Easiest Carrot Juice Recipe Ever

I am so excited to share the Easiest Carrot Juice Recipe Ever! Sometimes I am late jumping on the bandwagon, and this is one of those times - with carrot juice recipes. This is delicious and also has variations like Carrot Juice and Ginger, Carrot and Orange Juice - the sky is the limit. Did you know that you can even make carrot juice in the blender?

Health benefits

Carrots are good to eat and good for you. They contain 3 important nutrients: beta carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin. Carrots are great for eye health and more.

They are:

• Beneficial for eye health.
• May help reduce oxidative stress, lower cholesterol, and boost bile production. (source)
• Can help with weight loss.
• Plus more...

Be sure to check out the 8 Heath Benefits of Carrots for more reasons to include this bright veggie in your menu planning.

While you can make this juice recipe with either a juicer or blender, watch the video to see just how easy it is to make using a juicer. Then I will give the blender instructions!

Using a blender

Raw carrot juice can be made in a juicer or even with a blender. I have a Breville Juicer now and I'll share my review of 2 different models in a minute.

But, if you don't have a juicer, never fear, as long as you have a blender, you can enjoy the taste and nutritional punch that fresh veggie juice gives.

The amount of carrots used depends on the amount of juice you want. For 1 medium sized glass of carrot juice, start with 3 - 4 carrots.

1. Wash carrots and cut into chunky pieces.
2. Place carrot in the blender.
3. Fill blender with water to about ½ way up level of the carrots.
4. Blend until well blended.
5. Place a nut milk bag or cheesecloth bag in chosen glass or container to catch the juice. Or, line a mesh strainer with cheesecloth and place over glass. I find that the cheesecloth helps catch the fine particles of pulp.
6. Pour blender contents into the bag and squeeze as much of the juice as possible into glass.
7. Enjoy.

Be sure to save the pulp (it can be frozen) for use in other recipes like Carrot Muffins with Raisins and Nuts.

But, one important aspect of juicing, like eating, is to make sure you have variety! You should experiment with all kinds of smoothies and juices. Play with the ratios and see what you like.

Variations

Here are a few of my favorite variations for the basic Carrot Juice recipe - remember, the sky is the limit and these suggestions are meant to get your creative juices flowing!

Be sure to check out the recipes in the links for the specific proportions of veggies, fruits and other ingredients.

However, the process is the same for all: I wash all vegetable and cut if necessary to fit into juicer. If using a blender, add water to half the level of the vegetables unless otherwise noted, blend and strain.

1. Carrot Juice Recipe for Weight Loss

Who says losing weight has to taste bad? With my Carrot Juice Recipe for Weight Loss you will be surprised at just how delicious the combination of carrots, cabbage, cucumber and ginger can be!

2. Carrot Juice with Orange Juice Recipe

Made with carrot juice along with oranges and a surprise of mint, Cold Pressed Carrot Juice Recipe is a refreshing treat!

3. Carrot Juice with Pineapple and Mango

Made with carrot juice along with pineapple and other tropical fruits, Fruit Punch Carrot Juice is delicious!

If using a blender for this, be sure to use ¼ - ½ c. pineapple juice. Use the juice from the canned pineapple if not using fresh. If using fresh pineapple, add water instead.

4. Green Carrot Juice Recipe

Green Carrot Juice Recipe adds the powerful nutritional punch of kale to carrots, apples and celery.

5. Immune Boosting Carrot Juice - Carrot with Ginger

With a hint of ginger, Carrot Superfood Juicing Recipe has other immune building and stimulating ingredients (like oranges, ginger and turmeric) that everyone will enjoy!

Breville Juicer Review

I really enjoy carrot juice but to take the time to do it is another story. It is not so much the juicing but, the clean-up afterwards. You know, the juicer itself - it can really be a pain to get clean!

Then again, there are some juicers that leave quite a bit of juice in the pulp. Cheap, frugal or whatever you want to call it, when I see the pulp still wet with juice, I think I need to run the pulp through a second time - talk about a mess!

