Green Juice
A bright green juice of cucumber, celery, apple, lemon and spinach blended with water and strained.
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Make Ahead and Storage
Best drunk at once. Keeps in the fridge for 1 day; shake before drinking.
Green Juice: The Method
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Blend the cucumber, celery, apple, lemon juice, spinach and water for 1 minute until smooth.
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Strain through a fine sieve or nut milk bag, pressing hard.
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Pour into two glasses over ice and drink at once.
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Worth Knowing
- Strain it well.
- Include the lemon to keep the colour.
- Drink it straight away.
- Use the pulp in soup.
Behind the Recipe
Cucumber, celery, apple, lemon, spinach: five things and a blender. There is no need for a juicer, which many kitchens do not have.
Blend everything with a cup of cold water for a full minute until the mixture looks like a smooth green slush, then strain. A nut milk bag or a fine sieve both work. Strain it hard or it will be gritty. The pulp holds a lot of fibre that is pleasant in a smoothie but unpleasant in a juice.
The apple gives sweetness, so there is no need to add sugar. The lemon brightens the flavour and keeps the colour green for longer. Without it the juice goes brown within the hour.
Drink it cold, straight away, over ice if you like. If the juice is too earthy, add half an apple more. If it is too sweet, add more lemon. The leftover pulp can be stirred into soup or a smoothie rather than thrown away.
Serving Ideas
Wholegrain toast · A boiled egg · Fresh fruit · Porridge
Green Juice Nutrition Facts
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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