Have you tried juicing yet? It’s a tasty way to help fuel a healthy lifestyle or simply to detox your body.
I am sharing some of my favorite juicing recipes with various fruits and vegetables. You can make them and store them in the fridge for up to 3 days. And the best part is that it saves you a ton of money simply by juicing at home!
I hope you’ll enjoy these 10 fruit and veggie recipes!
1. Cocktail for the Designated Hero (non-alcoholic juice recipe)
Juice ingredients:
- 100 ml orange juice
- 100 ml pineapple juice
- 50 ml kiwi syrup
- 3 strawberries
- 2 tbsp melons
Juice instructions:
- Blend ingredients
- Add crushed ice
- Blend again
- Serve with pina colada glass
Why is this good for you?
While being the designated driver may be a heroic act in the eyes of your friends, the fact that you miss out on all the fun, can be – no pun intended – a sobering experience. Worry not though, juice cocktails can turn an evening of sipping bland mineral water into a colorful journey down juicy-juice lane. The Cocktail for the Designated Hero recipe will help you ease the tension of that dreaded feeling of ‘missing out’.
The ingredients are pretty simple to get and even if you are just crashing a house party, bringing a few packs of orange and pineapple juices will not seem out of the ordinary. You will, however, need to ask for a blender, as the Designated Hero does need some blending.
Blend the ingredients smoothly and halfway through add a few splashes of crushed ice, then blend again. Don’t forget to get a glass, preferably a pina colada glass, pour the sweet blend and enjoy the sweet taste of the non-alcoholic juice.
The cocktail is a great addition to any house party and is suitable for all ages. If your little ones need a sip of what the grownups are drinking, this cocktail can be a great help.
And what about the rest of your friends, the ones with the alcoholic drinks?
What if they actually like your juice extravaganza?
Worry not, adding a subtle shot of vodka to the mix can turn the Designated Hero into a real knock-out party success. The best part is that the ones without alcohol will not even stand out!
2. Green and Orange (juice recipe for brain fog)
Juice ingredients:
- 1 stalk broccoli (approx. 150g)
- 4 large carrots (approx. 300g)
Juice instructions:
- Process the broccoli and carrots in a juicer
- Shake and stir for a minute
- Serve
Why is this good for you?
When growing up broccoli and carrots were never the most popular vegetables on the menu, yet these ingredients are popular among those who love their vitamins.
When combined together for a juice, they make an outstanding pair, refreshing the mind and reinvigorating the body. The best part? It is relatively hassle-free and can be done in a few minutes with a juicer.
This smooth blend of broccoli and carrots, the Green and Orange is great to clear brain fog and boost brain function. With its overdose of Vitamin A and C, this recipe also replenishes the supplies of the immune system. Not to mention the carrots natural ability to boost the said immune system’s white blood cells, helping it to develop resistance to various kinds of bacteria and infections.
We must also mention the positive effects of broccoli when it comes to many types of nasty cancers, including breast, prostate, uterus and several other internal organs.
Simply put, broccoli is your biggest ally in living a healthy, preventative lifestyle! Broccoli is considered quite rich in iron, so a serving of this juice will give your body enough brain power to help you march onwards with your daily schedule.
If you feel like going for a healthy juice that can be done quickly and cost-efficiently with a juicer, Green and Orange is the way to go. An average serving contains just below a hundred calories, but its rich texture will definitely sooths any cravings for a couple of hours.
3. BCS Weight Loss (juice recipe for weight loss)
Juice ingredients:
- 1 beet with root
- 3 medium carrots (approx. 200g)
- Half of a sweet potato, medium sized (50g)
Juice instructions:
- Get your juicer out
- First juice the beet
- Then the carrots
- Finally the sweet potato
Why is this good for you?
Being on a diet can feel like an eternal struggle against the complete outside world. Advertisements, magazines and even a regular shopping round can become a vile nightmare of messages suggesting that you are not doing it well enough.
Contrary to popular belief, losing weight should not necessarily be about pain and suffering, in fact, it can be a fun experience! How is that even possible you’d ask?
The answer lies in three simple letters, B, C and S. Your next best friend of a juice recipe in your journey for a better body.
The BCS Weight Loss recipe is quite simple, you will only need Beets, Carrots and Sweet potato. The cocktail is filling enough so that you will not feel empty and the beets are great with losing weight. Beets cleanse the liver and blood, they also strengthen the gall bladder and the high concentration of iron and copper feed your blood cells.
On top of that the BCS recipe is a great juice that helps your body get stronger. Dieting can put quite a strain on the body if not done right, and getting the essential nutritional elements into your metabolism is key – unless you prefer fainting at the end of a long day.
The recipe contains little fat or sugars, so you will not feel guilty drinking it. Carrots are great with balancing out your digestion. You cannot go wrong with the BCS recipe and it even tastes pretty great!
4. By the Power of Peach (veggie juice recipe for kids)
Juice ingredients:
- 30 carrots
- 1 lemon (approx. 50g)
- 10 peaches (approx. 1.5 kg)
Juice instructions:
- Get your juicer out
- Start with the lemon
- Then juice the carrots and peaches
- Yields 2 liters, refrigerate if needed
Why is this good for you?
