Quick Organic Recipes: Low Gluten Quinoa Recipe (for Start & End of Detox & Fast)

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Quick Organic Recipes: Low Gluten Quinoa Easy Quinoa Recipe

When you start a full-body detox or a juice fast it's often hard to eat regularly one day and go all fresh fruits and vegetables the next. Many people set aside a couple days' transition period. Simple organic recipes such as this low-gluten quinoa recipe is perfect for these occasions.

Similarly, when you're coming off a juice only detox or else a fresh fruits and vegetable diet it's not good for your body to jump right in and eat regularly again. Simple organic recipes with healthy grains like low gluten quinoa is the perfect choice.




Simple Organic Recipes: Easy Quinoa Recipe with Fresh Organic Vegetables

Ingredients (organic when available):

• 1 cup of organic quinoa (all quinoa is low-gluten quinoa)
• 1 small organic tomato (Roma preferred)
• 1 small jalepeno pepper (organic if available)
• 1 single slice of onion (red onion preferred)
• 1/2 garlic clove
• 1/2 avocado
  
• 1 slice of lime
• 2-3 leaves Romaine lettuce
  
• 2-4 cups of water (distilled preferred)
• Sea salt
• Pepper
• Extra virgin olive oil

Cooked Veggie Mix Procedure:

1. Chop jalepeno pepper and onion slice into small pieces
2. Crush or chop garlic clove into as small of pieces as possible.
   
3. Mix garlic, jalepeno, and onion together

Easy Quinoa Recipe Procedure:

1. Dry roast 1 cup of quinoa in sauce pan over medium heat. Stir continuously. Low gluten quinoa shells will "pop" open. This is normal. Roast for 2-3 minutes after the first pop.
2. After dry roast quinoa, add 2-3 cups of water.
3. Boil until water level is low, stirring occasionally
4. Add more water and jalepeno-garlic-onion mix. Cover
5. Simmer 10-15 minutes or until quinoa soft
6. When quinoa is soft, add a little more water and add salt, pepper, and 1-2 teaspoons olive oil. Add basil if desired.
7. Simmer until quinoa soft and mixed with vegetables. Quinoa will take on vegetable, salt, and olive oil taste.

Fresh Vegetable & Serving Procedure

1. Dice tomato and put on plate cold and fresh
2. Smash avacado adding sea salt and pepper. Place on plate as shown picture
3. Place fresh lime slice on plate
4. Cut or tear romaine lettuce and add to place, or put full leaves on separate plate
5. Add quinoa to plate
   
6. Compliment with any desired fresh fruit (grapes, raspberries, and cut up fresh jalepeno peppers shown in photo)

Eating

Squeeze lime over quinoa as desired. Quinoa, avocado, and tomato may be wrapped up in romaine lettuce and eaten like a burrito, or else cut up pieces of lettuce on top will be easier to eat with a spoon or fork.

This recipe serves two.

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Quick organic recipes like this easy quinoa recipes provide a good stepping stone into or out of a fast or detoxification. You're still getting fresh vegetables with the lettuce, tomato, and avacado. You're getting more veggies in the veggie mix. Quinoa provides several nutrients, and while not recommended during a juice fast, is digested fairly easily by the body

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High Price Range ($100-200)

We'll be showing you a few juicer reviews for the high price range. Many of the juicers in the $50-100 price range, though, may be just a good. Have a look here for those juice extractor reviews: juicer review Mid Range $50-100.

Jack Lalanne Juicer review ($100 on Amazon.com). This is a very, if not the most popular juicer. Many feel it's the best juicer. Indeed it's juicer blade is very large for it's size and most notably, the large mouth of the food pusher doesn't go directly to the middle of the blades, but offset from the center. How does this help? The blades are spinning faster at that part of the cutter. Small juicers are like this, actually, with their cresent-shaped food pusher (see review juicer Low-Range here).

Juice Extractor review Jack Lalanne Pro Juicer ($150 at Target.com). This juicer is the same as the one mentioned in the Jack Lalanne review above, however, it has a stainless steel finish and looks nicer. If you shop around you can find this Jack Lalanne juicer cheap at around $120. That said, the original Jack Lalanne can be found for $80.


Black & Decker JM503 Juiceman Juice Extractor review ($180 on Amazon). Let's look at the stat's for this one

• 1,000 watts (wow!) 3-speed push-button controls
• LCD display screen (nice!)
• blue backlight (pretty!)
  
