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For those that are afraid to invest a lot of money in a new juicer, a blender provides for a possible alternative.  While it will never compare to the capabilities of a juicer, a blender has many other functions, including getting raw foods into your diet.

First of all, blenders are more mainstream.  Most likely you have one already.  If not, you can get a good blender for as low as $25.  Not bad at all!

You can make your juicer recipes by blending raw foods  to make a puree, which you can add liquid for the desired consistency.  Doing this provides an important advantage over a juicer – by blending the whole fruit, you get ALL the nutrients, because you are not discarding the pulp (although you can just eat the pulp after juicing too!)  You can also get much use out of your blender, including making sauces, smoothies, and slushies.

Blending does have some functionality in a raw food diet.  It can never take the role of a juicer, but if you’ve ever been intrigued in juicing, use your blender to get a taste what it’s like.  If you are satisfied, go buy a real juicer and start indulging in easy juicer recipes!