Easy kale recipe with fresh fruit. How to make kale juice with apple and carrots or just fruit blended in blender or juicer is here. Plus how to make kale chips in oven which are so amazing even my kids eat them up! If you haven’t liked kale before I guarantee you will enjoy it in one of these forms. It can be so tasty and oh so healthy for you too.
I love coming up with easy kale recipes using local California produce found at our local farmers market, and grocery store. There is so much you can make it but our favorite is kale juice. Incorporate it into recipes so you an get the benefit of this dark leafy vegetable. Let me show you a few of our favorites that are really easy to make, use locally grown fruits and vegetables, and taste amazing! (affiliate links present)
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Easy Kale Juice Recipe
Like I said, I love buying locally grown California produce for many reasons. First of all….why not support the state in which we live in? The food that is grown in California drives the state and U.S. economy. California farming is one of the largest employers in our state.
Overall is a vital part of our local communities. It just makes sense to buy local right??!! 😉 You may think you need to visit a farmers market in your area but actually there are many items at your local grocery store too.
We live in the beautiful city of Temecula, and although we have amazing wine & wineries here we also have farms that grow fruits and vegetables. At a grocery store just down the road they focus on organically and locally grown produce.
You can find many things that are either from Temecula, or have been grown on a California farm. As you can see they are priced very comparably to other produce items grown outside the state so it just makes sense to buy LOCAL!
Juice Recipe with Kale
I picked up the kale I would need for both of my easy kale recipes as well as some carrots, locally grown tangelo tangerines and California grown fuji apples I would use for my kale juice blend. It is helpful especially when you first try a green drink to add some fruit like we did with our green smoothie with pineapple.
Ingredients
- 2 stems kale with leaves removed, remove stems and discard
- Mandarin oranges peeled, seeded
- Apples peeled and cored
- Carrots peeled
How to Make Kale Juice
This is how you make our simple kale juice recipe with curly kale. We have a recipe card at the bottom of this post too. YOu can keep it handy or just come back time and time again. Mix it up with using different apples since each has it’s own distinct taste.
- Get our your masticating juicer and you’ll need 2 of each item above (2 large leaves of kale, not two bushels).
- (and spinach if you want extra health benefits)
- Then you will want sweeter fruits and veggies to tone down the strong kale and spinach flavors.
- Peel your tangelos, cut the core out of your 2 apples, cut the tops off your carrots and take the thick stem off of your 2 leaves of kale.
- Put them in your juicer and it will come out this pretty color! Seriously….even my kids love this easy kale juice blend.
- You really can’t taste the kale and it has a really clean flavor (you may never buy bottled juice again after you’ve tasted how amazing this is).
Now here is another tasty way to use kale, make kale chips…..seriously, kale chips are totally amazing!
How to Make Kale Juice in a Blender
If you do not have a juicer, no problem. You can peel your fruit and vegetables, dice into small pieces, add your liquid and blend until as smooth as possible. Then to remove the pulp and larger pieces, just pour mixture thru a fine strainer so your end product is smooth to drink.
How to Make Kale Apple Juice
If you didn’t want to add vegetables at all, just double up on the fresh fruit and go with that. Instead you could add a pear or mix Gala with Fuji varieties to mix up the flavors. Use what is in season for best results really is what I say.
Kale juice benefits are many. It is packed with nutrients and is often considered a healthy choice due to its high content of vitamins A, C, and K, as well as minerals like calcium, potassium, and iron. It is also rich in antioxidants and may support digestion and overall well-being.
Yes, you can mix kale juice with other fruits or vegetables to enhance the flavor or nutritional profile. Common additions include your favorite green apples, cucumbers, celery, lemon, ginger, or berries. Experiment with different combinations, even adding lemon juice to the mix to find the taste you enjoy the most.
Other kale recipes you’ll love
If you’ve never had kale chips but want to try and eat healthier and incorporate more dark leafy green vegetables into your diet (and your children’s diet), this is a fun and tasty way to start. You can alternatively cook it another way using our ninja foodi kale chips recipe.
When they’re done they shouldn’t really be too hot for more than a few minutes so you can enjoy them almost immediately. They will shrink up a bit so don’t be alarmed. They have a great crunch to them and the taste is amazing I tell you.
Even my 9 year old chows down on these kale chips. Using local produce gives it a super fresh flavor! California farmers and ranchers play a critical role in growing the delicious, healthy, safe and affordable foods that feed families across California and the U.S. so help cultivate California whenever you can. 😉
Kale Juice
Equipment
- 1 juicer
Ingredients
- 2 stems kale, with leaves removed, remove stems and discard
- 2 mandarin oranges, peeled, seeded
- 2 apples, peeled and cored
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
Instructions
- Get our your juicer and you'll need 2 of each item; 2 large leaves of kale, not two bushels, 2 mandarin oranges or tangelos, 2 apples cored and peeled, 2 carrots peeled.
- Turn on your juicer and add each one separately until you get 2 glasses of vegetable fruit juice. Enjoy
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I LOVE Kale Chips.. so have to try to make these. YUM!