Imagine trying to fill the feed spout with pulp that has already gone through the juicer - take my word for it, it is messy! Well, that has all changed - thanks to my new juicer!

My new Breville juicer that I am absolutely in love with is the Breville Juice Fountain Duo (available from my affiliate partner).

Now, not only do I now juice vegetables as part of our dinner (Carrot Juice is now a staple!), but we use it to juice grapes for the pH and Brix testing. This testing is one way that we test the grapes to see how ripe they are. Does that make it a tax write-off?

It all started when the children and I were visiting my mom and sister in Macon, Georgia. They had a juicer and I used it - carrot juice, kale and green veggie juice...

To further fuel the flame, I was treated to several fresh vegetable juices at a local juice bar - they were delicious!

So, I brought a Breville juicer home with me, in addition to a new dog!

Breville - 2 Models

I started out with the Breville Juice Fountain Plus, but after a few uses, felt that it would not hold up to the wear and tear of a large family.

Don't get me wrong, it was a great machine, but it had a lot of plastic that I was afraid would break. So, I traded up and bought the Juice Fountain Duo and have not been disappointed.

Other Differences between the two Breville Juicers:

• The Juice Fountain Duo has a whopping 1200 watts of power compared to the Juice Fountain Plus at 850 watts.
• The Juice Fountain Duo also has a second disc for fruits that makes them into a smoothie and the top has more stainless steel making it more durable.

Juicing

A video that ingrained the health benefits of juicing for me was Fat Sick and Nearly Dead (affiliate link) by Joe Cross.

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Joe was overweight and at 41 years old was on medicines for various illnesses including an autoimmune disease. Joe documents his 60 day fast (under a doctor's supervision) from beginning to end. And I bet you have guessed it - during the juice fast, he lost weight and was able to discontinue his medicines! It was such an inspiring journey to watch.

My husband John, and I had just been talking about our diet and the one improvement we thought that could be made was to include even more vegetables. We tried adding them to meals, and even cooking them in new ways.

But it was hard to make any habits stick. We wanted our kids to like vegetables, but more than anything we wanted them to stick to a routine that would sustain their health.

Enter carrot juice, other juice recipes and juicing in general!

At first, the children were a bit skeptical - after all. drinking your veggies is a bit weird, but one taste and they were hooked! We can drink 5 lbs of carrots with other fruits and vegetables added, in one sitting! Could we eat that much? Probably. But would we? Probably not!

I was so inspired by the Fat Sick and Nearly Dead video that I decided to go on a 10-day juice fast.

At this point, I have to admit, it was pure vanity! I was hoping to get rid of some dimples that have appeared as the result of menopause. :( Just for my own comfort and satisfaction! But whether or not it helped my dimples, I was resolved to do it.

I felt confident that with my clean eating after coming off the GAPS diet that I would not have a lot of die-off symptoms - and I didn't. The main complaint during the 10-day juice fast was a lack of energy. I was at a good weight before beginning the juice fast and did not have excess pounds to lose, so when I began to lose weight, I felt it - fatigue was my main complaint.

Weightloss

Also, keep in mind that this is not going to be a quick fix. I know a lot of people claim that juicing helps people lose weight quickly. For some people, that's absolutely the case.

But not so for everyone! If you're juicing to lose weight, start by integrating it into your diet gradually. And of course, talk to your doctor before embarking on a major weight loss journey.

📋 Recipe

Easiest Carrot Juice Recipe Ever

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Servings 8 servings

Calories 171 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 5 pounds carrots
• 3- 4 stalks celery
• ½ lemon
• 4 apples - gala or granny smith
• ginger - a quarter size piece

Instructions

 

• Wash all vegetables.
• Cut if necessary to fit through the juicer.
• Peel ginger piece.
• Feed all vegetables through juicer.
• Pour into glasses and enjoy!

Notes

• If you are not a celery eater - start with 3 stalks and work up - do the same with the ginger - start with a small piece and work up.
• I don't even peel the lemon or apples!

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