Easy Green Juice Recipe |
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By Lisa Bryan
- It’s simple, healthy, and delicious! This green juice is similar to my green smoothie in that it delivers a drinkable form of several wholesome vegetables and fruits. The main difference is that there’s no pulp in this juice.
- You can control the sweetness. Some juice bars will toss in extra fruit to make their versions sweeter, increasing the sugar content. But with this recipe, you can control exactly how much of each ingredient is in your juice.
- It’s a money saver. The price of juice bar drinks is often exorbitant and hard to justify. Especially when you can make the same drink at home – for far less!
- No fancy juicer needed. You don’t need to buy an expensive juicer to make this recipe. All you need is a blender and some way to strain the juice, like a fine mesh strainer or a nut milk bag. Super easy.
Ingredients:
Green Juice Ingredients
This recipe delivers a balance of vibrant green veggies and a hint of natural sweetness, from the apples. It’s one of my favorite juice combinations and if you love Pressed Juicery, it’s a copycat of one of their most popular juices.
Leafy Greens: I’m using a combination of kale and baby spinach, for a complex grassy flavor and gorgeous emerald color. But you can swap in your favorite leafy greens, if you have others you prefer.
Celery: A few stalks of celery adds fiber, and a subtle saltiness to the juice.
Cucumber: It’s refreshing and mild in flavor. It’s also the main sources of liquid in this recipe.
Fresh Ginger: It adds a spicy zing, brightness, and anti-inflammatory benefits.
Lime Juice: It’s amazing how much lime juice really livens up the flavors.
Apples: A couple of apples adds to the liquid and provides natural sweetness to balance out the other flavors.
Instructions:
How To Make The Best Green Juice
Blend all the ingredients. Add all of the ingredients to your high-powered blender, and blend for about 3 minutes, or until it’s smooth. Adding the cucumber first, so it’s closest to the blades, will help it blend easier.
Strain the juice. Use a fine-mesh strainer to strain the liquid, pressing on the solids with the back of a spoon to extract as much juice as possible. Alternatively, you can also use a nut milk bag (which is my favorite method).
Chill and serve. Transfer the juice to the fridge until it’s cold. Then, pour into a glass and enjoy! Just remember that the juice may turn a bit brown the longer it sits, but that’s only because the apples oxidize. It’s still fine to drink!
