Mean Green Juice

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is what are the recipes I'm using. 

With this post, I'm going to tell you what my daily routine is, and then tell you the recipe for my regular daily main juice - Mean Green. In another post I'll share other recipes.

In the morning before work, I juice 2 different drinks. The first that I do is a fruity combo for my breakfast. The second I do is the Mean Green drink (found below) that will be my nourishment for the work day through around 5pm. When I'm home, I'll typically make another drink for dinner and that's usually a fruity combo. 

The Mean Green juice is really my staple dietary sustenance. It makes up the majority of what I drink during the day. They say it's best to start your day with fruits and move into vegetables later on in the day, so I'm following that model (mostly everyday...there have been a few days I've switched and had Mean Green for breakfast then fruity stuff for during the day...but not often, and only when I really need a change!)

The Mean Green juice took a little perfecting taste wise. I'm going to assume that your taste and mine are different so I'll give you the original recipe for combo of fruits and veggies, then I'll tell you how I make mine. 

Mean Green Juice

5-6 Kale Leaves

2 Green Apples

4 stalks of Celery

1 Inch of Ginger

1/2 Lemon

1 Cucumber

That's what Joe Cross (from the documentary I told you about in the last post) juices together and calls his Mean Green juice. Now, I tried this first off. And it was disgusting!!! I mean terrible!! I LOVE sushi...but I hate the taste of the ginger that comes with it. So I never eat the ginger. Just because it's juiced, doesn't change the taste of it, so I've opted to leave out the ginger. Just can't handle it! I also leave out the celery. I tried it a couple of different ways (using less celery) and the celery taste was always just way too strong for my liking (even using just one stalk). So, I opt to leave out the celery as well. But, since I've taken out things that are good for me, I've replaced those things with other things that are good for me that are more palatable to my taste buds. So here's what MY Mean Green has in it everyday...

Melissa's Mean Green

5-6 Kale Leaves (stalks removed)

2 Green Apple

1 Whole Lemon (peeled - you can leave the peel on but I find it's too bitter)

1 Cucumber

2 Carrot Sticks

1 Handful of Spinach Leaves

This recipe makes enough for 2 large servings of juice which is perfect for me to cover my long work day! I bought a Coleman thermos, keep it in the fridge to stay cold and fill it up with Mean Green to take with me for the day. Stays cold all day long. Works perfectly!!!