I have been doing more juicing lately. Not only have I been craving juice, it just seems like a great idea with the changing of the seasons. Spring and Summer just seem to scream for juices. Light and refreshing. Energizing. Nutrient rich. Sometimes it’s great to drink your fruits and vegetables rather than chew them one by one.
That said, I always have my juice as part of a meal and not as the meal or snack itself. You lose a lot of fiber from the produce. The fiber in your meal/snack helps keep the sugars in the juice from going straight to your bloodstream. Generally, I like my juice with breakfast. It helps me load up on the natural vitamins I need for my day. The right combination can help you wake up better than caffeine. Carrot Apple Juice anyone?
I have 3 juice recipes to share with you. One that I love for helping me wake up, another that is just completely refreshing and reminiscent of Summer, and the last will help boost your iron levels.
Wake Up Juice
3 apples (I use any type of red apples)
2 carrots
2 cups of grapes.
Place produce in the feeding tube and juice.
Summer Lovin’ Juice
1/2 cucumber
2 – 3 cups honeydew melon
Place produce in the feeding tube and juice
Berry Beet-O-Full Juice
4-5 strawberries
1/2 cup black berries
1/2 cup raspberries
1/4 cup blueberries
1 small beet
2 oranges
Place produce in the feeding tube and juice. This juice is a bit thicker than the others. The Vitamin C in the oranges helps the body absorb the iron from the beets. The berries also add some Vitamin C, but tons of antioxidants, as well.
Add a slice of two of ginger with the fruits and veggies for an added zing!
Hmmm, loving all these juice combinations and the fun names!
Thanks, Jeanette! It was a lot of fun finding the right combo to share (I normally just throw stuff in and don’t care. lol) and thinking up the names to go with what I was thinking. 😀
Nice! Those looks great, Mamasan 😀
Thank you, Babygurl! 😀
I need a juicer! On my wish list for the future … when I get it, I’ll come back here for your recipes!
Thanks, Debi. 🙂
Shirley
You’re welcome, Shirley. 😀 I hope you like them when you do get to try them!
Oh my goodness, I am coming over for some juice! These recipes make me want to run out and buy a juicer. It is on my list of must-have appliances! I’ll be coming to you when I do 🙂
Come on over, Maggie! I’d love to have you! 😀
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These look AWESOME Debi!! I need to get my juicer out more often, I’ve been stuck on green smoothies for a few months now and I forgot how much I love juicing too. Gonna go make some Berry Beet-O-Full Juice right now!
xo,
Heidi
Thanks, Heidi! I have a couple other juice recipes up. My fave is carambola orange kiwi! I was doing a lot of Smoothies, too. Then I started craving juice! lol
I didn’t realize we were on the same wavelength! You’ve got a lot of antioxidants in there, Debi! Your body’s thanking you… Sometimes, I’ll make crackers with my juice pulp or add some of it into my muffin batter, but more often it just goes into the compost. Which makes me so sad to throw out all that good fiber! But the juice is so healing…getting all those nutrients without taxing your digestive system!
After all this time, you didn’t realize that, Iris? 😉 It saddens me, too, when I’m dumping out all that good stuff. But, my tummy loves the juice!
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