We celebrated our princess birthday party with great fun, she enjoyed thoroughly, thanks to everyone who wished and blessed her. Since birthday party has heavy with pizza, cake and gulab jamun, I thought I will start this week with a healthy juice. I have seen on Dr OZ show that there is even a 3 day weekend detox diet, for which you have to drink 5 juices a day and eat one meal that has only fruit and vegetables.
I wish I could do that, but afraid to start a complete detox diet, so wanted to start with only morning juice. In future I will try to do a detox diet. I need to get rid of some baby fat that I still have. While growing up I always thought that vegetables are only eaten after it is cooked and eat as curries are that there are not any other ways. Then I came to know they can be consumed as salad, which helped during pregnancy as I had developed gestational diabetics when pregnant with my daughter. Then I came to know a combination of juice with cucumber and celery is good. Frankly speaking I was not a fan of celery at first; I would buy them only to make vegetable broth and jamabalaya or chili. Now after trying a few times and also reading the healthy benefits of Celery, I have started to love celery. So they appear in my juice.
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Celery consists of 95% water, and is very alkaline, and rich with fiber. According to this article it is consider to be power food and should be consumed daily. Further it has blood pressure reducing properties, as it has active phthalides, which relax the muscles of arteries and thus regulate the blood pressure. Due to high fiber content it is good candidate of weight loss, also it is negative calorie food. . Celery leaves are a source of flavonoid antioxidants zeaxanthin, lutein and beta-carotene, which have antioxidant, cancer-protective, and immune-boosting functions. Even in Ayurveda(Indian natural medicine) the use of celery seed is well known for colds, arthritis and diseases of liver and spleen.
Even in my home state Kerala, people have started trying to add vegetables in their drinks, and also to make smoothie. I have seen a YouTube video wherein a juice shop guy is making a vegetable smoothie with lots of vegetables and yogurt.
If you want to start a strict detox fruit diet, you have to eat only one fruit for 3- 7 days, and first come white grapes as it is a great detox fruit then next come apple and pear. If you want to read more read from here and also fromhere
Do you know the health benefits of Pear, snacking one pear can meet you your daily requirements of fiber as it has about 25-30 grams of fiber, according to this sourceand an adult daily fiber requirements is about 35 grams. It also helps to reduce your cholesterol levels, reduce risk of breast cancer. Further it contains a fair amount of vitamins A, C, K, B2, B3, and B6 and minerals. It is also good for food sensitivity people as it is hypo-allergenic fruit. Quercetin is an antioxidant found in the skin of pears. It helps prevent cancer and reduce artery damage that can lead to heart problems, and also pears may help us to prevent from getting Alzheimer’s disease.
Another ingredient, cucumber is also just like celery and is 95% water, and helps in rehydration of the body, and is good source of vitamin B. If you want to know about further health benefits of cucumber read from here. Lemon is full of vitamin C and makes everything tasty. Why wait, just go and grab all these ingredients and make juice out of it.
To increase taste I added ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon of pepper powder. I used normal salt, if you want you can use rock salt as it is more healthy. If don’t like to add it in your juice skip that. It is delicious juice you can start a day with it.
Cucumber, Celery, Pear, Lemon Juice: A Green Detox
Delicious green detox made with cucumber, celery, pear and lemon juice
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 Pear
- 2 Celery Stalks
- 1 cup Water
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 cucumber I peeled the skin and removed the seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- In a blender combine everything blend together to form a smooth consistency and strain through the strainer and set aside.
- Enjoy with ice.
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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
very informative post, even I wish I could do some detox diet . loved the color of the juice.
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very informative post.. thanks for sharing, Swathi 🙂
It is really an informative and healthy post. Looks like your one of Dr OZ’s fans 🙂
Celery is one of my favorite veggies, mainly because they are crunchy, love them any day.
The detox juice is perfect, love the earthly color – addition of lemon is a good idea.
nice drink for detoxifying ….
