40 Juicing Recipes for Weight Loss and Healthy Living (4 page)

• For a more pulpy juice, skip juicing the pineapple and carrots separately and process all ingredients at once using a blender.
  

Weight loss benefit:

1. This is a Vitamin C packed juice that will help boost your immune system.
   
2. Adding chilies to your juice not only gives a surprising kick but also helps in accelerating your metabolism.
   

Kiwi + Pineapple + Cucumber + Broccoli

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 1 whole kiwi, peeled and sliced
  
• 2/3 cup pineapple chunks
  
• 1/3 cup cucumber slices
  
• 1/3 cup diced broccoli
  

Preparation:

1. Carefully wash and prepare all ingredients according to recipe.
   
2. Run everything through a juicer. Pour into a glass and serve.
   

Variation:

• Add 1/3 cup crushed ice to the juice and stir before serving for a more refreshing drink.
  

Weight loss benefit:

• Pineapples are rich in enzymes that will help detoxify the body by flushing out accumulated mucus.
  

Lemon + Apple + Red Leaf Lettuce + Cucumber

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 1 green apple
  
• ½ lemon fruit
  
• 5 outer leaves of red leaf lettuce
  
• 1 cucumber
  

Preparation:

1. Wash all ingredients thoroughly.
   
2. Core apple and slice into wedges.
   
3. Peel lemon and remove the seeds.
   
4. Shred red leaf lettuce into salad size servings.
   
5. Slice cucumber into 2-inch pieces.
   
6. Process all ingredients in a juicer or blender. Serve over crushed ice if you prefer your juice cold.
   

Variation:

• Add ½ small ginger (peeled and chopped) for an extra zing to this juice.
  

Juicing tip:

• Red leaf lettuce will make your juice deep green in color with a smoother taste compared to bitter alternatives such as kale, spinach and parsley.
  
• When incorporating ginger in your juice, expect to feel a slight “burn” in your body—that’s ginger rousing your blood circulation and jumpstarting your body’s immune system!
  

Weight loss benefit:

1. Red leaf lettuce is rich in calcium, folate, iron and vitamins A and K.
   
2. Using ginger in your juice will not only give a spicy and citrusy taste; it will also help boost your immune system by shielding your body from viral infections and inflammatory conditions such as arthritis. Ginger also stimulates sweating which is important in discharging toxins through the skin.
   

Cucumber + Apple + Carrots + Celery

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 4 red apples
  
• 1 small cucumber
  
• 2 large carrots
  
• 2 celery stalks
  

Preparation:

1. Wash all ingredients thoroughly. Pay particular attention to the carrots, which tend to bind dirt and soil in their skin.
   
2. Core the apples but do not remove the outer skin. Cut into wedges.
   
3. Without peeling, cut cucumber, carrots and celery into 3-inch strips.
   
4. Process all ingredients in a juicer. Best served over crushed ice.
   

Variation:

• Use a medium sized cucumber to increase the yield of this recipe.
  

Weight loss benefit:

This good-tasting juice is ideal for flushing out toxins and unwanted fats from the body.

Apple + Kale + Lettuce + Celery + Cucumber

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 1 medium red apple
  
• 3 large leaves of kale
  
• 2 large leaves of lettuce
  
• 3 stalks of celery
  
• ½ medium cucumber
  

Preparation:

1. Wash all ingredients thoroughly.
   
2. Core apple but do not peel.
   
3. Cut celery into 2-inch lengths.
   
4. Roll kale and lettuce leaves into balls and run together with apple or celery through a juicer. Add the cucumber chunks to juice together with the previous four ingredients.
   
5. Pour into a glass and enjoy your green juice.
   

Variation:

• Add a small piece of peeled ginger for extra zing to your juice.
  

Weight loss benefit:

The combination of kale, lettuce, celery and apple makes this juice a great cleansing juice that will help rid your body of toxins and unhealthy fats.

Carrot + Apple + Spinach + Celery + Parsley

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 2 cups chopped carrots (about 4 medium wholes)
  
• 1 cup quartered apple (or 1 small whole)
  
• 2 cups spinach leaves
  
• 2 stalks of celery (10-inch long each)
  
• 4 parsley leaves
  

Preparation:

• Rinse all ingredients in running water.
  
• Remove greens and chop the carrots into 1-inch chunks.
  
• Without peeling, core and quarter the apple.
  
• Roll spinach leaves into small balls that would fit into the feeding chute of your juicer.
  
• Juice a chunk of carrot with spinach and parsley leaves. This process will help extract more juice from greens.
  
• Juice celery stalks and then the apples.
  
• Pour into a drinking glass and serve.
  

Variation:

• Add one small cucumber to this recipe to increase the quantity of your juice per serving.
  
• If strawberries are in season, add 5 pieces of strawberry to the recipe. Strawberries, which go well with spinach, will help enhance the flavor of this juice.
  

Weight loss benefit:

Drinking the juice of carrot and parsley will help you trim your food cravings because these vegetables are appetite suppressants.

Grape + Apple + Red Cabbage + Celery + Ginger

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 1 cup seedless grapes
  
• 1 1/3 cup chopped apples
  
• ¼ cup coarsely chopped red cabbage
  
• 3 large stalks of celery
  
• 1 thumb of ginger
  
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  

Preparation:

1. Wash all ingredients thoroughly.
   
2. Core and chop apples into 1-inch cubes. Chop red cabbage. Peel ginger and slice into strips.
   
3. Run all fruits and vegetables through a juicer. Pour into a glass.
   
4. Add balsamic vinegar and stir before drinking. 
   

Variation:

1. Add the juice of half a lemon fruit to recipe for a sweet citrusy taste to counteract the acidity of balsamic vinegar.
   

