The healthiest drink in the world?
Lemonade stands will never be the same.
I don’t think I ever sold lemonade as a kid. I ran a cookie stand and a hot chocolate stand, and my friend and I once sold flowers we picked from her mom’s garden. (Not a good idea; nobody bought flowers, and her mom yelled at us for ruining the flower beds.)
Sorry to say, I missed out on selling lemonade. But I didn’t miss out on drinking it: my favorite was when lemonade tasted really sour, not the super-sweet pink stuff my sister loved because it was her favorite color. I always wished they’d made blue lemonade.
With its vibrant green hue, this crazy-healthy recipe comes close:
The best part about blender recipes is that, unlike with baked goods, you can keep adding ingredients if you’re not happy with the initial result. I kept playing with this recipe, tasting along the way, and suddenly the flavors just popped. It’s surprisingly delicious!
Green Lemonade
(no added sugar)
Recipe inspired by my drink at Peacefood Cafe
- 1 to 2 very large apples (200-400g)
- 1 to 2 cups kale (or another green, or omit) (40g)
- 1 to 2 stalks celery, broken into a few pieces, and bottoms cut off (80g)
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 3/4 cup water
- optional: a small piece of fresh ginger (or more, for a spicier juice)
Core the apples (no need to take off the skin), and combine all ingredients in a super-high-powered blender like a Vita-Mix. Blend until completely pulverized. I like it thick, so I never bother with this next step: Unless you prefer a ton of pulp like I do, you should pour the blended mixture through the finest strainer you own. Discard pulp or use for a different recipe. (Google “juice pulp recipes” if you need ideas.) Use one apple for a more tart drink and two apples for a sweeter drink.
View Green Lemonade Nutrition Facts
Question of the Day:
Did you ever sell lemonade as a kid?
Sadly I don’t see very many kids selling lemonade anymore. Now they’re always out there selling Kool Aid… for $5 a glass!
Link of the Day:
It’s also green, thanks to a secret healthy ingredient. No, not spinach or avocado!
WOW! When I first looked at this, I didn’t think that this could possibly have no sugar
or be as healthy as it is!!! It looks so refreshing!
-Grace Gilbert 🙂
This was very yummy. I doubled the recipe so I could drink on it all morning, like a cleanse. I used three very large apples. 5 stalks of celery (they were on the small side), 2 big handfuls of spinach (in place of kale), the water, and I did 1/3 C. lemon and then 1/3 C. lime. Made it even more tart. And the ‘green’ part is not detectable in taste, probably moreso because I used spinach. Thanks for this great, healthy lemonade. Will be making this at least once a week. xx
My neighbor and I once ran a “lemonade” stand selling Hawaiian Punch and bananas. We did it in front of her house on a side street instead of at my house, which was on a main street and would have gotten more traffic. (What keen entrepreneurial minds we had.) Our only customers were my sister and her boyfriend driving by. They laughed at how much we charged, but I’m pretty sure it was around fifty cents per item back in the 90’s. I don’t think that was outrageous if kids are charging $5 these days 🙂
No way — this is SO cool! Inever would have thought to make GREEN Lemonade. And it has so many good things in it! Thanks, Katie! 😀
I just made my first batch in a traditional blender (just added the ingredients slowly in thirds and it was fine) and I love it! I think I’m going to mix it with a little mint and seltzer for a mid day mocktail.
can’t wait to try this! i never had a lemonade stand but my 5 year old daughter did this summer–she made $42 and donated all her money to the local humane shelter where we purchased a dog…couldn’t be more proud of her!
this drink is so refreshing and yummy! by far the bast lemonade ive ever had, and i like my juice/lemonade pulpy too! 😀
Green lemonade, I think it might take me a while to get over the color difference, but maybe not since lemons are pink but pink lemonade is sold. I have to wonder though, how much does it really taste of lemon with all the more that is called for in comparison to the other ingredients. Wouldn’t the other ingredients overpower the lemony taste?
How many serving are there in the recipe?
I didn’t have a lemonade stand… I went door-to-door and sold lemonade! Most people were nice and gave me $5 without even wanting the drink. I even sold my own drawings… and popsicles! Haha 🙂
This recipe looks great. I love anything juiced lately.