Friday is a dangerous day.
Friday afternoon, after a long week of words and dishes and more dishes and words… I feel very deserving.
I feel like I deserve a double cheeseburger with short ribs. I feel like I deserve a negroni or several. I feel like I should see how many Oreo cookies I can fit in my mouth… just so I know… in case anyone ever asks.
Maybe I am deserving of such indulgence. Maybe though… maybe I’m just eating my feelings a little bit. Real life. I’m just being honest.
Here we are staring Monday in the face. I’m ready for something green… and something a little less short rib-y.
A few months ago we talked about juicing. It’s totally a thing.
Takes some fruits and vegetables, mash them through a grind-y thing, drink the juice and hope it tastes good.
Today’s Apple Cucumber Celery Kale Ginger Juice definitely tasted great! Not like short ribs… but that’s good, right?
Let’s talk green, and you don’t even need a juicer to do it!
Spinach Kiwi and Chia Seed Smoothie. Spinach is totally drinkable, even without a juicer. Spinach grinds into a smoothie like a dream. Hidden greens. Not so hidden.
Kale Spinach and Pear Smoothie. Doubling the greens means super-hero status.
Super Spinach Smoothie is packed with greens and Amazing Grass Green Powder. Powerhouse!
Apple Cucumber Celery Kale Ginger Juice
1 cucumber, sliced
1 apple, cored and sliced
2 heaping cups kale leaves, stems removed
3 stalks celery, greens and all, cut into chunks
juice of 1 lemon
1 inch fresh ginger, unpeeled is fine
Press all of the produce through a juicer. Enjoy immediately. It’s green!
Lizzie
This is wonderful! Gonna share with our followers on instagram!
Aman
Love this def trying it out, once I buy new juicer mine broke!
Thanks for the recipe x
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Felicia S.
Just made this and I only added a banana. Absolutely delicious!
Thank you for the recipe.
Luv What You Do
That sounds like my kind of juice. I was thinking recently that my green smoothies were a little heavy on the fruit. I will definitely have to try adding celery and of course I love the flavor that ginger brings!
full of taste
perfect and healthy! :)
Pam
Joy! What kind of blender do you use for your smoothies?
Paola Parsons
I use a standard blender, nothing fancy.
culinarystorm
I feel healthier just looking at this! Spinach is great in everything :)
laura
When I open your site, automatically 30 pinterest windows (with nothing) opens in my browser. Why? It’s just me? Thanks. Lovely post, as always.
joythebaker
that’s so strange! let me look into this for you!
Mallory
Nothing makes Monday mornings better than some fruit and veggies!
India
Joy — I noticed you use bananas a lot in your smoothies. Is it to make them creamier? Can I just omit it? I like to taste the greens a bit more and not a huge fan of banana. ((I made one from your cookbook and it tasted like banana and pb)). Thanks!
Sarah Brown
Maybe I can bring myself to make one of these, so i can actually have some greens. Been having a hard time eating anything healthy since getting pregnant. Bread and Cheese seems to make up a majority of my diet, this could be a great addition! Thanks!
Laura@Transylvanian Kitchen
I love juicing!!! The problem is here is Transylvania people are not so used to it and I will probably chase away our visitors :P
anna
but feelings taste so delicious! i love your greeny pink smoothie one.
Kelly
This look and sounds delicious!
xx
Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
Kim @ The Moonlight Baker
Joy, I love how on any given day you never quite know what to expect on your site. A PB& Pickle sandwich, a big ol’ pie, a rice bowl, and juice in a week’s time? Ridic.
joythebaker
i’m a wildcard!
Kayla
Hi there!
I found this interesting because I am just starting to get into smoothies. I have one question though…I read that you cannot taste spinach in a smoothie when mixed with fruits and I want to know if that is actually true or not? Maybe I’ll throw some spinach in my next concoction.
ashley
I’ve found that as long as I include at least 1/2 of a banana, no spinach taste : )
ASHLEY
Love my morning smoothies. Today’s was DELICIOUS, surprisingly so. Spinach (lots), almond milk, 1/2 frozen banana and some frozen pineapple chunks. Playing mad-scientist first thing in the morning means I never measure, but yum. Need to buy more superfood powder (known as “dirt powder” in my house).
Thanks for turning me on to green smoothies two years ago, Joy!
nessa
This looks great and super healthy! Thanks!
Lindsey
awesome monday morning detox, i need one asap!
