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Green Leaf Juice

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This blend of green leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs makes a complexly flavored beverage. Increasing the citrus taste from the pineapple and the lime helps make the green juice more palatable. The ginger adds an additional layer of complexity.

Total 00:10
Yield 2 cups

Ingredients

  • 120 mL (½ cup) freshly-squeezed lime juice
  • 490 g (17 oz / ½ each) pineapple
  • 238 g (8 oz / 6 leaves) Swiss chard or collard greens
  • 124 g (4 oz / 1 bunch) fresh cilantro
  • 26 g (1 oz / 1 piece) fresh ginger root

Instructions

  1. 1
    Squeeze the lime juice into the container where the juice extractor dispenses the juice.
  2. 2
    Cut the pineapple, removing the outer spiny flesh, the top, the bottom and the pithy core.
  3. 3
    Cut the pineapple into long thin strips that can be easily inserted into the juice extractor. Run the pineapple through the juice extractor.
  4. 4
    Tear the greens into smaller pieces that can be put into the juice extractor easily. Run the greens through the juice extractor.
  5. 5
    Run the cilantro through the juice extractor.
  6. 6
    Run the ginger root through the juice extractor.
  7. 7
    Stir the juice mixture well, and serve the green juice over ice.
Category
Beverages

Dietary Information

Vegan
Vegetarian

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Green_Leaf_Juice