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Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, core pears and cut all ingredients into pieces no larger than 1 inch. If using a blender or food processor, add prunes and cinnamon along with other ingredients.

Liquid Lingo

Pinch is a measuring term that refers to the amount of a dry ingredient that can be held between the tips of the thumb and forefinger. It’s equivalent to approximatelyteaspoon.

Grape, Pear, and Lychee

3 cups green seedless grapes

2 pears

1 apple

36 lychees

¼ tsp. ground cinnamon

2 pear slices for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

419 calories

9 calories from fat

1 g fat

0 g saturated fat

4 g protein

109 carbohydrates

1. Rinse grapes. Rinse pears and cut into quarters. Rinse apple and cut into sixths. Peel lychees apart, and discard seeds.

2. Push grapes, pears, apple, and lychees through the juicer, and process until juiced. Pour juice into two glasses, and stir ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon into each.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with pear slices if desired.

Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, core pears and apple and cut all ingredients into pieces no larger than 1 inch.

Liquid Lingo

Lychees, sometimes called lychee nuts, are an ancient Chinese fruit. Round and about 1 inch in diameter, a rough, bright red shell protects the juicy sweet flesh. They’re only found fresh in the late spring, but they can be used canned as well.

Grape, Kiwi, and Orange

1½ cups green or red seedless grapes

6 kiwis

2 oranges

2 celery ribs

2 orange slices for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

293 calories

9 calories from fat

1 g fat

0 g saturated fat

5 g protein

73 g carbohydrates

1. Rinse grapes and kiwis. Peel and quarter oranges. Rinse celery and cut into 2-inch lengths.

2. Push grapes, kiwis, oranges, and celery through the juicer, and process until juiced. Stir well and pour juice into two glasses.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with orange slices if desired.

Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, peel kiwis, remove seeds from oranges, and cut all ingredients into pieces no larger than 1 inch.

Wrong Spin!

If you’re using a juicer for this or any recipe that includes grapes, it doesn’t matter if they’re seedless or have seeds. But if you’re going to pulp a recipe with grapes, always make sure the grapes are seedless, and Thompson grapes are the most common variety. The pesky seeds will not purée, and to manually discard them will take a lot of time.

Peach, Apricot, and Raspberry

3 peaches

6 apricots

1 (½ pt.) container raspberries

½ cup apricot nectar

2 peach slices for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

241 calories

18 calories from fat

2 g fat

0 g saturated fat

5 g protein

57 g carbohydrates

1. Rinse peaches, discard stones, and cut into quarters. Rinse and halve apricots, discarding stones. Rinse raspberries.

2. Push peaches, apricots, and raspberries through the juicer, and process until juiced. Pour juice into two glasses, and stir ¼ cup apricot nectar into each.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with peach slices if desired.

Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, cut all ingredients into pieces no larger than 1 inch, and add, apricot nectar along with the other ingredients.

Juicy Jive

One of the great advantages of a juicer is that all the tiny seeds in berries, which can aggravate conditions such as diverticulitis, are strained out in the process. When using a food processor or blender, it’s best to strain any berry drinks.

Tangerine, Grape, and Pineapple

4 tangerines

1½ cups red seedless grapes

¼ pineapple

¼ lime

2 pineapple spears for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes