Healthy Juice Recipes for a Juicer or a Blender

Several studies show that adding more produce to your diet can improve your mental health and sense of well-being, yet most of us don’t get enough. Our fruit juice recipes and vegetable juice recipes are loaded with leafy greens and red, orange and purple fruits and veggies. These juicing recipes are a delicious and easy way to drink about a quarter of your daily recommended produce intake per glass—particularly varieties you might not otherwise eat. Cheers!



                                                              
1.Carrot- Orange Juice:

 INGREDIENTS

• 1 medium yellow tomato, cut into wedges
• 1 medium orange, peeled and quartered
• 1 medium apple, cut into eighths
• 4 large carrots, peeled
• Ice cubes (optional)
• Working in this order, process tomato, orange, apple and carrots through a juicer according to the manufacturer’s directions. (No juicer? See Tip.)
• Fill 2 glasses with ice, if desired, and pour the juice into the glasses. Serve immediately.

• NUTRITION

  111 calories; 1 g fat (0 g sat, 0 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 24 g carbohydrates; 0g added sugars; 2g protein; 1g fiber; 38 mg sodium; 434 mg potassium.
  Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (339% daily value), Vitamin C (66% dv) Carbohydrate Servings: 1 1/2
• 2. Ginger-Beet Juice:
  

In this healthy ginger-beet juice recipe, we pack in vegetables by adding kale and a carrot, and sweeten with an orange and apple. No juicer? No problem. See the juicing variation below to make this beet juice recipe in the blender.

Ingredient

• 1 medium orange, peeled and quartered
• 3 kale leaves
• 1 medium apple, cut into wedges
• 1 medium carrot, peeled
• 1 large beet, peeled and cut into wedges
• 1 1-inch piece peeled fresh ginger
• Ice cubes (optional)

PREPARATION

Working in this order, process orange, kale, apple, carrot, beet and ginger through a juicer according to the manufacturer’s directions. 

Fill 2 glasses with ice, if desired, and pour the juice into the glasses. Serve immediately.

100 calories; 1 g fat (0 g sat, 0 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 21 g carbohydrates; 0g added sugars; 2 g protein; 1 g fiber; 94 mg sodium; 511 mg potassium.

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (80% daily value), Vitamin C (38% dv)

Carbohydrate Servings: 1 1/2