6 healthy juice recipes for a fresh start in the morning

6 healthy juice recipes for a fresh start in the morning: While fresh veggies and fruits are the healthiest, homemade juices may be a close second. You can conceal veggies like spinach in a juice with different flavors if you don’t like them otherwise! With a balanced diet and responsible juicing, your digestive system will benefit.

I add fruit to my drinks because I’m a juice novice and don’t like spinach. Below are some of my favorites. Use any mix of veggies and fruits, but make sure vegetables outnumber fruits. Use fruits like blueberries and blackberries, and greens like wheatgrass, although they are scarce and costly.

6 healthy juice recipes for a fresh start in the morning

1. Spinach, Carrot and Apple Juice 

This is a marvellous way to hide the assertive flavours of spinach. What I get is a slightly pulpy drink, but you may wish to strain the juice and separate it from the pulp. This is of course more time consuming and less healthy, as the pulp contains all the fiber.

Method:

1. Roughly chop the spinach, carrot and apple, and toss into the juicer. You may add a little water to thin down the consistency.
2. Strain or have as is. Add the cinnamon as required.

2. Celery, Sweet Lime and Spinach Juice

Here is another way of getting your daily dose of dark greens.

Method:
1. Roughly chop the sweet lime, spinach and celery. You may wish to remove the fibrous bits of the sweet lime, but again, I think that is where the fibre is.
2. Toss it all into the juicer and squeeze a bit of lime for the vitamin C boost and extra hit of flavour.

3. Kale and Celery Juice

Very determined to include greens in my diet, I made a healthy juice using celery, kale, cucumber and parsley. It was all a bit too healthy for me so I added in a few slices of chopped up pineapple, to sweeten the flavours. Also, I substitute kale for spinach, when I do not find it in the market (which is often).

Method:

1. Roughly chop the ingredients and toss them into the juicer. Strain or have as it.

4. Beetroot and Kiwi Juice 

Beetroot is another hard-sell for me. What to do? I simply mix it with some fruit and juice it.

Method:

1.  Peel the kiwifruit and chop up, together with the celery and beetroot, then juice. The reason I like the kiwifruit in this juice is because its tartness effectively undercuts the natural sugariness of the beetroot.

Do not choose an overly sweet fruit to juice with the beetroot, like mango or papaya – that would make it too sugary.

2. Squeeze a dash of lemon and down.

5. Tomato and Orange Juice

If you like, add a little pepper or chilli powder, for a Bloody Mary-esque taste.

Method:

1. Roughly chop the ingredients, and push through the juicer. Done!

6. Cabbage, Cucumber and Mango Juice

This is a juice with some serious health benefits. All the green stuff is super healthy and (in my opinion) inedible all together, without the edifying taste of my beloved mango.

Method:

1. Chop up all the ingredients, and toss into the juicer. Done!