The Complete Idiot's Guide to Juice Fasting

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Juice Fasting lives up to it's name. The book holds your hand through the juicing process, starting you out with sweet fruit juice combinations and then taking you to the major league of juicing with savory combinations that include everything from tomatoes to wheatgrass - it really doesn't get more major league than wheatgrass. Here are three recipes from the book that take you on the journey from sweet to savory.

Tropical Paradise Juice 

This scrumptious juice will transport you to a stress-free tropical paradise. This juice explodes with bright, sunny flavors, leaving you in total bliss.

Yield: 4 cups Serving size: about 4 cups Prep Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

1 medium ripe papaya, peeled, seeded, and sliced

1 small pineapple, peeled, cored, and sliced

1 (1-in.) piece peeled fresh ginger

1 medium kiwi, peeled

1.2 cup fresh young coconut water

Directions

1. In a juicer, alternate pressing papaya slices, pineapple slices, ginger, and kiwi.

2. Gently stir coconut water into juice.
3. Serve immediately.

Hollywood Celebrity Juice Blend

This brilliantly colored pink juice blend is famous for its tasty pineapple flavor that perfectly complements earthy beets and bright spearmint.

Yield: 4 cups Prep time: 15 minutes Serving size: about 4 cups

Ingredients:

1/2 medium-small red beet, sliced

2 large Granny Smith apples, cored and sliced

1/2 large pineapple, peeled, cored, and sliced

3 medium sprigs spearmint

Directions:

1. In a juicer, alternate pressing red beet slices, Granny Smith apple slices, pineapple slices, and spearmint.

2. Stir and serve immediately.

Muscle-Builder Juice Blend

This savory, power-building juice is bursting with flavor. A medley of some of the most nutritious and tasty flavors out there, we recommend you drink it before or after a workout and during your juice fast.

Yield: about 4 cups Prep time: 15 minutes Serving size: 4 cups

Ingredients:

5 medium-small ripe tomatoes, sliced

3 medium celery stalks

3 medium carrots

1 medium lemon, outer rind removed, white pith intact, and sectioned

1 small lime, outer rind removed, white pith intact, and sectioned

Large handful small blueberries

1 TB. cold-pressed flaxseed oil

1/2 cup filtered water

Directions:

1. In a juicer, alternate pressing tomatoes, celery, carrots, lemon sections, lime sections, and blueberries.

2. Gently stir flaxseed oil and filtered water into juice.

3. Serve immediately.