Recipe: Carbeeple = Carrot Beet Apple Juice!

Posted: March 19, 2012

Happy Monday folks!  I hope you enjoyed your weekend & St. Patty's day as much as I did.  Evidently I was in creative mode all weekend because I created a brand new delicious Citrus Kale Salad... AND  I made up a new name for my 2nd favorite juice: Carbeeple!  It's a mix between carrots, beets, and apples.  Mmmmmm!  It's super sweet and loaded with nutrients.  And that color would make a beautiful lipstick :)

Recipe for Carbeeple Juice:

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds of carrots
  • 2 golden delicious apples
  • 3 small beets (peeled)

Yields ~ 32 ounces

My dear hubby always commented that this particular juice wasn't his favorite b/c it tasted like dirt. Lovely :)  So this time I took extra special precaution and actually peeled/cut off the skin of the beets (the dirtiest part), and it made such a big difference!   He gave it his veggie-hating-hubby stamp of approval :)  I used the same peeling/cutting method as I use for the lemons in the Mean Green Juice (my #1 favorite juice).

I juiced all the carrots first, just to see how many ounces 2lbs of carrots would make.  Turns out  2lbs of carrots = 20 ounces of juice.   Then, I emptied out my juicer (until I invest in a larger one, I have to empty out the pulp half-way through the juicing process each time).  And I juiced the apples and beets together.  LOOK at that bright pink/red color!  B-e-a-utiful!!

Then I mixed it in with the carrot juice for the final product:  Carbeeple!!

This juice was so yummy.  As I was cleaning out the juicer afterwards looking at the beautiful bright red pulp, I decided at some point I will make a cranberry beet apple salsa out of the pulp... it would be so good as a turkey accompaniment.  But this time, I just put it down the disposal.

Do you ever use the pulp leftover from juicing to make anything?

For breakfast I had 2 eggs with a tiny bit of mozzarella (cooked in a special microwave ceramic egg cooker - that's why the eggs look kindof "shaped"), with a few grape tomatoes (sooooooooo sweet!!) and some roasted red pepper hummus.  It was a great start to my day and fuel for my afternoon run with BOTH doggies! Yes, run #3 is done! Week #1 of the Pooch to 5K is complete... I feel so accomplished :)

The best part of that meal was the Cedar's hummus (see pic below).  I have no idea why they call it "hommus" instead of "hummus"... maybe it's more authentic that way??  Nonetheless, it tasted amazing.  I literally had to look at the ingredient list twice to make sure there wasn't sugar or some other sweetener in there because it tasted so sweet and delicious.  No sugar... just roasted red peppers in their prime.  I will definitely be buying this kind again and again and again.  Even Babycakes ate about 1/3 cup of it!  PS. I bought it at Walmart.

Do you love hummus?  What do you eat it with?

Did you do anything "creative" this weekend?

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Comments

Submitted by Shallyn - March 19, 2012 - 3:38pm

Congrats on all of your success Kelly! Your story popped up on my FB page because of the Fat, Sick, and Nearly dead page they have open. So good to see people using healthy methods to shed pounds! Keep it up, you look amazing. :)

Submitted by kelly - March 19, 2012 - 3:42pm

Thanks for stopping by Shallyn! It hasn't been easy, but soooooo worth it! Have you done a Reboot? What did you think??

Submitted by jennifer spera - March 19, 2012 - 3:45pm

love what you are doing! i saw the link from "fat, sick, and nearly dead" on fb and i can relate to your story (putting on the pounds after getting married!!) i am just getting started though, haven't done a reboot yet but you really really make me want to give it a shot!!!

Submitted by kelly - March 19, 2012 - 4:31pm

Go for it!! Just start with the 5 or 10 day one and see how you do / see how you feel. I'm thinking I will do another one soon, and document it day by day here on the blog. We could do it together!

Submitted by Roberto - March 19, 2012 - 4:30pm

How wonderful of you to share. I wish you continued success - so what I would suggest is to start a worm compost bin to turn all the wonderful pulp from your juice into amazing soil to go back into your own home-grown kale, beets, etc.etc.etc. Think of yourself as an environmentalist in the true sense: You have already started caring for your own internal environment. Next you simply take it to the outer layer.

Submitted by kelly - March 19, 2012 - 4:33pm

I love this idea! And I was JUST talking to my hubby last night about my plans for a large veggie garden this spring. I have big plans... :) The composting will make my soil even better!

Submitted by Everaldo Aguiar - March 19, 2012 - 7:30pm

Hi Kelly! First of all, congratulations on your life change! Your story popped up on my facebook page today and it was quite inspiring to read it. I seem to be a bit late here to mention about this, but I'll just reiterate on how great this left over pulp is for your garden. I'm originally from Brazil and it's a fairly common practice there for people to recycle their fruit/vegetable pulp in their gardens. It works wonders and it's (kind of) free! Anyway... have a great spring and keep sharing your awesome recipes.
Oh, and I have always been a big fan of the Carbeeple :) I also like to add a small piece of ginger to it.

