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Healthy habits for kids: wild green juices

11/5/2012

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Sometimes I just can't believe that my children are asking on a daily basis for wild green juices! They LOVE drinking them and LOVE making them. To make green juices, a slow juicer really is best, and we have a manual one. This makes us not so dependent of electricity (we want to lower our carbon footprint, and it's also very convenient when we're on the road, hiking) and we get a workout everytime we use it :)

Greens are a very important food group, and an essential nutrient source for humans. It's so logical when you think about it: look around in nature. What is the single most omnipresent color? Nevertheless, most greens are considered 'waste' material, even though they are perfectly edible. Yes, it's really ok to ingest carrot greens and cauliflower leaves.

But the most nutrient dense greens are the wild ones. They may not be the most popular ones, but once you get to know them and feel their power, it's hard to go back. Plus they are free, not entirely unimportant if you consume a lot of them.

Here's one of our beloved wild green juice recipes:

  • one big handful of stinging nettle tops
  • one big handful of ground elder
  • one big handful of chickweed
  • one apple
  • 1/2 lemon (we leave the -organic- peel on for juicing, this way you get the essential oils as well. Makes the flavor more intense and adds detox and antibacterial properties to your juice).
Juice them all and drink immediately, in small sips ("drink your food and chew your drinks", remember?). Enjoy!
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