My Favorite Green Juice Recipe (2024)

This easy and delicious Green Juice Recipe is a great introduction to juicing and will become one of your favorite green juices to make at home!

I’ve been wanting to give you this recipe for a really long time. I even made this green juice several times but then never got around to actually photographing it and instead just drank all the juice uncontrollably.

But hey, here it is! (finally.)

I have an up and down, love/ hate kind of relationship with my juicer. By that I mean that I hate having to clean it and when I put it on the shelf, it’s often months before I get it back down again. I’ve debated selling it and using the money for the endless amount of camera gear that I want. However, I’ll instantly regret it if I do. SO. Here we are.

I have THISjuicer that my mom got me (thanks mom!!). I’ve had it for about 2 years and it’s been very good to me (minus the whole cleaning thing. Can I buy one that cleans itself? OH, do they have houses that auto clean themselves [for free]?? I digress.)

This is my favorite go-to Green Juice recipe:

Ingredients for a GREAT Mean Green Juice:

These are simple and adjustable depending on your preferences. Play around with quantities and have fun with it!

Here’s what I like in my juice:

• parsley
• kale
• carrot
• green apple
• ginger
• cucumber
• lemon

If you’re new to juicing, I recommend finding a few recipes and trying those to start out with. BUT THEN, I highly recommend experimenting with your juices. For example: you might find that you hate ginger in a juice (or like me, LOVE it). I personally need a good bit of sweetness in all my juices, hence the whole apple and lemon that go in this recipe. One simple piece of fruit goes a long way in sweetening a juice.

Before I juice, Ialways get all of the ingredients ready first.

Before the juicer I have now, I had a $50 juicer from Walmart. That juicer was okay but it required me to really chop everything up first. The Breville I have now is a lot easier in that it requires a lot less preparation. Now, I’ve heard varying opinions on this but, for me, I find it works great to just throw it all in there.

Meaning: I don’t peel oranges or lemons. I don’t de-stem the kale. I don’t touch a knife at all really unless, for example, the apple is slightly too large and I need it a bit smaller to fit in the juicer.

I just make sure everything is clean and throw it all in the juicer!

There’s really no logical reason for it but I save the leafy greens for the end.

The smell of juiced parsley is oddly one of my favorite smells ever! It’s kind of like freshly mowed grass, but BETTER! I bet somewhere I can find a “Freshly juiced parsley” candle!

Once I have everything juiced, I give it a good stir, a quick taste, and add anything if necessary. I decided that I wanted a bit more carrot in this, mainly because I had a lot of them. So, a bit more carrot was added.

All of the juice is poured into mason jars (or other jars that can be closed up real tight).

I typically split this recipe up into ~4 servings which I drink for breakfast and as a snack over the period of just a couple days.

OH and all that pulp?

Here’s a great recipe that utilizes some of the pulp to make Juice Pulp Muffins. What? Great idea, huh? I haven’t tried it yet but I’m going to soon!

What does green juice taste like anyways?

Each green juice recipe is different but this one is on the sweet side (how I prefer my juices). I refer to it as a Cucumber Apple Juice because really, the strongest flavors that come out in this are the cucumber and apply with a nice kick of ginger :).

Some green juice benefits:

• Can boost your intake of antioxidants. Give me ALL of the antioxidants PLEASE
• Can improve gut health due to the digestive enzymes and prebiotics found in green juice
• Can help you get your daily dose of fruits and veg
• Can help support a healthy immune system due to all of the extra nutrients you consume in a green juice

A couple more juice recipe that you might enjoy:

• Watermelon Cucumber Juice
• Orange Ginger Juice
• Green Apple Juice

See how to make my Green Apple Juice here:

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