Quick juice recipe for you! All summer long, I was drinking more smoothies than juices. Which totally makes sense, it’s just what my body wanted. But lately I’ve been missing my green juice habit, so I’m trying to get back into it!
I did some juice prep this weekend so I could make juicing a faster process during the week. I made one juice Monday night to drink Tuesday morning, and I bagged ingredients for 3 other juices. Two of them are one of my go-to drinks, Giada’s Rise and Shine Juice. The third is an experiment to use up some stuff in my fridge (half a bunch of kale, about 1 1/2 C cotton candy grapes, which DO taste like cotton candy, 2 kiwis, a lime, two apples, and some ginger.)
This was my Monday night juice, and it is delish! Now I know your juice loses some nutrients if you juice it ahead of time. I know. But I figure juice with some missing nutrients has got to be better than no juice at all! Right? I also figured the Tuesday after a long weekend, and one when I had to leave home early to go to court would be tough.
I was right. I just barely managed to shake up my juice, throw in a straw and snap a couple pictures before racing out the door. Totally a valid option for those of you who, like me, want to save some morning time but have your juice too! I’m making myself get up tomorrow morning and juice then, but this morning needed some help.
serves 1
1/2 bunch kale
1 cucumber, peeled
1 apple (it’s not a very sweet drink, so use a second apple if you’re a juice newbie)
1/2 bunch fresh mint
1 lemon, peeled
tiny piece peeled ginger (about the size of a macadamia nut)
Juice everything. Drink up!
Nutrition facts per serving: Calories: 160.8; Calories from Fat: 11g; Total Fat: 1.2g; Sodium: 48mg; Total Carbohydrates: 51.1g; Dietary Fiber: 0g; Sugars: 20.4g; Protein: 5.9g
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