Carrot Juice

CARROT GINGER JUICE
5-1/2 c. fresh carrots, cut into bite size pieces
1-inch fresh ginger
3 oranges (or any combination of the following:) 
       2-3 pears, 5-6 tangerines, 2 lemons or 2 limes
1 c. water
1-2 Tbsp. honey (to taste)
Instructions - Carrot Ginger Juice
  • Wash carrots under running water.
  • Use a vegetable scrubber or brush to clean them, rinse well.
  • Wash & carrots, and cut them in 1-inch pieces.

  • Add to blender, along with the other ingredients.
  • Run you machine (according to manufacturer's direction).
  • After you have ran it through a couple cycles on the blender, run it through a strainer and filter out all the pulp.
  • Serve your carrot juice immediate. 
Note:  We would typically make one blender full, and everyone has a glass, until the entire container is finished. 
CARROT BEET JUICE
1 c. beet juice (from about 8 oz. raw beets)
1 c. carrot juice (from about 20 oz. raw carrots)
1-1/2 c. apple juice (from about 16 oz. gala apples) 
1/2-inch knob ginger
2 Tbsp. fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice
2 Tbsp. honey
CARROT APPLE JUICE
2 c. carrots, diced
1-1/2 c. apple, diced
1-medium rib celery
1/2-inch knob ginger
2 Tbsp. fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice
2 Tbsp honey
8 oz ice cubes
Instructions Carrot Beet Juice
  • Put apples, ginger, beets, and carrots into a juicer chute to extra the juice.
  • Collect the juice in a large pitcher. (Optional: you can strain the juice with a fine sieve to remove any remaining bits of vegetables.)
  • Add lemon juice & honey to the pitcher and stir to dissolve.
  • To serve, divide the juice into 4 glasses and serve immediately.
Instructions Carrot Apple Juice
  • Wash everything thoroughly with clean water.
  • Peel and cut the carrots into quarters, vertically.
  • Peel the apple and slice them into chunks.
  • Chop the celery ribs into 3 equal parts. Scrape off the skin of the ginger.
  • Run all the ingredients through an intoxicating juicer.
  • Stir to mix the juice up.
  • Divide the juice into small portions, add ice cubes, and enjoy.

Health Benefits Drinking Carrot Juice

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Carrot juice is incredibly nutritious, providing potassium, several carotenoids, and vitamins A, C, & K. Drinking this veggie juice may help improve eye health, boost your immune system, and strengthen skin.

8 Impressive Benefits of Carrot Juice
  • Highly nutritious. Carrot juice is low in calories and carbs while packing numerous nutrients. ...
  • May improve eye health. ...
  • May boost immunity. ...
  • May provide anticancer effects. ...
  • May improve blood sugar control. ...
  • May improve skin health. ...
  • May boost heart health. ...
  • May protect your liver......

Carrots are packed with several vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, containing three particular nutrients:
  1. beta carotene (a form of Vitamin A),
  2. lutein,
  3. zeaxanthin (both latter are antioxidants)

These, when combined, help protect/enhance eye health, heart health, and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Besides, carrots can also help preserve brain health and have immune-boosting properties, perfect for the colder winter months. The beta-carotene can also provide skin protecting benefits, as it contains some UV protection! Not to mention that carrots have anti-cancerous properties with certain cancers. And the super dose of antioxidants works to protect the body from harmful free radicals and oxidative stress.
There are three (3) juices our family loves (beet, carrot & green juice).  All of them are delicious and super nutritious for you.

How to Juice Carrots

How Much Carrot Is There in One Cup? 
  • For one cup chopped, there are roughly 128 grams of carrots
  • For one cup grated, there are 110 grams of them.
It is hard to get an exact number of carrots in one cup— the way you choose to prep it decides how much you can get from one cup of it. The best advice we can give is to weigh your carrots by ounces or grams for the most accurate quantification.

Carrot Juice - With A Juicer - First scrub/clean the outside of your carrots well. If you’re using organic carrots you can leave them unpeeled, otherwise peel them – though, either way, peeled carrot juice will be brighter and sweeter.  Chop the carrots to a size that fits your juicer chute and then begin to feed the carrots through the chute.

Carrot Juice - With a Blender - You’ll need a high-speed blender for this (we use a Vita-Mix), to easily break up the tough carrot pieces. Peel and chop the carrots into 1-2″ pieces, then add around 1/4-1/2 cup of water to the blender too (to help the carrots blend without diluting the juice TOO much).  Blend it until pureed into a thick smoothie consistency.  Then sieve the juice. You can do this through a sieve, using a spoon to help press the juice out. Alternatively, use a nut milk bag and lightly squeeze it to get the juice out.

How To Use Pulp & Carrot Tops - Don’t throw away the leftover fibrous juice pulp. Instead, add it to smoothies, baked goods (like carrot cake and muffins or crackers), broths, breakfast dishes like these carrot cake overnight oats, and other drink recipes.   If you used carrots with tops (leaves), then you can make carrot-top pesto.  The pulp is also freezable to use over a longer period of time.

Cooking w/ Baby Bears