It’s interesting how sometimes we fall in and out of habits.
For a few years, I was using my juicer all the time. Making a morning green juice became something that I did several days a week. After all, I do love getting in a hefty dose of fruits & veggies first thing in the day to power me through the morning!
But somewhere along the line last year, I stopped using my juicer at home. I was still drinking green juice, I was just buying it out instead of preparing it myself.
I blame having to clean the juicer on my juice making laziness. I mean, let’s be honest, that thing is kind of a pain to clean!
Even so, I’ve decided to bring my at-home juicing habit back in 2017. I got back into my Jack LaLanne Power Juicer groove – which I swiped from my parents’ garage after it sat there unused for years and shipped it all the way across the country for me to use, starting my juice making craze – with today’s juice recipe: the Morning Sunshine Juice.
This juice combines a couple of winter produce favorites. We’ve got clementines, carrots, and radishes – with some ginger root added into the mix because I dig ginger in fresh juice. A little ginger gives juice a big zing!
Let’s talk about some of the benefits of this juice:
- High in Vitamin C and potassium and believed to help maintain healthy bones and aid in digestion, clementines are bite-sized nutritional powerhouses.
- Carrots and clementines contain beta-carotene – a form of Vitamin A that is great for your skin, hair and eye health.
- Carrots are a root veggie high in antioxidants. They’re rich in a whole slew of things, including Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, folate, potassium, iron, copper, and manganese.
- Radishes are also high in folate and potassium, and have antibacterial and detoxifying properties.
- With powerful anti-inflammatory effects, ginger is used in alternate medicine to help cure a variety of sicknesses – including nausea, the flu, the common cold and digestion issues.
The little glass packs a powerful health punch!
In fact, this juice contains 350 mg of Vitamin A (which is over 3x the recommended daily amount!) and 159 mg of Vitamin C (about 100 mg is recommended daily). Not too shabby!
Clementine & Carrot Morning Sunshine Juice
Ingredients
- 2 clementines
- 2 large carrots
- 2 large radishes about 3 oz
- 1- inch chunk of ginger root
Instructions
- Cut all ingredients into chunks, then juice everything into a glass.
- Add ice, stir, and drink up the goodness!
Nutrition
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Tell me… Are you a fresh juice drinker? What’s one healthy habit you’re getting back into this year?
This looks so delicious and refreshing!!I love ginger in my drink!
Me too, Nellie! Ginger gives juices & drinks a nice zing!
Haha! The beginning of this post gave me a good chuckle. 🙂
I used to want a juicer so bad but then I realized that the same thing would probably happen. I’d never want to use it because it’s a pain to clean, lol. But for this juice, I would make an exception. It’s so bright and I can imagine the flavors are super refreshing. Love!
Yea, it’s a little bit worse than the food processor to clean…. which I use nearly every day, so the cleaning part never stops me! Ha.
I have somehow never tried juicing, maybe it’s because I can’t get enough of my morning smoothies. I love all the health befits of this though!
I love smoothies too, at any time of the day really! 🙂
Yes, I love juicing! I feel so amazing when I juice consistently. I did fall off the wagon after my juicer broke after years of use. I started having health issues and decided I needed to get back at it. I bought an Omega and really love it. Quiet, easy clean up. I have a juice first thing in the morning and one or two again during the day. For me it’s worth the commitment and the benefits are great.
Awesome, Kim! It sounds like you are reaping the benefits of your commitment to juicing up some wonderful nourishment for your body – good for you! 🙂
If I don’t have a juicer, could I use a Vitamix for this?
Absolutely! You may just need to add in some water. I also have a Vitamix now and use it for juices.