Drink

Green Leaf Juice

Serves 2 · 10 minutes

| Beverages This blend of green leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs makes a complexly flavored beverage. Increasing the citrus taste from the pineapple and the lime helps make the green juice more palatable. The ginger adds an additional layer of complexity.

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Ingredients

120 mL (½ cup) freshly-squeezed lime juice
490 g (17 oz / ½ each) pineapple
238 g (8 oz / 6 leaves) Swiss chard or collard greens
124 g (4 oz / 1 bunch) fresh cilantro
26 g (1 oz / 1 piece) fresh ginger root

Method

Squeeze the lime juice into the container where the juice extractor dispenses the juice.
Cut the pineapple, removing the outer spiny flesh, the top, the bottom and the pithy core.
Cut the pineapple into long thin strips that can be easily inserted into the juice extractor. Run the pineapple through the juice extractor.
Tear the greens into smaller pieces that can be put into the juice extractor easily. Run the greens through the juice extractor.
Run the cilantro through the juice extractor.
Run the ginger root through the juice extractor.
Stir the juice mixture well, and serve the green juice over ice.