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GIADA DE LAURENTIIS’ RISE AND SHINE GREEN JUICE RECIPE
This green juice morning power boost is how Giada De Laurentiis starts her day! She is SUCH a busy woman, it’s no wonder she had to find a way to give herself nutrition that’s enough to get her going in the morning, and help get through grueling days of filming, touring, writing cookbooks and being a mommy & wife. We see why she recommends this green juice mix, and it’s one of our favorite whole juice recipes here at Blender Babes to make with your Blendtec or Vitamix blender, which is why we included it in our Free 21 Day Green Smoothie Challenge. We made it a whole juice and kept all the fiber. Of course if you don’t own a high powered blender, here are tips for making this green juice recipe with a regular blender! 🙂 Giada’s green juice is packed full of some of the most rich in vitamin/powerhouse veggies and fruits you can find, including spinach and carrots. It is sure to give you that needed boost in the morning, while protecting you from viruses and illness throughout the day. You’ll thank Giada De Laurentiis for your the energy boost this juice delivers!
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Rise and Shine Juice
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups filtered water
- 1/2 cup baby spinach
- 2 apples halved and cored
- 2 carrots medium, scrubbed
- 2 celery sticks
- 1/2 of a large lemon's juice
- 1 to 2 inch piece of ginger peeled
- 1 cup ice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into the blender in the order listed and secure lid.
- For Blendtec: Press the SOUP* button.
- For Vitamix: Select VARIABLE, speed #1. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to VARIABLE, speed #10, then to HIGH. Blend for 1.5 minutes or until smooth. Serve immediately.
- All done! Enjoy!! Now take a photo, rate it, and share your accomplishments! 🙂 Tag @BlenderBabes & #BlenderBabes
Notes
Nutrition
HEALTH BENEFITS OF CARROTS
Carrots contain an abundant amount of vitamins and minerals and are a tasty way to add extra nutrition to the diet. A study on cancer prevention showed that the beta-carotene in carrotshelp reduce cancer. While it lowered the rate of lung cancer and breast cancer, it’s most impressive results came from the reduction of the risk of colon cancer by an impressive 24 percent. Regular consumption of carrots could also improve your heart and reduce the risk of a coronary event. It’s not just a wives tale that carrots are good for the vision. Not only is a combination of carrots and olive oil simmered slowly helpful for dry eyes and night blindness, adding carrots to the diet also reduces the risk of age related muscular degeneration by as much as 40 percent.
George Pool LOVE IT!!! Well said 🙂
JUST JUICE. Sure there are always going to be better juicers, better cars, better etc… Just go with what you've got, adapt, overcome and well, juice! It is all good, you don't have to have the best and brightest machine – just the best and brightest mind…
Yes, these two are the best high powered blenders on the market which makes whole food juices. Read our review here: https://www.blenderbabes.com/blender-babes-101/blender-reviews/blendtec-vs-vitamix/ You can also make this with a regular blender, just make sure to chop everything up really small and use more liquid. 🙂 You can also make this an extracted juice version with your traditional juicer!
This sounds awesome and I've been a big juicer for 20 years, but…the two blenders listed are between $350-$450?
Does anyone know what kind of juicer Giada uses.
It looks like this one
This makes 5 cups. How many people does that serve?
Hi Bonnie! 🙂 We usually halve the recipe ingredients for 1-2 people (but use 8 oz of water so it's still a juice), otherwise 5 cups can serve anywhere from 2-4 people depending on how much you want to drink. We easily drink 16-32oz of green smoothies per person. If you have extra, we recommend using a mason jar and freezing – then thawing overnight for mornings you're in a rush! 🙂 xoxo ~Blender Babes