Can’t stand the taste of kale or can’t find it at the market? I have a secret ingredient that I use to make juices with a deep green color and a smooth taste. You’ll love the recipe I’ve created for you today.
My secret ingredient is Red leaf lettuce. This is a loose leaf variety of lettuce, similar to green leaf lettuce. Nutritionally they are similar. Red leaf lettuce is abundant in vitamins A and K and also contains calcium, folate, and iron. I personally love using red leaf lettuce in my salads, juices, and smoothies because the color is so beautiful.
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If you’ve tried the Mean Green Juice but find it too bitter, try this recipe!
Smooth Green Juice
1 green apple
1 cucumber
5 large leaves of red leaf lettuce
1/2 lemon, peeled
1/2″ ginger (optional)
Wash all ingredients and cut to sizes that will fit into your juicer. Juice. Makes approximately 10 ounces.
Note: Ginger gives juices a bit of a kick, but it helps to boost the immune system. Read more about ginger here.
This juice is by far my favorite. I have been juicing for three days and found this to be very refreshing. Thanks for posting it!
I might have to try this. There’s a few ingredients I don’t really like (cucumber and lettuce mainly), but I’m sure it tastes delicious.
Whenever I juice leafy veggies it doesn’t yield any juice! If so its just a few drops for a handfull of spinach, I have a cuisinart compact.. wht should I do??
@Cescily, the cuisinart is great with fruit but terrible w/leafy vegetables. You may want to look into a masticating juicer, I recommend the Omega 8004.
Like B Smith says, masticating juicers such as the Omega 8004 are much better for leafy greens. I’ve been using an 8004 for about a month not and get great output when juicing the greens.
Ok thanks! @BSmith