Low Sugar Seasonal Citrus Juice
By Stacy Kennedy, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN; Reboot Nutritionist
I love making fresh, seasonal and great tasting juices that are low in sugar. While fresh fruit provides the healthy type of sugars, too much of a good thing is not great, especially for anyone at risk or with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance or prediabetes. Creating your juices following the 80/20 guideline is best practice. This means that approximately 80% of your starting ingredients are low-carb veggies and at most 20% are fruit or starchy vegetables.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (100 g) fresh cranberries
- 1 lime
- ½ orange
- ½ small head or 2 cups cauliflower, florets and stalk
- ½ small head or 1 wedge green cabbage
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 2 sprigs mint
Directions
- Wash all produce well.
- Peel lime and orange.
- Remove leaves from cauliflower and roughly chop.
- Slice a wedge off head of cabbage.
- Leave stems/stalks on rosemary and mint to juice.
- Juice all ingredients, wrapping the rosemary and mint around the cabbage to get the most yield.
- Pour over ice as desired and enjoy!
Servings: 1
Serving Size: 16 - 18 oz (500 ml)
Substitutions
- Cranberries – strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries
- Lime – lemon, ginger, fennel
- Orange – grapefruit, lemon
- Cauliflower- fennel, jicama, broccoli
- Green cabbage – kale, broccoli, fennel
- Rosemary – thyme, cilantro, basil, parsley
- Mint – cilantro, parsley