If you’re on social media, you’ve probably heard people talking about green juice. Green juice can have benefits including:
• Improved gut health
• Reduced inflammation
• A stronger immune system
• Fresher, clearer skin
Greens are full of magnesium, B vitamins, iron, and other nutrients. A green juice recipe can include fruits high in vitamins A and C and potassium. But green juices aren’t just healthy, they’re delicious, too!
Our green juice recipes for beginners will have you juicing like a pro in no time. Follow our easy instructions and enjoy all the health and hydration green juice has to offer.
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What is Green Juice?
Green juice is made from the juices of green vegetables. Some of the most common green juice ingredients include celery, kale, Swiss chard, spinach, wheatgrass, cucumber, parsley, and mint. Green juice has become very popular with people who want to enjoy the benefits of plant nutrients and chlorophyll, but who don’t always eat as many raw vegetables as they might like.
There are many good green juice recipes (including ours!). While preparing your own green juice at home takes a bit of time, with a little effort, you’ll be making green juice your local health food cafe will envy.
How to Make Green Juice in a Blender
Step 1: Wash
Soak your ingredients in cold water for 5 to 10 minutes to ensure that dirt and bugs are removed. You can do this the night before and save your breakfast ingredients for green juice in a tightly-closed container in the fridge.
Step 2: Blend
Cut your washed fruits and vegetables to a size that fits well into the feeder, then toss them into your blender or juicer.
Step 3: Taste
Some drinkers find healthy green juice recipes are a bit grassy for their taste. You can sweeten green juice with sugar, honey, or other sweeteners. You can also get many green juice benefits in concentrated form in chlorophyll drops.
Step 4: Strain
After your green juice ingredients are squeezed or blended, strain your juice. This step removes chunks and pulp, but is not necessary if you like the thick consistency of smoothies.
Step 5: Chill
Many green juice drinkers like to put their finished juice in the fridge to cool it down. You can also store your green juice in the fridge for 24 to 72 hours.
You Can Make Your Own Green Juice Recipe
There’s no single best green juice recipe, and there are many different fruits and green veggies you can combine for your own green juices. If you want to try green juice in a blender, here are some of our single serving recipes you can do at home.
1. Good Digestion Celery Juice
If you want to achieve better digestion and gut health, try this celery juice recipe to give your digestive system a great tuneup.
Celery helps raise your stomach acid levels to help you break down food. Celery also helps rebuild that gastric mucus that protects against ulcers and acid reflux. And, as it travels through your digestive system, celery stimulates your intestines and can help with constipation.
Cucumber’s high water content helps keep your digestive tract clean and works as a natural laxative.
Orange juice has a probiotic effect on your stomach and intestines, encouraging the growth of good bacteria. And the vitamin C found in apples and oranges has a powerful effect on gut inflammation.
Ingredients:
1 pound organic celery
1 large organic cucumber
1/2 large navel orange
1/2 lemon
2. Tropical Green Juice
Our Tropical Green Juice is the best green juice recipe for skin that stays hydrated and glowing.
Cucumber juice refreshes your skin from the inside the way a cucumber face mask nourishes on the outside. The magnesium and potassium in cucumbers help keep your skin refreshed.
Basil has strong moisturizing and anti-bacterial properties and has shown promise in fighting acne.
Flavonoids, phenols, and carotenoids found in mint are strong anti-inflammatory compounds.
Grapefruit contains lycopene, which is known to reduce redness and skin inflammation.
The coconut sugar sweetening this green juice has iron, zinc, calcium, and potassium.
A cup of cantaloupe has over 100% of the RDA of vitamin A, and nearly 100% of the recommended vitamin C. Both nutrients are important for skin health and collagen production.
Ingredients:
1 cucumber, peeled
3-4 sprigs of fresh basil
2 mint leaves
Juice of 2 grapefruits
1/2 cup of cold water
1/2 tablespoon coconut sugar
¼ cantaloupe, or any tropical fruit of your choice
3. Cool Morning Green Juice
Cool Morning Green Juice is an excellent daily green juice recipe for beginners. Some people dislike the taste of greens but this green juice is a refreshing combination of refreshing cucumber, soothing honey, sour lemon, and tart Granny Smith apples.
Cucumber’s naturally hydrating properties help your body take full advantage of the day’s first drink of water. Cucumber water may also lower blood pressure and assist in weight loss.
Granny Smith apples are high in vitamin C. They are also rich in fiber and antioxidants.
Lemons can improve your digestion and can help keep your blood sugar levels stable.
Ginger, a staple of Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for its healing power, is a great way to get your day started with a boost.
Ingredients:
1 cold cucumber
1 cold Granny Smith apple
1 large cold lemon, peeled
1 teaspoon raw honey or 1/4-inch nub of fresh ginger
4. Mean Green Juice
We live in a polluted world, and we don’t always make the healthiest eating or lifestyle choices. For those times when your body needs a good cleansing, this Mean Green Juice Recipe will give those toxins an eviction notice.
Kale is used in many detox plans. Because it is one of the more alkaline vegetables, kale may help cleanse the blood and regulate pH levels.
Cucumber’s hydrating and laxative qualities help ensure your body clears out excess wastes.
Apple juice is loaded with stool-softening pectin, while the lemon juice will speed up your kidneys and the ginger will stimulate your entire system.
