Diet is a large component of being an elite athlete. Even with all I’ve learned about nutrition and in revamping my diet due to food allergies, I am still finding ways to eat more greens.
I’ve found that juicing helps me accomplish this. For the most part I follow recipes I find online, but I do make some up on my own or add ingredients all the time. I abide by the “golden rule of juicing,” a 2:1 ratio of fruit to vegetables. Lesson learned after making one juice concoction where I just threw a lot of vegetables together… let me tell you it wasn’t my favorite!
I’ve also learned that recipes don’t have to be complicated; sometimes just two or three ingredients at the right ratio taste delicious!
A few months back I got the Breville juicer and have really enjoyed it. With a Bed Bath and Beyond 20% off coupon I was able to cut off a little of the price and I knew I was investing in a good juicer. It’s super easy to clean and it extracts a surprisingly large amount of juice from just about anything. My dad commented that he thought it could get juice out of rocks if we tried, haha!
Deliciously Green was inspired by reading a few “intro to drinking green” recipes. I haven’t been able to do kale-based juices yet, it’s just so leafy and grassy tasting, but maybe I’ll work up to that! However, I have loved spinach in most of my juicing recipes and mixed with the strawberries and lemon in this juice it’s extremely easy to drink. With the Breville I don’t have to cut or peel anything, I just throw it all in the juicer!
Does anyone have a good kale recipe to get me started?
Below is the Deliciously Green recipe, I hope you like it!
Thanks for reading!
-D-
Deliciously Green
INGREDIENTS
- 6 Large Strawberries
- 2 Medium Apples
- .5 Lemon
- 4 stalks celery
- 1 cucumber
- 5 handfuls spinach
DIRECTIONS
Step One: My Juicer has a ‘Low’ setting to get more juice out of softer items such as grapes, pears, peaches, etc. In this case the strawberries. Juice the strawberries on low.
Step Two: On high, juice all other ingredients. No need to peel the lemon, just it in half and throw it in rind and all!
Step Three: The different ingredients will be separated in the container, so stir and serve!
J. Fishman says
Buy an organic greens mix (Kale, Chard, Spinach and baby greens) to slowly get used to the taste of the kale. Start using that mixture in your recipe above. Also, use more lemon or even add 1/4 lime. You might want to cut away the peels of the citrus but leave as much of the rind as you can (won’t be as bitter).
Dana Vollmer says
Hi Joanna! Thats a great suggestion, thank you!! I’ll keep playing around with the amounts of lemon & rind, and Ive never tried lime, so Ill give it a shot!
Madison says
My 12 yrs. old swimmer loves drinking green juice in the morning and smoothie after practice. I will make this recipe tomorrow for her. I’m sure she will ask for more! Thanks for sharing and please post more!
Anonymous says
I don’t have a juicer, so I make kale smoothies. I use pomegranate juice ( trader Joe’s), kale or other greens, almonds and lots of blue berries. Looks nasty but I really like it. The sweetness of the blue berries may help with the taste of kale. Also I like kale chips…to get in more greens.
Dana Vollmer says
This sounds really good! I got to use a friends vita-mix once and I loved putting a bunch of almonds in the different smoothies! I also like the sound of the pomegranate juice. The strong taste of pomegranates and blueberries would likely help with the taste of the kale. Thanks!
Dana Vollmer says
Hi Madison! How did your 12yrs old swimmer like the juice? If you have a good recipe as well Id love to try it!
Madison says
Allison’s (my swimmer) favorite recipe is, kale, apple, spinach with pear. Sometimes she adds chia seeds too. It’s really good. Hope you like it too.
J. Fishman says
Dana,
Just made this green kale juice. I’m calling it THE HULK because it’s so amazing!
5 large kale leaves
3 med. green apples
1 Handful Parsley
big handful of baby spinach (12 inch softball size)
5 romaine leaves
2 kiwifruit (took off skin)
1 large lemon (cut away peel, keep white rind)
1 tsp. powdered chlorella (optional)
This will make a small pitcher, enough for 4 8oz glasses