Starting off your morning with a green juice is a great way to get those nutrients your body needs right away. There are so many possibilities when it comes to juicing your favorite vegetables and fruits and it's a quick way to get all the health benefits throughout the day. It can be pricey if you purchase them in stores, but if you have a juicer at home and produce in your fridge, you can make some interesting concoctions!
Read more ¿Qué más?: 5 Power juice recipes that will help you lose weight for good!
I love having a fresh glass of green juices in the morning, especially if I know my veggie intake is going to suffer that day. We all get busy and either end up eating the wrong things or nothing at all, but that doesn't mean we still can't get those nutrients in.
The other thing I enjoy about juicing is that none of my veggies go to waste. I'll often have kale or other greens left over from salads and at first I worry that they'll go bad if I don't use them right away. But that's where juicing comes and saves the day!
Below are some great and easy green juice recipes that you can have either in the morning, during lunch, or as a snack. If you'd like to make them ahead of time, make sure to store them in a sealed glass or mason jar to keep nutrients in place.
Image viaGiselle Castro
Mean Green juice
Famous juicer Joe Cross, from the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, is known for changing his life through juicing. The Mean Green juice is one of his favorites and contains lots of veggies and fruits, perfect first thing in the a.m.
Ingredients:
- 1 cucumber
- 4 celery stalks
- 2 apples
- 6-8 leaves kale (Australian tuscan cabbage)
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 tbsp ginger
Get the full recipe directions at rebootwithjoe.com.
Kiwi juice
If you are just starting out with juicing and don't want to eat an all bitter green juice then this kiwi juice is a better option. It's sweet, but you are still getting in your boost from other yummy greens.
Ingredients:
- 1 pear
- 5-6 kiwi (peeled)
- 1 large English cucumber (sliced in chunks)
- 6 celery stalks
- 1 head of romaine lettuce
- 6 cups spinach
- 1 teaspoon Stevia
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Get full recipe directions from Bloomingonbainbridge.com.
The famed green juice
If you want the classic green juice, then look no further than this recipe. It's filled with kale, parsley, cucumbers, and cilantro for that super food kick.
Ingredients:
- 3 stalks of celery
- 1/3 telegraph cucumber or 1 small Lebanese one
- 2 kale leaves
- 2 silverbeet (chard) leaves
- 1/2 small fennel bulb
- 1 apple
- 1 pear
- 1 small lemon, peeled
- a good handful of parsley
- a small handful of coriander (cilantro) leaves + stalks, optional
- 1 teeny piece of ginger (or as much as you like), optional
Get the full recipe directions at Mylovelylemonthyme.com.
Pineapple, kale, cucumber juice
This is a great recipe with a balance of greens and sweets. It has kale, swiss chard, pineapple, cucumbers, and apples for a nice even taste.
Ingredients__:__
- 1 Cucumber
- 1 Granny Smith Apple (Green)
- 1/4 Cup of Pineapple
- 4 Kale Leaves
- 3 Swiss Chard Leaves
Get full recipe directions from greenjuiceaday.com.
Green Goddess juice
The name for this juice alone is intriguing, right? The Green Goddess consists of spinach, lemon, ginger, apples, celery, and cucumber. It's refreshing and a perfect way to detox in the morning!
Ingredients:
- 1 lemon
- 2 apples
- 1-inch ginger root
- 6 celery stalks
- 1 cucumber
- 2 large handfuls spinach
Get the full recipe directions from F-e-s-tblogspot.com.
