Lee 
I came to this one late. For years mango was a smoothie fruit and oranges were a juice fruit, and it never crossed my mind to put the two together. Then a mate knocked up a jug of it one hot afternoon and that was that. I’ve been making it ever since, especially now the … Read more
I came to kale juice late, because my first attempt tasted like the garden it came from. The trick is to stop treating kale as the whole drink and start treating it as a guest. Two oranges and a sweet apple carry it, a knob of ginger keeps the glass interesting, and suddenly the greenest … Read more
My nan used to send me out with a bowl to pick blackcurrants off the bush, one cluster at a time, and I would come back with purple hands and a stained t-shirt. The reward was a jug of dark, sharp squash, the kind that made the shop stuff taste watered down. I had forgotten … Read more
I did not drink broccoli juice willingly the first time. Someone at a market stall handed me a thimble of it and watched my face, and I nodded politely while trying not to pull one. The problem was that broccoli had never met an apple. At home I found that two sweet apples, a couple … Read more
Cabbage juice with apple and carrot, turned into a sweet magenta glass that is far nicer than raw cabbage sounds. A gentle gut soother for heavy days.
I ignored fennel for years. It sits in the supermarket looking like a pale, overgrown onion with dill sticking out of the top, and I walked straight past it every time. Then a friend who actually juices put a glass of apple, fennel and celery in front of me and I had to ask what … Read more
Short version: if you are choosing between the two every day, pick the smoothie. It keeps the fibre, so it fills you up and treats your blood sugar more gently. Juice is not bad. It just earns its place when it is mostly vegetables. Here is the longer answer. I get asked the juicing vs … Read more
I was late to pineapple in green juice. It always felt like cheating, the sweetest thing in the fruit bowl turning up to make the vegetables taste nice. Then I worked out that is exactly the point. This glass carries more spinach than I used to get through in a week, and I cannot taste … Read more
A savoury green juice made from watercress, pear and cucumber. One glass carries about 50mg of calcium and 85 micrograms of vitamin K, with juicer and blender methods.
I started making this on the days my concentration goes walkabout, usually around three in the afternoon. There’s something about a glass of that deep purple that feels like a reset. Blueberries and pomegranate are the two fruits that keep showing up in the research on memory, and they happen to taste brilliant together: tart, … Read more