Make a Last Days of Summer Juice
Description
The fruits in this juice are super sweet and very juicy.
The taste is tangy and minty with a slight hint of spice from the ginger. Great cold the next day from the fridge and poured over ice for breakfast on a hot summer morning.
Ingredients
1 pineapple
6 plums
1/2 rockmelon or honeydew melon
1 mint leaves (bunch)
1 ginger piece 2cm
Juicing Time: 6 mins
Juice Qty: 1100ml
Serves: 4
Preparation
Pineapple
Slice off the outer skin
Cut into long thin strips to fit down the chute
Chop the core into small chunks
Plum
Cut around the centre of the plum and twist into 2 halves
Cut around the centre again of the half with the stone
Twist into two quarters and remove the seed
Juice with skin on
Rockmelon
Remove the outer skin (you can juice it but it changes the taste)
Cut into small pieces to fit in the wide chute
You can leave the seeds intact as they easily go through the juicer
Mint
Remove the leaves from the woody stems
Ginger
Cut off a 2cm thick piece
Cut into thin slices leaving the skin on
Method
Start with the mint leaves. You can squash them into one handful and drop the whole lot into the chute of the juicer.
Add the plums next, a couple of pieces at a time. They will help push the mint leaves through.
Next, add the rockmelon one piece at a time.
Add all the ginger followed by the chopped-up pieces of pineapple core.
Finish with the pineapple adding one piece at a time and letting the machine push each piece through before adding more.
Tip: You can use any variety of plums and any type of melon for this juice recipe.
Health Benefits
Pineapple juice is filled with antioxidants, soluble fibre, and living water which keeps you full and hydrated at the same time. A perfect juice for weight loss during summer.
Just 1 cup of pineapple juice supplies over 50% of daily amount of manganese, a trace mineral important in energy production and antioxidant defenses.
Pineapple has been used as a folk remedy for centuries for a variety of ailments, particularly digestive problems.
Rockmelon is a sweet and delicious fruit that is a wonderful way to start your morning. It has over 19 vitamins and minerals that help to boost the immune system, detoxify the organs, and deeply hydrate and alkalinize the body.
Plums are also rich in minerals such as iron, manganese, potassium, phosphorous, and magnesium. The magnesium in plums works as a natural tranquilizer which can sooth your nerves and also work as a catalyst to reinstate your natural REM sleep.