Ingredients:
1 fl oz kale juice, from 2 oz kale
2 fl oz cucumber juice, from 2 oz cucumber
4 fl oz celery juice, from 3 oz celery stalks
20 fl oz apple juice, from 30 oz apples
1/4 oz ginger
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tbsp sugar
5. Green Aid Juice Recipe
This kale juice recipe is jam-packed with anti-inflammatory compounds and may help those who are dealing with autoimmune disorders or general swelling and achiness.
Kale contains kaempferol and quercetin, phytonutrients that can neutralize inflammation. Kale is also high in vitamin E, an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agent.
Cucumbers can cool an inflammatory response on your skin, and cucumber juice may reduce inflammation by inhibiting the activity of pro-inflammatory enzymes.
The antioxidants in lemon reduce swelling. And ginger’s anti-inflammatory properties are matched only by its antibacterial uses. Ginger can reduce swelling while killing the bacteria that’s causing it.
Flavenoids in celery are being studied for their potential use against inflammatory conditions like arthritis and osteoporosis. And green apples contain queretcin, a molecule with anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine properties.
Ingredients:
5 large fresh kale leaves
1-2 large cucumbers
1 lemon, peeled
1 green apple
1-inch knob of fresh ginger, peeled
1-2 large celery ribs
Why Drink Green Juice?
I’ve listed below 5 health benefits from drinking green juice:
1. Extra dose of plant-based nutrition
2. Helps keep your skin looking fresh
3. Provides an all-day energy boost
4. Improves digestion and gut health
5. Has powerful anti-inflammatory effects
But there’s another benefit to green juice: it tastes great! I almost feel guilty enjoying something this nutritious, but green juice really is the easiest, tastiest way to increase your intake of vegetables.
Extra Dose of Plant-Based Nutrition
Juicing greens is a quick way to add raw vegetables to your daily diet. We know that we should eat more superfoods like kale, spinach, and celery. But it’s not always easy to add enough raw vegetables high in chlorophyll to your daily diet. A glass of green juice gives you plant-based nutrition you might otherwise miss. Green juice can be a part of a complete balanced diet, and a great substitute for unhealthy treats.
Make Your Skin Glow
The water in green juice helps keep your skin fresh and hydrated. Green juice also contains antioxidants like vitamin C and beta carotene, as well as phytonutrients that can reduce inflammation, redness, and blotchiness. The chlorophyll in green juice binds to toxins that can cause rashes and bad complexion, and has been shown to help clear up acne and assist in wound healing when used in topical ointments.
More Energy All Day
A healthy green juice drink in the morning can keep you going all day. Green juice provides a quick dose of readily available nutrients that help your systems wake up smoothly. And green juice gives you hydration, something many people miss in a busy day. Best of all, this energy doesn’t end in a draggy, achy crash like you get with caffeine and sugary drinks. Green juice is a pick-me-up that doesn’t let you down.
Improve Digestion
Green juice contains probiotics that feed and strengthen beneficial bacteria living in your digestive tract. These bacteria help break down food so your body can absorb it, and also assist in controlling bad germs.
Green juice can also keep you hydrated, which helps keep bowel movements regular. Apples (frequently found in green juice cleanse recipes) contain sorbitol that can loosen hard stools, and unstrained green juice from a blender also has a lot of fiber.
Reduce Overall Inflammation
The antioxidants in green juice bind to free radials and toxins in your body before they can damage your cells and trigger inflammation. Many of the vitamins and minerals found in green juice can also reduce the production of enzymes that trigger inflammation and swelling. There are several green juice recipes that feature ginger, a potent anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial root that has been shown promise in studies of autoinflammatory diseases.
Start Making Your Own Green Drink
Making your own green juice is easy! All you need is a blender or juicer and fresh fruits and vegetables.
While green juice is great, not everybody has the time to make green juice everyday. Drinks made with chlorophyll drops are an excellent and even easier way of consuming chlorophyll.
FAQs
Can I Drink Green Juice Every Day?
Like many other things, green juice is healthy when consumed in moderation. Green juice is full of vitamins, antioxidants, and hydration but it is not a substitute for a complete and balanced diet. Because juice lacks the fiber found in fruits and vegetables, it may lead to blood sugar spikes in people with diabetes. If you are seeing a physician for a medical condition, check first before starting a juicing regimen.
Does Green Juice Help Lose Belly Fat?
Green juice contains no fat and no added sugar (unless you add sweeteners). If you replace a high-calorie meal or snack with a delicious and nutritious glass of green juice, you’re replacing bad eating habits with healthy ones. Many dieters testify that they have dropped pounds and felt better after using green juice for weight loss. For best weight-loss results, avoid sweeteners and use more green vegetables than fruits.
How Many Calories are in a Glass of Green Juice?
An 8-ounce glass of green juice typically contains between 70 and 110 calories. Leafy greens like spinach and kale are lower in calories than fruits like apples and oranges. The lowest-calorie ingredient in green juice is cucumber, which is mostly water. An 8-ounce serving of cucumber juice contains just 70 calories. You should also account for sweeteners: a teaspoon of honey adds 20 calories to your drink, while a full tablespoon would add 60.
How Long Does Green Juice Last in the Fridge?
If you make your green juice using a blender or centrifugal juicer, it will stay fresh in the refrigerator for about 24 hours. The centrifugal action heats the juice and makes it oxidize faster. If you are using a masticating juicer, your green juice may be good in the refrigerator for 48 to 72 hours. While you can store green juice, you will get optimal benefits from drinking it freshly squeezed straight from the juicer or blender.
