Chapter 10: Juices
The Juices chapter is one of my absolute favorites. Green juice in the morning, a juice right after a hard workout, a juice just when you want a juice—juices are everywhere. I love juicing, and dropped 20 pounds doing it. If you don’t have a juicer, you can even blend your produce and then strain it through a nut milk bag. Here are a few easy and nutritious combinations to get you started.
Pure Sunshine Green Juice
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 0 minutes
Ingredients
Serves 2
5 leaves kale
2 large English cucumbers
2 green apples
1 lemon
Options
¼ cup fresh basil or mint
⅛ cup coconut milk
Method
- Rinse all ingredients and peel if they aren’t organic.
- Slice cucumbers the long way, so you have spears.
- Core apple.
- Cut lemon into four.
- Pass all ingredients through juicer.
- Option: Blend juice with ⅛ cup coconut milk for a creamier version.
Super Greens
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 0 minutes
Ingredients
Serves 2
5 leaves Swiss chard
2 large English cucumbers
5 stalks celery
1 cup loose-packed parsley
1 lemon
1-inch ginger, or less, to taste
Method
- Rinse all ingredients and peel if they aren’t organic.
- Slice cucumbers the long way, so you have spears.
- Trim celery ends.
- Cut lemon into four.
- Pass all ingredients through juicer.
Rooted
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 0 minutes
Ingredients
Serves 2
7 large carrots
5 large beets
4 large green apples
1 lemon
1-inch piece ginger
Method
- Rinse all ingredients and peel if they aren’t organic.
- Trim carrot and beet ends.
- Core apple.
- Cut lemon into four.
- Pass all ingredients through juicer.
Pineapple-Lemon Zinger
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 0 minutes
Ingredients
Serves 2
1 pineapple
2 large English cucumbers
1 green apple
1 lemon
Method
- Rinse all ingredients and peel if they aren’t organic.
- Core pineapple and chop.
- Slice cucumbers the long way, so you have spears.
- Core apple.
- Cut lemon into four.
- Pass all ingredients through juicer.
Cold Cure
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
Serves 2
7 green apples
2-inch piece ginger
1 tsp cayenne pepper, or less, to taste
1 tsp cinnamon
Method
- Rinse all ingredients and peel if they aren’t organic.
- Core apples and chop into fours.
- Pass apples and ginger through juicer.
- Transfer to pot along with cayenne and cinnamon.
- Warm on medium-low heat and enjoy.