Jugo Verde Recipes

Good Morning Anonimo,

Here's another one for your collection. Yours sounds very good except for the "nopal" part. I don't know why, but I just cannot get into nopal in any form. Oh well!

My wife surprised me yesterday with a great cool and refreshing drink made with one large pitcher of water and one very large cucumber peeled and put in the blender, after liquefying the peeled cucumber she added it to the water and also added the juice of a lime. I have to tell you I was a little skeptical, but after trying it, I can tell you it was really a great refreshing drink to have with a lite lunch.

robt65

Jugo verde seems to be a blend of fresh ingredients such as pineapple, nopal, celery, parsley spinach, et al. It HAS to be very good for you!

My favorite way to make it, so far, is to wash and disinfect all the fruits and vegetables in advance.

Then I put into a heavy duty blender, 2-3 small slices of pineapple, a de-spined (of course!) nopal pad or two, cut up in small pieces; a stalk of celery, a few leaves of raw spinach or chard, a big handful of fat leaf parsley, stems and all. I fill the blender jar about 3/4 full with high quality apple juice, such as Kirkland Extraccíon En Fresco Jugo de Manzana.

Sometimes I may add a section of ripe banana or a goodly piece of apple.

If you are hypoglycemic or diabetic, you may prefer to make it with water instead of apple juice. Opinions on that vary.