10-Minute Blender Green Juice (No Juicer Needed!)
Enjoy a glass of this 10-minute blender green juice with ginger, spinach, apple, cucumber, and lemon and reap the benefits of vitamins A and C as well as cancer fighting phytochemicals. Fresh juice made at home is so much tastier than what you can buy at the grocery store.
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 170kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups spinach
- 1/2 cup parsley
- 1 apple, cored and quartered
- 1 small cucumber, quartered
- 1 in fresh ginger root, peeled
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients in your blender and puree until smooth.
- Pour the pureed greens into a cheesecloth layered over a strainer set over a bowl and wrap up the four corners of the cheese cloth and twist to seal. (See above.)
- Twist and squeeze the cheesecloth with your hands to release all the juice leaving just the pulp behind in the cheesecloth.
- Serve with or without ice in a glass. This recipe should make about 40 ounces worth of juice.
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Notes
- For a sweeter juice: use 2 apples or add 1/2 cup pineapple or mango.
- Storage: store leftover juice in a mason jar in the fridge for up to 1-2 days. You can also freeze it in ice cube trays to store for up to 3 months frozen.
Nutrition
Serving: 1glass | Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 57mg | Potassium: 1035mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 5974IU | Vitamin C: 55mg | Calcium: 136mg | Iron: 3mg