Ever wanted an easy breakfast that’s sure to wake you up? Why not try this delicious yet simple recipe for green lemonade?!
Juicing seems to have become a trend overnight. There are juice bars, juice cleanses, juices for everything, and for good reason! Juices help to cleanse our bodies, and fill us with nutrients we might not get elsewhere. And sometimes it’s hard to swallow those dark, leafy greens, so juicing is a great way to get in those extra veggies.
Once I gave up coffee, I still felt like I needed to replace it with something in the morning. I love to drink water with apple cider vinegar as soon as I wake up to flush the toxins, but I still needed a little jolt. Enter green lemonade.
I’ve seen many recipes for green juices, but I wanted something that would be good for our girls and I to try. I also wanted something that wasn’t too tart, with just a touch of sweetness. And green apples are the perfect ingredient to give your green lemonade a little natural sugar kick in the morning!
So after playing and experimenting I’ve found the perfect balance for the kids. This green lemonade is one of our favorites juice recipes to have in the mornings, and surprisingly the kids love this! Not just the finished result either, but they also enjoy helping to prepare the produce, and throw it in the juicer. (Safely and supervised of course!) Who knew getting kids to drink their veggies could be so easy and fun?!
simple & delicious green lemonade recipe
- 1 cup organic spinach
- 2 granny smith apples
- 1 lemon
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 cucumber or zucchini
- 1 stalk celery (optional)
- Add all the ingredients to juicer, but put the lemon in last!
- If you are juicing for your kids, up the recipe to 2 cups of spinach, 3 green apples, and a full cucumber or zucchini.
I hope you all enjoy this morning pick me up as much as we do! Keep in mind, you can make this in batches and store in a sealed mason jar for up to three days.
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Yum! Sounds delicious.
This drink looks AMAZING! I’ve been into juicing latey, so I’m going to try this! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
What a marvelous method of sneaking spinach into the kids diet. The green lemonade looks really interesting. I’ll have to try it!
Great healthy and delicious recipe! Thanks. I’ll have to try this out!~
Definitely adding this to my juice repertoire!
I want to try these but haven’t yet. What’s it taste like?
That is an adorable picture!! I have wanted to get a juicer but haven’t yet. Love my green smoothies though!
Thank you! I’m always looking for new drinks. Pinned. 🙂
I Love This! We recently started juicing after our son was completely taken off of all artificial coloring. http://www.goofballmommy.com/colorfulbehavior/
I love this! Definitely trying tomorrow! Cross your fingers he loves it!
Wow – I am reading this now!
I think I could do this green juice! Doesn’t sound too bad! 😀
Oohhh. I love green juice. I will try this one soon.
It’s our favorite – girls down it!
This looks delish.. and your girls are so cute!!
Great juicing recipe. Really amazing, thanks for sharing.