Children have a keen sense of avoiding anything that is healthy in favor of eating something sweet or drinking something bubbly. But healthy nutrition is a must for every developing body and the Power Peach juice helps you deliver the proper dosage of vitamins and calories in a yummy and fun way.
By the Power of Peach the immune system of children will strengthen, plenty of vitamin-A and C will help their bodies tackle any infection and the rich calorie concentration will give them enough fuel to be alert and ready to take on the day.
The splash of lemon in the juice is great in boosting the efficiency of digestion, soothing the otherwise rough carrots. As for the peaches, the sweet natural sugars of this fruit will make the fruit juice recipe taste great, with your kids wanting more! The carrots and peaches contain quite a lot of water and hence the juice is great for hydration.
30 carrots and 1.5 kilos of peach may seem like a lot, but feel free to rescale the recipe. The huge quantities in the recipe are ideal for making 2 liters of the blend, enough to keep a whole playdate going on in your garden.
The kids will not get dehydrated and on top of that, will get a great kick out of drinking something that is called “Power Peach”. Hinting that this juice will give them mysterious powers can add a lot fun to their day!
5. The Plentiful Pomegranate (juice recipe for glowing skin)
Juice ingredients:
- 1 apple (approx. 150g)
- 1 cucumber (approx. 300g)
- Half lemon (approx. 30g)
- 1 orange (approx. 150g)
- 1 pomegranate (approx. 280g)
Juice instructions:
- Get your juicer out
- Process the ingredients one by one
- Shake and stir for a minute
- Produces 2 servings
Why is this good for you?
The natural glow of the skin is a great indicator of one’s physical and mental health, and in order to appear fresh and ready it is a must to pay extra attention to this built-in indicator of our body.
The Plentiful Pomegranate cocktail will help you nourish your skin so that it can glow in its complete beauty. This juice will help replenish your body’s vitamin reserves and it is a great way to ease thirst on a hot summer night.
A serving of Plentiful Pomegranate contains about 150 calories, a complete vitamin and energy bomb that will help you face any challenges. The cucumber contains silica, which is an important part of healthy skin tissue.
Doctors often recommend drinking cucumber juice to help the skin’s natural recovery, however a pure cucumber juice, as weird as it sounds, does not taste that great. This juice also contains plenty of liminoid, which is crucial compound in cancer prevention, may it be breast, colon, lung or other major type of the disease.
The Plentiful Pomegranate contains a hearty dose of vitamins A and C, as well as a whole other myriad of minerals and vitamins. Drinking a serving of this juice will help your skin glow a better and brighter, while the rich ingredients of the above blend will pump up your body, leaving you with a sense of healthy, complete buzz.
6. Acne No More (spinach juice recipe for acne)
Juice ingredients:
- 1 apple (approx. 170g)
- 8 carrots medium sized (approx. 440g)
- 1 orange (approx. 100g)
- Spinach (approx. 2 cups)
Juice instructions:
- Get your juicer out
- Start with the carrots, then comes the apple and the orange
- Shake and stir for at least a minute
- Yields 1 serving
Why is this good for you?
Acne is a nasty skin disease that sullies the days of almost every teenager and even some adults. Luckily most of us stop developing acne after the mid-20s, but some food allergies and several other conditions can push off the process well into the mid-30s.
While there are countless medications – mostly external – to address this dire situation, The Acne No More cocktail will help you eliminate the problem at its roots. As in most areas of medicine, prevention is the name of the game!
Acne No More is not just your regular carrot juice, the careful balance of apple, orange and spinach helps your skin to fight acne from the first minute. Simply put, carrot contains enough of vitamin C to give your body a weapon to fight acne, but the other minerals give the invaluable tactics to make this battle a successful one. Folate, Thiamin, Niacin and vitamins A, B, D, E and K all take part is in this complex struggle.
A daily dose from this juice cocktail will help out your body with just the right amount of minerals and vitamins, leaving your skin clean and well-nourished.
A serving of Acne No More has about 350 calories, which makes it an ideal mid-day meal. The juice is not too dense, in fact thanks to the orange and apple, with some crushed ice this blend can even convincingly stand out as an unusual cocktail.
7. Berry and The Detox (juice recipe for liver detox)
Juice ingredients:
- 2 large apples (approx. 400g)
- Half a lime (approx. 30g)
- Strawberries (approx. 500g)
Juice instructions:
- Get your juicer out and process the ingredients
- Shake and stir for at least a minute
- Yields 2 serving
Why is this good for you?
Berry and The Detox may sound like your next up-and-coming garage rock band, but it is so much more than that. This juicy band is led by Berry the strawberry, who will help the body in its natural detoxification process by being full of vitamins. His band consist of another sour lime and two apple buddies.
Anyone interested in music knows that every decent band has a method for surviving the day after, and detoxing is an important part of the lifestyle. With Berry and The Detox, the key element to success – just like in most bands – lies in the lead, the strawberry.