Submitted by Lauren @ Oatmeal after Spinning - March 20, 2012 - 10:16am

The juice looks awesome!! I love making juice, but HATE cleaning out my juicer!!
Do you read Pickles N Honey? Amanda had a recipe the other day for "pulp muffins."
http://www.picklesnhoney.com/2012/03/16/juicer-pulp-muffins/
(and all of her recipes are awesome)

Submitted by kelly - March 20, 2012 - 10:20am

Those look delicious!! I am definitely going to try that recipe out. THANKS LAUREN!

Submitted by Terri - May 30, 2012 - 6:02pm

I just got a breville juicer in the mail. Had a few apples, peppers, carrots and a keylime in the frig. I juiced it and it was great!! My 10 year old grandson loved it too!! My husband and I are going to do a 10 day juice fast. My youngest son gets married Saturday, so we are going to start it on Monday!! Can't wait. I need to lose about 70 pounds and my husband 30 pounds.

Submitted by Caitlin - June 19, 2012 - 8:13pm

When you juice a large amount how do you store it? Right now I use a nalgene bottle, but am not sure how long I can safely keep it (I usually try under 24 hours).

I use the pulp for the munchkin. It mixes great with tofu--I make them into little meat balls and bake. They freeze very well too. It is also good to throw in a meatloaf. HTH!

Submitted by kelly - June 21, 2012 - 12:46pm

I usually store extra juice (for the next day) in Blender Bottles...similar to nalgenes. You are advised not to keep fresh juice more than 24 hours, so you're right on. I've never really used the pulp. Though I've seen a few muffin recipes. And I thought of making a salsa with the HomemadeV8 pulp.

Submitted by Amy - July 22, 2012 - 7:01pm

Hi Kelly, just LOVE your website!! My hubby and I are doing a 30 day fast and your juice recipes are a big hit at our house ;) We love to sneak in some veggie pulp into spaghetti sauce for our kiddos!! It makes it thick like a meat sauce and adds a wonderful sweetness!! I also add it to scrambled eggs and baked goods :) Our compost gets the rest ;) Thanks for all your efforts and energy!!

Submitted by kelly - July 25, 2012 - 3:57pm

Thanks for the nice comment/compliment, and also for the ideas on how to use the pulp. I never would have thought to add it to spaghetti sauce, but that's genius!!

Submitted by Wendy - August 21, 2012 - 5:35pm

Made this today, it was delicious, the only slight change I made was I added the beet greens as well, hated to watste them, Thanks K, keep up the great blog!

Submitted by Wendy - August 21, 2012 - 5:36pm

One other change golden beets instead

Submitted by Julie Vaden - October 1, 2012 - 8:30pm

Hi Kelly! I use my pulp all the time! I freeze it for later too. I have a pulp extractor on the back of my juicer so I use a plastic bag to capture the pulp and I twist tie it when I am done. I just made a variation of this recipe. I used 2 sweet potatoes, 2 small beets, 1 golden delicious apple and 1 small pluot. I juiced the sweet potato and the beets then took the pulp and twist tied the bag so I can make a "hash" for breakfast in the morning. I will add some chopped onions and peppers and put it in a skillet and top it with a fried egg!

Submitted by Julie Vaden - October 1, 2012 - 8:30pm

Hi Kelly! I use my pulp all the time! I freeze it for later too. I have a pulp extractor on the back of my juicer so I use a plastic bag to capture the pulp and I twist tie it when I am done. I just made a variation of this recipe. I used 2 sweet potatoes, 2 small beets, 1 golden delicious apple and 1 small pluot. I juiced the sweet potato and the beets then took the pulp and twist tied the bag so I can make a "hash" for breakfast in the morning. I will add some chopped onions and peppers and put it in a skillet and top it with a fried egg!

Submitted by Julie Vaden - October 1, 2012 - 8:30pm

Hi Kelly! I use my pulp all the time! I freeze it for later too. I have a pulp extractor on the back of my juicer so I use a plastic bag to capture the pulp and I twist tie it when I am done. I just made a variation of this recipe. I used 2 sweet potatoes, 2 small beets, 1 golden delicious apple and 1 small pluot. I juiced the sweet potato and the beets then took the pulp and twist tied the bag so I can make a "hash" for breakfast in the morning. I will add some chopped onions and peppers and put it in a skillet and top it with a fried egg!

Submitted by Jaci Hood - October 3, 2012 - 4:43am

Hi Kelly, I've been devouring (excuse the pun) your website with all the amazing juicing info, and am SO inspired! A friend has just given me a juicer, and as my hubby has been quite ill lately, I thought juicing would be a great way to get his immunity up and strengthen him from the inside out! So far, I have only made the Carbeeple and I absolutely LOVE it! He also thought it tasted like a garden (!) but he downed it, and it certainly won't be his last brightly coloured drink!!
Also just want to say thank you so much for all the wonderful recipes, and a huge congrats on your weight loss!

Submitted by Jordan - March 7, 2013 - 10:14am

We are on day two of our first reboot and I made this juice this morning. SO GOOD! My three year old downed it and tried to suck up every last drop! Thanks for having the "creative juices", I have such a hard time figuring out how to combine flavors...especially beets!

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