Give Carrot Juice a Try
Try These Carrot Juice Recipes To Enjoy This Nutritious Drink
Whether you buy it in the store, or juice your own fresh carrots at home, you can't go wrong with some carrot juice to start off your day.
When exploring the world of vegetable juices, many people turn to carrot juice as their first experiments.
And why not? It makes for a very tasty and refreshing juice, and it's relatively easy to find in the supermarket cooler section. And of course for those who are making their own juices, carrots are one of the easiest veggies to whip into juice. No seeding, coring, peeling or chopping required.
If straight carrot juice is too strong or not to your liking, the most common blend is with apple juice. Many trendy juice bars or health food stores will offer juices with a carrot/apple base to them. Healthy, sweet and delicious.
Carrot juice packs a nutritional punch too, which makes it a favourite choice. Fresh carrot juice contains all the following vitamins and minerals:
- Vitamin A (beta carotene)
- Many B vitamins
- Vitamin E
- Potassium, magnesium
- Calcium, copper and iron
Carrot juice is particularly noted for it's very high beta carotene levels, which can aid in maintaining good eyesite, as well as strong bones and teeth. Though carrots are often said to have high levels of vitamin A, it's more technically correct that they have high levels of beta carotene. Your liver converts the beta carotene into vitamin A for your body to use.
If you are juicing your own carrots, choose those that are darker orange and firm. Pale or bendy carrots are past their prime. You'll get the most nutrition of you don't peel your carrots, but if you are worried about agricultural chemicals, then you might want to peel them.
Maybe I've convinced you to try some carrot juice in your daily drink routine. Here are a few juice blends to try if you want to get creative. These recipes are really best for those with their own juicers. Not all of these ingredients are available on the market in juice form.
I'm not including instructions because they are the same for all the recipes. Basically, prepare the fruits/vegetables as per your juicer requirements and juice away.
Cool Carrot Quencher
This is a good recipe for anyone new to carrot juice, since it is heavy on the apple juice for flavour. The cucumber makes if very fresh tasting.
- 5 apples
- 2 large carrots
- 1 stick of celery
- 4 inches of seedless cucumber
Sweet Veggie Blast
The beet makes this juice a nice shade of pink, but without overpowering the taste. Both vegetable and fruit juices in this recipe.
- ½ fresh beet root
- 1 apple
- 1 pear
- 2 carrots
- 2 sticks of celery
