Carrots are a versatile nutrient packed vegetable that make a great foundation to a tasty juice. When was the last time you ate a handful of carrots in one sitting? My guess is never, but if you love to drink healthy juices this can easy be achieved.
Carrot really are one of nature’s super foods and can help reduce your risk of a heart attack, lower cholesterol, help clear up skin problems like acne, help to maintain good eye health and even fight the signs of early aging.
If you are not already adding carrots into your daily meal plan you are missing out on those extra vitamins, minerals, antioxidants as well as phytonutrients that the humble carrot provides, not the mention much needed natural sugars and fiber.
Of course you aren’t going to sit and eat five carrots that’s just unrealistic, but add those carrots into a tasty homemade juice with some other healthy and tasty ingredients and you’ve got yourself an energy boosting drink that offers up countless health benefits.
Here Are Six Delicious Carrot Juice Recipes That Taste Great
Creating your own fresh carrot juice is fun and easy, I recommend you begin by choosing one of the following a recipes.
1. Simple Carrot with Ginger and Lemon
This carrot juice recipe is great for those cold winter nights; it gives you a bit of a kick and will help keep any colds and flu at away.
Ingredients
4 large organic carrots, halved
½ inch piece of ginger root
½ lemon
Preparation
Wash carrots using water and a stiff vegetable brush to remove any dirt. Remove the green tops and slice the carrots to fit your juicer. Peel the ginger, and slice to fit your juicer. Chop the skin off the lemon, juice and enjoy.
2. Carrot Vitamin Boost
This mix of passion fruit seeds, ginger, and sweet carrots creates a luxurious flavor that you just have to try.
Ingredients
3 large organic carrots, halved
2 passion fruits, seeds scooped out
½ inch piece of ginger root
2 organic apples
Preparation
Clean and prepare all ingredients then add the carrots, then the passion fruit seeds, followed by the ginger root and then the apples into your juicer. Pour over ice and enjoy the tangy goodness.
3. Carrot Ginger Apple Juice
Nourish your digestive system with this classic yet powerful carrot juice elixir. Ginger is traditionally used to comfort stomach problems as well as strengthen the immune system so this combination is a winner.
Ingredients
3 organic carrots, halved
2 organic apples
½ inch piece of ginger root
Preparation
Clean and prepare the ingredients and add them one at a time into your juicer, once done simply pour over ice and enjoy this simple recipe.
4. Summertime Refresher
Want to keep cool and hydrated this summer? The simple yet tasty summertime refresher should hit the spot and will have you asking for more.
Ingredients
4 large carrots, halved
2 cups pineapple cut in long strips
½ inch ginger root
Preparation
Wash carrots using water and a stiff vegetable brush to remove any dirt. Remove the green tops and slice the carrots to fit into your juicer and peel the ginger. Feed the carrots, then the pineapple and finish with the ginger root then serve immediately over ice.
5. Tropical Purple Haze
Another great summertime carrot juice recipe that is sweet and refreshing and super easy to make.
Ingredients
3 celery stalks
5 large carrots, halved
½ inch piece of ginger root
1 cucumber, halved
1 cup of pineapple
1 beet, halved
3 parsley sprigs
Preparation
Wash carrots and other vegetables using water and a stiff vegetable brush to remove any dirt. Feed the carrots, celery, ginger root, cucumber, pineapple, beetroot and finally add the parsley through your juicer. Serve over ice and enjoy.
6. Skin Smooth Purifier
If you are suffering from skin problems like acne this carrot juice recipe is for you. Forget about those expensive chemical filled dermatological products and try this simple juice that is packed full of vitamin A with is a known key ingredient in many of the shop brought acne remedies.
Ingredients
5 large carrots, halved
Handful of spinach
2 large celery stalks
½ lemon
Preparation
Wash carrots and other vegetables using water and a stiff vegetable brush to remove any dirt. Feed in the carrots, spinach, celery and finish with the lemon through your juicer. Serve over ice and enjoy clearer skin.
How to Prepare You Carrots for Juice Recipes
Juice a carrot is pretty simple. Before you start any carrot juice recipe make sure to clean the carrot well, ideally with some sort of strong brush. Then remove the tops and bottoms of the carrots as these can sometime be toxic.
If your carrots are long or wide it might be a good idea to cut them in half before you add them to your juicer. But, first try and feed the carrot into your juicer as you may be surprised because carrots are one of the easiest vegetables to juice because of their long shape.
Once you’ve processed the carrot juice through your juicer, your healthy and tasty juice is ready to consume.
Benefits of Carrot Juice
Carrots are rich in vitamin A, C, among other necessary vitamins like; beta-carotene, folic acid, and small amounts of B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, biotin and E. Carrots also have magnesium, calcium, potassium, chlorine, sulphur, phosphorus, sodium, and small amounts of zinc, copper and iron.
Drink a carrot juice everyday to benefit the skin, eyes, improved bone density as well as purifying and feeding nutrients to your body’s cells.
Many people who are sick with terminal illness benefit from drinking large amounts of juice especially carrot juice due to its potent healing abilities.
If carrot juice isn’t already on your daily meal plan I highly recommend you make carrot juice recipes a staple in your home.