Fresh Tomato Juice, Without a Juicer

I'm saving up for a good juicer. In the meantime, I made some tomato juice with my blender and a Nut Milk Bag (also called a Sprouting Bag). You could also use cheesecloth, but the Nut Milk bag is easier to manage. Here is how I did it:

1. 15 Roma tomatoes , or vine-ripened. Some kind of really juicy, flavorful tomato is best.
2. dice them up into 2-3 pieces per tomato, depending on their size. The Roma tomatoes only need to be cut in half, if you use that kind.
3. Put them in the blender.
4. Whirl the blender until all the tomatoes are completely pulverized. There will still be pieces of tomato skin, unless you have a really high-speed blender such as a Vitamix. I have a "Smoothie Junior" (lol) , so there are bits.
5. Arrange the nut milk bag over a container with a wide mouth.
6. Pour the pulverized tomatoes into the bag. Let the juice drip out of the bag into the jar.
7. Help strain the juice by gently squeezing the nut milk bag of all moisture, leaving only pulp in the bag. It will take a few minutes. You kind of end up milking it like an udder as the moisture drains.

The strained juice in the jar is your tomato juice. When I made this, it was a beautiful, electrifying pinkish-scarlet color, and it tasted like pure summer. Delicious. I don't add salt or anything.

You can save the pulp and add it to other recipes.