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Get an immune-boosting, nutrient-rich, actually delicious fresh juice from home! Liquid sunshine will have you glowing from the inside out in no time!
I meant to post this recipe a few days ago because its what I’ve been CHUGGING…trying to get rid this cold (and subsequent man voice.)
Did you know that Portland got me hooked onto juicing? That city certainly knows their health food.
That city also knows their pie. I’m talkin’ about you, Tilt. But I digress.
There are lots of little juice bars and health food stores in and around the downtown area that made amazing concoctions, but when it came to recreating them at home, my husband was and continues to be the real professional at juicing. But since he’s gone until June, mama had to take the reins.
I had a version of this liquid sunshine juice several times after I gave birth to Eddie. I was craving juice for a good two months after I gave birth to that little seven pound thirteen ounce nugget. Pretty sure he was sucking the life right out of me. HA! But seriously…
Anyways, as soon as this virus started hitting this household, I started making juices to give our bodies a boost to help our immune systems. Lots of citrus, carrots, cucumber, apple and ginger! I swear, the citrus/ginger combo works so well!! I started feeling better-ish and I sure felt good about drinking all these nutrients! I think it was mostly psychological for me, but whatever.
For this actual recipe, you will need a juicer. We have a middle of the road one. Not too cheap, but not crazy expensive either. It’s been working well for us the last few years 🙂
Anyways, besides the juicer and the produce, that’s all you’ll need to recreate this juice at home. It tastes really good and fresh, and I promise it doesn’t taste anything like grass or the like.
Press everything through the juicer and enjoy!
We’ve been juicing here and there for a while and our kids drink up all our concoctions. Like I mentioned above, my husband’s concoctions seem to be the best, but I’m practicing my skills 😉
Recipe links and tips
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In my ingredients list, I call for kale. In these photos, the juice does not contain the kale! That’s because I juiced the kale separately and added a few splashed of it in later. The kale will turn your juice a funky green color. Don’t be alarmed! It’s still very delicious!
If you think you don’t like ginger, don’t add it in, although a little ginger kick is good for the body!! I’d recommend starting with half the amount of ginger stated and working up from there 🙂
This is the juicer we own. It is great and we have’t had any problems with it. If you have a juicer, bottle brushes work really well to clean it!! They are skinny, so they can reach into the small spaces that a sponge or a cloth wouldn’t be able to reach.
Liquid Sunshine
Ingredients
- 2 Fuji apples
- 3 naval oranges peeled
- 2 ruby red grapefruits peeled
- 1 peeled cucumber
- 1 1/2 inch piece ginger peeled
- 3 large carrots washed
- 1 big bunch kale* optional
Instructions
- Wash and prepare ingredients.
- Juice all ingredients with your juicer and enjoy immediately.
- *The kale will turn your juice a funky green color. Don't be alarmed! It's still very delicious! For these photos, I juiced the kale separately and added a few splashes of it in later.
Nutrition
Can’t wait to give this a try thank you!
My daughter is deathly allergic to apples, is there a good substitute I could use? Pears, peaches???
Rico 😋
Wow this looks delicious! My body could use a boost from all that healthy food so I’m going to try this. Thank you!
I’ve been wanting to juice and now I know I need to juice. This recipe sounds amazing and looks just as good. I have to some research on juicers.
This recipe looks like a delicious way to get some much needed nutrients! Thanks for posting!
Can’t wait to make this!
Carrot juice is my favorite thing to make in my juicer 🙂
This looks awesome! I need to try more recipes like this 🙂
This looks amazing! Now I need a juicer!
This looks delicious! I am looking at getting a juicer and would love to try this recipe out! Thank you for sharing!!
I could totally do this recipe… without the kale 🙂 Looks yummy!
Looks yummy! Now I need a juicer. ????
This sounds delicious on a nice summer day.
This sounds divine!
We got our juicer for Christmas and we always make the exact. same. juice. I cannot wait to try this!
This looks so good! Full of good nutrients and cool for summer!
This looks so so good! Especially right now in the hot summer heat!
I feel like it’s that time of year. My son is just getting over his virus and now my husband has been taken down. I’m going to have to start chugging this so I hopefully avoid it. It sounds really good!