Apple Lemon Ginger Juice Cleanse Starter Recipe

Start your day (or cleanse) the right way with this energizing recipe of apple, lemon, ginger and cayenne pepper.

two glasses of cold pressed juice on a white table with lemon, apple, ginger and cayenne

Ingredients

red apple 16 oz 454 g 2 1/4 medium apple
lemon 1.79 oz 51 g 1/2 medium lemon
ginger 0.18 oz 5 g 1/2 inch chunk of ginger
cayenne (ground) 1 pinch

Directions

  1. Wash the produce.

  2. Weigh ingredients.

  3. Peel the lemon. The skin imparts a bitter flavor if left on.

  4. Juice the ingredients together.

  5. Add a large pinch of cayenne pepper.

Pro tips

  • Peeling the lemon is a matter of preference. We like to “skip peel” them, which is basically just roughly cutting off the peel, leaving some behind. This speeds up prep, and the little bit of peel adds a zest!

  • Did you know lemon juice is alkalizing? In its original state it is acidic with a pH of about 2, but once metabloized in the body, it becomes alkaline with a pH of 7+.