Healthy Juicing Recipes

Juicing can boost your health in so many ways.  Not only are you injecting your body with vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants, and other healthy stuff, you are doing so in a 100% natural way.  This is also the reason that juicing is great for weight loss!!!   Although some fruits are high in sugars and calories, the way your body processes them is much different than other sweets.  Fruit juices therefore make a sweet, super tasty snack that is great for your health!

If you are looking for juicing recipes for weight loss, try adding some vegetables to your fruit juices.  Most vegetables tend to be much lower calorie than most fruits, mainly because they have less sugars.   For example, let´s compare.

Banana – 200 g banana has 177 calories.  **Don´t be fooled by numbers…although bananas are high calories, and high sugars, they can be great for weight loss!

Tomato – 200g tomato has 36 calories

Apple – 200g apple has 104 calories

Celery – 200g celery has 33 calories

***Data retrieved from Nutrition Data, and then scaled to 200g servings***

By using juices to substitute other foods from your diet that are high calorie and full of empty calories, you will be on the road to a much healthier you.  This could include weight loss, better skin, more energy, and better brain power.  Not sure how to create your own tasty juices?    Here are a few juicer recipes for weight loss that are delicious, easy, and low-calorie!

Super Tomato Juice
3 ripe tomatoes
½ cucumber
1 stalk celery
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper

As you see above, tomatoes are very low calorie, but are extremely healthy.  Add to juicer and enjoy!

Green Orange Juice
1 tbsp ground ginger, or 1 inch piece washed
2 large navel oranges
1 tbsp wheatgrass.  If you can´t find wheatgrass, substitute with baby spinach

This juice is quick, easy, and delicious, and kids love the “green” orange juice!   Just add those ingredients to your juicer, and enjoy!   This one can also be made in a blender.   Juice the oranges, grate the ginger, and add the ingredients to the blender.  Blend until smooth.

Spinach and Banana Smoothie
1 cup of washed baby spinach
1 banana
½ cup of milk or water

This smoothie combines one super vegetable with one super fruit, making a super smoothie.  Try with both milk and water, they both taste quite different!

Surtido
2 apples
1 beet
1 small cucumber
2 carrots (organic or local, if possible, they are always much sweeter)
2 stalks celery
2 large carrots

Scrub the root vegetables clean, and add to juicer.   This one is like taking a liquid multivitamin!

We love to share our gourmet juice recipes with you, and what is more gourmet than juices made with this Amazonian lemon-like fruit????  It is called a camu-camu, and although hard to find, is definitely worth looking for it. See video we’ve included below for some more info.

This fruit has a flavor similar to that of lemon juice, although slightly “fruitier” and more tropical, if that makes any sense.  It has to be combined with juices that have some sweetness to them, or you will have to add sugar to the juice.  Some fantastic combinations include maracuya, strawberries, oranges, granny smith apples, pinneaple, and kiwis.  Here are some recommended gourmet, healthy juices made with camu-camu.

Green and Red Apple  with Camu Camu Juice

Granny smith apples combine best with the camu camu, but the red apples in this add a bit of a sweetness, making it a perfect combination, and no need to add sugar.  This is a juice that is very high in Vitamin C, and is fairly low calorie, making it great for weight loss. This juice must be made in a juicer, its just not the same in a blender.

2 granny smith apples
2 red delicious apples
1 tsp grated ginger (just a hint for a spec of flavor, but its important)
5 camu camus

Add to juicer, and enjoy!!!!

Passionfruit Strawberry Orange and Camu Camu Juice

Another to die (live?) for combination. I love maracuya, I think it is perhaps my favorite fruit for juices. It is also very acidic, though the strawberries diminish the acidity. Its best to use really sweet oranges, otherwise, sugar may be necessary. ***Note: These are also spectacular for making fruit freezes***

10 strawberries
1 Passion Fruit
5 camu camus
6 sweet oranges

This one does not need a juicer. Can be made in a blender or a juicer. This one is a super vitamin C kick, and is VERY refreshing.

Pineapple Golden Kiwi and Camu Camu Juice

This doesn’t actually have to be made with golden kiwi, but I prefer it. It can be made in a juicer or a blender, but if made in a blender, you will probably want to strain it. It is very tropical, quite sweet (as long as you can find good pineapple) and ooooos o tasty. The kids love this one.

2 cups Pineapple
2 Golden Kiwis
3 Camu Camu