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    Home » Recipes » Smoothie, Juice, and Milks

    Celery Cucumber Juice

    Published: Feb 2, 2024 by Sally Cameron · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

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    A vibrant green juices in glass with with cucumber, lemon and celery.
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    Crisp, clean and refreshing sounds like an iced tea commercial but I'm talking about celery cucumber juice. If you love green juice, here is a terrific one to add to your routine for juicing at home. It's hydrating and full of vitamins, nutrients, and natural electrolytes. Get more green into your diet today with this fantastic celery cucumber green juice.

    A vibrant green juices in glass with with cucumber, lemon and celery.

    The good news is this beautiful green cucumber juice recipe has anti-inflammatory properties, as celery, cucumber, lemon, and fennel are all powerful anti-inflammatory fruits and vegetables.

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    • Why You'll Like This Recipe
    • Recipe Ingredients
    • Substitutions and Variations
    • Recipe Instructions
    • Serving Suggestions
    • Recipe FAQs
    • More Juicing Recipes
    • ⭐️Did you Make This?
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    Why You'll Like This Recipe

    • A healthy boost for your immune system with vitamin C, A, K, minerals (like potassium and calcium), and antioxidants.
    • Celery and cucumbers are readily available at the market.
    • A good way (and an easy way) to boost green veggie benefits.

    If you love green juices, check out these green smoothie recipes: blueberry green smoothie with spirulina, green tea and avocado smoothie, or a delicious green smoothie recipe with mango.

    Recipe Ingredients

    Plain celery juice is pretty bitter for most people, but a juice blend like this blending celery and cucumber tastes wonderful.

    Ingredients for a green juice with celery, cucumber, lemon, green apple, and fennel.
    • Cucumber: Use a large English cucumber, aka seedless or greenhouse cucumber, Persian cucumbers, or American or field cucumbers. All work. Since cucumbers have a high water content (95% water) they add a lot of hydration to juices.
    • Celery: Fresh, crisp, celery heads without browning. As heads vary in size by season, how much you need may vary. Also 95% water.
    • Lemon: I grow Meyer lemons so that is what I use in season, but standard grocery store lemons are fine. Lemon juice and rind gives green juice a bright lift of flavor and lemon is so good for you!
    • Apple: A tart, green, Granny Smith is the best choice for juicing as they are lower in sugar and add great taste.
    • Fennel: Many people are surprised to see fennel in a green juice recipe, but it is terrific in juices. Juicing highlights it lightly licorice flavor, and you can use the stalks and fronds for juicing as well as the bulb. Fennel is a good source of a unique phytonutrient called anethole, an natural anti-inflammatory.

    Please see the recipe card for measurements.

    And for the best juice, be sure to buy organic produce, especially organic celery and organic cucumbers as they are often on the EWG's Dirty Dozen List, a great list to use when shopping.

    Chef's tip: Leave the lemon peel on. Why? Because the peel has something called d-limonene. D-limonene gives citrus fruit their unique smell. It's also in the skin of limes, oranges, and other citrus. Being an antioxidant, it is anti-inflammatory as well. It's a potent anti-fungal and anti-microbial chemical, plus it supports detoxification of the liver. All from beautiful lemons! Read this terrific article on the health benefits of d-limonene and another by Wellness Resources.

    Substitutions and Variations

    • If you can't get fennel, skip it and use more cucumber.
    • Swap lime for lemon.
    • Add half a bunch of either Italian parsley or cilantro (a great detoxing herb).
    • If your concerned about natural sugar content or have blood sugar concerns, use half of the apple and save the other half for your next juice.
    • Add a little fresh ginger.

    For another healthy green juice recipe try this green cabbage celery juice or a detox green juice.

    Recipe Instructions

    Washing fruit and vegetables for juicing in a wire silver basket.
    Step 1: Wash all of your produce well, use a produce wash such as the one I use.
    A glass bowl of chopped vegetables, apples and lemon.
    Step 2: Ready your produce by chopping according to the brands directions.
    A juicer processing green vegetables and fruit into a green juice.
    Ste 3: Process the juice by alternating your ingredients. Skim or strain foam and enjoy fresh juice or bottle it.

