I love to juice! However, I must admit that I haven't been doing it as often as I was earlier this year. I was juicing almost daily but it had been a couple of months since I'd juiced. I think I just got lazy! Anyhow, when I made my juice last week I realized really missed it and I think my body misses it too. I plan to start juicing again a few times a week, if not daily, so I think this is a great time for me to share some of my favorite go-to vegetables & fruit for juicing & a few combinations I love!
My must-have veggies & fruit for juicing are:
- carrots
- apples
- cucumber
- celery
- spinach
- kale
With these in my fridge, I can pretty much make a few different combinations and end up with something yummy! I find that cleaning your veggies as soon as you buy them, helps save time when juicing. You just grab & go. Here's today's juice recipe and a few more :)
Earthy Juice (that's what my husband calls this one!)
- 6 carrots
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 beet
- 3 big handfuls of spinach
Apple-Carrot-Kale Juice
- 2 red apples
- 2 large carrots
- 1 bunch of kale
Celery-Carrot-Apple Juice
- 6 carrots
- 6 celery stalks
- 2 red delicious apples
- squeeze of lemon juice
Veggie Blast Juice
- 4 carrots
- 1 cucumber
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 handfuls of kale
- 2 handfuls of spinach
- small bunch of cilantro
- sliver of ginger
- squeeze of lemon
One of my favorite things about juicing is that it doesn't have to be exact! Lots of times, I just find myself combining whatever it is I have in my fridge and seeing what happens. Most of the time, they taste great, but sometimes the combinations just don't work. Like that time I thought I'd make my version of V8 because I had a bunch of tomatoes. That didn't turn out so great. It was like drinking bland & watery salsa. But, hey, here's trial and error and drinking your veggies!
Have a fabulous weekend, everyone!
