Juice Recipe: Apple, pineapple and leafy greens
Oh great. Another green juice. Yes, it is nutritious and good for me, but can I get a break drinking plants please?
Wait… what’s is this? Sorcery! It is… deliciously sweet. Like eating veggies with candy. Cannot be.
It can. A twist. The pineapple juice infiltrates, dominates all other flavors to turn this otherwise green juice into liquid cake.
Another slice please!
Basically a green juice but sweet, very sweet. Caramel and candy tones but not cloying thanks to the neutral apple and cucumber flavors.
Beet greens and dandelion add some peppery spice and the ginger a lingering pep.
Excellent silky texture with a light maroon (not brown!) color.
Goes well with a Sunday brunch.
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Mostly greens with a twist
Apple
Granny SmithGranny Smith apples are a juicing staple thanks to their high juice yield, somewhat neutral flavor and smooth texture.
This apple is also very easy to store – fresh or sliced – with minimal deterioration of the juice quality.
Cucumber
The most prolific ingredient in terms of juicing yield, this gherkin is a perfect base for most juices.
Beet Greens
As a free ingredient when you buy whole beets, beet greens are an excellent juicing option to include beet flavor in your juice without the overwhelming color and power of its roots.
Dandelion
Considered an invasive weed, juicing this leafy green will have much better benefits for your body than for your lawn.
Ginger
RootIn the right amount, this ingredient balances bitterness or sweetness perfectly in any juice recipe.
Steps to optimize juice yield
Apple and cucumber
Core apple and cut in wedges with skin. Cut cucumber in long stalks to help push leafy greens.
Pineapple
Remove skin, slide thick, cut into long blocks. Do not remove the center.
Leafy greens
If small to fit in juicer, don't cut beet greens. Dandelion can be juiced whole.
Ginger
Do not peel.
Juice
Start with half the apple, then pineapple. Push pineapple mush with half of the cucumber. Add beet greens, push it with the rest of the apple. Add dandelion, add ginger, push all with the rest of the cucumber.