This colorful sweet fruit has a high concentration of potassium, which enhances diuresis, a very important tool in the process of your liver detox. The result is a clean metabolism, with refreshed blood and liver cells.
A serving of Berry’s band contains about a hundred calories, so it might not be your most complete juice, but it does wonders in the health department. With its rich vitamin C concentration, plenty of carbohydrates and iron, this juice is great way to revitalize an organism in distress – your body after a hard day’s night.
Berry and The Detox is great for preventing a myriad of cancers, can cure flu and anemia and can help the memory, concentration and general mental hygiene of the individual. That is one hell of discography!
8. Red and Yellow (juice recipe for colds)
Juice ingredients:
- Red Cabbage, 6 leaves (approx. 150g)
- 2 medium pears (approx. 350g)
- Half a lemon (approx. 30g)
- 1 thumb of ginger root (approx. 25g)
Juice instructions:
- Get your juicer out
- Start with the ginger, then process the rest of the ingredients
- Shake and stir for at least a minute
Why is this good for you?
Despite the countless groundbreaking achievements of recent years in the field of medicine, one of our most dire sickness is still on the loose. Indeed, the cure for the common cold is yet to be found, but treatment is developing rapidly.
Red and Yellow is the nifty little recipe that helps ease the discomfort of the common cold. Red cabbage as a juice ingredient may not sound like a great idea on paper, but the Red and Yellow manages to pull it off.
Ginger is a co-called warming herb, and as such it can do wonders with a fever, and to double down on that, it stimulates the circulation of blood. Lemon on the other hand helps to increase perspiration, giving a helping hand to the body in its fight against this discomforting disease.
The Red and Yellow contains a healthy amount of vitamin C, A, B, D, E and K, along with Niacin and Folate. The pears contain lots of energy, acting as food for the body, boosting its natural energy reserves.
On top of that, pear juice has an anti-inflammatory effect and is a great team-player with the red cabbage. The red of the cabbage and the yellow of the lemon and pears combine into a serenity of health, making this recipe the Yin and Yang of common cold juice recipes.
9. Pressure Valve (juice recipe for high blood pressure)
Juice ingredients:
- 2 large carrots (approx. 150g)
- 3 stalk celery (approx. 200g)
- 1 cucumber (approx. 300g)
- Handful of parsley (approx. 50g)
- 1 cup of spinach (approx. 30g)
- 4 tomatoes (approx. 400g)
Juice instructions:
- Get your juicer out
- First comes the carrots, celery and tomatoes
- Then add the cucumber, spinach and parsley on the end
- Shake and stir for at least a minute
Why is this good for you?
High blood pressure is a serious indicator of an underlying heart disease. A vast number of great medications are available that treat this condition, but there are actually quite few juice recipes that deal with this issue.
Pressure Valve is a juice recipe that was designed to help your body get back to its normal conditions by tackling high blood pressure. This juice has six key components that each play part in making it a successful combination.
A serving of Pressure Valve will calm your nerves with the help of celery. Potassium, magnesium and fibers also help dropping one’s blood pressure, while tomato prevents the oxidation of cholesterol. Studies have confirmed that all key elements of this juice blend can aid the body overcoming the condition that high blood pressure.
Another important factor is that high blood pressure is often accompanied by diabetes. Pressure Valve is a great recipe for blood pressure, but diabetes is a bit more complex condition that can vary from patient to patient.
As delicious as it may be, this recipe is not a fix-it-all solution. While in some types of diabetes this juice is a good idea, with others not so much. It is advisable to consult with a doctor before venturing into the juice wonderland that is Pressure Valve if you have diabetes!
10. Five-mile Apple Run (juice recipe for constipation)
Juice ingredients:
- 5 apples, (approx. 1kg)
- 1 stalks of celery (approx. 70g)
- 3 oranges (approx. 300g)
Juice instructions:
- Ready your juicer
- Steady your hands and process the ingredients
- Go serve the 1 liter juice
Why is this good for you?
Constipation can be a discomforting feeling that can break the mood even on the best and most successful of days. Fortunately The Five-mile Apple Run is a perfect juice blend that can reinstate the natural flow and order of things.
Digestion is an intricate and delicate process, even the most subpar things can cause a glitch in it. But with a proper understanding, even a simple juice recipe can set things right, eliminating constipation.
Apple is a natural laxative that can prove to be a key component of one’s jammed metabolism, sometimes even one apple is enough to get things started. Having five of them, however, is the digestion equivalent of an airstrike.
Juiced apples aid bowel movements, especially when paired up with oranges and celery. Regularly eating apples – or having a serving of the Five-mile Apple Run – can help overcome digestive irregularities. Manually resetting the body’s digestive counter may seem like a harsh method, but it is effective in straightening out constipation issues.
The Five-mile Apple Run contains plenty of vitamin C, B-6 and K, along with several minerals. According to studies a healthy and daily dose of apples can be key to preventing breast, liver and colon cancer.
A serving of this fine juice contains about a hundred calories, making it an ideal juice for improving sporting performance. Step into your running shows, drink one or two servings of the Five-mile Apple Run and head for the nearest lavatory. Make sure you thank the apples in your victory speech!