In addition to washing hands frequently, wearing masks in crowded places,… strengthening health is also a self-protection measure against COVID – 19 that has caused confusion recently. Let’s get into the kitchen with TasteVN to make 4 nutritious juices to boost immunity!
1. Spinach and Celery Juice
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Spinach and Celery Juice Serves 2 glasses
Spinach 4 branches Celery 2 branches Apple 1 fruit Lemon 1 fruit (seedless) Baby cucumber 2 fruits
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh celery
- First, you should choose fresh, young celery bunches with even leaves that are not wilted to ensure a fresh and cool taste when drinking.
- Additionally, you should select young white stalks, thick stems and leaves, few roots, round and even stalks, and thick bodies because they will yield more juice and have a less pungent, bitter taste, making them easier to drink.
How to choose fresh spinach
- First, you should choose green, fresh spinach bunches that still have roots.
- Avoid selecting plants with broken stems and leaves, damaged, or wilting as they contain less water and are no longer fresh.
- Opt for lighter green leaves instead of dark green ones, as these leaves are younger, more nutritious, and not too tough to eat.
How to choose fresh apples
- Regarding color, you should choose apples that are uniformly red without bruises or many blotches.
- You should select apples of moderate size because overly large apples tend to be mealy and less sweet.
- An apple should feel heavy; gently tap it with your finger, and if you hear a clear sound, it is usually a solid, tasty apple.
- Fresh apples typically still have their stems, which should be firmly attached to the body. Avoid buying apples with wilted or fallen stems as they have been stored for a long time and are no longer fresh.
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How to make Spinach and Celery Juice
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Prepare the ingredients
First, cut off the old roots of the spinach. Remove the leaves and old roots of the celery, then use a knife to cut it into short pieces about 3 cm long.
Wash the celery, cucumber, apple, and spinach with water, then soak them in a bowl of diluted salt water for about 10 minutes and rinse them again, then drain.
Cut the apple into small pieces. Peel the lemon and cut it in half.
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Make the juice
Gradually add the ingredients including apple, cucumber, lemon, celery, and spinach into the juicer and juice them.
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Final product
Pour the juice into a glass, you can drink it right away or put it in the fridge to cool before enjoying. A glass of spinach and celery juice with a refreshing green color is very eye-catching, attracting the attention of many people.
The slight sourness of the apple and lemon is very stimulating to the taste buds. Especially, the fragrant smell of spinach mixed with the strong aroma of celery contributes to making the drink really appetizing.
2. Ginger carrot juice
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Processing
5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Ginger carrot juice Serves 2 cups
Carrots 2 pieces Ginger 1 piece Lemon 1 fruit Honey 1 tablespoon
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- First, you should choose carrots that are bright orange in color, with fresh green tops tightly attached to the root because these carrots were harvested not long ago and have fewer preservatives.
- Do not choose carrots with wilted tops, bruised or slimy parts, with dark spots, that feel soft when pressed, or have an unpleasant odor.
- Do not choose overly large carrots, with thick tops and shoulders, as these carrots are old, fibrous, and have less nutrition, making them not delicious for juicing.
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How to make Carrot Ginger Juice
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Prepare the ingredients
First, peel the carrots, wash them thoroughly, and cut them into thick slices about 2 cm.
Then peel the lemon, cut it in half. For ginger, peel it, wash it, and slice it thinly.
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Make juice
You put carrot, ginger, and lemon in the juicer in turn, and extract the juice.
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Finished product
You prepare a clean glass, add 1 tablespoon of honey to the glass, then pour in the carrot and ginger juice, stir well and enjoy. The juice has a bright color, is refreshing, and has a delicious, mild taste, really shouldn’t be missed.
3. Pineapple, spinach juice
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Processing
5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pineapple and Spinach Juice For 2 cups
Spinach 5 branches Pineapple 1/8 fruit (aromatic) Baby cucumber 2 fruits Filtered water 20 ml
How to choose fresh and delicious pineapple
- You can check the freshness by pressing your finger into the pineapple. Good, fresh pineapples should not be too hard or too soft, and your finger should not sink in when pressed.
- It is recommended to choose pineapples with larger eyes as these fruits ripen naturally and are not artificially ripened.
- You should choose pineapples that are slightly round and short because these fruits have more flesh and will yield more juice when pressed.
- Delicious pineapples will have a very fragrant smell when ripe. Pineapples that have turned yellow-brown or have a slightly sour, fermented smell are overripe and should not be purchased.
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How to make Pineapple and Spinach Juice
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the spinach and cucumber thoroughly, soak in diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, then rinse again with clean water and drain.
Peel, core, wash, and cut the pineapple into small pieces.
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Juicing
Put the ingredients spinach, pineapple, and cucumber into the juicer one by one to extract the juice. Finally, add a cup of filtered water into the machine.
Tip: While juicing, add 20ml of filtered water to make the juicing process easier.
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Finished product
Pour the juice into a glass and enjoy right away or refrigerate as desired. The glass of pineapple spinach juice has the fragrant smell of pineapple, and the spinach adds a refreshing quality. All combined, they create a refreshing and lightly fragrant drink that captivates anyone.
4. Orange juice, carrot
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Processing
5 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Orange and Carrot Juice Serves 2 glasses
Carrot 2 pieces Apple 2 fruits Ginger 1 piece Sweet orange 2 fruits
How to choose fresh sweet oranges
- You should choose oranges with fresh skin, shiny surface, feel heavy when held, and when you squeeze the skin, you feel oil coming out.
- Avoid choosing very large oranges with rough skin and yellow on one side, as those with uneven yellow color may be sunburned oranges, dry, and have little juice for pressing.
- It is recommended to choose oranges that are upright, balanced, and not deformed, as these are usually the delicious oranges.
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How to make Orange and Carrot Juice
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel the carrots, wash them, and cut them into pieces about 2 cm thick.
Next, wash the apples and cut them into 4 parts. Then, peel the ginger, wash it, and slice it.
Similarly, for sweet oranges, peel them, cut them into 8 pieces, and remove the seeds.
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Juicing
You sequentially put the ingredients apple, ginger, orange, carrot into the machine, and juice them.
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Final Product
Turn off the juicer and pour the freshly made juice into a glass; the orange, carrot juice has an eye-catching reddish-orange color. The vegetable ingredients are rich in vitamins, and drinking it is very good for health.
Not only that, the gentle aroma of carrots combined with the mild sour taste that stimulates the palate of oranges and apples makes the drink very refreshing and cooling.
With the instructions on how to make fruit juice above, TasteVN hopes you can easily make fruit juice at home, supplement vitamins and nutrition, and build enough immunity to fight against the Corona pandemic.
