There are a great many different fruit and vegetable combinations that while sounding strange, taste absolutely delicious. Below are a few of the best juicing recipes for your enjoyment.

Why Is Juice So Healthy?

We all know what an important role fruits and vegetables play when it comes to a healthy diet. It is recommended that each person should consume 5 portions of fruits or vegetables daily. When you use, the amounts of fruits and vegetables used are often higher than you would eat in solid form. This means that a single pressing of juice can contain all the plant nutrients you require for the day.

Since juice requires very little digestion, the nutrients are able to enter your system relative quickly, as compared to having to wait for your body to break down the touch cell walls itself.

Different fruits and vegetables have different health benefits all of which carry over into the juice. Thus, for example, since blackberries are known to help regulate the heartbeat and promote the healthy functioning of the heart, a juice blend containing blackberries will have the same beneficial properties.

Juice Recipes

Each of the recipes below are for one person. Simply increase the amounts accordingly when preparing for more people. If you enjoy these, why not experiment and come up with juice recipes of your own?

Sparkling Fruit Blend

Deliciously cool and refreshing.

Ingredients:

• One large orange – peeled
• Half a mango – peeled
• One kiwi – peeled
• Sparkling water to taste

Method:

1. Juice all the fruit.
2. Blend with sparkling water.
3. Pour over ice.
4. Garnish with a slice of kiwi.

Peach Paradise

Juice with a fresh clean flavor.

Ingredients:

• One apple - cored and with the seeds removed
• One pear
• Two peaches – pitted
• Sparkling water

Method:

1. Juice the fruit and add the sparkling water.
2. Wet the rim of the glass and dip into sugar.
3. Fill the glass with ice, and pour juice.
4. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a paper umbrella

Breakfast Medley

Refreshing tropical flavours.

Ingredients:

• One teaspoon aloe vera gel
• One green apple – remove the core and seeds, but leave the skin on the fruit
• two cups pineapple – peeled
• One or two carrots – peeled
• Two tablespoons coconut milk

Method:

1. Juice the fruits and the carrots.
2. Stir in the coconut milk and aloe vera
3. Serve in a long chilled glass with breakfast.

Lemon Ginger Blast

Crisp, cool and refreshing.

Ingredients:

• Juice of one quarter of a lemon
• Three apples, cored and with the seeds removed
• One slice of ginger root

Method:

1. Juice the apples and the ginger together and stir in the lemon juice.
2. Dip the dampened rim of the glass into sugar.
3. Served over crushed ice and garnish with a slice of lemon.

Apple Mint Shots

Fruit juice with a kick.

Ingredients:

• Juice of one lemon
• Eight mint leaves
• Six apples – cored and with the seeds removed
• 2 shots of good quality vodka

Method:

1. Juice the fruit and the mint leaves
2. Blend in the vodka
3. Chill for 15 min and serve on crushed ice
4. garnish with lemon and mint leaves