Vegetable Juicing and Smoothie

[Guy665]

Hi,

I have recently started juicing and making smoothies out of fruit and vegatables. However some of the recipes I have followed have a little too much fruit in them and I find them a little too acidic.

Does anybody have any good recipes or resources that could show me how to make good vegetable based juices and smoothies.

I'm talking green veg's etc as opposed to recipes that include a lot of oranges, lemons, apples, pineapple etc.

Thanks

[bdp]

Every morning my wife and I make the following smoothie in the Vita-Mix:

a few bananas
some blueberries
some nuts or seeds
a cup of cabbage
a large carrot
1 celery stalk
a beet slice
as much spinach as you can cram in there
soy milk, water, or juice
sweetener as desired

[Vantage72]

Dr. Oz Green Drink Recipe

* 2 apples, cored
* 2 big handfuls of spinach
* 1/2 cup of chopped parsley
* 1 celery stick, chopped
* 1 thumbnail length of ginger root, peeled
* 1 lemon - juice only (use peel slice for zest)
* 1 medium cucumber

Place ingredients in a blender, add 4 oz. spring water or a handful of ice cubes, then puree quickly for one minute. Makes two glasses of Dr. Oz's green drink.

The green drink has a strong taste and if you are used to drinking soda or sweet tea, the taste will take some getting used to. Dr. Oz suggests adding other items at first to sweeten the green drink to your taste.

Green drink - Optional ingredients:

* 2nd cucumber
* raw carrot
* unsweetened fruit juice
* banana

More smoothies (not really what you asked for but I thought I'd post it anyway)
Smoothie recipes:
Mango Pop

1. 1 mango
2. 1 handful strawberries
3. ¼ pineapple
4. 6 tablespoons (90ml) pineapple juice

Arctic Fruits

1. ½ pineapple, fresh or canned
2. 1 handful frozen strawberries
3. a few dashes of pineapple juice

Blueberry Bliss

1. 1 mango
2. 1 handful blueberries
3. Juice ½ lime
4. 100ml apple juice

Peachy Treat

1. 1 ½ peaches
2. ½ mango
3. ½ orange
4. 100ml orange juice

Fizzy Fruits

1. 2 handfuls blueberries
2. 2 handfuls of strawberries
3. 4-6 ice cubes
4. Sparkling mineral water

Ginger dream

1. 1 mango
2. ½ grapefruit
3. 1/8 grated ginger root
4. 60 ml apple juice

Watermelon whiz

1. 300g watermelon
2. 2 handfuls raspberries

Tangy Taster

1. ½ melon
2. 2 kiwi fruits
3. Juice of a lime
4. 4-6 ice cubes
5. Sparkling mineral water

Fruity vanilla

1. 1 mango
2. 2 tangerines
3. ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence
4. 100ml orange juice

Great grapefruit

1. 2 grapefruits
2. 2 mangoes
3. 6 ice cubes

Go mango

1. 1 mango
2. 1 orange
3. Juice of ½ lime
4. 50 ml apple juice