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Kumquat Juice: Apple and Orange

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Kumquat, apple and orange juice in a sealed glass bottle on a white marble counter, with a cluster of whole and halved kumquats, a green apple and a whole and halved orange beside it

I only picked up a pack of kumquats the first time because they were sitting next to the oranges looking like someone had shrunk a citrus fruit for a joke. Then I read the back of the punnet: eat whole, skin and all. That is the entire trick with a kumquat, and it took me … Read more

Pomelo Juice: Apple and Lemon

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Pomelo, apple and lemon juice in a sealed glass bottle on a white marble counter, with a whole pomelo, a cut wedge of pomelo showing its thick white pith, two green apples and lemon halves beside it

Pomelo is the fruit grapefruit was bred from. This is a mild, sweet-sharp citrus juice with two apples and half a lemon, plus the medication caution that comes with the grapefruit family.

Bitter Gourd Juice: Apple, Cucumber and Lemon

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A sealed glass bottle of bitter gourd, apple and cucumber juice beside a whole knobbly pale green bitter gourd, two green apples, a cucumber and a lemon on a marble surface

I drank bitter gourd juice in the first place because someone told me it was good for blood sugar, and I got about three mouthfuls in before I understood why every recipe online adds apple. Bitter gourd, the pale green knobbly vegetable sold in Asian grocers as karela, is one of the bitterest things you … Read more

Fennel, Orange and Apple Juice

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Glass bottle of fresh fennel, orange and apple juice on white marble, with a fennel bulb, two oranges, a green apple and a lemon beside it

There is a stretch of autumn when fennel looks better than anything else in the shop, and this is the glass I make with it. Fennel and orange is an old southern Italian pairing, the sort of thing that turns up sliced into a salad with a bit of olive oil, and it works in … Read more

Best Vegetables to Juice for Beginners

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Fresh vegetables for juicing on a marble surface: carrots, cucumber, celery, spinach, green apples, beetroot, lemon and ginger

The easiest vegetables to juice when you are starting out, why cucumber, carrot and celery are the friendliest, and how to keep a green juice tasting good.