• stainless steel body and juice bowl (great!)
  
• Heavy-duty die cast handles (rare!)
  
• cord storage wrap (convenient!)
  
• Stainless steel mesh, titanium-coated blades, and see-thru lid (could it get any better?)

And plus it's by Black & Decker, a reputable company. This is one of the best of this type of juicer.

West Bend Performance Series Juice Extractor review ($120 at Target). I'm not going to go into this deeply, as you can see it's very similar to the Jack Lalanne juicer. Lalanne is a trusted brand. I'm a bit skeptical about West Bend. I'd stick to Jack Lalannne over this one.


Breville JE95XL Two-Speed Juice Fountain Plus ($140 on Amazon). This is very smartly designed juicer. This is the newer version and it has two speeds: one for soft fruits and fast for harder foods. It's easy to clean, powerful, and gets a lot of juice. The only negatives about this juicer is that I haven't used one long enough to know how it holds up under pressure. 1 year warranty, so that should be okay!


Lexen Electric Healthy Juice Extractor Review ($180 on Amazon). This juicer review, folks, shouldn't be here. It should be in the Professional Range of over $200. This is a masticating juicer which smashes the juice out of fruits and vegetables rather than grinding it like in our other juicers. This is the cheapest of this type juicer so I couldn't recommend it due to likely poor quality control, but I can say that a masticating juicer is the way to go if you're looking to juice daily for long periods of time. I'd spend over $200 for a more popular juicer though.


Breville BJE510XL Ikon 900-Watt Variable-Speed Juice Extractor review ($182 on Amazon). This is another good review juicer from Breville. Note the review above, and note that this one is a tad more powerful, has variable speeds, and looks better because it's stainless. If you can afford it I'd say this is good choice.


L’Equip Mini XL Pulp Ejection Juicer ($140 on Amazon). No one I ask knows anything about this product, so in my case I'd never get it. I'm just throwing it out there to show you what's available.


And that's about it. We won't be doing a review of the $300-500 range unless there is a demand for it. If we get enough comments we'll write one!


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Review: Juice Extractor Review Mid-Range ($50-100)

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Mid Price Range ($50-100)

Here were going to review juicer in the medium price range. If you're looking for a cheap juicer, please check out our review juicers low price range, or the main reviews juicer page.

There are a few characteristics you quickly notice when comparing a mid-range juicer to a low-range juicer. First, they are a bit larger. You'll get a bigger disposal bin and more importantly, the mouth for the food pusher is much larger (low-range juicers have a small crescent shaped fruit pusher). Next, as compared to 300-400 watts, these juicers have around 700 watts of power. Finally, the blades (they're more like grinders, actually, have twice the surface area as the smaller juicers.

This mid-range juicer is basically something we made up to review juicers. These mid-range juice extractors are actually just cheaper versions of the high-range extractors. If you're just starting off and don't know how much you'll use the machine, I'd recommend a low-range juicer. If you juice only once in a while, maybe a mid-range would be good for you. If you want something better I'd go for the high-range versions.

Juiceman 2-Speed Juice Extractor reviews juicer ($60 at Target) (AKA Juiceman Big-Mouth). This is your run-of-the-mill mid-range juicer. Coming from a smaller juicer you'll love it. If you're expecting more, you'll hate it. Clean up isn't a breeze, but it's better than the smaller versions. It is quite a bit more powerful (over 700 watts) and has a large food chute for accommodating whole apples and such. This is a bonus. It's kind of hard to take apart to clean, so note that before buying.

Note, we won't review juicer Juiceman Jr. Chrome ($60+) or regular Juiceman Junior ($60+) in full because of several reasons. These are still available, but older and if you check the links you'll find review juicer that customers with not pleased with these machines as they were messy, didn't extract much juice, and broke easily. The prices are upwards of $60, which is actually more than the Juiceman 2-Speed mentioned above. Plus the small crescent shaped food plunger would classify these juicers with the low-range review juicers.


Sharper Image 700w Juicer Review ($70 at Macys.com). We don't know too much about this juicer. It's a regularly priced $100 juicer, so on sale it fits in this mid-range category perfectly. Sharper Image products are usually expensive, but since this is only $100, I'm assuming it's a mid, and not high-range product. I haven't seen it, haven't seen too many reviews on it, but just though I'd mention it here anyway. Here's the Amazon link as well.





Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Review Juicer 67650H ($75 at Target [Amazon link]). This is very similar to the Juiceman 2-speed. Cleaning isn't great, but it's not too bad. This is 800w, so you get a bit more power here. The juicer is a bit loud, so prepare for that when you buy it. If you see the links make sure to not that there are a couple different styles. The one at Amazon looks much nicer if you ask me. For mid-range, this is decent juicer, espeically if you can find it for under $60, which would be possible (hint: try Target or Walmart in-store, you never know what they might have! I found something similar for $48!).

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Okay, as said before these reviews juicers in the mid-range are basically the cheaper high-range juicers, as far as characteristics. They do have the big mouths and the power of the high-range juicers, but have the quality of the low-range juicers. Please read all reviews before making your selection.

If you find any more not listed here, or just have a comment or a review, don't hesitate to add a comment below!



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Low Price Range: $0-50

The low range juicers reviewed here all have slower motors, meaning around 300-400 watts. They usually have small mouths for inserting fruit and veggies. These lower priced reviews juice extractor aren't as sturdy, are kind of messy to clean up, and all have the same basic set up, therefore look similar to each other. Of each I'll give my review juice extractor and my recommendation.

Mercury Juice Extractor Reviews Juicer ($17 on Amazon). This is my top recommendation for someone just starting out juicing. If you're only planning to a 2 week juice fast or even a month juice fast only, this juicer should be your choice because it's a decent juicer cheap. However, this is probably a Chinese company that you can only buy through Amazon.com. It will probably break easily. If you're only going to use it for the fast, OR to see if you like the juicing lifestyle get it. If you want to buy in person, check the next reviews juicer.


Hamilton Beach Health Smart Review Juicer Reviews ($39 at Walmart). At Walmart actually saw this juice extractor. Review seems decent. I didn't know it was at Walmart. Cheap juicer cheap store! Quite surprising. This isn't as cheap as the one on Amazon, but it's a Hamilton Beach juicer review and it's a well known name. Plus you get two speeds. The next review juicer is very similar.



Hamilton Beach Health Smart Juicer Review ($39 at Target). If you click the link you'll see that this juicer isn't very good and doesn't get as much juice as others. Plus it's pretty messy. Customers seem unsatisfied. I'd stay away from this one.





Elite Cuisine 2 Speed Power Dynamic Juice Extractor Review Juicer ($39 on Amazon). I don't have any information on this one, but there are reviews on Amazon if you click the link I provided. Elite Cuisine seems decent though.


Black & Decker Juice Extractor Reviews Juicer ($38 on Amazon). Of these smaller ones under $50, this is my top choice for someone who juices a few times a month. It's not a great review juicer, but it's decent and does the job. I like the Black & Decker brand over the others I mentioned and it should last. I'm sure I saw this at Walmart, Target, or some other store. You'll have to call around, or else buy this cheap juicer online.

These were juice extractor reviews juicer for some of the most popular smaller juicers. There are many more, but you get the gist of how they are. They are all quite similar. If you have any of these, or have read about some other juicer review in this price range, I invite you to leave your comment below and help other readers out. Thanks!

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Welcome to our juice extractor review. What we'll be reviewing goes by various names. We'll be covering all of the following, although they are nearly the same thing!: juicer review, juice extractor review, juice extractor reviews, juice extracter review, review juicer, review juicers, vegetable juicer review. We will not deal with blender reviews juicer, citrus juicer reviews, or food processor review in this article.

Which Juicer is Best for Me?

Prices of juicers range from around $30 all the way up to over $300. There are 3 main types of fruit juicers to choose from. The bigger, more expensive they are, the more likely they are to be called a juice extractor.

First, you have to look at your budget. How much can you afford? Next, do you need a good juice extractor for daily use? Or do you just need a small fruit and vegetable juicer to use a couple times a week? They both do the same job, but the better they are, the easier they are to use, the easier to clean up, the more fruit they can handle at once, and even a higher percentage of juice (reviews juicer page links below).

For a little note on color, I'd like to tell you that some of the natural dyes in fruits and vegetables are very strong and capable of staining. So, if you buy a white juices, it's almost guaranteed to stain if you don't wipe it off immediately after each use.

