Kids won’t eat their veggies? Try these kid friendly juice recipes!
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A couple of months ago we bought a juicer and have been loving it! We bought the Breville Compact Juicer and so far it totally meets our needs. We didn’t need anything fancy and didn’t want to spend a ton so the Breville was right for us.
The kids’ love to get involved and help out! They are learning so much about the different fruits and vegetables and eating healthy which is an added bonus.
Many of you have asked what we put in our juices so here are a couple of recipes for you and some do’s and don’t that I found out through trial and error.
Juicing 101:
- Pre-wash all fruits and vegetables, even the organic varieties are covered in dirt and often have little friends hiding in them
- Take the peel off of oranges before you juice them, otherwise your juice will have a very bitter after taste
- I don’t recommend celery in the green juice. It has a VERY strong flavor.
- Keep it simple. Some people suggest adding extras such as ginger, I don’t. For me just the fruits and vegetables are enough.
- Sweeten it up. If you want the kids to drink it, you’re going to have to make it on the sweeter side. I recommend adding a sweet juicy fruit such as pineapple to all of your juices that your mixing up for the family.
Green Juice #1:
- 1 bunch of Kale
- 1 crown of broccoli
- 1 cucumber
- 1/4 pineapple (2 spears)
- 2 apples
Green Juice #2:
- 1 bunch of Kale
- 1 bunch of Spinach
- 1 cucumber
- 1/4 pineapple
- 2 apples
Orange Juice:
- 10 carrots
- 4 oranges
- 1/4 pineapple
*Each of these recipes makes about 4 cups of juice*
**The kids are HUGE fans of the Orange Juice and it is awesome in Smoothies**
Other Fruits that are great to add to the Green Juices (I’ve been known to throw whatever I have left in my fridge in with the recipes above):
- Blueberries
- Grapes
- Kiwi
- Pears
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