Natural Gatorade
Packed full of electrolytes and nutrition to keep you going! We made this for running the Wicklow Way which is 130 km over 2 days. We made lots of this to keep us hydrated and packed with nutrition on our run. It's easy to make and genuinely tastes magnificent! We used the larger hopper on our Nama J2 juicer which makes bulk juicing so much easier!
Takes 20 minutes
Serves 10
Ingredients
- 4½ cups beet juice or juice from 6 medium beets
- 100 g spinach or kale 3 cups
- 2 cucumbers
- 2 large oranges
- 4 apples approx 600g
- 2 lemons
- 6- inch piece of fresh ginger
- 6 cm of Fresh turmeric or 1 tsp dried turmeric
- Pinch black pepper
- 1½ tsp sea salt or Himalayan salt
- 6 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 Litre coconut water
- 4 tbsp Chia seeds – Omega-3 fatty acids fibre, calcium, magnesium, and antioxidants. Chia seeds will absorb liquid and form a gel, which adds texture and helps with hydration.
- Tart cherry juice 240ml/ 1 cup – This will provide anti-inflammatory and muscle recovery properties
Instructions
- Make the base juice: Peel the lemons and oranges. Juice the beet, kale, cucumbers, apples, oranges and lemon along with the ginger and turmeric.
- Add the rest of the ingredients: To the juice add the black pepper to help with the absorption of the main antioxidant in the curcuman in the turmeric, the coconut water, apple cider vinegar, chia seeds and the tart cherry juice.
- This drink is the perfect balance between sweet and savoury and it literally looks like blood. That is part of the reason why beetroot juice is so good and helps dilate your blood vessels encouraging optimum oxygen delivery!
