3 favorite green juice recipes: energizing juice recipes for breakfast

Juicing recipes are quick and easy to follow: just throw all of these ingredients in your juicer and you’re ready to go! You can prep everything in advance to make your juicing even more efficient.

Super green juice: an energizing juice perfect for breakfast

This green juice is amazingly healthy, and is energizing – so it’s recommended as a breakfast.

Super green juice

This green juice is a fantastic and energizing way to start your day. Chop all ingredients and run it through your favorite juicer.
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Course: Beverages
Cuisine: Juices
Keyword: apple, bell peppers, carrots, celery, cucumber, ginger, green juice, greens, kale, lemon, orange, swiss chard
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 Servings
Calories: 172kcal
Author: Jen deHaan

Ingredients

  • 1 cucumber long
  • 8 celery sticks
  • 1 apple
  • 1 orange
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 bell pepper Red or Yellow
  • 1 bunch greens kale, chard, spinach, etc – to taste

Instructions

  • Wash and prep all ingredients (chop, peel orange)
  • Note that all ingredients can be prepped ahead, just add greens on the day you juice.
  • Run through your favorite juicer (masticating or slow juicer is great).
  • You can prep everything other than the greens in advance. This will provide a couple 16 oz bottles of juice. Enjoy!

Notes

Thank you to momV2, Pat d., for this awesome recipe!
Nutrition Facts
Super green juice
Amount per Serving
Calories
172
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
1
g
2
%
Saturated Fat
 
0
g
0
%
Cholesterol
 
0
mg
0
%
Sodium
 
63
mg
3
%
Potassium
 
955
mg
27
%
Carbohydrates
 
41
g
14
%
Fiber
 
9
g
38
%
Sugar
 
24
g
27
%
Protein
 
4
g
8
%
Vitamin A
 
15205
IU
304
%
Vitamin C
 
186.2
mg
226
%
Calcium
 
130
mg
13
%
Iron
 
1.6
mg
9
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Tried this recipe? Customized it?Let us know how it was in the comments!

Green juice: Lemon lime collards with lettuce

This juice recipe leaves you with a bright and refreshing green juice. Excellent for starting on green juice: it’s not bitter or difficult to drink, citrus forward taste, and has a beautiful bright green color to boot.

Lemon lime collards with lettuce green juice

This green juice is a great way to use up extra lettuce for a lower calorie vegetable based juice.
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Course: Beverages, Breakfast
Cuisine: Juices
Keyword: apple, green juice, lemon, lettuce, limes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 Servings
Calories: 172kcal
Author: Jen deHaan

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch collard greens
  • 1 head lettuce
  • 1 apple
  • 1 lime
  • 4 leaves basil
  • 1/2 lemon

Instructions

  • Wash and juice all ingredients and mix.
  • Use the apple and citrus pieces to push the greens and basil through the juicer if using a masticating juicer.
  • Optionally strain before drinking.

Notes

Add an additional apple for a sweeter juice.
Nutrition Facts
Lemon lime collards with lettuce green juice
Amount per Serving
Calories
172
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
0
g
0
%
Saturated Fat
 
0
g
0
%
Trans Fat
 
0
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
0
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
0
g
Cholesterol
 
0
mg
0
%
Sodium
 
22
mg
1
%
Potassium
 
366
mg
10
%
Carbohydrates
 
42
g
14
%
Fiber
 
5
g
21
%
Sugar
 
11
g
12
%
Protein
 
2
g
4
%
Vitamin A
 
2800
IU
56
%
Vitamin C
 
31.3
mg
38
%
Calcium
 
87
mg
9
%
Iron
 
1.5
mg
8
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Tried this recipe? Customized it?Let us know how it was in the comments!

Best Breakfast Green Juice

This is my favorite green juice recipe to run through my masticating juicer. Juicing these fruits and vegetables is simple and delicious every time. It tastes best on the day you prepare it, but I often make it the night before a big day and drink it first thing as an energizing breakfast (having it already prepared helps me avoid missing coffee! I’m still detoxing from coffee…)

Best basic green juice

This is my favorite green juice to have for breakfast. Tons of micronutrients gets you ready for the day. Save the pulp to add to the rest of your breakfast. 
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Beverages, Breakfast
Cuisine: Juices
Keyword: apple, celery, cucumber, green juice, kale, lemon
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 Servings
Calories: 231kcal
Author: Jen deHaan

Ingredients

  • 6 leaves kale
  • 6 stalks celery
  • 1 cucumber medium
  • 2 apples
  • 1 lemon

Instructions

  • Wash and chop all ingredients into pieces.
  • Juice all ingredients.
  • Strain if necessary.

Notes

I cut my celery into small pieces for the masticating juicer, but you do not need to for centrifugal juicers.
Nutrition Facts
Best basic green juice
Amount per Serving
Calories
231
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
2
g
3
%
Saturated Fat
 
0
g
0
%
Cholesterol
 
0
mg
0
%
Sodium
 
166
mg
7
%
Potassium
 
1624
mg
46
%
Carbohydrates
 
51
g
17
%
Fiber
 
8
g
33
%
Sugar
 
24
g
27
%
Protein
 
10
g
20
%
Vitamin A
 
17830
IU
357
%
Vitamin C
 
250.7
mg
304
%
Calcium
 
350
mg
35
%
Iron
 
3.6
mg
20
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Tried this recipe? Customized it?Let us know how it was in the comments!

Variations for these green juice recipes

Some of my favorite ways to adjust this recipe are to add basil or parsley.

What about fiber and pulp

Depending on the type of juicer you use, a little (or a lot) of pulp will make its way into your juice. This is good: the fiber is good for you, and helps naturally address the sugars in the juice you drink.

But you’ll always have some left over that doesn’t make it into your juice, of course.

Using the pulp

Your dog can have everything but the lemon. Save the lemon for last, and give the rest of the pulp to your dog before juicing the lemon. If you have too much pulp for your pup, simply throw it in the fridge for later!

To find ways to use the fiber (pulp) from the produce, see these recipes. We always recommend consuming the pulp as well, and having plenty of fiber in your diet! Subscribe to this site for pulp recipes! I’ll have some alternate uses coming up soon!

Where to find a juicer

We are planning to review and detail how to use our own juicers (or their latest counterparts) on this site. In the meantime, you can find some of the juicers we have at Amazon which is where we purchased ours. (We also have a hydraulic juicer that cannot be found on Amazon).

Breville Masticating juicer (we have the BJS600XL):




Jen deHaan
Jen deHaan

Jen is a plant-based nutrition enthusiast and vegan living in British Columbia, Canada. She has over 20 years experience in software, graphics, and art, including many years in Silicon Valley corporations. Jen completed the Developing Healthy Communities graduate program at Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Jen really likes dogs and dancing too.

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5 Comments

  1. Just used my juicer for the first time and made this… omg, it is delicious!! I already can’t wait to have it again tomorrow.

  2. When you are ready to get yourself a juicer, do make some research to determine how much heat they generate. Too much heat can generally destroy the nutrients you are trying to keep. The benefits of your drinking juice will be lost if the juicer generates too much heat and as such make sure to check this out before buying.

  3. 5 stars
    I love people share their own experiences and new recipe with others and inspire them to eat healthy foods.

    I visit youtube and blogs for new recipe and make them for family. It feels always great.

    Thank you for your recipe, I have to try this.

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