The thing about juicing is that you really can’t go wrong if you’re putting in good organic ingredients. The flavors can run the gambit from wow to weird. Here’s some really simple juicing recipes to use as starting points. I’ve also included a shopping list that should help you get rolling on your own juicing adventure. Man, if feels good to juice.
RECIPES
Green Clean Juice:
- Half a head of romaine lettuce
- 2 sticks celery
- ½ cucumber
- 1 green apple, cored
- 2 stalks kale
- Handful of parsley
- 1 lemon, peeled
PIneapple Mint
- ½ Pineapple, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 green apple, cored
- 2 handfuls fresh mint
Lemonade Snack
- 3 lemons, peeled
- ½ teaspoon cayenne (or less, if heat’s not your thing)
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
Ginger Beet Dinner
- 1 apple, cored
- 1 beet
- 1 lemon, peeled
- One small ginger root
- 3 carrots
Raw Cashew Milk
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 2 tablespoons agave nectar
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- Dash of sea salt
- ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 4 cups water (divided)
DIRECTIONS
Soak cashews in a bowl of water at least four hours, but preferably overnight. Drain cashews and rinse until water runs clear. Add cashews, along with two cups water, into a blender and pulse until pulverized.
Add remaining ingredients and two more cups water. Pulse in blender approximately two more minutes or until liquefied. Strain away solids and refrigerate.
Fresh Fruit
- 1 papaya, seeded and cut into chunks
- 1 small pineapple, peeled and chunked
- 1 small ginger root
- 1 kiwi, peeled
- ½ cup coconut milk
Spicy Berry Pick Me Up
- 2 cups strawberries
- 1 cup raspberries
- Cayenne to taste
- 2 handfuls cilantro
Blackberry Beet Juice
- 3 beets
- 1 cup blackberries
- 2-3 apples, cored
- 1 small ginger root
Fragrant Juice
- 4 pears, seeded and cut into chunks
- ½ pineapple, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup grapes
- 1-2 stalks lemongrass, sliced
Pizza Juice
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 handful fresh basil
- 1 handful fresh oregano
- 1 lemon, peeled
- 2 carrots
- 1 small clove garlic
Carrot Apple Ginger Juice
- 3 carrots
- 2 apples
- 1-in ginger
Mean Green Juice
- 1 cucumber
- 4 celery stalks
- 2 apples
- 6 to 8 leaves kale
- 1/2 lemon
- 1-in ginger
Gazpacho Juice
- 4 plum tomatoes
- 1 large cucumber
- 2 celery stalks
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 small red onion
- 2 cups parsley (leaves and stems, roughly chopped)
- 1 lime
Citrus Inspired Green Juice
- 6-8 leaves kale
- 8 leaves Swiss chard
- 1 cucumber
- 6 clementines
Sunset Blend Juice
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 red bell pepper
- 2 large red beets
- 2 Golden Delicious apples
- 1 orange (optional)
INGREDIENTS / Juicing Shopping List
Vegetables
- Celery
- Cucumbers
- Beets
- Carrots
- Tomatoes – really a fruit1?
- Lemongrass
- red bell pepper
- red onion
Fruits
- Apples Red and Green
- Lemons
- Oranges
- Pineapple
- Strawberries
- Rasberries
- Pears
- Grapes
- Papaya
Herbs
- Parsley
- Mint
- Basil
- Oregano
Other
- cocunut milk
- cayenne
- pepper
- salt
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So, the answer to the question is that a tomato is technically the fruit of the tomato plant, but it’s used as a vegetable in cooking.