Spring Greens! (But the Colour Purple!)

This week, we are going to add some green ingredients to the juice, building on the apple and carrot base which you have been using in previous weeks.  By using the base with which you are familiar, you can begin to add some more "taste challenging" vegetable juices, but by mixing them with the familiar taste, you're less aware of the earthiness of some of the flavours.

Cleansing Spring Greens (But Purple!!)
4 carrots
2 apples
1 palm sized raw beetroot
1/4 lime (leave peel on)
2 sticks celery
1/2 medium cucumber
good handful spinach

If you have a juicer, or if you're renting one from me (click on the tab on the right hand side of the page for details), then you will more than likely have a centrifugal one.  To get the most juice out of your green leafy veggies, you need to pack them down into the chute of the juicer before you turn it on, then pop an apple down to sit on top of them.  When you turn the juicer on, do so on it's lowest speed whilst the leafy greens, in this case spinach go through, then turn it up to the higher speed to push everything else through.

This is a really tasty juice, especially if you have it served over ice. The colour can be a bit off putting, but once you taste it you'll realise how yummy it is!
Now here's another tip.  A serving size of juice is really about 8oz, a tall glass full.  My recipes often make more than that - so what to do with the leftovers?  If you can, persuade your children to try a little, but if you're still left with some, get yourself a thermos flask.
Keep the empty thermos in the freezer, then when you've finished juicing, but the remainder into the flask, where it will stay deliciously cold for you to enjoy later in the day, ideally keep it in a fridge untill you're ready to drink it.
Vegetable juice is best taken, right from the juicer, before the nutrients have a chance to deteriorate at all, but the next best thing is to keep it as cold as possible and in an airtight container. 
Keeping the juice in the flask gives you access to the best juice you can get hold of.  You know exactly how it was made, where it came from, and that it's as fresh as you can get.  Whilst it's not quite as good as the juice you will have had earlier, it will be infinately better than anything you can buy in the store, or get delievered to your home.
Try it!
Happy Juicing!
Jx