Winter Warmer Juice

Every Saturday morning, I enjoy going to the Farmers Markets in Burleigh Heads. I love wandering through the various stalls, selecting all the fresh produce I need for the week from the individual farmers, as well as discover new, seasonal ingredients that I may have never used or tried in my cooking before. 

I recently discovered beetroot. Whole, fresh beetroot and not from a can! It's so easy to prepare and you can use the whole vegetable - tuber and leaves. I have been making this juice as to try to keep my immunity up during the Winter, and in an attempt to fight off any nasty Winter colds too. So far...so good! The beetroot is high in folate, manganese, magnesium and many essential vitamins and minerals, whilst the orange and apple are high in vitamin C; the carrot provides beta-carentine, whilst the celery is a good source of hydration. The spinach or beetroot leaves will keep your blood alkaline whilst the ginger has heating properties - keeping you warm regardless of it being a cool juice.

Ingredients:

1 x Whole Beetroot (peeled)

1 x Whole Carrot (peeled)

1 x Whole Orange (peeled)

1 x Celery Stick

1 x Whole Green Apple (peeled)

1 x Handful Spinach Leaves or Beetroot Leaves (Washed)

1 x Medium Cube of Fresh Ginger (peeled)

Method:

(This juice is best done in a juicer - preferably cold pressed - however any blender will do.)

1. Prepare all your ingredients by peeling the skins off, washing and dicing. 

2. Place each ingredient in the juicer one after the other, finishing up with the ginger last, unless preparing in a blender, then put all ingredients in together.

3. If a juicer was used, stir the juice before adding ice and serve. If a blender was used, then strain the pulp from the juice, add ice and serve.

4. Voila! Enjoy alone or with friends :-)