Use for pulp from juicer?

chamoisee · #1 04/26/11, 01:45 PM

I have begun using a juicer to make fresh juice. :happy0035: However, I am dismayed by the huge quantity of fruit and vegetable pulp that should be moving through a gut to prevent colon cancer, instead of being used for chicken feed, which is where it ends up currently.

There must be something palatable I can use the pulp for. Maybe some energy type bars with a little dried fruit or nuts and flaxseed? It would need to be gluten free.

Currently the bulk of the pulp is carrot, with apple and orange also being used at time. The pulp is very finely ground and has the consistency of playdough.

calliemoonbeam · #2 04/26/11, 03:39 PM

I just Googled "gluten free uses for juicer pulp" and there are 100,000 results, lol. The very first one is for "Carrot Pulp Cookies", which might be right up your alley.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1259&bih=631&q=gluten+free+uses+for+juicer+pulp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
I've use the pulp in lots of baked goods, crackers, sauces, casseroles, ice pops or ice cream, etc., in the past, but never gluten free. You may just have to research some of the recipes until you find the ones that fit your needs. Good luck!

motdaugrnds · #3 04/26/11, 10:25 PM

chamoisee, out of curiosity, why "gluten free"?

Becka · #4 04/27/11, 01:34 PM

The pulp is good to thicken soups, sweeten baked goods, and made into veggie patties and fried.

oregon woodsmok · #5 04/27/11, 02:11 PM

I can't see the purpose of it. So I eat the fruit and veggies whole, and that way I get the juice and the fiber all at the same time.

RedDirt Cowgirl · #6 04/28/11, 01:22 AM

I agree with Oregon, but...I use a juicer for carrots when I feel like I need more vitamins than are available cooked, after a phase of neglecting to eat right. (And the nutrition gurus say your body goes "Hey! - Where's the rest of the carrot?!?") But the pulp (Juicerator) is hard for me to use in anything other than soup, or tomato pasta sauce, and then it's awfully bland bulk. I confess to feeding it to my worm bin. Not a real good thing, feels like a waste of proper food.

I juice apples when I get a batch just plain too sour to eat, not much nutrition there. Same thing with the pulp, unpalatable. Here, wormie wormies...

All the recipes I've tried for adding them to baked goods have been yucky, and full of oil to compensate for that "play dough" ingredient.

chamoisee · #7 04/28/11, 02:05 PM

There are several reasons to eat gluten free. I am not a celiac, but I do feel more energetic when I don't eat gluten.

If I had goats still, I would make little patties of the pulp and dry it for them to eat during the winter as snacks....

I am going to try making some energy bar things from it. I wish I could eat as many carrots whole as I juice, but my teeth are not all there....

motdaugrnds · #8 04/28/11, 05:39 PM

What juicers are you all using?

I am still researching so as to purchase one that will be easy to use, give me the juice "texture" I like (less pulpy) and save the pulp for other uses. (I will be getting a dehydrator to use with the pulp and probably using much of it in breads.)