Healthy juicing recipes you can make at home

Research tells us that juicing can boost your immune system, remove toxins from the body, aid digestion and help you to lose weight.

Now is the time to get your juicer out and find some lovely seasonal fresh vegetables and fruit and get juicing.

Here are two fantastic health boosters for you to try – we found them in Allan Hirsch’s cook book.

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Pineapple and beetroot juice

At one stage I would eat anything except beetroot, however, I went to a relative once for dinner, at which beetroot soup was served.

Of course I had no choice but to eat it.

The taste was not as bad as I had envisioned. I now eat it regularly. I am sure you will enjoy this pineapple and beetroot juice.

Serves 2 – 3

1 pineapple, remove crown, peel, and cut along the length into quarters

3 raw beetroot, washed; trim off ends

400 ml cold, filtered water

3 ml sea salt

• On high speed, feed the pineapple into the electric juicer.
• Also on high speed, feed in the beetroot.
• Finally, add the water and salt, remaining on high speed for 30 seconds.
• Stir the juice and serve chilled.

Carrot, apple and ginger juice

Home-made juices, are a great way to take in those valuable nutrients; they also cleanse the body and alkalise the blood, boosting your immune system. Using an electric juicer will make this so much easier to prepare.

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Serves 4

1 kg carrots, washed, ends trimmed

40 g fresh ginger root, washed

3 apples, washed, stalks removed Ice cubes

• On high speed, feed the carrots into an electric juicer.
• On low speed, add the ginger.
• On high speed, add the apples.
• Stir the juice, add ice cubes, and serve chilled.

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