This is the green lemonade drink I make every morning. I love juicing because the possibilities are endless. Some days I like to make it with more cucumber, some days I like more apple. When you first begin to make your own green juice, I recommend a few more apples than usual until you get used to the taste. There is no reason to start out with something that tastes bad . I want you to like it so you drink it! Once you get the hang of it you can use less and less fruit.
Another secret I learned along the way is when making green juice blends, you should have three flavors- sweet, spicy and tart. As long as you have these three things, your juices should come out pretty well. Experiment and have fun! I generally use this ratio of juice in my green juices although I have been cutting back on the sweet lately.
3 parts grassy greens juice (examples: romaine/spinach/celery)
4 parts sweet juice (examples: apple/pear/carrot)
2 parts zesty/sour/tart juice (examples: kiwi/lemon)
1 part spicy juice (examples: ginger/jalepeno)
Green Lemonade
Ingredients:
1/2 lemon
1/4 cup parsley,
1 rib of celery
1 handful of spinach
1/2 handful of dandelion greens
1 inch piece of ginger
1 medium cucumber
2 apples
preferred amount of ice cubes- optional (I always use LOTS of ice)
Directions:
In a juicer, put all the ingredients, pour in your favorite glass with ice. How easy is that?!
This serves 1-2 people
Depending on your type of juicer, you may or may not have to cut up your produce. I can usually put most things in without cutting.
Greens Ingredients:
Arugula - spicy, grassy
Basil - sweet, spicy
Bell Pepper - hydrating, sweet, zesty
Cabbage - mildly grassy
Celery - zesty, hydrating
Chard - grassy, sweet
Cilantro - sweet, fragrant
Collard greens - grassy
Cucumbers - hydrating, sweet/sour
Endive - bitter
Fennel - anise, zesty
Green apples - very sweet, tart
Green grapes - very sweet, tart
Green onion - zesty, spicy
Green pears - very sweet
Honeydew - sweet, hydrating
Jalapeno - spicy, zesty
Kale - grassy, dark
Kiwifruit - tart, sweet, zesty
romaine - hydrating, mild, grassy
Limes - sour, zesty
Mache - grassy, dark
Parsley - grassy, zesty
Spinach - grassy, dark, pungent
Watercress - spicy, grassy, hydrating
Wheatgrass - very grassy
Zucchini - hydrating, mildly bitter
Mint - vibrant, minty, cooling
assorted green herbs
Non Green Ingredients
Pears - very sweet
Apples - sweet/tart
Ginger - very spicy
Orange - zesty, sweet
Lemon - tart, zesty (remove seeds)
Pineapple - zesty, very sweet
Carrots - sweet, thick
Grapefruit - sweet/tart, mildly bitter
Blueberries - sweet, thick
Jicama - thin, mild, cooling
Radish - zesty
Beet - sweet, dark
Garlic - zesty, spicy
Tomato - sweet, zesty
Other Add-in's:
Black Pepper - spicy
Spirulina - seaweed/nutrients
Cayenne - spicy
More Recipes to try...
*watermelon/lemon/mint
*pineapple/mint/cucumber/arugula
*beet/leafy greens/carrot/lemon/ginger
*carrot/apple/spinach/ginger
*lemon/cucumber/apple
*kiwi/apple/celery/ginger
*celery/honeydew/parsley/lime
*beet/grapefruit/orange/spinach
*pear/ginger/celery/mint
*basil/tomato/celery/black pepper/cayenne
*bell pepper/apple/lemon
*orange/chard/apple/ginger
“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” -Hippocrates