    For another terrific recipe with cucumber, try this cucumber salad with feta and mint. it's super refreshing and easy to make.

    Chef's tip: Green Juices. Since many people don't get enough fruits and vegetables, drinking green juice is a terrific addition to your diet. Juicing does not replace eating fruits and veggies; its a bonus. We still need fruit and vegetables in their whole form for the fiber they provide. By drinking green and other vegetable juices you consume far more of the powerful phytonutrients that fruits and vegetables provide.

    A large pitcher with a batch of fresh green vegetable juice.

    Serving Suggestions

    I love celery cucumber juice right out of the machine at room temperature, but it is still fantastic after refrigerating. Drink within 15-20 minutes for optimal nutrition. Depending on your juicer, the juice may hold with minimal nutrient loss for 24 to 72 hours. 

    Note - if you take blood thinning medications, be aware that green juices are naturally high in vitamin K. Check with your healthcare provider before starting a juicing habit.

    Chef's tip: Bottling tip. If you're a little short on juice when you cap your glass bottles or mason jar, add a little filtered cold water to make up the difference so there is no air gap. This reduces oxidation and preserves nutrition.

    Glasses of bright green, healthy cucumber, celery vegetables juice.

    For a juicer that stabilizes juices for up to 72 hours (so you can juice a few days at a time) check out this juicer from Tribest. It is what I use most of the time. It's always on the best juicers list. When buying vegetables for juicing, be sure to buy organic. 

    Recipe FAQs

    What's the best type of cucumber for juicing?

    For juicing, use almost any variety of dark green cucumber. English cucumbers (also called hothouse, seedless, and burpless cucumbers), flavorful little Persian cucumbers, or regular field or American cucumbers (often used for pickling), which are shorter and wider with bumpy skin. All work well. English cucumbers are long and slender, and a little more bitter tasting. That is actually good for juicing as bitter flavors and bitter greens support the natural detoxification of the liver.

    Should I peel the cucumber before juicing?

    No need to peel cucumbers before juicing. There is lots of nutrition in the peels so leave it on.

    What type of juicer is best for making cucumber juice?

    For making cucumber juice and other vegetable and fruit juices, there are three common types of juicers: Centrifugal juicers, cold-press masticating juicers, and twin gear juicers. Both do an acceptable job but masticating, twin gear juicers do the top job as they grind and chew fibrous veggies such as celery best, delivering the most nutrition for your money. However they are more of an investment.

    You might start with a less expensive juicer to be sure you enjoy juicing, then make the investment in a different model.

    Should I drink the juice immediately or can I store it for later?

    A fresh fruit and vegetable juice is best consumed within 15-20 minutes after pressing, and on an empty stomach if possible for the fastest assimilation. If you store it in glass bottles or jars filled to the very top with no air gap and sealed with an airtight lid, they can last up to 24 hours. Some juicers allow you to make juices up to 72 hours ahead with minimal nutritional loss.

    Are there ways to make the juice more palatable

    Juice blends are more palatable than most single juices. If you are not used to drinking fresh fruit and vegetable green juices they can have a little different flavor. Many are not very sweet. In fact they can have an almost bitter taste. To make the juice more palatable, try adding lemon, a little fresh raw ginger, try herbs like cilantro, sweeter vegetables such as carrots, green cabbage, or Granny Smith apple.

    More Juicing Recipes

    If you wonder whether the benefits of celery juice is hype or healing (the Anthony William's books), check out this article for some food for thought. Read this guide to juicing with vegetables for all kinds of tips, answers, and information including weight loss, reducing blood pressure, and other possible health benefits.

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    Glasses of bright green, healthy cucumber, celery vegetables juice.