Lesley Mizer
Hi, Joy! I am with you on Fridays – that seems to be my indulgence day after eating veggies all week long! Thanks for another green recipe – I can’t wait to try it!
Ash
I need to get myself a blender. As in yesterday. The fact that CO is already temping in the 90’s means I want cool food. This and your deconstructed spring roll are high on my “currently craving” list.
Ash
{The Board and Wire}
shelly
I am amazed by the smoothie/juicing movement sweeping the nation. My dad told me he’s going to get one of those vitabullets. MY DAD.
I am too lazy to clean up a blender or a juicer to make this a regular habit.
Courtney @ Neighborfood
The Kale Pear Smoothie is one of my all time favorites! It’s my go to when I need ma greens! And I’m totally with you on the Friday night eat-my-feelings. “it’s been such a long, hard week. I need the greasiest pizza I can stuff in my face!” That’s me, alright.
fabiola@notjustbaked
I don’t have a juicer, I have thought about it, that as far as I got. I know I like juice, especially fresh carrot, that is my favorite. Seeing as I don’t have a juicer, I appreciate a good smoothie, even the double green super hero ones. I feel quite awesome when I drink those. And if it has lime in it to cut the bitterness, I am so down.
Seanna Lea
Those are gorgeous colors, but my brain doesn’t think they are drinkable until they are red or pale yellow or some other fruit color (we’ll ignore that I know kiwi and honeydew and limes are all green fruits).
I should try this anyway just to see if I can reeducate my brain, because I could use another way to get veggies into my diet.
Kenzie
Speaking of using vegetables for breakfast, this morning I made your cookbook’s Carrot Cake Pancakes and cream cheese spread! Not quite as healthy as a green smoothie but pretty darn fantastic and worth the carbs ;)
J.S. @ Sun Diego Eats
Tart elements like lemon, kiwi or ginger (or all 3 together!) are so necessary to make green juice yummy. I have been adding lemon and ginger to mine but you just reminded me I need to start buying kiwi again!!
mallory
This looks lovely!
I totally get the Friday-Monday food preference shift. Friday all I wanted was meat and bad things. This morning all I could stomach was yogurt and granola…can’t wait to get back to my blender and start making smoothies in the mornings!
Ariana
Nice! I will share with my mom she just bought a juicer. Of course I want to try it also!
Ariana
Shopaholic Undercover
Tia S.
Love kale smoothies; a friend of mine will simmer the kale, freeze it into cupcake holders, then throw the frozen kale into smoothies as the ice part. YUM.
Ashley
That is genius!
Elisabeth
1) Holla! You don’t even need a blender! I have one of those cheapie hand held stick blenders and it works wonders, too. So little to clean up.
2) Pre-washed spinach in a bag is a green godsend.
3) Grass powder added to my amazon wishlist for future spending.
Julia {The Roasted Root}
Delicious and nutritious! I’m headed to the kitchen now to make a green smoothie for breakfast!
dixya@food, pleasure, and health
i have been doing a lot of these green smoothies with some almond milk and its a great start of the day
Lisa @ Making Lifes Lemons
I want to make them for the colors alone!
xo Lisa
Making Life’s Lemons
Julie
I had a double cheeseburger last night! This morning I need a sippable cup o’ green.
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan
Monday always needs greens, Monday evening, needs cocktails!
Arthur in the Garden!
Wonderful things come from you! :-)
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
I love a good, green smoothie in the morning! I’ve made your Super Spinach Smoothie before and loved it! Looking forward to trying the other ones :)
Tieghan
Yes to this green drink! I need you on this monday!
Paula
Wow! Some great ideas for the forgotten juicer, thank you!
Jaime
My favorite morning juice is a cucumber, apple, ginger, kale like this one.. The only difference is I like to throw in a jalapeno or two. It adds an amazing flavor kick!
Jayne
Green liquids have never looked better!
Averie @ Averie Cooks
I did a 3-day juice fast last month and fell back in love with juicing, after not juicing for awhile and doing more smoothies b/c I hate dealing with juicer cleanup. Your juice combines some of my faves – ginger, cucumber and apple. I also love to juice beets and carrots. So pretty and refreshing looking!
Kezia
I’ve just made a juice – spinach, cucumber and apples. Yum!
Miss Kim @ behgopa
Wow the greenness looks so healthy and reviving. I want some!! I just got through my Monday (since the beginning of my work week begins Sunday). I could really use a glass of one of your greens to boost my energy as I head into the rest of the week.