I believe in de-tox but I don’t over do it. I probably will have such a attractive veg and fruits drink in the morning, give my stomach a few hours break and eat as usual for the rest of the day.
Wow!Full of green ingredients…very healthy recipe…
Looks amazing 🙂
Yum Yum !!!
healthy juice looks lovely and well explained with the health benefits of the vegetables used.
healthy juice looks lovely and well explained with the benefits of vegetables used.
I love the color of this refreshing and healthy juice. Nice
Very lovely, refreshing drink, I will try this juice, have never done it before. thanks swathi
Thats Refreshing. Nice one.
very informative post, Swathi. definitely bookmarked. the only question..can i ever be on such a detox diet..humm….
very nice and yummy detox drink….was just thinking abt detox a few dys bk… 🙂
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hope your princess enjoyed her day 🙂 healthy and delicious drink..
i loved this…a perfect detoxer…green simply drools
Swathi, I would love this juice. We buy green machine from costco all the time. Maybe I must make this juice for my family instead.I think if we add banana it will be perfect. Nice looking drink and well clicked. I had to practice how to take liquid photos and found it hard with the milk recipe I posted.
What a interesting juice, definitely sounds delicious, great job 🙂
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The combo sounds yum and super healthy,sure this is a healthy drink
That pass that glass to me.. Very beautiful color…
Absolutely yummy detox drink Swathi. Wonderful write up dear.
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very good detoxifying drink..love the color…will try this for sure..
a very good detoxifying drink..love the color..will try this for sure..
Very healthy drink. Thanks for sharing
refreshing juice…lovely color…First time in your space..Happy to follow you..
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NICE COLOUR & REFRESHING HEALTH DRINK.
Green keeps the inside clean 🙂
Yum!
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I would never have thought to use celery in a smoothie. What a crazy good idea! Sounds delicious!
can see how refreshing the drink is. thanks for sharing.
Great refreshing drink. So cute and yum.
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Excellent and quite easy to prepare.. Nice combo of ingredients.. Must try recipe.. Bookmarked it Swathi 🙂
Super detox drink, I am do going to make this!
This looks very refreshing and healthy!! Thanks for sharing..
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This is just a informative post.. thanks for sharing Swathi !
and the drink sounds refreshing !
Useful post. Nice combo and refreshing drink.
I am so making this swathi, thanks for sharing. Please do send it to this month’s Healthy Me & Healthy US event hosted @ http://kuttybear-toddlerfoodideas.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/healthy-me-healthy-us-may-2013-edition.html.
cool refreshing drink..
So healthy and so refreshing, thanks for all that useful information..
sounds so interesting.. looks refreshing too
nice clicks N healthy drink
Would love to try out this detox diet you’re mentioning…The juice looks so refreshing and its so healthy as well
Will love to try the diet but do not have the courage. Lets see. This juice looks yum. We are not great fans of celery and celery is expensive here so i never buy it. Will start sooner now.
wow just made this drink last week but didn’t add pear or celery sure looks very good.Love that pleasant green colour and a very healthy drink.Very nice swathi.
So interesting to read! I cannot wait to try this juice, it sounds so refreshing!
So refreshing and healthy! What a lovey combo! I love the color! 🙂
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love this combo of ingredients – I have also conidered doing the dr oz detox but havent quite managed it y et
looks great my hubby makes lots of juice drinks 🙂
I love this refreshing drink. SO healthy and I loved your write up on the detox. Very helpful and thanks for sharing it here.
Wow!very healthy recipe… Full of green ingredients… its really beneficial for health. Thanks for this healthy recipe. Its typical Indian juice.
I am like you with celery! I really only like it for soups but I think I would like this with the pear and lemon to give it some more flavor! I saw Dr. OZ’s 3-day plan – I really want to do it but don’t know if I could give up on food for that long.
wow! This drink looks delicious! What a fantastic taste combination!