Jason Vale's Top 10 Tips for Juicing

Want to take up juicing but think it's too difficult? Don't worry! Here are Jason Vale's top 10 personal tips for making and preparing delicious juices and smoothies.

1. Place all the ingredients you need for your recipe on a chopping board before you do anything else.

2. Place a biodegradable pulp bag in the 'pulp container' of your juicer. (If you don't have any Juice Master biodegradable pulp bags, just use a carrier bag). This will help as this will be one less part to clean. Note: Not all juicers have separate pulp containers.

3. Prepare, wash and, if you need to (depending on your juicer), cut the produce into pieces small enough to go into the chute of your juicer. Put back into the fridge and produce not required in this recipe. If you have any ingredients which need blending  as part of the recipe, add them to the blender at this stage.

4. Half fill the sink with warm soapy water.

5. Turn on the juice extractor and juice everything in one go.

6. Put the jug of juice to one side before cleaning. (if you are making a smoothie, then pour the juice into the blender and blend until smooth, then pour and leave the glass to one side). Make it a rule not to drink your juice until you have cleaned the machine.

7. Undo the machine, scoop out the pulp from the lid of the machine and place it into the bag that's in the pulp container (or into the bin if you don't have a separate pulp container on your juicer). Throw the big into the bin or, preferably, put it aside for composting.

8. Put all the parts of the machine (except the electrical unit) into the sink.

9. Most parts of the machine will simply rinse clean with warm running water. The mesh/filter part will need scrubbing with a small brush  in order to clean it effectively. It is very important the this part is cleaned properly in order to extract the maximum juice from future uses.

10. Quickly run a tea towel over the machine, put it back together and return everything to your 'Juice Station', where it's once again inviting to use.