Tasty Juice Recipes

Juicing is all the rage right now. This post is not about the juicing cleanses you are constantly bombarded with, as I am really not a fan of those and do not recommend them to patients. I think they are way too restrictive and ultimately dangerous. In my opinion, they do not provide enough calories to properly function and there are other ways to cleanse that are safer. This post is about how delicious different combinations can be and how juicing in general is very healthy. I like to make big batches on a Sunday and drink them with breakfast throughout the week. I do know that it is recommended to drink them fresh, right after making them, but sometimes that is not feasible! I am going to share some of my favorite combinations.

Immunity Boosting Juice:

5 large carrots

1 orange or 2 small clementines

1 inch hunk of ginger

Green Juice:

2 green apples

2 stalks celery

1 cucumber

Handful of spinach leaves'

1/4 lemon (optional, I make this one both ways)

Energy Juice:

1 banana

1/2 pineapple

Handful of kale

2 teaspoons cinnamon

Metabolism Boosting Juice:

2 apples

1 grapefruit

1/2 lemon

1 jalapeno or a dash of cayenne (whichever you prefer)

Detox Juice:

1 beet

3 large carrots

Handful of kale

Handful of spinach

This is a great time to mention my favorite Juicery in the city, Hi-Vibe Superfood Juicery on Kinzie between Wells and LaSalle. They are amazing, they have so many different options and combinations, not to mention bulletproof coffee (a separate post yet to come), smoothies and juices/products to buy to take home...and most importantly, some of the best 'chocolate' truffles I've ever had! This place is certainly not cheap, but it is amazing. My favorite smoothie is their Maca Blue that contains vanilla cocounut almond milk, blueberries, homemade cashew butter, banana and honey. And the smoothies come with these homemade granola type cookies that are out of this world, I always ask for extra and keep telling them they need to sell them separately! It is to die for! The staff here is also insanely nice and easy to talk to, I harass them almost every weekend! Here is the link to their website.