Cookbook:Green Leaf Juice

| Beverages

This blend of green leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs makes a complexly flavored beverage. Increasing the citrus taste from the pineapple and the lime helps make the green juice more palatable. The ginger adds an additional layer of complexity.

Ingredients

 * 120 mL (½ cup) freshly-squeezed lime juice
 * 490 g (17 oz / ½ each) pineapple
 * 238 g (8 oz / 6 leaves) Swiss chard or collard greens
 * 124 g (4 oz / 1 bunch) fresh cilantro
 * 26 g (1 oz / 1 piece) fresh ginger root

Equipment

 * Juice extractor
 * Knife
 * Cutting board

Procedure

 * 1) Squeeze the lime juice into the container where the juice extractor dispenses the juice.
 * 2) Cut the pineapple, removing the outer spiny flesh, the top, the bottom and the pithy core.
 * 3) Cut the pineapple into long thin strips that can be easily inserted into the juice extractor. Run the pineapple through the juice extractor.
 * 4) Tear the greens into smaller pieces that can be put into the juice extractor easily. Run the greens through the juice extractor.
 * 5) Run the cilantro through the juice extractor.
 * 6) Run the ginger root through the juice extractor.
 * 7) Stir the juice mixture well, and serve the green juice over ice.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Kale can be used instead of chard or collard greens, but it is more bitter.
 * Measurements are listed as exact but precise measuring is not needed.