour; extracted juices take only 15 minutes. • F reshly extracted juices are an excellent aid in weight management and in cleanses, which rid the body of toxins. • A lways use fresh, organic, and seasonal produce. Organic produce is grown without synthetic fertilizers and chemicals, which is very important when juicing whole foods. Buying foods in season is considerably less expensive than purchasing off-season, and flavors are much better. • W ash all fruits and vegetables immediately after purchasing and store them in the refrigerator. This way they are ready to juice at any time. • A lways juice fresh fruits and vegetables as soon as possible after purchasing. The longer produce is held the more nutrients it loses. • C ertain fruits should be peeled before juicing. Examples are pineapples, melons, mangoes, papayas, citrus - any fruit with skin that you cannot eat. Also, remove all pits and hard seeds from peaches, cherries, mangoes, etc. • Citrus fruit juice is delicious and richer in nutrients. • If cucumbers are waxy, peel them before juicing. • Juice the softer ingredients before the harder ones. • W hen using the pusher, use gentle pressure to guide food through the feed tube. Do not press too hard or use too much force. • W hen juicing herbs or leafy greens, juice them in the middle of a combination of ingredients in order to extract the greatest amount of juice. Always put the leafy end of the greens into the feed tube first and do not over pack. • U se your taste to guide you in creating fruit and vegetable combinations for juices. The recipes provided are a guideline, 9