Juice pulps naturally come out as wastage after extracting saps out of fruits and vegetables. While they may seem unusable, leftover juice pulps can easily be turned into quite tasty snacks. Rich in nutritious elements like fibers, vitamins and minerals, snacks made with juice pulps have all the potential to be delicious afternoon mood-boosters, or complement to salads and main dishes.
What Can You Make with Juice Pulps?
Varieties of items can be made using juice pulps. You can choose any item based on your preference as pulps vary in taste and color based on the vegetables or fruits they are extracted from. All you will need is a little sense about the possible outcome.
Here are a few popular dishes that use juice pulps as the primary ingredient:
Smoothie Booster: Nothing can compete smoothies in cooling down a body that got exposed to a hot day. Just add the juice pulp to smoothies giving them an extra dose of fiber and other nutrients.
Muffins and Bread: Juice pulp muffins are wildly popular. You have to mix the pulp into batter for muffins. You can use them for juice pulp fritters, loaves or cakes.
Energy Balls/Bars: Everyone loves to have a bite on some energy balls. Bars are also widely popular for being easy-to-carry energy booster. You can swiftly make some balls or bars by combining pulps with nuts, seeds, dates, and oats.
Vegetable Broth: Broths are also popular and can be made with vegetable pulps with the assistance of a few additional ingredients for flavoring and intensifying taste.
Crackers: Crackers are mind-blowing to crunch on and tackle a mild craving anytime of the day. Juice pulps can easily be baked into colorful crackers.
Fruit Leather: Fruit leather uses a quick recipe to be prepared. You need to spread the fresh fruit pulp thinly on a baking sheet and dehydrate later to make fruit leather.
Why Should You Pick Juice Pulp Crackers?
Among all the items preparable with Juice pulps, crackers have some unique specialties. They are shelf-stable and can be preserved for a really long time. When made with juice pulps, it lets you pick your favorite ingredients and bring the flavor you want to your food.
The same goes for the nutritional values. By picking the specific type of pulps, you can control the amount of nutrients in your crackers, according to your needs. For example, you can use carrot pulps to enrich it with Vitamin A, or if you want to focus more on minerals, picking vegetable pulps will help.
Making homemade juice pulp crackers can also save you from taking all the deleterious elements found in the commercially ready-made crackers. A die-hard cracker lover won’t miss this opportunity to bake some raw crackers that ensure not only good times, but also good health.
How to Make Juice Pulp Crackers?
Essential Equipments
- A Mixing Bowl – For mixing all the ingredients together and make a dough.
- Baking Sheets – To cover the parchment paper and core mixture during baking.
- Parchment Paper – Helps prevent sticking and makes it easier to flatten the cracker mixture evenly.
- Rolling Pin – For flattening the cracker mixture.
- Spatula or Knife – To help spread the mixture if needed..
- Oven – Preheated to the required temperature for baking the crackers.
- Serrated Knife – For cutting and shaping the crackers.
Essential Ingredients
- ½ Cup Chia Seeds: Chia seeds resemble black cumin in size and color. When soaked, they swell into a transparent jellylike permeable granule. These granules act as natural binders and hold the cracker mixture together. Chia seeds are rich in Omega-3 and fiber.
- ½ Cup Sunflower Seeds: Sunflower seeds will add an enjoyable nutty flavor to the recipe. They are also essential for bringing the crunch to the crackers. Filled with Vitamin-E, Sunflower seeds naturally nourish the skin.
- ½ Cup Pumpkin Seeds: Pumpkin seeds add delightful crunches. They carry a whole deal of brain-friendly magnesium and zinc. Besides, pumpkin seed can polish a natural texture all over the crackers.
- ½ Cup Flaxseeds: Flaxseeds also work as a binder like Chia seeds. Together, they help stabilize the whole structure of the crackers.
- ½ Cup Oat Flakes: Oats have their own textures and when added to a dish, the texture remains. They maintain a slow-release of energy giving the body the scope to go a long time without craving extra food. Oat flakes are good for the digestive system, too.
- 2 Cups Juice Pulp ( Vegetable pulp, Carrot, Celery, Or Beet Juice Pulp, Apple pulp): The primary ingredient of the recipe, juice pulps are filled with nutritional elements. They also carry the original flavor of their original body.
- 2 Teaspoons Salt: Salt will tune up all the ingredients to a balance, enhancing the overall taste.
- 1½ Cups Water: Water is essential for mixing all the ingredients.
- 4 Tablespoons Olive Oil: Olive oil is a source of healthy fat. It smooths off the hard texture of the cracker giving it a subtle fruitiness.
Flavor Add-Ons
To add some extra flavors, you can introduce a few extra elements to your veggie pulp crackers. Such as:
For a cheesy flavor: Mix 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast to the mixture.
For an umami bite: Season the mixture lightly with tamari, a type of Japanese soy sauce, or coconut aminos.
Additional seasoning options: Garlic powder, ginger, sea salt, onion powder, turmeric, or fresh herbs like parsley, dill, or cilantro.
Instructions
1. Preheat the Oven
The first step is to prepare your oven. Heat the oven to 350°F or 175°C. Preheating the oven will reduce the overall prep time.
2. Prepare the Batter
Take the mixing bowl and gather up all the chia seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, oat flakes, juice pulp, salt, water, and olive in it. You can increase or reduce the amount of a particular item to intensify a particular nutritional value or a taste in the crackers.
Now stir the mixture well and let it rest for 10-20 minutes. It will allow seeds to mix completely absorbing the liquid. In the end, it will take a dough-like form..
3. Shape the Crackers
Take and lay two sheets of parchment paper on the table. Now, place the dough-like mixture between the sheets.
To flatten the mixture and ensure even distribution between the sheets, roll a roller pin all over the mixture. Try to make it thin while preserving a harmonized thickness.
Now place the whole arrangement on a baking sheet. Be extra-careful during the placement to not to break the balance of the mixture. Now, carefully strip out the top sheet of the parchment paper.
4. Bake the Crackers
Carefully place the entire baking sheet in the preheated oven. Bake for 10 minutes straight and then flip the entire mixture. Bake for another 10 minutes. You will see the edges of the mixture turning golden brown.
While baking, keep a constant temperature and make sure that the both sides of the mixture are cooked evenly. Don’t overheat or overcook to avoid burning.
5. Cool and Cut
A balanced bake will transform the mixture into crunchy crackers. Bring the crackers out of the oven and let it rest for a while and cool down.
Once the temperature falls, it’s time to give shape to your crackers. Better, use a serrated knife to cut them into pieces. If shape has little value to you, you can also use your bare hands.
6. Storage
Once cut or broken into expected shapes, and sizes, store the crackers in an airtight container at the room temperature. If you are cautious enough and don’t keep the container open for a long time, these crackers will last for nearly three weeks.
If overtime, crackers lose their crispness, just reheat them in the oven for a couple minutes. It will bring the crispness back.
Serving Suggestions
You can enjoy biting on your crackers anytime. But if you want to serve your crackers bringing a special note to them, you can
Pair the Crackers with Dip: Use hummus, vegan cream cheese, or guacamole which are tasty dips to enhance the overall taste of the crackers.
Add Crackers to Salads: You can always use the crackers as croutons in a Caesar salad.
Serve with Soups: Serve the crackers with a healthy soup, such as a Mexican-style soup or any homemade soup recipe. It will work as a complete meal.
Essential Notes
Ensure the crackers are completely cooled before storing: This prevents moisture from being trapped, which can make the crackers soggy.
Use raw or sprouted seeds: Sprouted seeds are more nutritious, but raw seeds work well too.
Nutritional Information (per 30g Serving)
Only the pleasure of making homemade juice pulp crackers is enough to put the effort to make some. But they also have enormous nutritional value. Here is a chart of nutrients and their amounts you can get from every 30 g crackers made with this recipe.
| Nutrient | Amount | Calories |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 24 kcal |
| Protein | 3g | 12 kcal |
| Fat | 7g | 63 kcal |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | – |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | – |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | – |
| Trans Fat | 1g | – |
| Sodium | 204mg | – |
| Potassium | 111mg | – |
| Fiber | 3g | – |
| Sugar | 1g | 4 kcal |
| Vitamin A | 1785 IU | – |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | – |
| Calcium | 39mg | – |
| Iron | 1mg | – |
| Total | – | 92 kcal |
Conclusion
No need to wait anymore. Indulge in the satisfaction of making your favorite crackers with rather disposable juice pulps. While the essential equipments and steps of making won’t change much, but you can enjoy complete independence in picking your favorite types of juice pulp.
This juice pulp recipe is deliberately made easy keeping beginner chefs in the head. Masters of the art can be creative with the ingredients and the steps, too. Happy baking!
Juice Pulp Recipe
Equipment
- A Mixing Bowl
- Baking Sheets
- Parchment Paper
- Rolling Pin
- Spatula or Knife
- Oven
- Serrated Knife
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Chia Seeds
- ½ Cup Sunflower Seeds
- ½ Cup Pumpkin Seeds
- ½ Cup Flaxseeds
- ½ Cup Oat Flakes
- 2 Cups Juice Pulp
- 2 Teaspoons Salt
- 1½ Cups Water
- 4 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Instructions
- The first step is to prepare your oven. Heat the oven to 350°F or 175°C. Preheating the oven will reduce the overall prep time.
- Take the mixing bowl and gather up all the chia seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, oat flakes, juice pulp, salt, water, and olive in it. You can increase or reduce the amount of a particular item to intensify a particular nutritional value or a taste in the crackers.
- Now stir the mixture well and let it rest for 10-20 minutes. It will allow seeds to mix completely absorbing the liquid. In the end, it will take a dough-like form..
- Take and lay two sheets of parchment paper on the table. Now, place the dough-like mixture between the sheets.
- To flatten the mixture and ensure even distribution between the sheets, roll a roller pin all over the mixture. Try to make it thin while preserving a harmonized thickness.
- Now place the whole arrangement on a baking sheet. Be extra-careful during the placement to not to break the balance of the mixture. Now, carefully strip out the top sheet of the parchment paper.
- Carefully place the entire baking sheet in the preheated oven. Bake for 10 minutes straight and then flip the entire mixture. Bake for another 10 minutes. You will see the edges of the mixture turning golden brown.
- While baking, keep a constant temperature and make sure that the both sides of the mixture are cooked evenly. Don’t overheat or overcook to avoid burning.
- A balanced bake will transform the mixture into crunchy crackers. Bring the crackers out of the oven and let it rest for a while and cool down.
- Once the temperature falls, it’s time to give shape to your crackers. Better, use a serrated knife to cut them into pieces. If shape has little value to you, you can also use your bare hands.
- Once cut or broken into expected shapes, and sizes, store the crackers in an airtight container at the room temperature. If you are cautious enough and don’t keep the container open for a long time, these crackers will last for nearly three weeks.
- If overtime, crackers lose their crispness, just reheat them in the oven for a couple minutes. It will bring the crispness back.
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