    Celery Cucumber Juice

    Sally Cameron
    Cucumber celery green juice with fennel, lemon, and green apple is a refreshing change-up to your usual green juice recipe. Use the fennel bulb, tops and fronds all for juicing for a no waste solution. Wash your produce when you get home from shopping to be ready to juice. 
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 10 minutes mins
    Course Juice
    Cuisine American
    Servings 2 yield 32-36 ounces
    Calories 129 kcal

    Equipment

    • Optimally an electric juicer this is the one I use

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 ½ heads celery about 14 stalks or ribs
    • 1 English cucumber or 3-4 Persian cucumbers or 2 field cucumbers
    • 1 small fennel bulb
    • 1 Granny Smith apple
    • 1 small lemon

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    Instructions
     

    • Chop vegetables according to the directions of your juicers manual. Core the apple and discard the seeds.
    • Chop the fennel into smaller pieces as it is a hard vegetable. Cut the lemon into quarters. Process according to the juicers directions and enjoy. 
      If there is any pulp in your juice, either enjoy it as is with a little pulp or strain it in a fine strainer or sieve.

    Notes

    • Leave the rind on the lemon as it's a terrific source of d-limonene. Being an antioxidant, d-limonene is anti-inflammatory as well. It's a potent anti-fungal and anti-microbial chemical, plus it supports detoxification of the liver. See the post for more information.
    • To reduce natural  sugar, use half an apple and save the other for your next juice. 
    • Add half a bunch of either Italian parsley or cilantro (a great detoxing herb).
    • Another delicious addition is a small knob of fresh raw ginger. Don't over do it as it can be spicy!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 95mgPotassium: 1007mgSugar: 18gVitamin A: 1310IUVitamin C: 65mgCalcium: 126mgIron: 2mg
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    Comments

    1. Porsche Guy says

      February 05, 2024 at 10:39 am

      5 stars
      Great combo, super flavor, feel great after drinking it. Thanks!

      Reply
    2. Irena says

      August 08, 2022 at 7:17 am

      Hello, Thank you for the tips in regards fennel / celery juice . Is it anti-inflammatory juice?
      I`m having chronic inflammation within my body and hear fennel / celery might be helpful to flush it out. Is it possible to drink it anytime of the day on empty stomach as I do have other drinks and supplement in the morning to drink on empty stomach, so I was thinking if there is a possibility to drink this juice during the day on empty stomach before the food?
      Do you know how long and how often to drink it ? and If I need to juice all the amount of fennel and celery in one juice? I would use blender as I don`t have juicer.
      Thank you very much
      Best Regards
      Irena

      Reply
      • Sally Cameron says

        August 08, 2022 at 3:49 pm

        Hi Irena, thanks for your question. Here are my suggestions but remember to check with your health care provider as well. I am not a doctor. First, I highly recommend you get a juicer. There are good, low cost models today, like the Tribest Shine. A blender is not going to give you the extraction a juicer will. Phytochemicals extracted from fennel and celery have demonstrated anti-inflammatory properties. They are rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Juices are a supplement to your regular diet, and never a replacement for vegetables, because the fiber is removed (and you need fiber). Drinking them on an empty stomach is a good rule, any time of day, whether morning or afternoon. I usually drink a 16-18 ounce juice in terms of volume. Celery juices have been much hyped, and while they are a powerful tool in your health quest, they are not a magic bullet. One more note, celery is naturally high in sodium, so if you are on a sodium restricted diet be sure to check with your health care provider about celery juice.

        Chronic inflammation needs to be addressed on many levels, both diet and lifestyle. It takes an overall plan of attack. For example, TRE (time restricted Eating) and following your circadian rhythm, getting good sleep is critical, reducing stress, getting movement in. We also use a tool called a Joovv for infrared and redlight therapy to reduce inflammation. Read about it at their website. I'm just finishing a book you might find very helpful. I will write about it in my free monthly newsletter for subscribers, but I will mention it for you. It's called the Circadian Code by Dr. Sachin Panda. Get a copy and read it or listen to it. I am listening to it and have paperback copy for reference on information. I hope this helps and good luck.

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