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71 g carbohydrates

1. Rinse raspberries. Rinse apple and cut into sixths. Peel lemon.

2. Push raspberries, apple, lemon, and watermelon through the juicer, and process until juiced. Stir well, and pour juice into two glasses.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with watermelon spears if desired.

Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, core apple, remove lemon seeds, remove seeds from watermelon (if necessary), and cut all ingredients into pieces no larger than 1 inch.

Juicy Jive

When you’re playing around with juicing different combinations, think about visual appeal. This juice, for example, is a blushing pink because the apple and lemon don’t add color to the other fruit.

Honeydew, Kiwi, and Zucchini

¼ honeydew melon

4 kiwi fruit

1 cup green grapes

2 medium zucchini

2 celery ribs

2 honeydew slices for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

275 calories

18 calories from fat

2 g fat

0 g saturated fat

6 g protein

68 g carbohydrates

1. Peel honeydew melon and cut into 2-inch cubes. Rinse kiwis and grapes. Rinse zucchini and celery and cut into 2-inch lengths.

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

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

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

Pulp Tidbits

The kiwi fruit is a case study in successful marketing. Their official name is Chinese gooseberries. They’ve been around for centuries and grown proudly in New Zealand. In the mid-1970s they were dubbed kiwi fruit, in honor of the flightless New Zealand bird, and suddenly their popularity skyrocketed in the United States.

Honeydew, Mango, and Citrus

1½4 honeydew melon

2 mangoes

1 orange

1½4 lemon

¼ lime

2 lemon or lime slice for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

216 calories

9 calories from fat

1 g fat

0 g saturated fat

2.5 g protein

57 g carbohydrates

1. Peel honeydew and cut into 2-inch cubes. Peel mangoes, discard seed, and dice. Peel orange, lemon, and lime.

2. Push honeydew, mangoes, orange, lemon, and lime through the juicer, and process until juiced. Stir well and pour juice into two glasses.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with lemon or lime slices if desired.

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

Juicy Jive

If you’re having problems peeling a mango, try peeling it from the other direction. Mangoes have an easy and hard way to peel, and it can vary from fruit to fruit.

Honeydew, Grape, and Cucumber

¼ honeydew melon

2 cups green grapes

1 cucumber

1½4 lime

2 honeydew slices for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

225 calories

9 calories from fat

1 g fat

0 g saturated fat

3.5 g protein

58 g carbohydrates

1. Peel honeydew and cut into 2-inch cubes. Rinse grapes. Rinse cucumber and cut into 2-inch lengths. Peel lime.

2. Push honeydew, grapes, cucumber, and lime through the juicer, and process until juiced. Stir well and pour juice into two glasses.

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

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

Juicy Jive

Selecting melons is never easy because they have such a hard rind. A general rule is to look at the stem end. It should smell sweet and be flat rather than indented. An indentation is a sign that the melon was pulled off the vine before it was ripe, at