Are Water-Soluble Vitamins Lost When You Drain Produce

Asked Apr 16, 2020 by Susan L.

When you make a vegetable or fruit dish and you discard the juice from the vege or fruit (for example, in a cucumber dish), are you discarding water soluble vitamins?

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Gâteau de Ménage (“Household Cake”)

Essentially the world’s biggest Danish, with subtler sweetness and a lighter crumb—a simple yeasted dough under a thin layer of lemony custard.

By Lawman JohnsonMay 21, 2026

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Recipe

Gâteau de Ménage (“Household Cake”)

Essentially the world’s biggest Danish, with subtler sweetness and a lighter crumb—a simple yeasted dough under a thin layer of lemony custard.

By Lawman JohnsonMay 21, 2026