| Calories per cup |
189 |
|
% Daily
Value |
| Dietary Fiber |
23% |
| Total Fat |
1% |
| (Saturated Fat) |
1% |
| Cholesterol |
0% |
| Vitamin A |
586% |
| Thiamin (B1) |
12% |
| Riboflavin (B2) |
13% |
| Niacin (B3) |
8% |
| Vitamin B6 |
27% |
| Vitamin C |
51% |
| Vitamin E |
7% |
| Sodium |
8% |
| Potassium |
24% |
| Carbohydrates |
15% |
| Protein |
9% |
| Calcium |
17% |
| Iron |
9% |
| Folate |
16% |
| Pantothenic Acid |
7% |
| Phosphorus |
10% |
| Magnesium |
15% |
| Zinc |
5% |
| Copper |
11% |
| Manganese |
38% |
| Selenium |
4% |
| DATA CALCULATED FROM INGREDIENTS USING A NUTRITION SOFTWARE |
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INGREDIENTS:
- 1½ cups carrot juice
- 8 prunes, pitted
- 1 banana
- 1½ cups alfalfa sprouts
- 1 tbs. honey
- ¼ cup fresh wheat grass
- 1 cup chopped collards or similar leafy vegetable
servings: 3 cups |
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The nutrition chart at the right and the simple
ingredients at the left speak for themselves. Below you can
see how to make The Green Drink |
Here's what you need:
You'll need a juicer to liquify all this...
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FIRST, ABOUT THOSE BOWLS OF GRASS...
 That's wheat grass and they have been grown in containers placed on a window
sill, as shown at the right. Wheat grass is a good source of certain nutrients. You can
read a lot about it at Wheatgrass.Com. One point the information at that site makes is that
outside-grown wheat grass is more nutritious than what is grown inside. Also, other kinds
of grass also serve well, such as barley. You should not be dissuaded from using grass
from agricultural fields or gardens not poisoned with pesticides.
Many Green Drink recipes do not include any kind of grass.
 The close-up at the left shows a tray of
barley grains lying atop the soil, instead of being buried. First a loose, moist soil not
containing weed seeds is placed into the container, then atop the soil a thin layer of
seeds is sprinkled. You can see that little soil shows between the seeds.
At first the tray should be covered to prevent the soil and seeds from drying out.
Before the seeds sprout it doesn't matter whether they are exposed to light or not. Once
the grass sprouts emerge from the seeds, however, the sprouts definitely need all the
sunlight they can get. Ideally you should cover the tray with something that lets sunlight
in, but doesn't let the moisture escape. Below is how you harvest the blades, leaving the
plant bases to produce further blades.
NOW JUICE YOUR CARROTS.
| Even in simple lives certain technologies and gadgets are
worthwhile and that's surely the case with juicers and blenders. Juicers enable you to
liquify many common, easily available and inexpensive vegetables and fruits. The resulting
juices can be made into very nutritious and tasty beverages. Blenders open up a whole new
world of nutritious eating. It takes about 9 carrots to produce the 1½ cups of juice
needed here. You can review various juicers, blenders and
books about juicing available online at Amazon.com by clicking here.
Other Green Drink recipes are available at http://www.greendrinkrecipes.com. |
THEN BLEND YOUR CARROT JUICE
WITH YOUR REMAINING INGREDIENTS.
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