Melissa from Body be Burning shares her juice & smoothie recipes!

Let’s face it, fresh vegetable juicing is hip, sexy, and the hottest thing since Kool-Aid. It’s one of the easiest and quickest ways to take charge and kick-start your health. Think about the tons of amazing benefits you can experience with juicing and making smoothies, like: improved energy and clarity, feel and look better, healing properties that comes with all the antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals; cleansing and detoxification, hydration, alkalinity, and an overall sense of well-being.

Check out Melissa’s 3 recipe ideas (1 veggie, 1 fruit, and 1 fruit and veggie combo). You can juice it or blend it, your choice, but try to commit to making one fresh juice or smoothie at least 3 days this week.

What you’ll need: A juicer or a blender (and strainer), fresh fruits & veggies, and your taste buds.

Here are 3 recipes you can try or juice/blend any of the fruit and veggies you have in the frig. Keep it simple with 2-5 ingredients. Specific ingredients that change/improve the taste of your juice or smoothie are: ginger (use sparingly, a small pinch gives your juice a kick), lemon/lime, and apples (which lightly sweetens veggie juices). Give it a try!

Fruit Juice: Watermelon Pineapple
2 cups of Watermelon chunks
¼ of a pineapple cut into chunks with skin removed
1 cup of crushed ice
Blend all ingredients until smooth. Enjoy

Veggie Juice/smoothie: Kale Delight
3-5 Kale leaves
1-2 apples
½ lemon
1 cup of crushed ice (optional)
Blend all ingredients until smooth. Enjoy

Fruit/Veggie combo: Cleansing Beet Juice
2 grapefruits
1 medium beetroot
1 green apple
1 small lemon
1 cup of crushed ice (optional)
Blend all ingredients until smooth. Enjoy

Good luck and have fun with it! Remember to keep moving at least 30 minutes of consistent exercise. Let’s do it Divas!