Morning Green Juice

Green Juice! It's either a hit or a miss with most people. The key is knowing what you LIKE and what you don't. For me, in juice I don't like any that have romaine or celery, they tend to be bitter. I love them in salad, but I don't really love them in liquid form. Spinach, herbs, kale etc. all fabulous, the darker leaves tend to be sweeter vs the lighter tend to be bitter in taste.

One of the tricks is to add flavor via other items not just the basic green juice ingredients. Beyond the usual GREEN + Lemon + Apple, try things like mint, parsley, cilantro, ginger, cayenne, lime etc. They add a level of flavor that creates something tasty instead of just something there. 

This is one of my go-to morning recipes, esp. if I buy the cantaloupe already chopped (on a lazy day) you can just dump it into the juicer with pre-chopped juicing kale and a few knife cuts for the other items. Hardly any prep, which let's be honest, you are already juicing yourself you probably don't want to get up extra early to chop vegetables in the am.

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KALE CANTELOPE JUICE WITH MINT AND GINGER

makes one 12-16 oz morning glass of juice

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INGREDIENTS

1/2 apple (cut seeds out)

1 pear

1/4 lemon

1 inch ginger

3 big handfuls of kale

2 cups chopped cantaloupe

5-6 mint leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

Start by washing your fruits and veggies. I like to keep them washed in the fridge ready to go. I am more likely to juice when I wake up in the morning if everything is set.

Prep your juice ingredients next to your juicer. Add ingredients into the juicer.

Make sure you use pieces of pear and apple to push through the greens on a low speed setting, and finish with a piece of apple or pear in order to clean out and grab any leftover juices.

Skim off the top foam a bit if you want, it depends on the day and whether I am using the rind of a citrus - that's where the wax usually ends up.