My recommendation would be that if you are just starting out, get the cheapest juicer you can find. If you find yourself using it often, upgrade. There's no sense buying a medium priced juicer to start if you end up upgrading in the near future. There's no use jumping into a big one either, because you're not sure if you're going to use it often. Here are the reviews juicers or reviews juicer extractor, I'll tell you my opinion of each.

The following are links to our reviews, juicers are categorized by price. These machines are called juicer review, juice extractor reviews, juice extracter review, review juicer, review juicers, vegetable juicer review, reviewed juicer, juicer reviewed, review juice extractor, reviews juice extractor, review juice extractors, reviews juice extractors.

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UPDATE: We don't yet have our review of the $200+ juicers up. This type grinds as well as squeezes the resulting pulp to give you more juice. There is one listed in the High Range review. If you're interested in this type, please check that out and go from there.

Wholefood Supplements: Natural Vitamins vs Synthetic

Natural vitamins are what you can buy in the grocery store or local pharmacy such as Walgreen or Rite-Aid. Brands such as Centrum or Theregran-M come to mind.

Natural Vitamin versus Synthetic Vitamins: Both Centrum and
Theragran-M are examples of non-natural synthetic vitamins

These synthetic vitamins are the most popular and best sellers. However, several doctors and health specialists feel that these vitamins might be as good for you as, well...
Natural Vitamins vs. Synthetic Vitamins and the Advantages of Each

In the natural vitamins vs synthetic vitamin argument, proponents of natural vitamins such as wholefood supplements claim that nothing man-made can be as good as nature's own vitamins. Centrum, and the like, do contain vitamins, however, they are not in their natural form or amounts, therefore they aren't as easily accepted as nutrition by your body and aren't as easily digested.

What do I take regarding natural vs synthetic vitamins? Well, I'd like to take only wholefood supplements, and usually I do. However, they're quite pricey and sometimes, even a Centrum is better than nothing. Synthetics are readily available and claim to give you all the vitamins you need. Granted, this might be a strain for your digestive system, though.


Typically, a bottle of 200 one-a-day Centrum tablets will cost you around $15. Or, you could get the Walgreen equivalent--which is made and packaged in the same factory as the Centrum tablets and is, essentially, the same exact product--for around $10. However, Walgreen has buy one get one free sales on these, so you can get over year's supply for around $10! I used to buy these often, until I found out that synthetics aren't the way to go. I do make sure I have some on hand, just in case, but I don't take them daily. For the record, Target sells multivitamins and the tablets are red. Don't buy them--they upset the stomach.

Wholefood supplements, on the other hand, aren't as compact, cheap, or convenient as synthetics. You usually have to take more than one a day--which is actually good so that you can get the vitamins when your body needs them. They might costs as much as 10 times as much. However, they are highly alkaline to you blood and are easily digestible.

Here are a few examples of whole food supplements on Amazon: Vitamineral Green (see trial size) and Earth Herbal Vegan Organic Superfood Dietary Supplement. You can see the Vitamineral in the photo to the left. However, the one I would most recommend is Comprehensive Vitamin & Mineral Formula. By just reading the discription you know you can trust them!

Natural Vitamins vs Synthetic Vitamins: Conclusion

When weighing the benefits of natural vitamins versus synthetic vitamins, you have to ask yourself what you're looking for. Wholefood, natural vitamins are far better for because they

• Give you nutrients in the form and dose that nature intended
• Include enzymes which aid in digestion of the vitamins as well as other foods
• Make your blood alkaline
  
• Are taken a few times a day providing maximum absorption by the colon and small intestine
• Are often in dark, glass bottles: the best way to preserve the freshness of the vitamins
• BUT, are expensive and hard to find except at health food stores
  

Synthetic man-made vitamins have other benefits:

• Very cheap
• Available at any pharmacy or grocery store
• Are known to everyone and coupons are available
• Have 100% USRDA of everything you need (no, I don't believe the USRDA)
• Just taken once a day
  
• BUT, they don't absorb properly, put more of a strain on your digestive system, may be stale or old, are made from the lowest quality ingredients, and are totally non-natural and synthetic.

Natural vitamins vs synthetic vitamins final word: Buy only 100% natural, whole food vitamins. If you can't get them for any reason, or if they are too expensive for you, take synthetics. If you are on a high fruit and vegetable diet, there is no need to take any vitamins, and in such a case taking synthetics would even work against you.