7 Easy Juice Recipes for Beginners (Juicer or Blender)
It’s convenient and budget-friendly to make fresh vegetable juices at home. If you’re looking for some easy juice recipes for beginners, you’re going to love this round-up of simple recipes including for celery juice, beet juice, cucumber juice, carrot juice, and more.
Juicing Recipes for Beginners
This list includes the easiest and best recipes if you're new to juicing. Find celery juice, carrot juice, cucumber juice, and more. All of these recipes are healthy and perfect for a juice cleanse, a juice detox, or just for everyday juicing.
Celery Juice Recipe (Juicer & Blender Instructions)
This is a very basic celery juice recipe that includes instructions for using either a juicer or a blender. If you're new to juicing, this is one of the most nutritious and easiest juices you can make.
Carrot Juice Recipe with Orange & Ginger
You are going to love this delicious carrot juice recipe that uses oranges and ginger. It is so zesty and sweet. This is another great recipe for juicing beginners as this one isn't green but is still very nutritious and naturally sweet.
Easy Beet Juice Recipe
Beets are naturally detoxifying and they are so delicious in this healthy green juice that also includes lemon, celery, carrot, and apple. This is a great vegetable juice that can promote energy. Plus, it tastes great so it's perfect for juicing newbies.
Vegetable Detox Juice Recipe
This healthy detox green juice is perfect for a juice cleanse, or just for everyday health. You can get creative and use whatever fruits and vegetables are in season. Parsley adds an extra detox punch.
Celery Cucumber Green Juice Recipe
Spice up your normal celery juice with this delicious combination that includes cucumber, apple, lemon, and ginger.
Spinach Juice Recipe (Juicer or Blender)
This simple Spinach Juice recipe is mild and tasty. Make it in a juicer or a blender.
Juicing Tips for Beginners
If you’re new to juicing, here are some of my tips.
- For the best flavor combinations, use a recipe until you have a good idea of which fruits and vegetables go well together. I’ve included some of my favorite juice recipes for beginners above (see my list of the best fruit juices if you don’t want to add veggies).
- Try to use as many vegetables as possible in your juice to keep the sugar content low (shoot for an 80/20 ratio of veggies to fruit). But, if your taste buds don’t like the strong flavor of straight vegetable juice, add some fresh fruits such as a green apple.
- Don’t forget about juicing herbs. Parsley is one of my favorites, but you can also juice cilantro, mint, and dill.
- You can prep your fruits and vegetables up to a few days before juicing to help spread out the work. Just store your chopped produce in the fridge until you’re ready to juice.
- Always be careful giving unpasteurized juices to kids, elderly, pregnant women, and anyone with a compromised immune system.
- If weight loss juicing is your goal, consider my round-up of the Juicing Recipes for Weight Loss or the Best Juice for Bloating.
Equipment You’ll Need
1. Juicer
If using a juicer, make sure it’s a masticating type juicer that can handle vegetables.
Citrus juicers, for example, aren’t made to juice hard vegetables like beets or carrots.
You can use a centrifugal juicer for soft vegetables, but a masticating juicer or a cold-press juicer (also called a slow juicer) is your best bet if you want to make mostly vegetable juice.
I recently purchased a wide-mouth vertical Omega juicer and I love it!
2. High-speed blender
You can also use a quality blender to make juice if you don’t want to buy a separate juicer.
To make juice using a blender, you’ll need the blender itself plus a nut milk bag, cheesecloth, or clean linen to strain out the pulp after you blend the fruits and veggies with water.
See my full guide for juicing in a blender.
FAQs About Juicing
Morning may be the ideal time because a juice can hydrate and energize you for the day. Some people don’t like to drink a lot of liquids later in the day, and that’s another reason why morning might be the best time to juice. That said, there are no rules saying you can’t drink a green juice or fresh vegetable juice later in the day for health benefits.
It is very dependent on the individual person as to how much juice you should drink a day. Some people may have a hard time digesting juice at the beginning, so it’s best to start with a small amount, like 2-4 ounces. Then, you can work your way up to 16 ounces or more a day.
Again, it is very individualized as to the benefits (or risks) of juicing. Most people enjoy feeling more hydrated and nourished after drinking a green juice first thing in the morning. Read more about what is beetroot good for and the benefits of juicing as part of a healthy lifestyle.
You can discard it, or use it your compost. Or, you can make Green Juice Crackers or Carrot Juice Crackers.
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Conclusions
Whether you’re new to vegetable juicing or you’ve been doing it for a long time, I hope you found some easy and delicious juice recipes in this round-up. These healthy juice recipes are geared toward people who are new to eating a healthy diet and want to add a healthy drink to their routine.
Feel free to share your favorite easy juice recipe in the comments. Happy juicing!
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About the Author: Carrie Forrest has a master’s degree in public health with a specialty in nutrition and is a certified holistic nutritionist. She is a top wellness and food blogger with over 5 million annual visitors to her site. Carrie has an incredible story of recovery from chronic illness and is passionate about helping other women transform their health. Send her a message through her contact form.
Note: this post is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider for recommendations related to your individual situation.
Such a great round-up of some easy, tasty, and nutritious juice recipes!
Beet Juice. I buy beets in the fall when on sale, I buy many pounds of beets, put them thru my juicer and freeze the juice. I mix beet juice with apple juice. I take it out of the freezer as needed. I drink one cup of
juice every other day.
These are all of my favorite recipes. I hope you love them too!