Golden Beet Juice

You’ll love this fresh morning juice! It’s made with golden beet, carrot, orange, lemon, ginger, turmeric, and maple syrup.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 medium golden beet, chopped
• 1 small carrot, chopped
• 1/2-inch piece ginger root, peeled
• 1/2-inch piece turmeric root, peeled
• 1/2 cup cold filtered water, or more
• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon 100% pure maple syrup, or to taste
• 12 ice cubes, divided

Directions:

1. Blend all the ingredients, except for the ice cubes, in a high powered blender on low speed then high for 1 minute or until well blended and fairly smooth. Add a little more of the cold filtered water if needed for blending well.
2. Add six of the ice cubes and blend until the ice is just melted. Immediately pour into two 8oz glasses, through a fine mesh strainer. Discard the pulp.
3. Divide the remaining ice cubes equally between the two glasses, and serve!

Variations:

1. You can replace the fresh ginger root and turmeric root with approximately 1/16 teaspoon ginger root powder and 1/16 teaspoon turmeric root powder.
2. To make the juice red on top and orange on the bottom, make the golden beet juice and divide it equally between two 8oz glasses, poured through a fine mesh strainer, then add the remaining ice cubes. Set aside. Chop 1/2 medium red beet, place it in the blender container with enough additional cold filtered water to cover, and blend for 2 minutes or until smooth. Divide equally between the two glasses, poured gently on top of the golden beat juice through a fine mesh strainer. Discard the pulp. Don’t mix the juice — just allow the red juice to sink partly into the golden juice, so that most of the red color remains at the top. Serve immediately.

Yield:
Makes 2 (8oz) serving.