4-Ingredient Green Juice (Quick & Easy Recipe)

Pineapple: when it comes to pineapples, ripeness is key! Make sure your pineapple is perfectly ripe in order to ensure it’s sweet enough. If you’re using a fresh pineapple, you can either store the other half (you’ll need 1/2 a pineapple for this green juice recipe) in the fridge to make a fruit salad or more juice later, or cut it into small chunks and freeze it to add to smoothie recipes.

Here’s a tip for when you’re freezing fruit: freeze the fruit chunks on a baking tray lined with parchment paper first, then transfer them to a reusable container later on. This way the chunks won’t be stuck to each other and it’ll be easier to use the exact portion size you need. Instead of buying a whole pineapple, you can also buy pre-cut pineapple chunks or slices. (Note: Don’t use frozen pineapple to make juice though.)

If you don’t like or can’t find pineapple, any sweet fruit that yields a lot of juice, such as apples or oranges, will work.

Spinach: you can use regular fresh spinach or baby spinach (I used the latter). Since spinach is very high in volume and this green juice recipes uses quite a lot of it, you might need to add it to your juicer in batches. Leafy greens like kale or lettuce are the best substitute for spinach in juices.

Celery: you can juice celery with or without the leaves, but the taste will be a bit milder without them. I personally didn’t use them for this green juice recipe, but you can absolutely include them. One of the best alternatives to celery is cucumber since it yields a lot of juice and is quite mild in flavor. Another alternative is fennel. Fennel, however, has a much more intense taste that isn’t to everyone’s liking, so be sure to try it before committing to it!

Ginger: always use fresh ginger root when juicing, not ginger powder or paste. The peel can be left on or cut off, but I always include it because it doesn’t make a huge difference taste wise and ginger peel also has a ton of benefits. The taste of ginger can be intense, to start with a little and increase the amount over time if you’re new to juicing with ginger. Turmeric root is a great alternative to ginger, just note that it has a bright orange color and your final juice might therefore have a slightly different hue. You can also omit the ginger and/or add some fresh herbs like mint, basil, parsley, or cilantro to your green juice instead.

Recommended Equipment

• A juicer: a cold press/slow juicer is ideal for this recipe. Scroll down to see the one I recommend. 
• Optional accessories: all other accessories are optional, but I’d recommend drinking juice with a reusable glass straw to protect your teeth. For easy storage, glass jars are always useful and can be repurposed in multiple ways.

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A cold-pressed juicer (also referred to as a slow juicer) is the best option to preserve a maximum of nutrients and juice yield. The term “slow juicer” refers to its gentler, masticating process, compared to a centrifugal juicer. The juicing process itself is very quick, however, so don’t let the term scare you!

The juicer brand I personally use and recommend is Nama. My absolute favorite juicer is the Nama J2 (you can read my detailed review here). They also have a newer model, the Nama J3 (which is the one I used for this green juice recipe), and it’s essentially a more compact, travel-friendly and more affordable version of the J2.

Quality wise, they’re on the same level, so which one you choose will depend on your personal preferences and needs. The J3 is ideal for smaller kitchens and students, for instance, whereas the J2 is great for anyone who likes to juice higher quantities and/or who has a more spacious kitchen.

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Here are some ideas and suggestions of what to do with your juice pulp.

• Compost: if you’re discarding your juice pulp, the most environmentally friendly option is to compost it. Most cities and communities have public compost stations (google the name of your city/town and “compost” to find one near you). If you don’t have a garden and there are no composting stations near you, there are smaller home composters.
• Freeze for later: some people like to freeze their juice pulp in reusable containers in order to either compost or use them for recipes later on.
• Add to sweet & savory recipes: juice pulp is a great, fiber rich addition to recipes like savory muffins. Fruit juice pulp specifically can additionally be added to many plant-based dessert recipes, thereby increasing the fiber content. If you want to store your fruit and vegetable pulp separately, simply juice the sweet ingredients first, then set the pulp aside, before repeating the same steps with the remaining ingredients.

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