Wanting to use this as a juicer to juice greens. Will it do the trick?
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Absolutely. I use mine every day to juice greens. It will be a thicker mixture because it is breaking down whole foods and not extracting the juice. It is much more beneficial and works like a wiz. I add about 1 cup spring water to mine when blending. I love this blender.
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In my experience, no. You would need to add fluid to the blender to get the greens chopped. Otherwise, the blades would just spin on the bottom and your greens just hover above them. When I make pesto, the blender struggles with the basil until I add enough olive oil to get a slurry going. I use my blender once or twice a day, and it's wonderful, but it is no juicer in my eyes. If you plan on juicing frequently, get a juicer. I have an Omega, and it's awesome.
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Yes it will juice greens if you add water. If you over load it the motor will burn and stop
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No. A juicer is much different. Those will extract the pulp/fiber and leave a thin juice. Great for short term cleanses. Trendy too. I have one. It is gathering dust. I use the blender twice a day at least.
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Yes. If you want a juice(as in something with no pulp or fiber or nutrients), make a blend of veggies AND fruit, and use a cheesecloth to get all of the pulp out, then drink the juice.
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Using a juicer removes all the pulp, which is fiber and what you need! Healthiest option is to eat the whole food... use the vitamix with water and drink your veggies! I had a big juicer sitting on my counter, a pain to take apart and clean, cleaning out the pulp container... save pulp to add to other things, but wait, why don't I just add all I want to my blender... so my juicer is put away waiting for my Vita Mix to replace that and my blender. Just trying to decide on which model I will get...think this is the one!
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We use our Vitamix all the time reducing what ever we put in to it to a liquid. I agree, if the greens are dry, the Vitamix will need some liquid added.
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ABSOLUTELY!!!! Unlike a juicer the Vitamix seamlessly blends in the pulp!!!! I use my VitaMix everyday!!!!
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It won't juice, per se. But it will blend it like a smoothie. I always make a kale smoothie with mine and it's perfect.
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I really love this juicer for fruit. I have never tried any veggies. sorry.
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It's not the best juicer for greens or wheat grass but it does an ok job with the greens when combine with fruits or veggies that have high water/juice content like carrots, watermelom, cucumber, etc. If you plan to juice a lot of greens I would recommend you get a slow masticating juicer.
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Hi Diane, I wouldn't say it has the capabilities of a juicer because they are two totally different kind of machines designed to do different functions. That said I love my blender. It's very powerful and very quite compared to others. I can blend green drinks with very little chunks left over if any at all. It kind of depends how long you blend for. Usually a minute or two is sufficient for my needs. Hope this helps.
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Absolutely! it will blend, dice, cut, pulverize any veggie or leaf greens. My wife does broccoli, kale, and spinach in it all at the same time.
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Yes, and very well. I have juiced kale, and other leafy greens and it does great.
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Yes, it can handle Kale, as well as anything else you'd want to juice. It's a wonderful juicer.
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I do use this for making kale juice. Since it's a manual juicer, it takes a lot more effort than just stuffing uncut kale leaves into an electric model. I take most of the stem off the leaf, don't put more than one leaf in at a time, alternate with cuke or apple, and that works. Don't get this juicer if you don't want a little work out in order to have a refreshing, healthy drink.
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It can juice wheatgrass and other leafy greens. I frequently juice kale and spinach. I've also done collard & mustard greens. It is one of the few juicers that can handle a range of items from very hard (carrots, beets) to soft like wheatgrass.
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This juicer has done really well w/ greens, like kale and spinach. As for efficiency, I can't compare the quantity of juice produced to another juicer, since this is my first one. But I am happy with it.
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This is great for greens! My boyfriend makes a green juice every day and we have has the same machine for over 2 years. He uses kale, spinach, lemon, cucumber, apple, celery and ginger.
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It will get juice out. I do juice kale. Although My understanding is that the best for leaves is a masticating juicer.
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Yes, it does handle greens however, you will want to juice something a little less dense after. I do a handful of greens first and then add 3-4 celery stalks. Adding a juicy vegetable or fruit right after is the best way to extract the juice from the greens. Greens (normally kale or spinach) are always the base in very juice I make. This is an excellent juicer, great investment! It has a lot of power, juices almost anything easily. And it is very easy to clean.
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I would be surprised. I have great results using it to press liquid out of herbs when making tinctures. But it is a steady pressure, hand-crank system, and not a juicer.
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just about everything I've tried works, celery, green peppers, tomatoes........I don't think it will replace a juicer if that's what your looking for.It works great for less heavy jobs, quick, easy and most of all easy to clean.
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Yes. It works well for me. I haven't compared it with other juicers, but all the vegetables that are more dense - like ginger, beets, potatoes, carrots - juice really well.
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I think it does a good job except with small raspberries.... But I also recommend using the pulp in cooking meat dishes like meat loaf or stuffed chicken breast etc. that way there is no waste period. I also recommend adding great flavored like freshineple to all my juices...I blend carrots and kale and pineapple and apples together frequently. The most powerful juicer I think is the ninja....but it I not quiet like the fusion....the fusion is also easy and quick to clean. :)