Drink Your Greens: Tasty Green Lemonade Recipe

In the pacific northwest, I am blessed to be able to garden year round. While I had a few crops not fare so well this year, my kale on the other hand is going crazy. I have about 10 plants, each 4-5 feet tall full of beautiful, leafy goodness. This may be my all time favorite way to consume kale. With almost 700% of the rda for vitamin K, 300% vitamin C and 180% Vitamin A, it's hard to go wrong.



Ingredients*

• 3 small or 2 large lemons
• 1 cucumber
• 2 granny smith apples
• 1/3 green bell pepper
• 5 kale leaves OR 2 cups baby spinach

*Creative Green Living recommends purchasing organic juice ingredients when available

Instructions

1. Wash all ingredients thoroughly (even if using organic).
2. Cut away the peel of half of your lemons. 
3. Cut produce into pieces appropriate for your juicer. 
4. Juice all fruits and veggies together.

Yields approximately 2 servings (10 ounces each)
(Estimate based on my own experience using my Omega Nutrition Center juicer)

The following is the estimated nutritional info per serving for the above recipe:

Vitamin A: 134%  •  Vitamin C: 300%  •  Vitamin K: 684%  •  Calcium: 15%  •  Iron: 12%

Green Lemonade

Yield: 2

Author: Carissa B for Creative Green Living

Prep time: 20 MinTotal time: 20 Min

In the pacific northwest, I am blessed to be able to garden year round. While I had a few crops not fare so well this year, my kale on the other hand is going crazy. I have about 10 plants, each 4-5 feet tall full of beautiful, leafy goodness. This may be my all time favorite way to consume kale. With almost 700% of the rda for vitamin K, 300% vitamin C and 180% Vitamin A, it's hard to go wrong.

Ingredients

• 3 small or 2 large lemons
• 1 cucumber
• 2 granny smith apples
• 1/3 green bell pepper
• 5 kale leaves OR 2 cups baby spinach

Instructions

1. Wash all ingredients thoroughly.
2. Cut away the peel of half of your lemons.
3. Cut produce into pieces appropriate for your juicer.
4. Juice all fruits and veggies together.

Recommended Products:

Slow Speed Masticating Juicer

Nutrition Facts

Calories

205.82

Fat (grams)

2.02

Sat. Fat (grams)

0.27

Carbs (grams)

46.97

Fiber (grams)

13.29

Net carbs

33.68

Sugar (grams)

19.02

Protein (grams)

9.27

Sodium (milligrams)

103.61

Cholesterol (grams)

0.00

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About the Author:

Carissa B is a cookbook author and busy mom of two creative boys. The owner and lead writer at Creative Green Living, she has won multiple awards for her work on Creative Green Living including the "Best Green Lifestyle Blogger" award in 2019 from ShiftCon.

She is the author of the hardcover cookbook, Beautiful Smoothie Bowls, as well as the backyard chicken keeping guide: Proven Techniques for Keeping Healthy Chickens. Her recipes have been featured in Urban Farm Magazine and in several cookbooks where she was a contributing author. Follow her on Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter or join the Creative Green Living Tribe on Facebook.

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