Juice veggies, be fit

Looking for vegetarian, gluten-free, nourishing, green food? Well, vegetable juice is the answer. 

They are packed with essential vitamins and minerals and when consumed once a day, they shows visible results in a month or two on your skin and hair, when accompanied with a healthy lifestyle. Here are a few recipes you can try at home.

Cool cucumber

Take two medium sized washed and peeled cucumbers and grate them (you could also cube them and then pulp them in a blender).

Strain the pureed/grated cucumber and serve over ice in a tall glass. You could add a few small cubes of cucumber to the drink.

Nutritional content

100 gms: 

- Vitamin K - 21%

- Vitamin C - 5%

Tangy and green

Peel and cube kiwis and green apples. Blend in a food processor with a few mint leaves and pour in a glass to serve. Garnish with a sprig of mint leaves.

Nutritional content

1 cup or 177 gms: 

- Vitamin C - 273%

- Calcium 6%

- Iron, Vitamin A - 3%

A glassful of health

Wash and blanch handful of spinach and a few florets of broccoli. Chop and put in a processor to blend. Add a few sprigs of celery and a dash of lemon juice.

Spinach nutritional content

1 cup or 30 gms:

- Vitamin A - 56%

- Vitamin C - 14%

- Iron - 5%

Broccoli nutritional content

100 gms:

- Vitamin C 149%

- Vitamin A 12%

- Calcium 5%