JUICE! – You can make some beautiful juices: watermelon and strawberry, nectarine and raspberry…but that’s not what this is about! This is about ingesting the maximum amount of vegetables with full on phyto-micro-nutrient-anti-oxidant stuff and minimising fruit juice’s blood sugar kick.
Juiced vegetables on their own aren’t particularly delicious, so I do add some fruit. After considerable experimentation, this is what I’ve settled on for my mid-afternoon-keep-me-writing-til-tea-time drink. To save time I tend to make a jugful and freeze it in plastic cups, defrosting it just before I’m going to drink it. These recipes make one large glass though. I use a champion juicer; vitamix is also supposed to be excellent.
Spinach Smoothie – adapted from Thug Kitchen
2 handfuls of spinach
1 cup (about 250 ml) coconut water
1/4 cup of orange juice (about 50 ml)
1 dsp flaxseed oil
1/2 sliced, frozen banana
5 pieces of frozen mango
3-4 mint leaves
Blend.
Carrot Juice
3 large carrots, scrubbed, topped and tailed
1 apple, cut into wedges
1 orange, peel removed, cut into pieces
1 lime, peel removed, cut into quarters
half an inch of root ginger
Juice
2 large beetroots, scrubbed, topped, tailed and cut into pieces
1 carrot, scrubbed, topped and tailed
1 apple or a pear cut into wedges
1 lemon, peel cut off, chopped into pieces
Juice
2 handfuls of spinach
1/3 of a cucumber
1 lemon, peel removed, chopped into pieces
1 pear, cut into wedges
4-5 basil leaves
Juice