A short YouTube video by Christina Haftman demonstrating and discussing fresh-squeezed orange juice using Sunkist oranges and a Cuisinart citrus juicer. Christina recounts how a free sample at Whole Foods (then Fresh Fields) in 1992 inspired her to start juicing and describes economical ways to buy oranges (Costco, Asian markets, discounted ripe fruit) and inexpensive juicers (~$19.99 on Amazon). She notes she has used citrus juicers since 1992, keeps the juicer on her kitchen counter, and uses it roughly weekly to biweekly while encouraging a plant-forward diet.
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1992
Sunkist
Cuisinart citrus juicer
Whole Foods Market (formerly called Fresh Fields in Northern Virginia)
$19.99
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Hey there. Good morning, it's Christina. I'm getting ready to juice fresh squeezed orange juice. I have a huge box of Sunkist oranges right here from Costco and my Cuisinart citrus juicer. And I have had a citrus juicer. This is my third one. I've had a citrus juicer ever since 1992. And this is my third one actually. And I remember the year 1992 very well because that's when I first started shopping at Whole Foods Market, which is actually, which was actually called. This is a little trivia for you, Fresh Fields. Do you guys remember that at least people who are in Northern Virginia, it was called Fresh Fields. And it was 1992 and I was still in college and I was health conscious, had my personal training certification, began working out every day cardio and weights. And I started going to this grocery store with a spirit of curiosity and discovery and just learning all new things. I mean, I'm kind of watching on social media people doing that right now and who are in their 20s and who are going to Whole Foods Market, farmers markets and some other stores like that. But I did that, the same process, the same journey. And I learned a lot from that store. And they sold fresh squeezed orange juice and they had free samples and I had some and I'm like, oh my goodness, this is great. I'm never going to buy processed packaged orange juice again in my life. I was buying Minute Maid, I think calcium fortified, something like that. So I got the citrus juicer and. And I would get oranges and I'd often get oranges on sale because they are often reduced for quick sale when they're getting kind of ripe. And that is perfect, Perfect, perfect, perfect. Ideal for juicing. So you can get like five for a dollar, six for a dollar, sometimes eight for a dollar. Check the Asian market in your area too. And I would make fresh squeezed orange juice for pennies. Pennies of what I used to get it at at Fresh Fields at Whole Foods Market. And that was part of my journey. So, you know, after that one got old, I got a new one. And then I wanted a stainless steel and black one to match my kitchen. So I have this one now. And yeah, I have never bought packaged processed orange juice since 1992. I've always had a citrus juicer. I keep it on my can, kitchen counter. That's where it lives. It is used at least once a week. Once every two weeks. I want to have this rich infusion of vitamin C for my cells and my cellular nutrition. So that's a roundabout long way of saying that I'm making fresh squeezed orange juice today. But it reminded me of how I got started. And it was from a free sample fresh squeezed orange juice at Whole foods market in 1992 in Northern Virginia when they first opened and hardly anybody was going there and people thought it was too expensive and they had samples, free samples of fresh squeezed orange juice. And then I kind of bought their bottles and then I realized, hey, I can do this myself at home. And I found a very, very economical way of doing it. These juicers, by the way, you can check on Amazon, they're only like $19.99. And heck, if you find one you like at Bed Bath and Beyond, you can use the 20% off coupon, right? Because those always come in the mail. So I guess I'm trying to make this video kind of like telling you what I'm doing today, giving you a historical perspective of my journey and how I came about doing this. And also telling you how you could do something similar and do it economically because it's not expensive to eat, right? It really isn't. But you have to be attuned to many different things and you'll find them. Okay, So I will see you later. Be healthy, be well, work out, eat by color, fruits and veggies, higher percentage plant based diet. Don't have to be vegan, don't have to be 100%. Just try to do something better than you've been doing the last few weeks, the last few months, the last few years. Okay. Alright, talk to you later. By.