Easy 4-ingredient kale juice recipe that doesn’t taste at all like lawn clippings! Refreshing, hydrating and simply delicious, this green juice is more invigorating than coffee!
Health in a glass my friends, that’s what this apple, carrot celery and kale juice represents.
Now, I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with fresh juices.
The love part comes in when drinking the juice. Ah – now that’s good stuff.
The hate part comes in when I have to clean the juicer.
Geez, can it be any harder? Even the ‘easy-to-clean’ juicers still require quite a bit of work, separating all the parts and then cleaning them all with the little toothbrush cleaner thingie. It’s not my favorite thing to do in the world.
But drinking the juice? Oh – love love love.
So because of this love/hate thing, I prefer to make a nice big juice. If I’m going to have to do all that work for it, I better make it worthwhile.
So this juice is a big juice. It makes about a liter of juice. I’m going to say it serves 2 though, because why not drink a great big juice.
You probably don’t juice everyday (I definitely don’t), so when I do I want to make it count!
Get in all that good stuff, all those vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients in a nice BIG glass of green juice.
What you’ll like about this green juice is that it doesn’t taste like kale. Or you know, lawn clippings.
The carrot and apple flavors are strong enough to overpower that lawn clippings thing and the celery adds a delicious saltiness.
It’s actually so good it’s worth dusting off your juicer (and cleaning it afterwards) to drink this juice.
And really, it feels so good, you actually FEEL as if your cells are jumping up and doing a happy jive as this juice starts hitting your system.
And if you’re generally a kale fan, then you’ll also love our vegan kale salad and our kale chips.
What You’ll Need To Make This Juice:
Ingredient Notes
- Kale – can really be any kind of kale.
- Green apples – we love Granny Smith apples because they are firm and sweet and a tiny bit tart. They work really well in this green juice.
How To Make Kale Juice
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- Slice your apples, carrots and celery into juicer friendly pieces.
- Feed the ingredients into the juicer starting with kale, then celery, then carrots and finally apple.
- Stir the juice and serve!
Recipe Tips
Best when fresh. It’s ideal to drink your juice right after making it. It will keep for a day or two in the fridge, but in terms of flavor and nutrients, fresh is best.
Leftover pulp. You can throw away the leftover pulp or compost it. But if the thought of wasting it bothers you then there are things you can do with leftover juicing pulp. This article from Vegetarian Times lists 20 things you can do with leftover juicing pulp.
More Green Juices and Smoothies
Did you make this recipe? Be sure to leave a comment and rating below!
Apple Carrot Celery and Kale Juice
Ingredients
- 4 Small Green Apples
- 4 Large Carrots
- 1 Bunch Kale 8-10 Large Leaves
- 4 Large Stalks Celery
Instructions
- Slice the apples, carrots and celery into juicer friendly pieces.
- Feed the ingredients into the juicer starting with kale, then celery, then carrots and then apple.
- Stir the juice and serve!
- Best served fresh.
Notes
- Best when fresh. It’s ideal to drink your juice right after making it. It will keep for a day or two in the fridge, but in terms of flavor and nutrients, fresh is best.
- Nutritional information accounts for the fiber loss in the overall calorie count but not in the individual macronutrients.
I have no idea why this isn’t terrible. It sounds terrible lol. I’m not a fan of celery. Somehow though this all comes together and is wonderful. I did add half of a lemon I had leftover from a smoothie though but I feel like that wouldn’t make much difference.
So glad it surprised you in a good way Ren! 🙂
Loved it. Made it this morning and it was fantastic. Just cut the portion in half as I didn’t fancy drinking half a litre of juice 🙂
So glad you enjoyed it Helene!
I don’t have a juicer. Would you recommend doing this in a blender? Do you think it would change the taste much?
You could blend it and strain it.
Can i use red apples? Or need to be specific apples?
You can use red apples if that’s what you have on hand, but we preferred the tart flavor of the green apples.
I love this juice but I add lemon too, I don’t know if that is a good combination but I love how it taste and yes, I make it every day.
I also juce it with a whole lemon (no skin). Lemon makes a huge difference.
Tried this recipe and loved it! So yummy, fresh! Thank you! <3
So glad you enjoyed it!
Ohhh! Yum:). Turned out so good! This is going to be a go to juce recipe!
I will be trying this next week! Looks delicious. May I know if it can be diluted with water? Thank you.
Sure, you can dilute with water if you prefer. 🙂
I love this recipe, im going to do a feature on my website now! Thanks Todd
I love this juice! This recipe is a life saver for me (almost literally). I have to get nutrition first thing in the morning and I hate smoothies. One question – Does this freeze well?
Hi Tara! So glad you like the recipe! Thanks for the wonderful rating. I’m not sure about freezing it, I’ve only had this straight away so I haven’t tried freezing it.
No problem. We are going to test out freezing the juice. I did forget to ask you also if you have a recipe for using the leftover vegetable mash that you get from juicing? Or are there basically no nutrients left after the juicing process? Thanks in advance!
Hi Tara! You can definitely use the pulp in many creative ways, I usually throw it out, but that’s just because I’m being lazy, here are some ideas for how to use it from Shape.
Hi Tara
im just curious how you went with freezing the juice…did it still taste good after defrosting?
Thanks,
Klazine
Love this juice. Perfect taste!!
Thanks Robyn! 🙂
Would this be ok for diabetes?
Hi Robert, we are not in any way qualified to advise on that. The best thing would be to speak to a dietitian. All the best! 🙂