Easy Beet Pineapple Lime Juice Recipe

Hi wonderful internet people! 🙂 

If you haven't yet noticed, this week is all about JUICES in the Sprouting Zen Kitchen. 

Today's juice recipe is a yummy combination between beets, pineapple, and lots of lime! YUM!

This easy beet pineapple lime juice is not like your typical 'green' juice - it's very sweet (at least in my opinion). 

This sweetness is primarily due to the high content of sugar in beets and of course pineapples are sweet too. 

This is a great refreshing beet juice to have early in the morning, perhaps before a workout, a run, a hot sweaty yoga session.... ect. Since there is so much natural sugar in this drink, it's best to burn some energy after drinking it and put those natural sugars to good use. Plus, beets are great as pre-workout but I'll talk more about that below. 

Beets are a favorite at our house, not so  much because of their taste, but more because of the amazing benefits that this little root vegetable seems to have! 

I always try to incorporate beets in different recipes, and one of my other favorite ways of consuming beets besides juicing them, is making hummus out of beets! I made a fantastic roasted beet hummus a few months back and it has been a really big hit on the blog. Plus, the color is just dreamy. 

Can I make it in a blender?

Unfortunately, as of this moment, I have *not* tried making this recipe in the blender, so I am not sure if it would be a success.. or a complete disaster. If I was to try this in the blender, I would most definitely boil the beets first so that they can be much softer. I would also probably use about 1/2 the amount of beets because when you blend you are keeping that fiber, which would otherwise be removed when juicing. But again, I have NOT tried this in the blender. I have only made this juice using my Omega Juicer (affiliate link). 

cool stuff about beets

At one point, beets became the 'new' kale!

All it takes is a quick google search and you will find hundreds of articles speaking about the benefits of beets. I won't bore you with all of those details but I will tell you something interesting that I read in the book 'How Not To Die' (affiliate link) by Dr. Michael Greger. 

I'll be mentioning this book quite often throughout this blog. I am in no way sponsored by the book and I purchased the book with my own money, but I find it a valuable resource and a credible one as well. Plus, Dr. Greger is a really cool plant based doctor and he makes the information fun and easy to read. 

So back to beets. In his book, Dr. Greger tells us about how beets can maximize athletic performance.

Do you know what doping is? Well, doping with beet juice is what he calls it. 

According to the book, beets have the ability to open up our arteries and allow more oxygen to get to our muscles, and it also allows our bodies to use up that oxygen more efficiently thus producing more energy. More oxygen to muscles and more energy = better athletic performance! That's pretty dope. Ha, no pun intended. 🙂 

Basically the study he mentions, tested out certain athletes such as cyclists and free divers who consumed just a little shot of beet juice prior to the activity. These individuals were able to perform better and last longer than their 'non-beet-juice-drinking' counterparts. 

easy Beet Pineapple Lime Juice Recipe...

Okay, back to the juice! 

This beet pineapple lime juice is simple, easy, fast and only requires three main ingredients. However, you can also add apples for more flavor, and/or a few celery stalks to sneak in some greens in there and increase the water content. This will also help dilute the strong beet taste. 

One tidbit of advice that I would like to offer is to make sure you prepare your working area. I like to put a bunch of used Trader Joe bags all over the counter and under the juicer. Beets are messy and red and you will soon understand what I mean. 

It always looks like a blood bath whenever I cut up beets in the kitchen. Anyone else can related?! Haha. 

join the #mindfuljuicingparty

If you're new to the blog, welcome! We are currently hosting a mindful juicing party on instagram, where a few of us are challenging ourselves to consume one juice a day for five days. That's all. We wanted some accountability and so we decided to throw a digital juice party! Check out this post, Five Day Juicing Challenge, to learn more and maybe even join in on the fun. We are doing this up until Friday 1/17. But no worries if you can't join this month, I'm sure we will be doing this again sometime in the future. 

Also, make sure to check out Monday's juice recipe - Arugula and Kale Green Juice and Part One of our 'Juicing For Beginners' Series where I talk a little bit about what juicing is and why I juice. 

Today I will be releasing part two and I will link to that here once it's live. Make sure to check back on Friday for the last and final juice recipe for this series and Part Three of Juicing For Beginners where I will share my favorite top tips that make juicing easier for me. 

And if you try the recipe or like the idea of it .. let me know below ↓ in the comment section! I love to connect and hear from you all. 

with love + gratitude, 

Jen ♥