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  9 Fresh Juice Recipes for Renewal and Relief

9 Fresh Juice Recipes for Renewal and Relief

With these easy recipes, you’ll be on the road to better health. Drink juices as soon as possible after they’re prepared. (For more on the health benefits of fresh-made juice, see "Juice Revolution: How to Drink Your Way to Better Health.")

Healing & Healthful Juices

Allergy Relief

1 bunch parsley
2 celery stalks
1-2 carrots, scrubbed well and tops removed
1 lemon, peeled if not organic
1/2 cucumber, peeled if not organic

Lung Rejuvenator
1 handful watercress
1 small turnip, scrubbed well and top removed
2-inch-thick chunk of jicama, scrubbed well or peeled
1 garlic clove
1/2 lemon, peeled
2-3 carrots, scrubbed well and tops removed

Peppy Parsley
1 carrot, scrubbed well and top removed
1 cucumber, peeled if not organic
1 stalk celery with leaves
1 handful parsley
1 kale leaf
1 lemon, peeled if not organic
Juice cucumber, carrot, and celery first. Add leafy greens, then lemon. This juice is especially high in vitamin C!

Antiviral Cocktail
4-5 carrots, scrubbed well and tops removed
1/2 cucumber, peeled if not organic
1 garlic clove with peel
1 small turnip, scrubbed well
1 handful watercress
1 lemon, peeled

Energizing Juice Cocktails

Energize Your Day
1 apple (green is lower in sugar)
2 dark green leaves (chard, kale, or collard)
1 stalk celery with leaves
1 lemon, peeled if not organic
1/2 cucumber, peeled if not organic
1/2- to 1-inch chunk fresh ginger root, peeled

Happy-Mood Morning
1/2 apple (green is lower in sugar)
4-5 carrots, scrubbed well and tops removed
3 fennel stalks with leaves and flowers
1/2 cucumber, peeled if not organic
1 handful spinach
1-inch chunk ginger root

Detox Juices

Happy Colon Tonic
1 green apple or pear
1 lemon, peeled if not organic
1/2 cucumber, peeled if not organic
1 handful spinach
1 handful parsley

Liver-Cleansing Cocktail
3 carrots, scrubbed well and tops removed
1 beet with stem and leaves, scrubbed well
2 stalks celery
1 handful parsley
1 lemon, peeled if not organic
1-to 2-inch chunk ginger root, scrubbed and peeled
1 cucumber, peeled if not organic

Natural Diuretic Tonic
1 medium vine-ripened tomato
1 organic cucumber, peeled if not organic
8 asparagus stems
1 lemon or lime, peeled
Dash of hot sauce
Recipes from The Juice Lady's Turbo Diet and The Juice Lady's Living Foods Revolution, by Cherie Calbom. Siloam, 2010 and 2011, respectively. Reprinted by permission.

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