Weight loss benefit:

1. Don’t let this purple colored juice fool you—it is packed with an excellent amount of vitamins and nutrients that is as healthy green as any power fruit and vegetable juice.
   
2. Just like your green cabbage variety, red cabbage is rich in lactic acid, phytonutrients and vitamins A, C and E—but that’s not all. Unlike its green sister, red cabbage derives its color from anthocyanin, an antioxidant that counteracts obesity-causing metabolic syndrome, insulin problems and hypertension. Anthocyanin also helps protect brain cells from Alzheimer’s disease.
   

Apple + Beet + Sweet Potato + Bell Pepper + Carrot

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 2 medium red apples
  
• 2 medium beets
  
• 1 cup sweet potato cubes (about one 5-inch long potato)
  
• 1 medium red bell pepper
  
• 1 large carrot
  

Preparation:

1. Wash all ingredients thoroughly.
   
2. Core apple and remove seeds. Cut into 1-inch cubes.
   
3. Cut beets into wedges.
   
4. Wash bell peppers, remove seeds and cut into half-inch strips lengthwise.
   
5. Remove greens and chop the carrot into 1-inch chunks.
   
6. Run all ingredients through a juicer. Pour into a glass. Stir before serving.
   

Variation:

• Add 1 medium sized orange to the recipe for a citrusy flavor to your juice. Remember to peel the orange and remove its seeds before juicing.
  

Weight loss benefit:

Sweet potatoes are high in dietary fiber, high in water content, low in calories and low in sugar. It is thus an excellent addition to your weight-loss diet.

Avocado + Grape + Apple + Spinach + Celery + Lime

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cup avocado cubes (about 1 whole fruit)
  
• 2/3 cup seedless grapes (about 15 pieces)
  
• 2 medium apples
  
• 2 cups spinach leaves
  
• 3 large stalks of celery
  
• 1 whole lime fruit (about 2 inches in diameter)
  

Preparation:

1. Make sure to have all ingredients washed clean before chopping and juicing.
   
2. Cut the avocado into halves. Remove seed and scoop out the meat from the skin.
   
3. Cut each apple into quarters and remove seeds. Leave skin intact.
   
4. Roll about a tablespoonful of spinach into tight balls.
   
5. Cut celery stalks into 3-inch long strips.
   
6. Peel lime and remove seeds, but keep as much inner rind (white skin) as possible for maximum fiber benefit.
   
7. Except for the avocado, run all ingredients through a juicer. Remember to juice each ball of spinach leaves together with a strip of celery to extract more juice from the spinach.
   
8. Pour avocado meat into a blender. Add the juice from the other ingredients. Blend until smooth. Serve immediately.
   

Variation:

• Add half a cup of ice cubes before blending for a smoother and cooler drink.
  

Juicing tip:

• Consider processing meaty fruits like avocado, coconut and banana with a blender rather than a juicer to maximize benefits from fiber and also to have a juice with a creamier consistency.
  

Weight loss benefit:

Avocado is rich in monosaturated fat, which makes it an ideal replacement for foods with high harmful levels of saturated fat that is harmful to your health. Avocado is also abundant in vitamins and nutrients, including beta-sitosterol, a nutrient that helps in maintaining a healthy blood cholesterol level and also promotes prostate health in men.

Apple + Beet + Sweet Potato + Bell Pepper + Carrot

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• 2 medium red apples
  
• 2 medium beets
  
• 1 cup sweet potato cubes (about one 5-inch long potato)
  
• 1 medium red bell pepper
  
• 1 large carrot
  

Preparation:

1. Wash all ingredients thoroughly.
   
2. Core apple and remove seeds. Cut into 1-inch cubes.
   
3. Cut beets into wedges.
   
4. Wash bell peppers, remove seeds and cut into half-inch strips lengthwise.
   
5. Remove greens and chop the carrot into 1-inch chunks.
   
6. Run all ingredients through a juicer. Pour into a glass. Stir before serving.
   

Variation:

• Add 1 medium sized orange to the recipe for a citrusy flavor to your juice. Remember to peel the orange and remove its seeds before juicing.
  

Weight loss benefit:

Sweet potatoes are high in dietary fiber, high in water content, low in calories and low in sugar. It is thus an excellent addition to your weight-loss diet.

Tomato + Apple + Asparagus + Spinach + Celery + Cucumber

Yield: 1 glass

Ingredients:

• ½ ripe red tomato
  
• 2 red apples
  
• 2 stalks of asparagus
  
• 1 bunch of spinach
  
• 3 stalks of celery
  
• 1 cucumber
  

Preparation:

1. Rinse and clean all ingredients in water.
   
2. Core the apple but do not peel.
   
3. Discard the hard parts of the asparagus stalks.
   
4. Squeeze spinach leaves into tight balls that will fit in the mouth of your juicer.
   
5. Cut celery into good-sized chunks.
   
6. Slice cucumber into 2-inch chunks. Leave the skin intact.
   
7. Process all ingredients into a juicer, alternating harder produce with softer ones so as not to clog the juicer. Drink fresh.
   

Juicing tip:

• To get the most juice from spinach, run it through a juicer together with hard produce like the apple in this recipe.
  

Weight loss benefit:

You will benefit from the greens included in this recipe by having an energy boost—perfect for starting your day with increased metabolism and fat burning!